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The Police Parade is always a fun and meaningful time where area residents come out and honor area local law enforcement. However this is one of those special years where the Mummers String Band join the festivies from their homebase of Philadelphia.

Officially the parade is known as the 25th Aquidneck Island National Police Parade. It starts Sunday at 11:50 a.m. near the Hampton Inn on West Main Road in Middletown and ends at Broadway and Mann Avenue near the Newport police station. The parade goes off rain or shine.

The Newport Folk Festival announced their line up for the weekend dates of the August 1-3 festival taking place at Fort Adams.

The shocker was that the headline acts, Jimmy Buffet and The Black Crowes, seem so far from the Folk Festival tradition.

The story from the Boston Globe says that the Folk Festival change ownership this winter and it looks like they are looking to drive bigger audiences. Part of me can understand stand that, but the thought Jimmy Buffet fans being drawn to the city makes me look forward to getting away that weekend.

Here are the line ups. Single day tickets for Saturday and Sunday, and a limited number of special Two-Day Passes will go on sale Wednesday, April 23rd at 9:00 AM. To purchase tickets on April 23rd, visit the festival website for more.
Saturday, August 2 Fort Adams State Park

The Black Crowes
Cat Power
Stephen & Damian Marley
Cowboy Junkies
Jim James (of My Morning Jacket)
She & Him (feat. Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward)
Jakob Dylan
Willy Mason The Felice Brothers
Jesca Hoop

Sunday, August 3 Fort Adams State Park

Jimmy Buffett
Levon Helm
Gillian Welch
The Avett Brothers
Calexico
Brandi Carlile
Kaki King
Over The Rhine
Jake Shimabukuro
Kate Taylor
Richard Julian