In the four years that we’ve been tracking the Best Tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival, we’ve had two artist winners and one fan winner. This year, those numbers don’t change. The same fan who […]

In the four years that we’ve been tracking the Best Tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival, we’ve had two artist winners and one fan winner. This year, those numbers don’t change. The same fan who […]
All photos by Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog As we have for the last four years, the grass clippings team again scanned festivarian flesh at last weekend’s Newport Folk Festival for stand out tats. While we’re always […]
For the fourth year in a row, grass clippings is hunting down the best tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival. All weekend, we’ll be walking around the festival asking artists and festivarians about their tats. […]
Congrats to our friend Joe Fletcher for winning our Third Annual Newport Folk Festival Tattoo contest. Fletcher, who was runner up in our first contest three years ago, and his tat (above) honoring the late David Lamb […]
For the third year in a row, the grass clippings team surveyed festivarian flesh in Newport for the best tats. We are totally confident that we somehow overlooked your pal’s awesome tat (sorry!), but we […]
For the third year in a row, grass clippings is hunting down the best tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival. Our previous tat contests in Newport (Best Tattoos of 2012, Best Tattoos of 2013) have […]
Congrats to JJ Sheffer, a fan (and new friend of grass clippings) from York, PA, who has won the grass clippings Best Tattoos of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival contest. JJ, you’ve won a $25 gift […]
For the second year in a row, our team scoured the skin of folkers of all kinds to in an effort to find the best tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival. While not every band […]
Last year’s gallery of the Best Tattoos of the 2012 Newport Folk Festival was the most trafficked post on the history of this lil blog. So, we’re doing it again this year! All weekend, we’ll […]
The grass clippings Best Tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival contest drove more traffic to this site than any other post in history. What does that say about our writing? I don’t know. As promised, […]
Yes, there are lots of nice boats, houses and houseboats in Newport, but something that our team can’t help but notice each year we descend upon Fort Adams for the historic/trendy Newport Folk Festival is […]