Newport Folk Festival wraps up with celebration of Dylan

July 26, 2015 12:00 am • Last Updated: July 26, 2015 12:46 pm

James Taylor plays a surprise set at the Newport Folk Festival on Saturday, July 25, 2015, the second day of the three-day festival at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The Newport Folk Festival wraps up its third day with a celebration of Bob Dylan and the moment he went electric at the festival 50 years ago.

A secret lineup of around a dozen musicians is planned to close out the festival on Sunday. The audience will not know who's playing until they step on stage.

Festival organizers have said that Dylan was invited but that he is not coming.

James Taylor played a surprise set on Saturday, while My Morning Jacket played unannounced on Friday, before backing headliner Roger Waters.

Also in town this weekend is the guitar Bob Dylan used to go electric at Newport on July 25, 1965. Musicians at the festival have been invited to play it. The guitar was sold to the owner of the Indianapolis Colts for nearly $1 million in 2013.

Colin Meloy of The Decemberists performs during the Newport Folk Festival on Saturday, July 25, 2015, the second day of the three-day festival at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)

John Cohen, left, on banjo, and Walker Shepard, right on guitar, play on the Museum Stage at the Newport Folk Festival on Saturday, July 25, 2015, during the second day of the three-day festival at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)

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