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Philly band Snacktime made its presence felt in a big way at the Newport Folk Festival over the weekend. <\/p>\n
The 215 septet, which got its start busking in Rittenhouse Square during the pandemic, was all over the prestigious Rhode Island boutique festival, most notably guesting with Ms. Lauryn Hill.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s their second straight year playing the fest that\u2019s of course known for being where Bob Dylan went electric in 1965 and also for its smartly curated lineups and surprise mashups of artists.<\/p>\n
And the Philly R&B and funk party band<\/a> has clearly become a Newport favorite. It teamed up not only with Hill, but also with Philly songwriter Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy<\/a> and Delco singer Devon Gilfillian<\/a> as well as appearing with Los Angeles indie folk trio Trousdale, and former Late Show with Stephen Colbert bandleader Louis Cato.<\/p>\n On Friday, the band members \u2014 wearing their trademark black faux Sixers jerseys \u2014 joined Hill, serving as the Fugees singer\u2019<\/a>s horn section, on \u201cDoo Wop (That Thing),\u201d from her1998 classic album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which was released on Conshohocken<\/a>\u2019s Ruffhouse Records. <\/p>\n That day, they also played with Quinn of Mt. Joy \u2014 which has a date the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camdenon Sept. 25. On Saturday morning, the band played with Trousdale. Then later in the day, it joined Gilfillian for part of his \u201cSea To Shining Sea\u201d music and storytelling initiative<\/a> which the Morton, Pa. native put together with Newport Festival Foundation Executive Director Jay Sweet.<\/p>\n \u00bb READ MORE: Delco\u2019s Devon Gilfillian knows Philly is always there for him<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWow \u2026. Unreal weekend. We don\u2019t know what to say other than WE LOVE YOU ALL!!! Thank you @newportfolkfest<\/a> for one of the best weekends of our lives,\u201d the band said in an Instagram post showing a stage-eye view of a performance of its song \u201cTogether,\u201d while heads nodded in the crowd and boats bobbed on Narragansett Bay.<\/p>\n As part of its busy weekend, the band members also posted an AI generated photo of LeBron James<\/a> wearing a Snacktime Sixers jersey.<\/a><\/p>\n Next weekend, Snacktime is Chicago bound to play the Lollapalooza Festival alongside acts like Charli XCX, Olivia Dean, and Lorde. They\u2019ll also be joining Gilfillian on tour for dates around the U.S. in September and October.<\/p>\n