After two days of collaborations, surprise performances, old faces and newer acts, Newport Folk Festival came to a close last night with a headlining performance by Alabama Shakes, but not before the final day of the iconic Rhode Island festival was filled with more stellar performances from an array of artists and genres.

The sit ins started early and kept going throughout the day, with River Whyless welcoming The Suffers’ Kam Franklin for their energetic morning performance. Franklin would later join Middle Brother, along with Shovels & Rope, on the main stage in the afternoon.

Irish songwriter Glen Hansard also blew away the main stage crowd with a solo acoustic performance that included a few Once tracks, a cover of Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks” and a sit in on “Lowly Deserter” from Elvis Costello, who would later host his own sit-in party on the same stage. Hansard returned the favor during Costello’s set, and Costello’s late-afternoon performance also featured guests like Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Middle Brother and Conor O’Brien from The Villagers.

After Phil Cook and his Southland Revue welcomed out the Blind Boys of Alabama on the Quad, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes took over and closed out the stage in the late afternoon, playing what amounted to a conversation with the audience as much as a performance, as frontman Alex Ebert welcomed crowd members to sing verses, share stories and more during his band’s set. The collective also covered John Lennon’s “Instant Karma” and welcomed out Preservation Hall Jazz Band, closing their show with their sing-along hit “Home.”

To round out the festival, Alabama Shakes took to the Fort stage for their headlining performance, playing a mix of tunes from each of their first two album before being joined by Dawes for the final song of Newport Folk 2016, a rousing cover of Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” as the sun set over Fort Adams.