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Welcome!
Welcome to our 41st Northwest Folklife Festival
This year we enthusiastically celebrate Seattle Center and thank them for the partnership we have enjoyed for
the entire history of our event. We could not have a Festival without this collaboration and in-kind support, and
we are pleased that our Festival is one of the first events in Seattle Center’s celebration of the 1962 World’s Fair.
We look forward to working with Seattle Center in its next fifty years! Please seek out and enjoy the Next Fifty
Pavilion (next to the Center House) and other Cultural Focus: Next Fifty attractions this weekend.
You know that Northwest Folklife puts on the best community arts festival in the region. Here is something you
may not know: Northwest Folklife is an independent, nonprofit arts organization that produces our annual free
festival in partnership with the City of Seattle. The Festival is not a production of Seattle Center or the City. We
enjoy significant in-kind support from both, but each year we must raise over $800,000 in cash to produce the
Festival, much of it during this four-day event. With your help, we meet this enormous challenge year after year.
The Not-Its! Photo by Piper Hanson.
Your financial support can come in many ways: you can make a donation at the entrances, at the Information
Booths, or at stages when donation pitches are announced. You can also donate at any time during the rest
of the year as we plan the next Festival and our other year-round activities.
We also thank the over 6,000 volunteers who make the performances and attractions possible this Festival
weekend. All of our thousands of performers are donating their talents and more than 800 support and
production volunteers make sure that the weekend proceeds so smoothly. When you see a volunteer, thank her
or him for this fabulous event. Better yet, ask how you can sign up to volunteer for a 2-hour shift to further
support the Festival this weekend.
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The Northwest Folklife Board and Staff are looking strategically into our future. We started as a free
folk arts festival in the early 1970s, and we will remain a vital and diverse organization producing a
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free festival and related activities as we push into the second decade of the 21st century. Please join
us with your support for our inspired future, for the Festival and for the rest of the Folklife year.
Thank you! We wish you a wonderful Festival weekend,
Luther F. Black
President, Board of Directors
Robert Townsend
Executive Director
Contents
Festival Info................................................ 2
Become a Friend of Folklife ........................ 3
Cultural Focus:
The Next Fifty at Seattle Center............... 4-5
Folklife’s Next Fifty.................................. 6-7
Schedule Grid........................................ 8-13
Living Green Courtyard ............................ 14
Indie Roots Stage..................................... 14
Labor Celebration .................................... 15
Festival Vendors ....................................... 17
Thank Yous and Sponsors......................... 19
Grounds Map ........................................... 20
Riley Calcagno
of The Onlies. Photo
by Piper Hanson.
About Northwest Folklife
Northwest Folklife is an independent,
year-round nonprofit organization.
Northwest Folklife creates opportunities
for all to celebrate, share, and participate
in the evolving cultural traditions of
the Pacific Northwest. Every year since
1972 we have presented the Northwest
Folklife Festival in Seattle Center on
Memorial Day Weekend.
The Pacific Northwest is home to an
extraordinary group of communities—
ethnic, familial, occupational, religious, and
regional—and we believe it is important
to celebrate and help sustain the traditions
of all of those groups. Doing so revitalizes
people and communities and helps preserve
cultural heritage for years to come. We
believe that when people share their way
of life, opportunities are created to dissolve
misunderstandings, break down stereotypes
and increase respect for one another.
The Northwest Folklife Festival is just
one way Folklife brings this celebration
of diversity and tradition to the heart
of Seattle. Find out more about Northwest
Folklife by visiting our website,
www.nwfolklife.org, or by stopping by
a Festival Information Booth.
Sign up for our eNews!
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Accessibility and
Assistance
Street Performing
All buildings in Seattle Center are
wheelchair accessible. A limited
number of wheelchairs are available
at Festival Services located on the
third floor of the Center House
(#20 on the map). Disabled parking
is available at all lots (check with
the attendant if spaces are full) and
on the street on 2nd Avenue North
in two locations—north of Mercer
Street and south of Thomas Street.
Emergencies
• Go to any Festival Information Booth
and ask for assistance
• Ask for help from a radio-equipped
Festival Staff member
• Dial 9-1-1 (free at any pay phone)
• Alert the nearest Seattle Police Officer
• Go to the First Aid on the north side of the
Center House. It is staffed by American
Medical Response and Seattle Fire
Department Paramedics. (Look at the
back of this guide for the red cross
on the Festival map).
For our street performing policies,
visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org/
get-involved/street-performers
or see one of our Street Performer
Coordinators at the Festival.
King County
Metro Shuttles
We are pleased to offer two Festival
shuttles this year, in partnership with
King County Metro Transit. Shuttles
leave from Renton and Northgate
throughout the day on Saturday,
Sunday, and Monday. Shuttles cost
$2.50 per person (cash only) and
drop passengers off at 3rd Ave N.
and Mercer. Please visit www.
nwfolklifefestival.org for more
details and bus schedule.
New at Seattle Center
Found items are turned over to
Seattle Center Customer Service
on the third floor balcony of the
Center House, (206) 684-7200.
[email protected]
• Chilhuly Garden & Glass Museum is
now open (see map on page 20)
• Pacific Science Center is featuring
a special King Tut exhibit
• John T. Williams Memorial Totem Pole is
now on view at the Space Needle Lawn
• The Center House/Armory features new
food vendors
• New MOHAI exhibit in the International
Fountain Lawn Pavilion
• SIFF Cinema joins Folklife—Visit the
former Alki Room for programming
Pets
Need More Information?
Lost and Found
For the enjoyment of all, please leave
all pets except service animals at
home. Exotic animals are not allowed
on the Seattle Center grounds.
Public Checkroom
A public checkroom is available
for your convenience in the Fisher
Pavilion Roadhouse. Hours are Friday
through Sunday, 11am to 10pm and
Monday, 11am to 9pm. The cost is
$2 for a one-time check and $5 for
unlimited daily access.
Folklife Store
The Folklife Store carries the music
of your favorite Festival performers!
It is located in the Fidalgo Room in
the Northwest Rooms (#8 on the map
on the back of this guide). The store
will be open Friday through Monday
from 11am to 8pm.
For additional information on food,
craft, the Uncommon Market, and
Living Green Courtyard vendors, as
well as on Cultural Focus highlights,
hotels, bus routes and more, please
visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org,
download our Festival app for your
iPhone, Blackberry, or Android,
or head to any of our Festival
Information Booths. You may also
visit Festival Services (located on
the third floor of the Center House/
Armory [#20 on the map]) between
the hours of 9am and 10pm on
Friday, 8am and 10pm on Saturday
and Sunday and 8am to 8pm on
Monday.
Festival Information
Become a Friend of Folklife!
Help us achieve our mission and
present the Festival you love!
The support of our community
and donors like you makes it
possible for Northwest Folklife to
accomplish our mission and host
the largest free community arts
festival in the United States. Please
join us and become a Friend of
Folklife by making a tax-deductible
donation today.
By becoming a Friend of Folklife,
you will ensure that Northwest
Folklife remains a vibrant
organization, while helping to
secure the future of the annual
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Folklife Festival. As always, your
gift will come with great benefits
to help you enjoy the Festival to
its fullest and keep you up-to-date
with all the inside information at
Northwest Folklife.
Visit any Festival Information Booth
or Festival Services to make your
gift and sign up today. You can also
visit us online at www.nwfolklife.
org or call 206-233-3953 for more
information. There are many ways
to make your gift including gifts of
stock and estate planning. If you
have questions about making a gift,
please give us a call!
2012 Friends of Folklife Benefits
Benefits are good for one year from purchase date
Contributor ($50)
($40 students or seniors)
• Official guide mailed to you
in mid-May prior to the Festival
• Option to receive our eNewsletter
• Two Friend of Folklife buttons
• 10% discount at the Folklife Store
Advocate ($100)
Folklife Hero: Investor
($500)
All of the above, PLUS:
• Thanks in Festival guide and
on website year-round
• Festival VIP goody bag
Folklife Hero:
Benefactor ($1,000)
All of the above, PLUS:
All of the above, PLUS:
• Two additional Friend
of Folklife buttons
• One Hospitality button for admission
to a special insider access area
• Copy of the latest Roots & Branches:
Live from the 2011 Festival CD
• One official Northwest Folklife
Festival T-shirt
• Exclusive tour of the Festival with the
Executive Director and a Board Member
• Signed Northwest Folklife Festival
limited edition hand-screened poster
Supporter ($250)
All of the above, PLUS:
• One additional Friend
of Folklife button
• One additional Hospitality button
• One official Northwest Folklife
Festival poster
Folklife Hero:
Sustainer ($2,500)
All of the above, PLUS:
• Complimentary parking during
the Festival
• Exclusive dinner with the Executive
Director and/or the Board President
Folklife Hero:
Visionary Circle ($5,000+)
All of the above, PLUS:
• Naming opportunities
at the Festival
Visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org for more details about this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival
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Cultural Focus: The Next Fifty
The Northwest Folklife
Festival’s 2012 Cultural
Focus: The Next Fifty
For 2012, Northwest Folklife is joining in
Seattle Center’s six-month-long celebration
of its fiftieth anniversary and making that
celebration the Festival’s Cultural Focus.
Our organization is happy to participate in
the festivities because the Seattle Center
has been the Festival’s home since our
very first event, forty-one years ago. It’s
been a close relationship: from the very
beginning, Northwest Folklife and Seattle
Center have shared the common goals of
providing possibilities, bringing people
together, and celebrating our region’s
vibrant culture. Many of the young people
who came to the first Northwest Folklife
Festival have returned over the years, first
bringing their children and then their
grandchildren. The annual trek to Seattle
Center has become a family tradition. Who
knew fifty years could pass so quickly?
Some of the groups that were at the 1962
Seattle World’s Fair participated in the first
Northwest Folklife Festival ten years later.
And some of those groups (or their children
or grandchildren) are still involved with
celebrations at Seattle Center. Many of the
ethnic festivals that Seattle Center hosts
throughout the year got their start as a
showcase at the Northwest Folklife Festival.
take place on Sunday in the Vera Project,
featuring the Massive Monkees and Robert
Pastorok. Visit the EMP Museum on both
Saturday and Sunday to see some of the
best all-ages programming anywhere:
Saturday marks the first-ever collaboration
between VJ and chiptune artists who are
using the fabulous EMP video screen for
their performances. And Sunday is an All
Ages | All Day extravaganza that features
some of the very best 21-and-under bands
in the region.
Fifty years. Old ages, young ages, all ages.
Many of our 2012 Festival visitors will be
able to identify some of the big changes
that have occurred to the grounds of
Seattle Center in the past fifty years. Just
as many visitors will be aware of changes
to the Northwest Folklife Festival. Those
changes keep us vital and relevant. We
celebrate Seattle Center’s last fifty years.
And we look forward to a continued
relationship where we celebrate not only
Seattle Center’s next fifty years but also
Northwest Folklife’s next fifty as well.
With all of this shared history, part of
our Cultural Focus programming includes
retrospectives. For example, Jack Straw
Productions, a multidisciplinary audio arts
center, started its life fifty years ago as
KRAB Radio, and KRAB, along with Seattle
Center, helped produce the some of the
first Festivals. We celebrate Jack Straw’s
fifty years with a special showcase on
Sunday afternoon on the Fisher Green that
features some of the performers who used
to appear on KRAB. And did you know
that there was a Hootenanny at the 1962
Seattle World’s Fair? Jon Pfaff hosts a panel
on Monday on the Narrative Stage that
includes some of the folksingers who were
affected by the Folk Revival of the 1960s.
Not all of our programming looks back.
As part of the Cultural Focus: The Next
Fifty, we’re following Seattle Center’s
lead and spotlighting contemporary and
cutting-edge performers and genres that
are sure to be around for, well, maybe the
next fifty years. As part of the All Ages |
All Day event, a Hip-Hop Competition will
A Short History of the
Northwest Folklife Festival’s
Cultural Focus Programs
For the past twenty years, Northwest Folklife has had the
honor of featuring the arts, traditions, and heritage of many
Pacific Northwest communities—ethnic, regional, occupational,
religious, and familial. These programs are called the Cultural
Focus. While most people who attend the Festival ask us what
the year’s “theme” is, we like to use the term “cultural focus”
because it helps to underscore what we’re about—CULTURE.
Each year the Cultural Focus gives Northwest Folklife’s staff
the opportunity to learn more about a particular group or
community, to share that knowledge with the public, and to
make deep and lasting friendships with the community members.
We are always eager to work with new communities and talk
about ways in which we can organize future programs.
2012:
The Next Fifty: Celebrating the 50th anniversary
of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair
2011:
Northwest Stories AND the Bulgarian
Community Celebration
2010:
Folklife is Community! Thirteen Communities that
Share Their Traditions at the Northwest Folklife Festival
2009:
The Centennial Celebration of the 1909 AlaskaYukon-Pacific Exposition
2008:
2007:
Urban Indians
2006:
2005:
2004:
2003:
Borderlands: The Communities on the Washington
State/British Columbia International Line
Arab Communities of the Pacific Northwest
Generation to Generation: Passing on our Traditions
Horn of Africa Cultures
East Meets West: Maritime Cultures of the Atlantic
Northeast and the Pacific Northwest
2002:
East Meets West: Forest & Woodlands Cultures
of the Atlantic Northeast and the Pacific Northwest
2001:
Han Madang: Korean American Communities
of the Pacific Northwest
1999:
1998:
Nordic Folk Traditions
1997:
1996:
1992:
Norte y Sur: Un Solo Pueblo. The Chicano-Mexicano
Legacy into the New Millenium.
Labor Arts & History
Mabuhay, Pilipinas! A Celebration of Filipino and
Filipino American Culture
Spirit of the First People: Native American Music
& Dance Traditions in Washington State
Photo courtesy EMP Museum
Visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org for more details about this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival
Cultural Focus: The Next Fifty
Seattle Center’s
Next Fifty
When the 1962 World’s Fair organizers
began their planning, they envisioned
leaving the permanent legacy of a civic and
cultural gathering place that would serve
the entire community. Fifty years later, their
vision lives on at Seattle Center, home to
more than 30 arts and culture organizations, numerous festivals and events, and
the open space and outdoor art that make
this the region’s premier urban park.
Seattle Center is a cultural icon that
connects our communities, drives the
success of surrounding businesses, and
serves as the region’s most popular tourist
destination. While most visitors come
to Seattle Center for a particular event,
activity, or experience, our hope is that
they will linger longer than expected
because of the beauty and attractions
they encounter along the way.
As the region has prospered and diversified
over the past fifty years, so too has Seattle
Center. Many of the buildings erected for
the World’s Fair now house some of the
finest arts, sports, and educational institutions in the nation. The concentration and
quality are truly astonishing. Where else
in the world can one find a world class
children’s theatre right across the way
from a top science center; two nationally
honored regional theatres adjacent to one
another; an opera and ballet that are the
envy of their peers across the country; and
so much more—all within a 74-acre area?
Seattle Center remains relevant by staying
responsive to community needs and desires.
As our region evolves so will the Center, in
its programs and the place itself. People will
continue to gather here, in the heart of our
city, to discover the essence of community
and the joy of human connection.
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The Next Fifty at Folklife: A Series of Programs
to Celebrate Seattle Center’s Fiftieth Anniversary
The Future Remembered:
The 1962 Seattle World’s
Fair and Its Legacy:
A Conversation with Authors
Paula Becker and Alan J. Stein
Astronauts, Elvis, sky rides,
royalty, the Kennedys, religion,
topless showgirls, the Canadian
tattoo, the Cold War, futurist
speculation… The 1962 Seattle
World’s Fair had it all. The era
and its people come to life
in The Future Remembered:
The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and Its Legacy, a new, coffeetable-style book filled with fascinating history, stories, and
pictures to celebrate the fair’s fiftieth anniversary. Join authors Paula Becker and Alan J. Stein and learn how the space
race lit the fire under Seattle’s movers, shakers and dreamers, and how they turned their little-known, geographically
isolated city into the place that “invented the future” and
gave us the remarkable legacy and a fondly remembered six
months of learning and fun in 1962. Friday, Saturday, Sunday
and Monday at 4:00 PM; Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema.
Book-it Repertory Theatre Reads
The Future Remembered
Book-It All Over, the Education and Community Outreach
Program of Book-It Repertory Theatre performs the
Future Remembered: The 1962 World’s Fair and Its
Legacy, written by Paula Becker, Alan J. Stein and the
HistoryLink staff; and adapted and directed by Annie
Lareau. Production development and performances are
supported by 4Culture, King County Lodging Tax.
In six short months in 1962, ten million people passed
through the gates of the World’s Fair in Seattle, changing
the city and region forever. Witness the excitement of
a metropolis about to come into its own, and meet the
civic leaders whose advocacy and forward thinking paved
the way for us to become the culturally rich and vibrant
community we are now. Friday, 5:00 PM; Sunday, 1:00 PM;
Monday, 11:00 AM; Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema.
Stormwater: Life in the Gutter
Stokley Towles
Seattle artist Stokley Towles will present a forty-minute
performance that reflects local perceptions and behaviors
around stormwater and the work that Seattle Public Utilities
(SPU) carries out to manage drainage throughout Seattle.
Partnering with SPU and King County, Towles traces the
history of the origins of Seattle’s sewer system and how
it evolved to the system we have today. Friday, 6:00 PM;
Saturday, 1:00 PM; Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema.
Water Calling Short Films
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership
with Seattle Public Utilities, presents a screening of Water
Calling: Short Films. SJ Chiro, Britta Johnson, Susan Robb,
Luke Sieczek, and Rick Stevenson each produced a short
film or video that explores water quality stewardship and
drainage issues. Each short feature is intended to raise public
awareness of environmental stewardship, especially as it
connects to SPU’s work. Sunday, 2:00 PM; Narrative Stage
at SIFF Cinema.
Water Calling films include:
A Water Tale ~ SJ Chiro
Waterway ~ Britta Johnson
Water Lab ~ Susan Robb
Space, the air, the river, the leaf ~ Luke Sieczek
Displaced ~ Rick Stevenson
Exhibits to Celebrate The Next Fifty
These exhibits will be on display each day during the Northwest Folklife Festival. In addition, you can visit them
throughout the rest of Seattle Center’s six-month-long series of festivities that runs through October 21.
Remembering Century 21:
A Community History Project and Celebration
Looking Forward:
Young Social Entrepreneurs, the New Heroes
Apr 21–Oct 21, International Fountain Pavilion (next to the Living Green Courtyard)
Apr 21–Oct 21, International Fountain Pavilion (next to the Living Green Courtyard)
The exhibit, developed in partnership with the Museum of History
and Industry (MOHAI) and HistoryLink, includes the MOHAI Century
21 Collection of artifacts and the traveling exhibition Centuries of
Progress: American World’s Fairs, 1853-1982.
A photographic exploration of young visionaries between the
ages of 17 and 30 who are applying innovative solutions to create
a better society. Exhibit images by photographer Davis Freeman.
1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Photo courtesy The Next Fifty.
Visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org for more details about this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival
Cultural Focus: The Next Fifty
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Family Activities at The Next Fifty Plaza
This year Seattle Center is presenting the
family activity area as part of its Next Fifty celebration.
Visit The Next Fifty Plaza instead of the Folklife Commons!
Explore this page for descriptions of some
of your favorite hands-on pursuits.
Experience Sustainable
Futures Exhibit
Every choice matters. Our region,
a national leader in dealing with
change, exports to our nation
and the world ideas, policy,
innovation, and technologies that
help us to live more sustainably.
The exhibit addresses what might
surprise us about our region’s
collective efforts when we look
back fifty years from now.
• Center for Wooden Boats: Build
your own wooden toy boat!
• Fremont Arts Council: Help create a 100 ft.
“dragon float” using plastic bottles!
• Seafair: Come see how you can build a
boat out of milk cartons, then race at the
Denny’s Seafair Milk Carton Derby!
$19.00 for an unlimited day pass
that includes the Zip Line
The Earth Portal: A Guided
Tour of the Universe
Individual ride tickets available.
Individual rides cost $1.25 to
$7.50 per person.
Next Fifty Activities Tent
Experiences for all ages that
create lasting impressions of the
challenges and opportunities
of our future world! This fully
enclosed tent is host to interactive
activities and exhibits. It also
hosts The Next Fifty Experience
exhibit. Free!
• Planet of the Puppets: Make and take
home a Pop-Up Puppet that opens its
mouth with just a thumbs up from you!
Honora (participant in this year’s
SoundOff! competition), The
Brass Monkey Band, and The
Grizzled Mighty.
The Ver(A)rt Gallery is located in
the Vera Project. See #10 on the
map on the back of this guide.
Captain With Accordion by Brandon Vosika
Photo by Piper Hanson
$12.00 for an unlimited day pass
for all rides except the Zip Line
Activities include:
For this year’s young artist
showcase at the Ver(A)rt Gallery,
we are showing six Northwest
artists who have incorporated their
perspectives with Seattle Center’s
Next Fifty theme and sustainability.
The Next Fifty places us at a
crossroads, looking to where
we are going as a Northwest
Community. Who better to show
us that way than the youth artists
of our region? With emphasis
on the hybridity of pieces, the
convergence of past and future,
and the use of found or recycled
material, these artists address their
experiences, perspectives, hopes,
and observations of the world
around them.
Closing the gallery show will be a
reception on Monday, May 28th,
6:00-8:00 PM in the Vera Project.
The reception will showcase
three young Northwest bands,
Seattle Center Playway
A fun place to play for people
of all ages, children to adults!
Attractions include a zip line
and mechanical and inflatable
rides. Seattle Center presents
in partnership with Clowns
Unlimited.
Young Artists Showcase
at the Ver(A)rt Gallery
Step inside the GeoDome for
a spectacular tour of NASA’s
Digital Universe Atlas, the most
comprehensive map of the
observable cosmos ever created!
Embark on the mind-expanding
journey through the Universe
illuminating the extraordinary
conditions and relationships
which enable life to thrive on
Earth. Will your new perspective
change the way you live on our
planet? Come find out...
If you’ve wondered about
playing instruments like...
Harp, Hammered Dulcimer, Ukulele,
Guitar, Mountain Dulcimer, Fiddle,
Banjo, Mandolin, and Autoharp
Photo(s)
VISIT THE DUSTY STRINGS MUSIC
SCHOOL TENT ON THE FISHER GREEN
See, hear, and feel what’s it’s like to play!
Meet our School Faculty
All ages welcome!
$7 youth and seniors, $9 adults
($3 materials fee)
Visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org for more details about this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival
Cultural Focus: The Next Fifty
The Next Fifty in
the EMP Museum
Jack Straw Celebrates 50 Years
Next Fifty VJ and
Chiptune Showcase
This is the first year that our VJ
and Chiptune artists have paired
up to bring you a new-fashioned
electronica showcase set to fresh,
live video imagery. For those new to
these terms, a VJ is a video jockey,
a digital artist who combines video
images with music in a real-time
performance. Chiptune, or chip
music, is synthesized electronic music
that is made using the sound chips of
vintage computers and video games
such as old Game Boys, Nintendos,
or Commodore 64 computers. Think
of the Mario Brothers!
Saturday, May 26; 1:00-4:00 PM;
EMP Sky Church
All Ages | All Day
Folklife turns its focus to the
Northwest’s youth community with
the All Ages | All Day showcase in the
EMP’s Sky Church on Sunday, May 27.
Members of the all-ages community
are key players in the ongoing
continuation of folk traditions as
well as trailblazers for the arts in
the coming years. This day brings
you a showcase of the Northwest
youth artist community, with spoken
word and song. Starting off the day
is the Pongo Teen Writing Project,
with performances by teen poets,
followed by The Old Fire House
Showcase. The focus for the Old
Firehouse community this year is on
young female singer-songwriters
from the Eastside. Other contributors
to this day of art for youth by youth
are the local Seattle bands BOAT and
Us on Roofs. Closing the day is the All
Ages Alternative Showcase featuring
The Deep Wake, runners up in the
EMP’s SoundOff!, the ultimate allages battle of the bands.
Sunday, May 27; Noon to 10:00 PM;
EMP Sky Church
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The Jack Straw Foundation
is celebrating its own fiftyyear anniversary in 2012.
For many years it hosted and
broadcasted stages at the
Northwest Folklife Festival
through KRAB-FM, a local
radio station. As part of the
2012 Cultural Focus: The Next
Fifty, Jack Straw is presenting
the KRAB Radio Showcase,
a fifty-year retrospective.
The KRAB Showcase is on Saturday, May 26,
from 2:00-5:00 PM on the Fisher Green Stage.
The Jack Straw Foundation was founded in 1962 to
start one of the first community radio stations in the
country—KRAB-FM. Hundreds of passionate volunteers
shared their expertise in the arts, sciences, and public
affairs with individuals of all ages from Vancouver,
British Columbia to Vancouver, Washington. When you
listened to KRAB, you heard programs played nowhere
else: music from other countries, thoughts and ideas
not usually given public expression, programs that
were a practical application of the First Amendment.
You also heard live broadcasts of folk and ethnic music
from the KRAB stage at the Northwest Folklife Festival.
The Jack Straw Foundation also started KBOO-FM in
Portland, Oregon, and provided broadcast capability
to Spanish-language station KDNA in Granger,
Washington. After KRAB went off the air in 1984, the
Foundation opened KSER-FM in Snohomish County. It
also began Jack Straw Productions, an audio arts center
in Seattle. Jack Straw Productions provides support to
hundreds of artists so they can create and present new
work through residencies and radio programs; teaches
individuals of all ages to express themselves creatively;
and presents artist talks, exhibits, performances, and
media productions.
Photo Courtesy of Jack Straw Foundation.
Roots of Hip-Hop
Visualize the hip-hopping, spinning, flips, and
flashy footwork of today’s best break dancers.
Where do those moves come from? Roots of
Hip-Hop explores the origins of contemporary
culture in traditional forms, with performers
from Benin, Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, and the USA.
Experience a live music and dance performance
of hip-hop, African dance, and Capoeira.
This special Folklife Festival preview features
award-winning performers Global Heat with
Dadical; Mr Magnesium and Free (SoulShifters);
Etienne Cakpo (Gansango); Mestre Curisco
& Coty Valdez (Capoeira Malês & Circle of
Fire); Shanetta Brown (Tubaluba); Kama
(Kamalashaka); Yaw Amponsah (Anokye
Agofomma); and others.
Attention student dancers! Show us your
best break dance moves and win two free
dance workshops with SoulShifters in early
June, with the opportunity to be part of a
performance of Roots of Hip-Hop at Intiman
Theatre. This project is funded by The Next Fifty.
Sunday, 1:15 PM; VERA Stage
Visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org for more details about this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival
Boeing Green
EMP
Learning Labs
Intiman Choral
Courtyard
11:00
8
Lopez Room
McCaw
Promenade
Olympic Room
Rainier Room
Rhythm Tent
1:00
MAYWORKS
ART EXHIBITIONS
IN THE LOPEZ ROOM
Experience world rhythms at the
Rhythm Tent located on the Fountain Lawn
Join in on our scheduled jams located
in the Jam Tent on the Boeing Green
Seattle Song Circle
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Tribute to Silent Voices
Open Drum & Dance
6:00
5:00
4:00
3:00
2:00
11:00 AM-7:00 PM
Friday through Sunday,
11:00 AM-6:00 PM Monday
6:00 PM
With Carold Nelson
FRI
R
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
David Milford
1:00
12:00
Old-time Southern Tunes Jam
With Mimi Geibel
With the Market Street Singers
2:00
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
KIDS SING TOO!
With John Palmes
Step Into Storytelling
Campfire USA Sings
Camp Songs
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
NW Cajun Jammers
3:30 PM-4:20 PM
We Gather,We Play,We Smile!
With Paul ‘Mooselips’ Dudley
Join a Neighborhood
Song Circle
With Ming Chen
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
With the Fabulous Beaconettes
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
All are Welcome, Bring your instruments!
GUERILLA MOD WESTERN
SQUARE DANCE
11:00 AM-7:00 PM
Friday through Sunday,
11:00 AM-6:00 PM Monday
SPONSORED BY
SEATTLE GAY NEWS
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Puddletown Squares
w/Gary Monday, Caller
Square Dancing. Outside the Box!
Dan Maher’s Folklife Sing-along
5:00 PM-6:30 PM
6:00
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
With Truman Price
Swing Mandolin
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Family Dance with
the Carroll Family Band
With Amy Carroll
Irish Sean-nos Dance
‘Jamtown’ John Hayden
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
Family Music Fun
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
Community Jam
Introduction to the
Balkan Party Dance
With Jim Boneau
With Maldon Meehan
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
Cajun and Zydeco
Dance Workshop
With Hank Voss
Rapper Sword Dancing
Music and Peace in
a Conflicted World
With MaryLee Lykes
English Clog to a Brass Band
With Barbara Dunn
Cotswold Morris Dances
Bottleneck Slide Guitar
GUERILLA MORRIS
2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Re-Rap
North BY Northwest
Morris Dancers
MossyBack Morris Men
Vancouver Morris Men
Traditional English Dance
Native American
Flute Workshop
With Peter Ali
3:00 PM-3:50 PM
4:00 PM-4:50 PM
With Stanislove
Playing Bones
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
With Rick Fogel
6:30 PM-7:00 PM
With E. John Doubt
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
MOD WESTERN
SQUARE DANCE
3:30 PM-6:00 PM
Puddletown Squares
w/Gary Monday, Caller
Square Dancing. Outside the Box!
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
West African Rhythms
3:00 PM-3:50 PM
With Michael Goude
Hausa Drumming
4:00 PM-4:50 PM
With Mohammed Shaibu
Fun with Drums,
Shakers & Bells
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
With Kerry Greene
Open Drum & Dance
6:00 PM-
With Sol Weber
7:00
Fiddle for Violinists
FAMILY DANCE WORKSHOP
All Ages Workshop
Rounds Celebrating Pete
With Lance Scott
Pete Seeger Sing-a-long
SAT
AT
A
T
11:00 AM-11:50 AM
With Nadia Tarnawsky
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
With Daneal Maher
7:00 PM-8:00 PM
With Tom Colwell &
The Soundbound Odyssey
Ukrainian Folk Singing
With Brian Oberlin
With Tom Lewis
Learn to Sing by Singing!
Open Jam
MAYWORKS
ART EXHIBITIONS
IN THE LOPEZ ROOM
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Songs and Lore of the Sea
4:00
3:00
With Val Rogers
Choral Classics Sing-a-long
Harmony Singing
= Bread & Roses Programs
8:00 PM-9:00 PM
Beginning Jamming
with 3 Chords
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
= Family Friendly Programs
Curious about stringed instruments?
Stop by the Dusty Strings’ Instrument
Petting Zoo on the Fisher Green!
Workshops/Jams
5:00
Rambling Man:
The Life,Times and Music
of Woody Guthrie
= Next Fifty Programs
SATURDAY
8:00
Sweet Songs from Yesterday
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
With Ken Iverson
9:00
7:00 PM-8:00 PM
Lively Up! with South African
choral dance-songs
11:00
9:00
8:00
7:00
A Performance
By The Wanderers
FRIDAY Workshops/Jams
12:00
Don’t miss guerilla dances
happening on the McCaw Promenade
throughout the weekend!
EMP
Learning Labs
11:00
Boeing Green
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
With Barbara Dunn
1:00
FRET:Town Hall Meeting
2:00
3:00
4:00
Jack Lofton
With Reilly & Maloney
Diatonic Button Accordion–
Demystified
Fun Dances to Good Music
The Roots of Tango
Drumming
as Creative Expression
Sea Songs
Seattle Kids’ Morris
With Paul Anastasio
With Patty Leverett
With Simone LaDrumma
LIARS’ CONTEST
WEST COAST SWING DANCE
Bells! Sticks! Hankies! Kilts?
John Cunningham
Short Legs,Tall Capers!
4:30 PM-6:00 PM
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
VOICES OF OCCUPY
HOSTED BY DAVID ROVICS
12:00
Singing Four Part American
A Capella Harmony
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
3:00
3:00 PM-3:50 PM
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Seattle Swing Dance Club
Get into the Swing of Things!
4:00 PM-4:50 PM
With John Avenger
Africa Comes to You
Introduction to Klezmer Music–
Klezmer 101
With Kofi Anang
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
Sign-up for the Liars’ Contest
at 2:00 PM in the Olympic Room
MAYWORKS
ART EXHIBITIONS
IN THE LOPEZ ROOM
11:00 AM-7:00 PM
Friday through Sunday,
11:00 AM-6:00 PM Monday
NEW STORYTELLERS
Boottis Country Dancing
11:00 AM-12:20 PM
With the Royal Scottish Country
Dance Society
Jeff Leinaweaver
Mythsinger and Storyteller
Lindagail Campbell
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
Capoeira Angola
Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
Community Jam
Musical Humor
in Gilbert & Sullivan
Kathya Alexander
With Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society
Storyteller Brian Rohr
African Dance
with Manimou Camara
Folktales for the Mythic Soul
With Jessica Towns-Camara
A Feast of Singable
Choral Favorites
STORY SWAP
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
Stories from the South
1:00 PM-2:30 PM
With Silvio Dos Reis
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Zwiefacher Tricky
Rhythm Dancing
2:30 PM-3:30 PM
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
Seattle Bach Choir
Sing-a-long
With the Seattle Bach Choir
Play the Didgeridoo!
Fun with Argentine Tango
With Doug Bridges
With llana Rubin and Tony Fan
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
Arturo Rodriguez
YOUniversal Rhythms
3:00 PM-3:50 PM
John Av enger
With Lee Jardine
John Hayden
With Jim Page
11:00 AM-10:00 PM Friday-Sunday,11:00 AM-9:00 PM Monday
Interact-Learn.com
With Nick Vigarino
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Reconstructing Tomorrow
Art Exhibit in the Ver(a) Gallery
Kerry Greene
Salmon Run Family Drum
THE G.I. COFFEHOUSE
With the Seattle Peace Chorus
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Slide Guitar in the Key of E
3:00 PM-3:40 PM
Mozart’s Requiem
Memorial Day Sing-along
With Patrick McMonagle
With Jim Boneau
Traditional Appalachian
Clog Dance
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Family Jam
11:00 AM-11:50 AM
12:00 PM-12:50 AM
MON
N
YOUniversal Rhythms
Liar’s Contest
Stories for the Heart and Soul
With Pacific Sound Chorus
3:00 PM-3:50 PM
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
Kristen Ramer Lang
4:00
6:00
7:00
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
3:00 PM-3:50 PM
4:00 PM-4:50 PM
5 Rhythms Dance
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
With Susan Usher
4:00 PM-4:50 PM
Performance & Jam
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
Bill Matthews
Open Drum & Dance
6:00 PM-
With Carold Nelson
Workshops/Jams
8:00
With Arthur Hixson
With Harvey Niebulski
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
9:00
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
Liars’ Contest
Sing for Peace and Justice
With Ravenna String Orchestra
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Sign up at 2:00 PM in Olympic Room,
limit 8 minutes for your story!
Seattle Raging Grannies
String-along
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
With George Sadak
4:30 PM-5:00 PM
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Open Jam
Fabulous French Country Dances
with Feu de Joie
Egyptian Tabla Workshop
With Stanley Greenthal
Cotswold Morris Dancing
SUN
UN
U
N
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
The Violin Music of Mexico’s
Tierra Caliente Region
Bridgetown Morris Men
David Rovics
E.T. & the Boy
Ukulele Kaeley
Nina Laboy
Desert Rat
The Chris Chandler and
Paul Benoit Show
Danny Kelly
Jim Page
Laura Love
Harp Song Ensemble
Anne Marie Schafer
With Peter Contrastano
1:00 PM-3:00 PM
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Oly Old-time Slow Jam
With Aurora Burd
With Kerry Greene
Sound and Fury Morris Dancers
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
All Instruments Welcome
Introduction to Irish Fiddle
English Morris Dance Workshop
9
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
With Pamela Mortensen
With Phil and Vivian Williams
5:00 PM-4:50 PM
With Mollie Singh
Fest Breizh:
The Music of Brittany
With the Last Sunday Shanty Singers
Open Jam
Six Easy Patterns
11:00 AM-11:50 AM
With Kory Tideman
Fiddle Jam
4:00 PM-3:50 PM
Bhangra / Bollywood
Dance lesson
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
Renegade Rose Morris
Sol Weber
3:00 PM-3:50 PM
Singing Games for Kids
Didgeridoo for Beginners
Elegant Round Jam
With Cathy Britell
Harvey Niebulski
3:00 PM-3:50 PM
Rhythm Tent
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Jeremy Matheis
Scottish Gaelic Song
for Voice and Instrument
The Art of Duetting
Rainier Room
With Amy Carroll
GUERILLA MORRIS
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
Olympic Room
11:00 AM-11:50 PM
11:00 AM-7:00 PM
Friday through Sunday,
11:00 AM-6:00 PM Monday
Seattle Seachordsman
The Magic of the Autoharp
Klezmer Jam
6:00
5:00
Shape Note Singing
Mini-Convention
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
7:00
8:00
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
With Teresa Taylor
11:00
9:00
MAYWORKS
ART EXHIBITIONS
IN THE LOPEZ ROOM
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
2:00
1:00
NWFL SHAPE NOTE
MINI CONVENTION
McCaw
Promenade
MONDAY-
5:00
Lopez Room
SUNDAY Workshops/Jams
12:00
Singing in the Key of Life!
Intiman Choral
Courtyard
Acoustic Stage
(Shaw Room)
Alki Court Stage
Bagley Wright Theatre
SPONSORED BY SEATTLE CHANNEL
11:00
10
Center House
Court
Frayed Edges of Folk Music
12:15 PM-12:45 PM
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
Ukulele Dixieland Jugband Fun
12:00
1:00
Maplewood 7th & 8th Grade
Orchestra
Northwest Scottish Fiddlers
Old-time Appalachian Music
Edmonds Students Perform
Scottish Fiddlers and Friends
2:00
3:00
3 Play Ricochet
HIGH SCHOOL SWING DANCE
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
4:00
Laughing Rose Duo
Sweet, Soulful Harp and Voice
Left Foot Boogie
High School Swing Dance
Contemporary Big Band Swing
Eckstein Sr. Jazz Band
5:50 PM-6:20 PM
FRIDAY SWING DANCE
4:40 PM-5:10 PM
Fab Fem Vocals w/ Banjo & Uke
Molly Bauckham
5:00
5:15 PM-5:45 PM
6:00
Robert Richter & Jessica Hitch
Engergetic Folk Rock Blues
Jim Page
Songs of Engagement
FRI
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Kickin’ Up Countrygrass!
8:30 PM-9:00 PM
Mmm, mmm good:Tasty Music & Fun
Vibrant Sounds of the Ukulele
Onefourfive
2:20 PM-2:50 PM
John Gothard
Hop Skip and Jump
Songs of the British Isles
5:25 PM-5:55 PM
Jonny Hahn
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Georgian Polyphonic Folksongs
The Jangles
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
11:35 AM-12:10 PM
Keep It Rowdy
PK Dwyer
Jazz Tunes from the Heart
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Hank Bradley,
Candy Goldman & Bill Meyer
The Original Pot Belly Boys
Southern String Band Music
Deluxe Folk Rag & Bluegrass
1:50 PM-2:20 PM
2:20 PM-2:50 PM
LIVING GREEN SHOW
Prozac Mountain Boys
2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Cosmic American Blues
1:40 PM-2:10 PM
HomeGrown Old-time
Toe Tapping Music with Heart
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
1:05 PM-1:45 PM
R.X. Bertoldi
Convergence Zone Bluegrass
Snail People
Carl Allen
Rob Kneisler
Riley and Johnny
Bluegrass, etc.
Burgundy Pearl
EMERALD CITY
SONGWRITERS CIRCLE
Old Meets New,Voices Fuse
Keeping PNW Safe for Bluegrass
Sour Mash Hug Band
3:40 PM-4:10 PM
Klezmer & Hot Jazz Cabaret
4:20 PM-4:50 PM
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Hosted by Nancy K. Dillon,
Vince Martinez,Tai Shan,
Steve Wacker,Wes Weddell
6:00 PM-6:25 PM
Gary Lee Moore
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Craig Jacobrown Karagozci
Izumi Fairbanks
Alexander Eppler
Ugur Yilmaz
Mystic Rose Ensemble
Mamed Gognadze
& Derya Sunkel
Anadolu Folk Dancers
6:35 PM-7:00 PM
WALTZ DANCE
1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Chassez
Dance for Joy!
Waltz Performance Troupe
Left Foot Boogie
The SpeakEasy Band
TANGO DANCE
3:00 PM-6:00 PM
SPONSORED BY UNIVISION-SEATTLE
Ilana Rubin & Friends
Bluefish Tango
Ben Thomas and Tangent Tango
The Rouge & Noir
Tango Orchestra
O’Carolan’s Corner
LABOR PROGRAM
SKANDINAVIAN DANCE
O’Carolan Most of the Time
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
7:15 PM-7:45 PM
Liberty Bay Trio
SAT
A
Anyone is welcome to join the circle
and share an original song!
SHADOW AND LIGHT:
A TURKISH CELEBRATION
Triangularity
w/Susie Kendig, Caller
The Alliterations
w/Erik Weberg, Caller
7:50 PM-8:20 PM
Sweet Folk Harmonies
Cottonwood Cutups
8:30 PM-9:00 PM
Raucous Rag Time
The Chris Chandler and
Paul Benoit Show
Nina Laboy
David Rovics
Seattle Labor Chorus
Solidarity Notes Labour Choir
Citizens Band
Seattle Lilla Spelmanslag
The Metro Gnomes
Hale Bill and the Bopps
Mäd Fiddlu
3:40 PM-4:10 PM
The Priest and the Publicans
Gospel Bluegrass Out-of-the-Box
11:50 AM-12:25 PM
Celtic Fiddle
Hot Club Sandwich
12:35 PM-1:15 PM
Gypsy Jazz
OUR INDOOR CAMPSITE: K
1:30 PM-4:00 PM
Katie and The Lichen
Kendl Winter
The Softies
The Hive Dwellers
Seirm
5:00 PM-5:30 PM
Scottish Gaelic Songs & Tunes
Wu Ziying
5:40 PM-6:10 PM
Chinese Zither (Guqin) Soloist
House of Tarab
6:20 PM-6:50 PM
Arabic Music Ensemble
The Valley Four
6:55 PM-7:25 PM
Americana Vocal Quartet
IT TAKES TWO:
DUOS SHOWCASE
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Alicia Amiri
Kin to Stars
Elk and Boar
Teacher Teacher
5:45 PM-6:15 PM
Levi Fuller
We are Colossal.
NORTHWEST STRINGBAND
THROWDOWN
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
The Warren G. Hardings
Nettle Honey
Water Tower
Polecat
11:00 AM-11:35 AM
Brandon Vance and Mark Minkler
Old-time for Kids and Families
6:20 PM-6:50 PM
Natalie Hall, Paul Hoskin,
Smallface, Kromer, Burn List
Gregg Keplinger & Simon
Henneman / WA
Heaney, Parris + Rea
Guitar Threesome
Wally Shoup Quartet
Mandolins of All Sizes
12:20 PM-12:55 PM
5:10 PM-5:40 PM
6:00 PM-7:00 PM
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Michelle Dedman
Professor Banjo
The Mandolin Casefiles
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
4:35 PM-5:05 PM
4:20 PM-4:55 PM
Too Pretty for the Blues
The Whiskey Chasers
Singer-Songwriter
Michael Connolly
& Miller McNay
Irish Folk Singer
Jazz, Blues & Roots Music
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
Hard Swinging Old-time Jazz
Seattle Mandolin Orchestra
Cowboy Harmony/Swingin’ Fiddle
All Original Music
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
CENTERHOUSE CONTRA DANCE
Leela Kathak Dancers
Natya UW
Shivani Singh
Sangeetha Nrithyalaya
Anga Kala Kathak Academy
Dr. Joyce Paul Poursabahian
Nrityangan Kathak Studio
Arghya Kannadaguli
Urvasi Dance
India Association of
Western Washington
Jori Chisholm
Great Highland Bagpipe Music!
COLORS & CULTURES OF INDIA
Jim Houston
Randi Coffman
4:45 PM-5:15 PM
12 Steps to Accordion Awareness
Oldwailer
The Sagebrush Sisters
Olo Kani
1:40 PM-2:10 PM
LEGACY OF
NW IMPROVISED MUSIC
PRESENTED BY MONKTAIL
CREATIVE MUSIC CONCERN
AND TABLE + CHAIRS
Aunt Hester’s Hot Mustard
w/Suzanne Girardot, Caller
Peckin’ Out Dough
w/Lucas Hicks, Caller
The Forks w/Paul Silveria, Caller
7:50 PM-8:20 PM
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Chamber-U2
Mouce Manouche
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Prairie Dog Backfire
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
Hot Political Piano
TRACTOR TAVERN URBAN
SQUARE DANCE
J.W. McClure
7:10 PM-7:40 PM
Kevin McCormack
The Humours: Ryan McKasson,
Ashley Broder, Colin Cotter
Accordions Anonymous
Protest & Passion
7:00
8:00
9:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
Kingnik
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
Truman Price
The Isotunes
5:00
Harmonies by the Pound
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Humor, Clever Lyrics,Yodels & Jazz Chords!
6:00
Aarf!
Edmonds Students Perform
1:45 PM-2:15 PM
Folklife Café
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
American Folksong Fest!
Karin Blaine
SPONSORED BY KBCS 91.3FM
Celebrating Student Culture!
Maplewood 5th & 6th Grade
Orchestra
3:00 PM-3:25 PM
Fisher Green Stage
Conjugal Visitors
Montlake Elementary School
6:30 PM-7:00 PM
7:00
EMP Museum
Sky Church
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
String Band Americana
8:00
SPONSORED BY KUOW
Seattle World School
3:30 PM-3:55 PM
9:00
Center House Theatre
Pongo Teen Writing Project
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
Poetry and Resilience
NEXT 50: VJ AND CHIPTUNE
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Jonathan Womack /
8 Bit A/V Showcase
CCIVORY
Kids Get Hit by Buses
Scobot
The J.Arthur Keenes Band
Wiklund
IN THE LOOP
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Mark Johnson
(Amateur Radio Operator Solo)
Led to Sea
The Music of Grayface
FAMILY STRINGBAND
SHOWCASE
Paul “Che oke ten”Wagner
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Dr. Maggie Bennett
SPONSORED BY SEATTLE’S CHILD
Fiddlie-I-Ay
Fiddlin’ Frenzy
Blueberry Hill
Hot Cider String Band
The Onlies
1:15 PM-1:45 PM
Awesome Next Gen Musicians
KBCS SHOWCASE
2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Coty Hogue
Laura Love
Cliff Perry & Laurel Bliss
Nancy K Dillon & Friends
Joy Mills Band
Reilly and Maloney
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
What Else is There to Say?
Kef
6:45 PM-7:15 PM
Balkan Dance Music
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Native Flutist & Storyteller
11:35 AM-12:00 PM
Folklorist with Irish Harp
The Marshalls
12:10 PM-12:40 PM
New and Old Songs and Tunes
Skolkis 12:50 PM-1:20 PM
Fresh Nordic Folk
Sean Connors
1:25 PM-1:50 PM
Kids Dig Irish Music
Carl Tosten 1:55 PM-2:20 PM
Singer Songwriter Guitarist
Les Chattes Creole
2:30 PM-3:00 PM
Cajun/Creole Dance Music Trio
NORTHWEST STORIES
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Barbara Fankhauser
James the Obscure
Lenore Jackson
Liz Hibbard
Brian Oberlin
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
Solo Swing Mandolin
North of the Black Sea
6:40 PM-7:10 PM
Voice and Ukrainian Bandura
Floating Crowbar
Amir Beso 7:15 PM-7:45 PM
Traditional Irish Music and Song
Karsangjamtso (Karjam) Saeji
7:35 PM-8:10 PM
Spare Rib and the
Bluegrass Sauce
8:20 PM-8:55 PM
Foot Stompin’ Groove Grass Fun
Balkan Flamenco From Sarajevo
7:55 PM-8:25 PM
Heartfelt Tibetan Music
Kermet Apio
8:30 PM-9:00 PM
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar
Fountain Lawn
Stage
Indie Roots Stage
Shillelagh Jack
Autumn Electric
Foot Stompin’ Good Times!
Exciting, Original Folk Rock
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
International Dance Stage
(Exhibition Hall)
Comcast Mural
Amphitheatre
11:00 AM-11:30 PM
HAMILTON
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
The Bottlecap Boys
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
The Blood Flowers
Middle School Marimba
Senior Jazz Band
Middle School Vocal Jazz
Middle School Jazz Choir
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Sixth Day Dance Company
KapKa Cooperative School
Flying Blind Blues Band
Landlord’s Daughter
Tusuyperu
Spirited Songs Past & Present
Cool Old Time Blues
Fiery Folk Rock
Peruvian Passion
2:30 PM-3:00 PM
Dora Oliveira and Dandaras
Nae Regrets
LoveBomb Go-Go
St. Demetrious Greek Folk Dancers
COLUMBIA RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
Fiddle Orchestra
Celtic Music Rocks Out
Intergalactic Marching Band
Anadolu Youth Dancers
Pandemic Steel Drum Band
11:45 AM-12:15 PM
A Musical Tonic
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
A Renegade Folk Quartet
Blue Star Creeper
The Summer Januaries
Don’t Fear the Creeper
Fast and Fun Fiddle Tunes
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
Sly Mr.Y
Little Wooden Wolves
High Energy Upbeat Dance Rock!
Coy
1:15 PM-1:50 PM
2:05 PM-3:30 PM
Sam Marshall Trio
2:55 PM-2:40 PM
Blues and Boogaloo
3:35 PM-4:10 PM
Northwest Taiko
4:30 PM-5:00 PM
Japanese Drum Group
1:45 PM-2:15 PM
Blackbird RAUM
Anarcho-Cynicalism
3:15 PM-3:45 PM
Jeremy Burk
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
Americana Meets Indie Rock
Orkestar Slivovica
Nu Klezmer Army
Bucharest Drinking Team
Orkestar Zirkonium
2:20 PM-2:50 PM
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
3:40 PM-4:10 PM
4:25 PM-5:00 PM
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
Ana Montes & Flamenco Danzarte
2:00 PM-2:30 PM
Exciting marimba sounds
2:45 PM-3:15 PM
3:30 PM-4:00 PM
6:00 PM-6:50 PM
Wild Celtic Band—Fun Folk Music
PLAYING WITH MATCHES: K
8:30 PM-10:00 PM
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Wainwright Brothers
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Gotta Push Along...
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
Boot Stomping Roots Music
Annie Ford
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
Kaze Daiko
Roots Infused Country
Youth Taiko Drumming Group
AMERICAN STANDARD
TIME SHOW
ROCKABILLY ROUND-UP
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Shelby Earl
Kevin Barrans
Lonesome Shack
Denver
Northwest Junior Pipe Band
Truckstop Darlin’
A Sweaty Fist Pumping Riot
Comerford School of Irish Dance
5:30 PM-6:00 PM
Te Fare O Tamatoa
Rob Marcus
Soulful Acoustic Rock
Vince Mtz. &
The Great Blue Yonder
4:45 PM-5:15 PM
Sean Flinn and The Royal We
Popular Music
Orkestar Slivovica
Hot Fiddle Music, Cool Teens
BLUEGRASS:
HOT PICKIN’ & HARMONIES
2:00 PM-5:00 PM
7:20 PM-7:50 PM
Down the Road
The Howdy Boys
Dysfunction Junction
Runaway Train Bluegrass Band
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
6:40 PM-7:10 PM
5:30 PM-6:00 PM
High Energy Balkan Brass
6:10 PM-6:50 PM
ANAR: Helene Eriksen’s
Traditional Dance Theatre
8:00 PM-8:30 PM
THE SOUL OF SEATTLE
The Cumbieros
FOLK, REDEFINED.
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
SPONSORED BY THESUNBREAK.COM
Come dance with us! ESO!
TRIBAL & FUSION
BELLY DANCE SHOWCASE
A Seattle-based Americana Band
7:00 PM-7:30 PM
Fort Union
Kris Orlowski
Smokey Brights
Big Sur
SAT
A
Cordaviva
7:45 PM-8:15 PM
Afro-Latin Dance Music
Brother Noland
8:30 PM-9:00 PM
With Mystical Fish
8:30 PM-10:00 PM
Bella Courbe
The Bijou Project
Arika Devi,Anwaar,
Brishen, Scarlett Lux,
Elizabeth Dennis
Luciterra, Jill Parker
FRIDAY EVENING CONTRA
8:00 PM-8:30 PM
6:00 PM-10:00 PM
The Braxmatics
Kissing Potion
Septimus
Little Big Band
Wheedles Groove
8:00 PM-10:0 0PM
The Retrospectacles
w/Mariah Pepper, Caller
McKasson Ginsburg Bartley
w/Woody Lane, Caller
Podorythmie
CEILI DANCE
French Canadian Tunes & Step
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Puirt na Gael
The Curmudgeons of Irish Trad
HOT SQUARES
Stormwater: Life in the Gutter
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Stokley Towles
Lee Newgent, Keith Weir, Dale Bright
Disco Done Country
Montana Celtic with a Flair
7:20 PM-7:50 PM
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
1:20 PM-1:50 PM
Esther Kim
Tra le Gael
King, Rachmiel & Friends
w/Laura Mé Smith, Caller
Pacific Pearls
w/Nan Evans, Caller
Celtic Fire
Doug Plummer,Videographer
3:00PM-5:00PM
The Disco Cowboys
Musical Storytellers
Scottish Instrumental Quartet
Seattle’s Only Youth Pipe Band
Big Rock Fiddlers
5:10 PM-5:40 PM
Northwest Stories:Video Portraits
of Northwest Communities
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
The Future Remembered:
The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair
and Its Legacy
4:00 PM-4:50 PM
Paula Becker and Alan J. Stein
Jack Straw
Writers Program 2012
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
Current writers with Kathleen Flenniken, host
American Standard Time:
More Dust Than Digital
6:00 PM-6:50 PM
Videos with Greg Vandy
Sebastian and the Deep Blue
Orchestral Dance Music
Shilshole Bay Ceili Band
“B” Side Ceili Band
The MusicBox Project
4:30 PM-5:00 PM
Horace Pickett
Molly’s Revenge
w/Rebecca Lomnicky
FILIPINO SHOWCASE
12:35 PM-1:05 PM
Matt Kinder and Friends
The Parade Schedule
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
8:40 PM-9:10 PM
We Did the Work—
Voices of the Workers Who
Built Seattle Center
2:15 PM-2:45 PM
The Rhythm Rollers
w/Charlie Fenton, Caller
3:45 PM-4:15 PM
ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE
Loch Dhu
Celtic Songs and Tunes
11:00 AM-11:50 AM
Horror-folk from Spokane,WA
Terrible Buttons
6:40 PM-7:10 PM
Hanz Araki and the Mighty Few
Americana Women:
Roots Musicians–
Women’s Tales & Tunes
Billbillies
w/Tony Mates, Caller
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Music Scottish, English Borders
9:20 PM-10:00 PM
La Pena Flamenca de Seattle
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
Indie-Roots
Stokley Towles
Acoustic/Strings Indie-Folk
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
Dynamic,Acoustic, Celtic.
Renegade Rose Morris
North by Northwest
Morris Dancers
Vancouver Morris Men
MossyBack Morris Men
Filipiniana Dance Company
Silangan Singers
FACES Dance Group
FCS Tropa Filipiniana
The Sumner Brothers
Stormwater: Life in the Gutter
Luc and the Lovingtons
Unite-One
E-Clec-Ti-City
Polyrhythmics
Dave and the Dalmatians
Radost Folk Ensemble
Seattle Junior Tamburitzans
Vela Luka Croatian Dance
Ensemble and Ruze Dalmatinke
Gradec Croatian
Tamburica Orchestra
Dunava
11
5:50 PM-6:20 PM
Geist & the Sacred Ensemble
6:30 PM-7:00 PM
Spirit, Mind, Ghost
UNDERGROUND
CASCADIAN FOLK
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
SPONSORED BY HEX MAGAZINE
Vradiazei
Alda
Lasher Keen
LADIES FIRST SHOWCASE
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
SPONSORED BY SEATTLE GAY NEWS
Fiddling Melody and Groove
The Grassy Knoll Boys
w/Charmaine Slaven, Caller
The Little Dogs
w/Amy Carroll, Caller
DJ Lady Jane
Carly Calbero
Maya Jenkins
Militant Child
Stephany Hazelrigg
Rogue Pinay
Lara Davis
2:20 PM-2:50 PM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON CONTRA
2:15 PM-2:45 PM
MARITIME SHOWCASE
Calico w/Nan Evans, Caller
Out of Nowwhere Polhemus,
w/Ray Caller
Crumac
A Wee Bit Celtic
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
High Energy Celtic Music
Early Humans
1:40 PM-2:10 PM
Waterbound
Blazing Mando/Autoharp
3:00 PM-6:00 PM
Tom Lewis
The Great Sanger and Didele
Jon Bartlett & Rika Ruebsaat
Spanaway Bay
Piper Stock Hill
Broadside and the
Handsome Cabin Boys
1:00PM-3:00PM
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Seeing Blind
Breaking the “Rules” Since ‘02
NighTraiN
3:00 PM-3:35 PM
Choo Choo
Dyslexic
3:50 PM-4:25 PM
Seattle Based Hip-hop Artist
BLUES DANCE
6:00PM-8:00PM
Eastern Sunz
4:40 PM-5:10 PM
Intellectual Hip-hop
Dirty Scientifix
6:00 P M-6:50 PM
Hettel Street Blues
Dance for Joy!
Waltz Performance Troupe
Red Hot Blues Sisters
FOLK REBELLION SHOW
RAISIN’ A RUCKUS:
OLD-TIME BANDS
SATURDAY NIGHT
CONTRA DANCE
RebelMart
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
8:00 PM-10:00 PM
BEER GARDEN SING-A-LONG
Smalltime String Band
Highball Whistle
Pretty Little Feet
The Tallboys
The Euphemists
w/Susan Petrick, Caller
The Nettles
w/Marlin Powell, Caller
5:25 PM-6:00 PM
True Artists of the Grid
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Lone Madrone
Rum Rebellion
The Bad Things
SATURDAY Performances/Presentations
Stir Your Soul, Lift Your Feet
11:00 AM-12:30 PM
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
& Yet
Riffraff
w/John Gallagher, Caller
Middlemarch
FRIDAY NIGHT GROOVE PARTY
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
4:50 PM-5:20 PM
With Paula Becker,Alan J. Stein
BOLLYWOOD DANCE SHOWCASE
Guided Meditation
MORRIS ON THE MURAL
4:10 PM-4:40 PM
4:00 PM-4:50 PM
With Gavin Cummins, Heather Hawkins Weinland,
Laurence Hughes, Mark Waldstein
CROATIA SHOW
The Hilltones
Marshall Scott Warner
Roy Kay Trio
The Black Crabs
The Future Remembered:
The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair
and Its Legacy
Positive Uplifting Reggae
Jonathan Kimball
1:30 PM-4:00 PM
Doug Plummer,Videographer
3:00 PM-5:30 PM
Oran nan Carr
Cronan
Seumas Gagne & Friends
Calum MacKinnon and Friends
7:50 PM-8:20 PM
5:30 PM-6:00 PM
5:10 PM-5:45 PM
Tropical Montana
Marimba Ensemble
12:45 PM-1:15 PM
3:00 PM-3:50 PM
HIGHLAND FLING
Energetic Celtic Music
FRI
R
11:50 AM-12:25 PM
Northwest Stories:Video Portraits
of Northwest Communities
Americana Folk/Rock
Positive Reggae, R&B and Soul
Bash Brothers
Western Hymn
Angelo Spencer et
les Hauts Sommets
The Curious Mystery
Urban Acoustic Folk-Soul
Sacred Fire
w/Mark Matthews, Caller
Adrian Xavier & Friends
7:10 PM-7:40 PM
4:20 PM-4:55 PM
SPONSORED BY THESUNBREAK.COM
Reggie Garrett &
the Snake Oil Peddlers
The Hoots and Hollers
w/Eric Curl, Caller
TangoFusion Dance &
Diamante Sextet
Sarah Christine
The Bollywood Project
Chhamma Chhamma
Dance School
Rhythms of India Dance School
Nrityangan
Bollywood Seattle Performers
Nalini and The Blue Lotus
Dance Co.
11:00 AM-11:35 AM
Les Voyagers
w/Dina Blade, Caller
Fleurs d’Egypte Dance Co.
6:35 PM-7:05 PM
VERA Project/
Gallery
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
1:15 PM-1:45 PM
Spruce Street School
5th Grade Ensemble
Warren’s Roadhouse
(Fisher Pavilion)
FRIDAY OPENING CONTRA
Brian Ledford and the Cadillac
Desert
Low Hums
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
1:40 PM-2:10 PM
Northwest Court
Stage
Book-It Repertory Theatre
presents The Future Remembered:
The 1962 World’s Fair
and Its Legacy
4:45 PM-5:15 PM
BALKAN MISFIT SHOWCASE
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Narrative Stage
(SIFF Cinema)
FRIDAY Performances/Presentations
Gin Creek
SPONSORED BY
BECU & 103.7 THE MOUNTAIN
Acoustic Stage
(Shaw Room)
Alki Court Stage
11:00
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Celt Check!
Dan and Molly Tenenbaum
12:00
12
Full Frontal Harmony
Twin Hurdy Gurdies
New Songs and Breton/Balkan Gems
1:00
12:10 PM-12:40 PM
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Mediterranean
Squirrel Butter
3:20 PM-3:50 PM
Old-time, Blues & Country Duets
6:00
Western Swing & Honky Tonk Fun
Professor Gall
4:30 PM-5:00 PM
7:00
Junkyard Folk and Jazz
EMERALD CITY
SONGWRITER CIRCLES
11:00
9:00
8:00
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
12:00
2:20 PM-2:50 PM
A Cedar Suede
3:55 PM-4:25 PM
RedDog
Hardtimes
3:40 PM-4:10 PM
Trio Fleur de Lys
4:20 PM4:50 PM
Lyrical harp, cello and flute
Renegade Stringband
5:50 PM-6:20 PM
Northwest Bluegrass
A. E. and the I.O.U’s
6:30 PM-7:00 PM
Wacky Relevant Original Folk
1:00
2:00
Bulgarian Voices in Seattle
Radost Folk Ensemble
Orkestar RTW
Alexander Eppler
Dunava
Michael Lawson
Boriana Ianakiev
and Terry Ianakiev
Maria and Vassil Bebelekovi
FOLKLIFE CHORAL CELEBRATION
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
SPONSORED BY SEATTLE GAY NEWS
Folk-Grass and a Twist of Jazz
Seattle Women’s Chorus
Seattle Men’s Chorus
Northwest Girlchoir
Vivace & Fresca
The Hi-Liners Musical Theatre
SUN
UN
U
N
Hosted by Nancy K. Dillon,
Vince Martinez,Tai Shan,
Steve Wacker,Wes Weddell
Anyone is welcome to join the circle
and share an original song!
7:10 PM-7:40 PM
Steer Crazy
7:50 PM-8:20 PM
Americana Music, Cowboy Twist
Na Hilahila Boys
8:30 PM-9:00 PM
Old Hawaiian Music
Alex Krynytzky
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
BIG JEWISH SHOWCASE:
WITH A TASTE OF SHAVUOS
The Unpaid Bills
11:00 AM-1:30 PM
Alex Unplugged: Old Man Music
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
Songs About Your Money & Life
Klapa DooWopella
Male Harmony from Croatia & US
Pickled Okra
1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Un-traditional Bluegrass
3:00
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Laura Kemp Trio
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
4:00
BULGARIAN SHOW
The Tarantellas
Italian Mandolin, Guitar Duo
The Wiretappers
Radio Cavalier
1:40 PM-2:10 PM
Working-class Timber Folk
Ben Fuller
3:15 PM-3:45 PM
Shavuos Kapelyeh
KlezKidz
Yiddish Republik
Klez Katz
Shavuos Kapelyeh
ARTS CORPS SHOW
2:30 PM-5:00 PM
Arts Corps and Massive Monkees
Northwest Folk Artist
Larry ‘n’ Lynette
3:55 PM-4:25 PM
Sad & Sweet Harmonies
KlezterBalm
5:00
4:35 PM-5:05 PM
6:00
7:00
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Stuart Williams and His Sprouts
w/Sherry Nevins, Caller
INTERNATIONAL
FOLKDANCE PARTY!
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Northwest Folkdancer
International Dance Workshop
Allspice
Opa Groupa
POLKA PARTY
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Americana Indie Music
Sonerion
Breton ‘Fest Noz’ Dance
MON
N
COUPLES DANCE
OF THE WORLD
1:10 PM-2:00 PM
Helene Eriksen and Friends
Juliana & PAVA
2:15 PM-7:20 PM
Ancient Russian Folk Songs
UKENALIA SHOWCASE
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
The Castaways
Thornton Creek Elementary
School 5th grade
SUPA: Seattle Ukulele
Players Association
Canote Brothers
KIRTAN SINGING
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
BALKAN DANCE
GHOST STORIES
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
EMP Museum
Sky Church
SPONSORED BY KBCS 91.3FM
Folklife Café
Sing with Señor
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Kafana Republik
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
Lively Music from the Balkans
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
12:30 PM-1:05 PM
POP 425 SHOW:
OLD FIREHOUSE TEEN CENTER
Boot Stompin’ Honky Tonkin’
Vivian & Phil Williams
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Northwest Tradition Fiddling
BUSHWICK BOOK CLUB
SEATTLE PRESENTS:
ORIGINAL MUSIC
INSPIRED BY DR. SEUSS
Pongo Teen Writing Project
Poetry and Resilience
Tori Marsh
Maddy Hebard
Jamie Fiano
Whitney Ballen
Exohxo
3:15 PM-3:45 PM
Eight-piece Chamber Pop
The Horde and the Harem
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
Chamber Folk
Us on Roofs
4:45 PM-5:15 PM
BOAT
5:30 PM-6:00 PM
Sloppy Pop
ALL AGES ALTERNATIVE
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Fisher Green Stage
11:00 AM-11:35 PM
Ethereal Upbeat Adventure Rock
Seattle Kirtan Singers
The Royal Sea
Dungeon Science
Si Si Si
The Deep Wake
Zach Davidson
11:45 AM-12:20 PM
Alder Street All Stars
1:15 PM-1:50 PM
NEXT 50: KRAB RADIO
SHOW
2:00 PM-5:00 PM
PRESENTED BY: JACK STRAW
PRODUCTIONS
Jim Page, Joy Mills Band
Ocheami—
Featuring Kofi Anang
Urtnasan, Bob Antone
Ruze Dalmatinke
Alchymeia
Cathy Britell
Tyler Stenson
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Led to Sea
Aaron Zig
Vince Mtz. &
The Great Blue Yonder
Tai Shan
Wes Weddell
Charles Delahunt
2:00 PM-2:30 PM
Sean Gaskell
2:40 PM-3:10 PM
Koshanin
Baby Gramps
3:20 PM-3:50 PM
Rags Jazz Blues Throat Singing
4:50 PM-5:15 PM
5:00 PM-5:30 PM
John Palmes
Atlas Stringband
Eleanor Murray
High-Powered Old-time Musie
The HeartRocks
5:40 PM-6:10 PM
Paul Anastasio’s Fire
of Tierra Caliente
7:15 PM-7:40 PM
Southwest Mexican Violin Music
Fathia at Les Troubadours
5:20 PM-5:50 PM
5:55 PM-6:25 PM
THE ACOUSTIC LOUNGE
6:30 PM-9:00 PM
Danny Trashville
Robert Meade
Aaron Zig
Drew Piston
Balkanarama, Zourna Fasaria,
Orkestar RTW,Vardar,
Maria and Vassil Bebelekovi,
Kaba Seattle, Dromeno
Doug Banner
Norm Brecke
Mary Anne Moorman
Ken Iverson
LOUISIANA CENTERHOUSE
Red Eagle Soaring
Native Youth Theatre
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Native Youth Theatre
The Holy Crows
Stewart Hendrickson
11:45 AM-12:15 PM
No Jazz, No Joke, Rocking Folk!
Irish Slow Airs & Songs
Vivat Musica
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
Troupeau Acadien
Cajun/Zydeco Lesson
Sassafras
Cajun/Zydeco Lesson
Swamp Soul
SWING DANCE
2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Savoy Swing Club
The Goer Texans
Left Foot Boogie
Le Hot Club de Queets
Paul Anastasio
& His Swing Cats
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Mlodzi Poland (Young Polanie)
Young Polanie
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
Choir Sings Polish Folksongs
7:50 PM-8:20 PM
French Gypsy Music
Fadin’ by 9
8:30 PM-9:00 PM
Bluegrass Covers & Originals
1928
Speakeasy Swing
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
Deer In The Headlights
SPONSORED BY UNIVISION-SEATTLE
Alma y Azúcar
Cambalache
Salsa Lesson
with Michelle Badion
Ben Fisher
Busker, Bellower, Songwriter
LATIN FOLKLORIC SHOW
HEARTH MUSIC SHOW
1:00 PM-3:30 PM
1:00 PM-3:00 PM
BREAD AND ROSES
COMMEMORATION:
100 YEARS OF STRUGGLE
FOR JUSTICE AND DIGNITY
Trio Lucero del Norte
Los Flacos
Diego Coy Musica Colombiana
Enrique Wetzel & Laura Oviedo
Les Pamplemousses
WB Reid & Bonnie Zahnow
Jacob Miller
Liam Fitzgerald and the Rainieros
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
David Maloney
An Experiment in Cello
Featuring Rebel Voices, E.T. & the Boy,
Pastor Pat Wright, Jacque Larrainzar
5:00 PM-5:35 PM
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
Bluegrass Band
3:45 PM-4:10 PM
2011 Grammy Nominee
Mbira Music from Zimbabwe
Melody Institute
Impossible Bird
A Duo That Will Shake Your Bones
THE WIND DOWN SHOW
5:45 PM-6:20 PM
Dharma Heart Band
Ancient Sounds
&ampersand
Brian Buller
Tom Colwell & the
Southbound Odyssey
5:45 PM-6:15 PM
Songs for the Journey
Sampada Bhalerao
6:30 PM-7:05 PM
Sitar by Sampada Bhalerao
Da Oddah Guyz
Melody Dance
7:25 PM-8:00 PM
Njuzu Mbira
4:30 PM-5:00 PM
Sweet Roots Music of Zimbabwe
4:15 PM-4:45 PM
SALSA DANCE
Jess Lambert
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Seattle Singer/Songwriter
1:15 PM-1:45 PM
Seattle Cello Experiment
Mahonyera Mbira Ensemble
5:15 PM-5:40 PM
5:50 PM-6:20 PM
Mike Evans
Leslie Slape
Robert Rubinstein
Colleen Squier
Polka Mania w/Pat ‘n Marjorie
The Polka Guys
Smilin’ Scandinavians
Charlie Beck
6:30 PM-7:00 PM
8:00
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
An Episode in the Story of Klezmer
Eric Apoe and They
9:00
IRISH COUNTRY DANCE
FAMILY DANCE
2:10 PM-2:40 PM
Dark Country, New Old-time
Gypsy Jazz featuring Violin
1:40 PM-2:10 PM
Brazilian Samba and Choros
The Dapper Cadavers
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Bridgetown Morris Men
Sound and Fury Morris Dancers
Seattle Kids’ Morris
Irish Set Dance Lesson
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann
Close Enough for Bluegrass
2:45 PM-3:15 PM
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
11:00 AM-1:30 PM
Halau Hula O Napualani
Na Lei O Manu`akepa
Ke Liko A’e O Lei Lehua
Brother Noland
Indie, Roots, Folk
Fofinho, Samia and Dinnen
Original Harmonious Folk Rock
Ranger and the Re-Arrangers
Willy Blizzard
King Hat String Band
Brooke Pennock
& Wendy McDowell
FAMILY STORIES
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
12:50 PM-1:20 PM
1:30 PM-2:00 PM
SUNDAY MORNING MORRIS
The Gloria Darlings
Fresh Angelic Harmonies
Hot Damn Scandal
HAWAIIAN SHOWCASE
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
Broad Spectrum Folk
Tipsy American Gypsy Blues
Center House
Theatre
Old-time music sibling style
Stanley Greenthal Ensemble
Bold Horizon
Center House
Court
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Bees in a Box
11:35 AM-12:05 PM
SPONSORED BY SEATTLE CHANNEL
Bagley Wright Theatre
Back Spin
Country Bluegrass
7:20 PM-7:55 PM
Aunty’s Backyard, Hilo 1948
Northwest Folklife is
live streaming Festival performances!
Listen today, or download archived performances
from www.nwfolklifefestival.org
5:00 PM-8:00 PM
Fountain Lawn
Stage
Indie Roots Stage
SPONSORED BY
BECU & 103.7 THE MOUNTAIN
International Dance Stage
(Exhibition Hall)
Comcast Mural
Amphitheatre
Narrative Stage
(SIFF Cinema)
Northwest Court
Stage
Warren’s Roadhouse
(Fisher Pavilion)
VERA Project/
Gallery
The Irish Pipers’ Club
Golden Tree Story
DANCES OF THE BALTIC SEA
Mariachi Huenachi
Humours of Hawthorne
SUNDAY MORNING CONTRA
Simple Monsters
Irish Music, Irish Pipes
Five-piece Folk, Original Music
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Mariachi
Saving the Past:Tips and
Strategies for Preserving Your
Personal and Family Archives
Maldon Meehan Dancers
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
The Hottest Indie Punk Around
11:45 AM-12:15 PM
11:35 AM-12:05 PM
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
The Winterlings
Dance Music of Zimbabwe
Northwest Indie Folk Frontier
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
12:15 PM-12:45 PM
Erin NcNamee & Friends
Irish Folk, Celtic, Sean-nos
Miss Mamie Lavona
Blvd Park
Hannalee
12:55 PM-1:25 PM
1:15 PM-1:45 PM
Harmony-Laden Acoustic Folk
Lumpkins
1:40 PM-2:10 PM
Put Some Color In Your Life
2:00 PM-2:30 PM
Northwestern Country Music
The Fabulous Hammers
2:45 PM-3:15 PM
The Original Northwest Sound
HUNGARIAN SHOWCASE
2:20 PM-2:50 PM
Kisbetyarok Hungarian
Family Dancers
Forrás Hungarian Folk Band
Bokreta Hungarian
Dance Ensemble
Nathaniel Talbot
Fingerstyle-Driven Indie Folk
Indie Contemporary Alt Roots
3:00 PM-7:00 PM
4:20 PM-4:55 PM
Gypsy, Klezmer, Polka for the Masses!
SOUTHERN COMFORT
1:10 PM-1:45 PM
Folk
ARTIST HOME SHOWCASE
Chervona
Pimana Thichalad/
Siam Smile Performance
Edmund Wayne
The Tequila Mockingbird
Orchestra
3:30 PM-4:05 PM
Katrilli Finnish Folk Dancers
Trejdeksnitis
Lietutis Lithuanian
Folk Dance Group
Tuhandest Tuulest
Cumulus
Dude York
Koko and the Sweetmeats
Curtains For You
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Titanium Sporkestra
The Jelly Rollers
Stacy Jones Band
Spoonshine
SweetKiss Momma
Heavy Metal Marching Band
6:00 PM-6:50 PM
BALL OF WAX SHOW
2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Keff L’Olam Israeli Dancers
Tito Ramsey
Robert Deeble
The Foghorns
Heatwarmer
BELLY DANCE AND MIDDLE
EASTERN FOLKLORIC SHOW
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Ala Nar, Nadira,
Delshodeh, Sabura,
Alimah, Shula Azhar, Imei,
Dahlia Moon, Malia,
Shahrazad Dance Ensemble of Seattle,
Karavans Dance Troupe,
Nalini and The Blue Lotus Dance Co,
Melodies of the Nile–
featuring Suzanna and Nahlini
Traditional Japanese Dance
Johnny Bregar
The Board of Education
The Harmonica Pocket
Caspar Babypants
Recess Monkey
The Not-Its!
11:45 AM-12:15 PM
11:35 AM-12:00 PM
WIDE OPEN SPACES
12:30 PM-2:30 PM
3:50 PM-4:25 PM
25 Years of Exciting Sounds
Spirit of Ojah
4:40 PM-5:15 PM
World Music from West Africa
Nonesuch
12:10 PM-12:40 PM
Elegant and Exuberant English
Sussefusse International
Folk Dance Troupe
The Future Remembered:
The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair
and Its Legacy
4:00 PM-4:50 PM
With Paula Becker,Alan J. Stein
Bread & Roses,Then & Now
SHOW BRAZIL!
Northwest Stories:
Video Portraits
of Northwest Communities
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Eduardo Mendonça & Show
Brazil!
Samba Ja
Samba Olywa
VamoLá! Brazilian Drum
& Dance Ensemble
Batucada Yemanja’
Astrid Vinje
High Energy Appalachian Dance
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
By SJ Chiro, Britta Johnson, Susan Robb,
Luke Sieczek and Rick Stevenson
5:30 PM-6:00 PM
11:00 AM-11:25 AM
Eclectic Cloggers
Water Calling Short Films
Please join us for a
presentation of our nation’s
colors in commemoration
of Memorial Day,
Monday, May 28, at 11:00AM
on the Comcast Mural Stage.
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
With Michael Laslett
6:00 PM-6:50 PM
Doug Plummer,Videographer
Book-It Repertory Theatre
presents The Future
Remembered:The 1962
World’s Fair and Its Legacy
11:00 AM-11:50 AM
With Gavin Cummins, Heather Hawkins
Weinland, Laurence Hughes, Mark Waldstein
The 1960s Folk Music
Revival–Seattle Style
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
Shana Cleveland
and the Sandcastles
Quiet Time Soul
4:25 PM-5:00 PM
Welcome to Math Country
Gabriel Mintz
Acoustic Grassrock
Yes.
6:45 PM-7:15 PM
Second Greatest Band in the World
Midday Veil
7:30 PM-8:00 PM
Improvisation, Psych, Folk
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Ukrainian Dance
Ensemble Barvinok
Ukrainian Choir Serpanok
Yevshan Ukrainian Dancers
Bailadores de Bronce
5:00 PM-5:30 PM
Seattle’s Mexican Folk Dance Group
Ivan-da-Mar’ya
5:40 PM-6:10 PM
Russian Folk Dance Ensemble
La Banda Gozona
2:15 PM-2:45 PM
SKA BEAT
3:00 PM-5:00 PM
MO
ON
O
N
Sayaw
6:50 PM-7:20 PM
Fire and Ice Irish
Dance Company
7:30 PM-8:00 PM
150 Feet of Fury and Grace
The Future Remembered:
The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair
and Its Legacy
4:00 PM-4:50 PM
With Paula Becker & Alan J. Stein
Bread, Roses, and Happiness
5:00 PM-5:50 PM
John de Graaf & Laura Musikanski
of Seattle Happiness Initiative
Doug Plummer,Videographer
5:00 PM-5:45 PM
Phillipine Folk Dance
2:00 PM-2:50 PM
Richard Gold & Pongo Mentors
DJ Court
REGGAE RISING PARTY
6:20 PM-6:45 PM
Teaching Poetry,
Mentoring Resilience
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Hybrid Vibe
The Highlife
Kore Lonz
Clinton Fearon and
Boogie Brown Band
6:00 PM-6:50 PM
HOT SQUARES
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Worn Out Shoes
w/Maldon Meehan, Caller
SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONTRA
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Minnie Pearl Jam
w/Warren Blier, Caller
Hands4 w/
Marianne Tatom Letts, Caller
Colleen Raney Band
La Famille Léger
3:40 PM-4:05 PM
Sami Braman
4:15 PM-4:40 PM
Kierah Raymond
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
4:50 PM-5:20 PM
LOUISIANA ROADHOUSE
5:30 PM-6:00 PM
Louisiana Dance Lesson
Whozyamama Cajun and
Zydeco Band
Folichon Cajun Band
Cayenne Cajun Band
Blackthorn
BEER GARDEN SING-ALONG
6:00 PM-6:50 PM SUS
For the Birds
11:45 AM-12:15 PM
Alternative/Indie Group
Speaker Speaker
12:30 PM-1:00 PM
5:00 PM-8:00 PM
HIP HOP TRADITIONS &
BREAK DANCE COMPETITION
1:15 PM-2:45 PM
With Robert Pastorok
(Global Heat), Massive Monkees,
& Soul Shifters
206 ZULU SHOWCASE
3:00 PM-6:00 PM
SPONSORED BY SEATTLEITE.COM
DJ Sho Nuph
Kept See & League of
Extraordinary Emcee’s INC.
SistaHailstorm
Central Intelligence
More of Anything
7:00 PM-7:30 PM
Jason Parker Quartet
7:45 PM-8:20 PM
Playing the Music of Nick Drake
Master Musicians of Bukkake
WALTZ DANCE
8:35 PM-9:10 PM
8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Aunt Jamamas
Big Band Vigilantes
Robert Sarazin Blake
Librarians
The Crow Quill Night Owls
Bellingham Circus Guild
Rattletrap Ruckus
Sky Blue
Valse Cafe Orchestra
Waltz Partners
The Bow Pullers
MONDAY MORNING CONTRA
FAMILY DANCE
Five Fabulous Young Fiddlers!
11:00 AM-1:00 PM
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Dinas o Frain “The City of Crows”
11:40 AM-12:10 PM
A Nawr Gyda Thelyn Hefyd
Dale Russ and Friends
12:20 PM-12:50 PM
Les Fabulous Girls du Ouest
Coast w/David Kaynor, Caller
The Lanny Martin Review
w/Rich Goss, Caller
Outstanding Teens Play Fiddle
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
Northwest Stories:
Video Portraits
of Northwest Communities
Classical Spanish and Flamenco
Aurora Burd
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Pop/Punk Power Trio
2:25 PM-2:50 PM
1:00 PM-4:00 PM
The Skarate Kids
Georgetown Orbits
The Skablins
Jacquelina’s “Dances of Spain”
Tim Readman and Jennie Bice
Brían Ó hAirt
Rebecca Lomnicky &
David Brewer
Old Sod Session
TRIBUTE TO HARRY SMITH:
AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOLK MUSIC
UKRAINIAN SHOWCASE
Total Experience Gospel Choir
Island Roots
Natasha Mullings
Ebenezer AME Zion Church
University Presbyterian
Gospel Choir
FiddleRama
w/Elinor Preston, Caller
The Usual Suspects
w/Roy Curet, Caller
12:00 PM-2:30 PM
Jon Pfaff and friends
Ghost-Western, Other-Worldly
1:30 PM-2:00 PM
THE ROSE, THE SHAMROCK
AND THE THISTLE:
MUSIC FROM THE OLD SOD
7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Youthful Step Dancing Joy
Global Villages Folk Dances
11:35 AM-12:00 PM
SUBDUED STRINGBAND
JAMBOREE
Corespondents
Let’s Get Lost
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Anzanga Marimba Ensemble
Tales from Thailand & Borneo
Creeping Time
Blues Buskers
Nick Vigarino
West Coast Women’s
Blues Revue
3:00 PM-3:35 PM
Zimbabwean Afro-Pop
1:00 PM-1:50 PM
With Gavin Cummins, Heather Hawkins Weinland,
Laurence Hughes, Mark Waldstein
11:30 AM-2:00 PM
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
SEATTLE GETS THE BLUES
Ruzivo
Baile Glas Irish Dancers
The New Iberians
Zydeco Blues Band
6:10 PM-6:45 PM
SE Sea Community Youth Orchestra & NW Tap
GOSPEL SHOWCASE
Pufferfish
5:20 PM-5:55 PM
1:50 PM-2:40 PM
Book-It Repertory Theatre
presents The Future Remembered:
The 1962 World’s Fair and Its Legacy
12:50 PM-1:20 PM
3:35 PM-4:10 PM
Stumptown Zydeco
Artists Collaborative
of Southeast Seattle
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
Dr.Wajuppa Tossa &
Dr. Margaret Read Macdonald
4:30 PM-5:05 PM
Japanese Drumming
Labor videos and winners of statewide contest
12:40 PM-1:15 PM
Tara Stonecipher & The Tall Grass
The Local Strangers
The Washover Fans
2:45 PM-3:20 PM
Inochi Taiko
Sousa Marches and More
11:00 AM-11:30 PM
SPONSORED BY SILVER PLATTERS
The Washover Fans,
Atlas Stringband, Dave Knott,
Robert Deeble,Alicia Amiri,
Coty Hogue, Ben Fisher,
The Foghorns, Mark Johnson,
Canote Brothers,
Les Chattes Creole,
Highball Whistle, Emily Pothast,
Levi Fuller, Jeremy Burk,
The Horde and the Harem,
Annie Ford, Pufferfish,
Stellarondo,The Jelly Rollers,
Led to Sea, RedDog,
Baby Gramps, Robert Millis
Magical Strings
5:00 PM-5:30 PM
Celtic Harp & Hammered Dulcimer
Coventry
5:40 PM-6:10 PM
Folk-Rock with an Edge
The Jocelyn Pettit Band
6:25 PM-7:00 PM
Blazing New-Trad Celtic Fiddle
ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Tricky Brits
w/Mary Devlin, Caller
MONDAY AFTERNOON CONTRA
2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Short Circuit
w/Sherry Nevins, Caller
Little Big Cat
w/Amy Wimmer, Caller
KGB w/Adam Carlson, Caller
MONDAY CLOSING CONTRA
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Tapsalteerie
w/Gordy Euler, Caller
Northern Contraband
w/Maureen Collier, Caller
Contretemps
w/Mike Richardson, Caller
No Age Music
9:25 PM-10:00 PM
Dark Psychedelic Jazz Rock
Dina Blade & the Canotes
SUBVERSIVE SQUARE DANCE
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Rabbit Stew String Band
w/Michelle Delco, Caller
The Corn Likkers
w/Gabe Strand, Caller
Stellarondo
2:00 PM-2:35 PM
Astral Art Folk from Montana
The Ames
2:50 PM-3:10 PM
Rhythm-Folk
Camp Wisdom
3:25 PM-4:05 PM
Cats! Everywhere!
Zebra Mirrors
4:20 PM-4:55 PM
Contemporary Folk from Bremerton
VERA RECEPTION:
RECONSTRUCTING TOMORROW
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Honora,The Brass Monkey Band,
The Grizzled Mighty
MONDAY Performances/Presentations
Male/Female Folk Harmonies
Heirloom Artisans
We Do The Work
Nigeria to New Orleans
The Beautiful Sunsets
Betty and the Boy
All Women,All Swing
11:00 AM-11:50 AM
With Joshua Zimmerman, Nicolette Bromberg,
John Vallier, Hannah Palin,
Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band
6:35 PM-7:00 PM
Tango Argentino
11:00 AM-3:00 PM
SPONSORED BY PARENTMAP
11:50 AM-12:20 PM
6:00 PM-6:30 PM
KINDIEPENDENT SHOW!
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
The MoodSwings
Seattle Waldorf H.S.
Jallamol-lawalla Rhythm Band
SUN
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7:00 PM-10:00 PM
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
SUNDAY Performances/Presentations
Boka Marimba
11:00 AM-11:25 AM
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Attractions
Living Green Courtyard
Taste, learn, and experience the greener side of life!
The fourth-annual Living Green Courtyard (located in
the Alki Court in the NW corner of the event grounds)
offers Festival attendees the chance to visit eco-friendly
companies, browse environmentally friendly goods, and
learn how to live a more sustainable lifestyle.
Check out the beautiful items for sale from Bella Sisters,
whose clothing and accessories are made entirely from
repurposed and recycled materials, which mean each
piece is unique, wearable art. Circle Couture also offers
earth-friendly one-of-a-kind clothing.
We’re pleased this year to host many nonprofits that
are essential to preserving and protecting our planet’s
resources. People for Puget Sound is currently working
at 27 habitat restoration projects throughout the Puget
Sound and the Northwest Straits. The Woodland Park
Zoo supports conservation of wildlife by preserving
fragile habitats and increasing public awareness of
wildlife and environmental issues. The zoo currently
partners with 36 field conservation projects taking place
in the Pacific Northwest and around the world.
This year we feature The Living Green Project. Stop by
their booth to watch video projects documenting their
sustainability-related projects across 17 countries.
Sponsored by:
Sample. Shop. Learn: Visit the Living Green Courtyard
and talk to the participating sponsors, vendors, and
nonprofits about how each helps to conserve
precious resources.
Go green this year! We encourage all who attend to
ride the bus, carpool, bike, or walk to the Festival. Hop
on the King County Metro Shuttle and have a carefree
festival (see page 3). While at the Festival, we ask you
to look for recycling and food waste stations instead of
throwing everything into the trash. Compost areas can
be located on the map on the back of this guide.
Help Create Mandy
Greer’s “Mater Matrix
Mother Medium”
The elegant, evolving, crocheted
installation Mater Matrix Mother
Medium celebrates the splendor
of Seattle’s urban creeks and raises
public awareness of environmental
stewardship, especially as it connects
to Seattle Public Utilities’ (SPU) work.
Indie Roots
at Broad Street
Presented by BECU and KMTT
In its sophomore year, the Indie Roots
Stage returns to Folklife to present
independent artists who have actively
rebuilt traditional and folk influences
into a new indie sound. With this move
to Broad Street (located just south of
the Space Needle) comes the chance to
listen to great music while picnicking
on a blanket, hanging out in the beer
garden or dancing on the lawn.
New this year, local distillers are
gathering at the Indie Roots Stage beer
garden each evening, offering samples
of their local spirits. This is a great way
to experience a regional take on whisky,
gin, and vodka!
Visit the Indie Roots Stage on Broad
Street Lawn and check out the
showcases we’ve put together with
some of our communities, including
American Standard Time, Ball of Wax, and
Olympia’s K Records. We’re honored
to be working with the Artist Home
community this Festival. Make sure
to welcome them at their showcase,
Sunday, May 27 at 3PM.
Among the many awesome showcases,
make sure to check out these:
Folk, Redefined on Saturday, 7-10 PM
Artist Home on Sunday, 3-6 PM
Wide Open Spaces on Monday, 12:30-2:30 PM
Artist Mandy Greer invites the
community to help create the 250foot fiber “river,” which will also
be the focal point of multi-media
performances. The artwork will be
displayed at Seattle Center during
sustainability month.
Commissioned by:
Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
with SPU 1% for Art funds.
Shelby Earl. Photo courtesy Genevieve Pierson.
Visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org for more details about this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival
Attractions
Northwest Folklife & the Washington
State Labor Council Celebrate
MayWorks and the Centennial of the
Bread & Roses Strike
About the Washington State Labor Council
The Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO is the voice of labor in
the Evergreen State. The largest labor organization in the state, the
Washington State Labor Council represents hundreds of affiliated
union locals and over 450,000 rank and file union members. A state
federation of the American Federation of Labor
and Congress of Indrustrial Organizations (AFL-CIO),
the WSLC is a voluntary non-profit organization
dedicated to protecting and strengthening the rights
and conditions of working people and their families
and working for social and economic justice.
MayWorks 2012 Celebration
One hundred years ago, textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts,
launched a militant, eight-week strike that popularized the slogan “Bread
and Roses.” The workers, mostly immigrant women, organized and fought
not only for higher wages but also for dignity, respect, and better working
conditions. That pivotal strike called into sharp focus the problems that
existed with child labor, workplace safety, and an increasingly unequal
distribution of wealth.
At the August 2011 convention of the Washington State Labor Council,
AFL-CIO, delegates voted to celebrate workers’ culture during the
month of May, 2012, and call it “MayWorks.” Though Canadians have
been celebrating MayWorks for years, this is the Washington state’s first
celebration. The 2012 MayWorks was inspired by the remembrance of the
1912 Bread & Roses strike and reminds us that we are all more than the jobs
we do.
MayWorks 2012 culminates at the 2012 Northwest Folklife Festival, where
the Bread & Roses theme is reflected in exhibits featuring photographs,
student art, and a textile installation; screenings of the statewide film
contest winners; a panel featuring workers who built the Seattle Center
fifty years ago; and discussions of current struggles that bring the lessons of
the Bread & Roses Strike into the twenty-first century. There is also a series
of special performances: the Labor Show, Voices of Occupy Hosted by David
Rovics, and the Bread & Roses Commemoration: 100 Years of Justice and
Dignity. (See schedule on this page)
Thanks to the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO MayWorks Committee
(Bob Barnes, Lynne Dodson, Jim Gregory, Andrew Hedden, Kamaria Hightower,
Jeff Johnson, Gary Kanter, Sarah Laslett, Tom Lux, Ross Rieder, Motter Snell,
Janet Stecher, Virginia Tupper, Lou Truskoff); Pacific Northwest Labor History
Association; ILWU Local 37, the Inland Boatmen’s Union, Region 37; Peter
Bacho; David Bacon; Beverly Naidus; John Stamets.
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Art Exhibitions Celebrating the Centennial
of the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike
“We Fight for Roses Too” and “And Now Behind Curtain #2” – 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Fri,
Sat, Sun; 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Mon, Lopez Room, Northwest Rooms
“We Fight for Roses Too” is a photographic exhibit that illustrates the experience of
maintaining community and cultural identity while struggling to make a living within
America’s workforce in low-wage jobs. This exhibit highlights two such stories: contemporary farm laborers from indigenous Mexican migrant communities contrasted with
Filipino cannery workers from the 1920s and 30s.
The Mexican farmworkers collection is from the work of photojournalist and activist
David Bacon and vividly depicts the back-bending work of immigrant farm laborers as
well as the joy and beauty of their social community. Similar in spirit but contrasting in
style is a series of portraits of Filipino cannery workers, or “Alaskeros,” by photographer John Stamets that capture the elegance with which those workers dressed in their
private lives. Accompanying the two collections are works by students from the Labor,
Globalization and Art class at the University of Washington, Tacoma.
The exhibit title, “We Fight for Roses Too,” acknowledges the right of all workers to
enjoy the respect and pride that come from cultural identity and community support. In
the struggle for justice, it is not enough to win mere subsistence or bread; workers also
deserve the richness and beauty of life—the roses.
“And Now Behind Curtain #2” is an interactive installation by artist, teacher and activist
Beverly Naidus, faculty member at the University of Washington, Tacoma, that examines
the trance of the dominant culture, deconstructs several myths through personal and
collective stories, and invites viewers to participate in a game that examines the perils
and rewards of activism. The work debuted at the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum in
Germany in June, 2005; this is the first showing of the installation in the United States.
MayWorks Celebration at Folklife
May 25-28
Bread & Roses Exhibition,
featuring the work of photographer
David Bacon, images from the Alaskero
project, student work from the Labor,
Globalization and Art class at the
University of Washington at Tacoma,
and a special installation by Activist/
Teacher Beverly Naidus. Lopez Room,
11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
“Bread & Roses: Then and Now,”
Hosted by Michael Laslett. 5:00-6:00
PM, Narrative Stage at the SIFF Cinema
Voices of Occupy, Hosted by David
Rovics: Harp Song Ensemble, Danny
Kelly, Ukulele Kaeley, Desert Rat, Nina
Laboy, The Chris Chandler and David
Benoit Show, E.T. and the Boy, Jim
Page, Laura Love. 7:00-9:00 PM,
Intiman Courtyard
Saturday, May 26
WSLC Interviews, with Seattle
Center Workers. 2:00-3:00 PM,
Narrative Stage at the SIFF Cinema
Labor Show, with Chris Chandler,
Nina Laboy, David Rovics, Seattle Labor
Chorus, Solidarity Notes, Citizens Band.
7:00-10:00 PM, Bagley WrightTheatre
Saturday, May 27
“We Do the Work,” Videos and
Award Ceremony. Noon-1:00 PM,
Monday, May 28
“Bread & Roses
Commemoration: 100 Years of
Justice and Dignity” plus Emerging
Leaders Conference Float in the Lobby:
Rebel Voices, E.T. & the Boy, Pastor
Patrinell Wright, Jacque Larainzar.
2:00-4:00 PM, Center House Theatre
“Bread, Roses, and Happiness,”
with John de Graaf. 5:00-6:00 PM,
Narrative Stage at the SIFF Cinema
Narrative Stage at the SIFF Cinema
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Featuring Performances by:
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Spoonshine
Ravenna Woods
Abi Grace
Molly’s Revenge
Corespondents
Wheedle’s Groove
Picoso
The Jelly Rollers
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Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
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Africa trading
Back to Bali
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Coco Loco Jewelry
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Kashi
Klap-n-Klip Soy Candles
Kyrgyz Konnection
Lhasa Trade
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Russian Unique Imports
Serendipity Artisan Dips
Ten Thousand Villages
Carbony Celtic Winds by Pipe Makers Union
Love at First Sit
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The Corn Roasters
Washington’s Own Apple Dumpling Gang
Little C’s Funnel Cakes
Pico de Gallo
Viva! Vegetarian Grill
Warthog Barbecue
Ziegler’s Bratwurst Haus
Epi’s Foods
South Fountain
Roadway
Mighty-O Donuts
Piecora’s New York Pizza
Scotty’s Northwest
Thai Heaven Restaurant
KeyArena East
Roadway
Ahepa Gyros
Big City Burritos
Chutney’s Grille
Horn of Africa
LaJitana
Pacific Island Grill Hawaiian Style BBQ
Pelmeni Dumpling Tzar
Blue Elephant
Pioneer Popcorn–Kettle Korn
Founders Court
Bahn Thai Restaurant
Crab Cakes & Seafood Specialties
Crepealicious
Kaleenka Piroshky
Shishkaberry’s
Eloi Taste the Caribean
Mural
Bumpus Burgers
Hi’s Fruit
Kenyan Kitchen
Pat’s Philly Steak Sandwiches
Southern Kitchen Restaurant
Taste of Peru
Peanut Butter Goodness
Living Green
Courtyard
Bella Sisters
Circle Couture
NALI Natural Body Care Products
Greenbelts
Semilla Designs
Uzura
Woodland Park Zoo
People for Puget Sound
Washingrton Toxic’s Coalition
Green Living Project
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Sidewalk Artists
Aliza Face Art
Daffy Doodles Cartoon Portraits
Susan Roberts Portraits
Over the Line Productions
“Fly Girl” Feathers
A Living Canvas
Face & Body Art by Kathleen
Vendor hours subject to change.
Many vendors open 11:30 AM to dusk.
Visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org for more details about this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival
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GRADUATE
COLLEGE
OF SAYBROOK UNIVERSITY
ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS
FOR 2012
Experiential learning
Ideal for working adults
Residential conference format
It’s not too late to volunteer!
Come visit Volunteer Registration
in Room H located on the
third floor of the Center House/Armory –
SIGN UP FOR A SHIFT TODAY!
MA DEGREE
PROGRAMS IN
Organizational
Systems,
and in
Psychology
Sample our programs at the next TASTE OF LIOS
6:30 p.m. June 14, at 4010 Lake Washington Blvd. NE
Suite 300, Kirkland, WA 98033
APPLY ONLINE: www.lios.org/NWFL • Or call 425.968.3400
Special Thanks: To all our amazing volunteers who made the 2012 Northwest
Folklife Festival happen! We’d like to extend an extra thank you to those who
have volunteered with us the longest:
Old-Fashioned
Hot Dogs
Fresh Squeezed
Lemonade
A Seattle Tradition since 1975 and a proud sponsor of the
NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
Visit our booths at the Fountain and Mural stage areas
Visit our
store atCenter
the Waterfront
Visit our stores
at Seattle
and the Waterfront
40+ Club: Art Hare, Margo Reich 30+ Club Paul Bestock, R. Mike Bloom, Dale
Chesnut, Joanna Chesnut, Mike Dawada, Josela del Ray, John Dickson, Chase
Dopson, David Dopson, Vivian Fetty, Cat Fox, Richard Frith, Lydia Fusetti, Judi
Gibbs, Eddie Griffiths, Stewart Hawk, Pat Kenney, Steve Lane, Bernice Maslan,
Fred Maslan, Patrick McGonagle, Don McQuinn, Irene Namkung, Mary Nelson,
Michael “Moh” O’Hanlon, Cheryl Ohlsen, Temma Pistrang, Roberta Lynn Power,
Kay Reinartz, Jim Roe, Adela Santiste, Beth Schlansky, Elke Schoen, Michael
Schuh, Pat Shaffer, Laurel Stone, Chuck Treser, John Ullman, Frank Voorhees,
Taylor Waters, Carolyn Wirkman 20+ Club Karen Anderson, Abe Angell, Marlene
Angell, Barbara Berry, Jonathan Betz-Zall, Luther Black, Robert Blair, John
Bogert, Kirk Bond, Carolyn Brenner, Diane Brown, Clint Cannon, Lon Elmer,
Joyce Farley, Bill Fishman, Karen Fujita, Mimi Geibel, Eddie Griffiths, Joe Grote,
Judy Healy, Susan Henderson, Percy Hilo, Karen Holt, Steve Holt, Melinda Jodry,
Douglas King, Melinda Kmitta, Thomas Kmitta, Douglas Knutson, Susie Kozawa,
Basha Ladovsky, Christine Ladovsky, Corey Ladovsky, Jerry Ladovsky, Linda
Leisy, Mary Lee Lykes, Marge MacKinnon, Rafael Maslan, David Mattern, Joelle
Mauthe, Ed McArthur, Fred Miller, Don Morgan, Harvey Niebulski, Uldis Ohaks,
David Parks, Tirtza Pearl, Diane Pendegrass, Gregg Porter, Roberta (Lynn) Power,
JoAnne Rudo, Susanna Saxton, Karen Shaw, Paula Shifley, Katherine Spinner,
Steven Trampe, Trisha Tubbs, John Venables, David Wachter, Ed Waldock, Mark
Webber, Gail Wengerd, Larry Wydro, Patricia Zukas
We recognize that this list may be incomplete. If you should be on this list, please notify
us at Volunteer Registration in Room H on the third floor of the Center House.
Visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org for more details about this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival
We thank our sponsors
and supporters
We Couldn’t Do It Without You: AA Party Rentals,
At Risk Teens, Claudia Anastasio, Cort Armstrong, Craig
Beles, Kathy Bruni, Lilli Ann Carey, Jim Cavin, Ann
Cieko, Center of the Universe Network Care, Shana
Cleveland & the Sandcastles, Columbia City Theater,
Dance for Joy, Deseo Carmin, Marchette DuBois, Eric
Anderson Foundation, Edward D’Alessandro, Mary
Dickenson, Druzhba, Eddie’s Trackside, Emerald City
Fence, EMP Museum, Randy Engstrom, Festivals,
Inc., FESTAL, Folk Relief Emergency Team, Full Tilt
Ice Cream, John Gallagher, Graffix, Joe Grote, Kip
Greenthal, Stanley Greenthal, Hale’s Ales, Hollow Earth
Radio, Hollywood Lights, Karen Holt, Intiman Theatre,
JiJi Foundation, Mark Johnson, Calvin Johnson and
K Records, Jennifer Johnston, Joseph Giant, Kathy
Kelleher, Leslie Keller, Lake City Contra/Old Time
Dancers, Les Chattes Creole, Lonesome Shack, Chad
Lundberg, Mariella Luz, Madd Fidlu, Bernice Maslan,
Peter McCracken, Meotain, Don Meyer, Morgan Sound,
Kelly Morgan, Hal Mueller, Irene Namkung, NHS Red
Cross, Chris Nielson, Northwest Folk Dancers, Inc., Old
Firehouse, One Reel, Orkestar RTW, Neville Persall,
Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust, Kathi Ploeger,
Corey Preston, PTT Communications, Radost, Margo
Reich, Arne Reinert Memorial Fund, RHS National
Honor Society, Jim Roe, Lucy Reuter, JoAnne Hardt
Rudo, Russian Cultural Center, Ed Littlefield Jr. and
Matthew Gephart from Sage Arts, Seattle Center,
Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Folk Festival, Seattle
Folklore Society, Seattle International Film Festival,
Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Works, Scott
Scher, Ben and Michelle Shaevitz, Andrew Snoey,
Snohomish Artist Guild, The Space Needle, Stumptown
Printers, Subversive Square Dance Society, Ann Suter,
Swedish Cultural Center, Target Stores Foundation,
Tender Forever, The City of Redmond, Dave Trop, T.S.
McHugh’s, The Tractor Tavern, Steven Trampe, Triamp,
Uli’s Famous Sausage, John Ullman, The Vera Project,
Vietnam Veterans of America – Jim Hinde Memorial
Chapter 102, Weintraub Family Foundation, Linda
Wilson, Christina Wright, Joel Wright, Kathy Vlach,
Loren Vlach, Volunteer Program Association at GRCC,
YMCA, KTUB, Yuni in TAXCO
2012 Community Coordinators: Alexander
Krynytzsky, Alma Petrish, Amy Carroll, Andrea
Matthews, Avery Hill, Bernice Maslan, Bob Barnes,
Calvin Johnson, Charmaine Li-Lei Slaven, Cherie
Trebon, Chris Icasiano, Christine Linde, Danny
Abramson, Dean Paton, Devon Leger, Don Meyers,
Eduardo Mendonca, Estrella de Leon, Gabe Strand,
Gabriel Marowitz, Grant Feay, Greg Vandy, Gregg
Porter, Harvey Niebulski, Helen Gilbert, Helen
Yanigahara, Helene Eriksen, Janet Stecher, Bob Stecher,
Jason Hovatter Craban, Jerin Falkner, Jim McGill, Jim
Roe, Joan Rabinowitz, John Hayden, John Seman,
Simon Henneman, Karen Shaw, Kathy Bruni, Katrina
McCoy, Kelly Morgan, Ken Iverson, Kevin Sur, Kitty Wu,
Lakshmi Gaur, Leslie Young, Levi Fuller, Lulu Carpenter,
Luther Black, Marchette DuBois, Maria Plancich
Kesovija, Marjorie Nugent, Marni Rachmiel, Marshall
Scott Warner, MaryLee Lykes, Michelle Badion, Mollie
Singh, Monica Martinez, Moodette Ka’apana, Paige
Irvin, Pam Berry, Rev. Pat Wright, Pat McMonagle, Patty
Leverett, Percy Hilo, Philip Morgan, Ramona Holmes,
Rana Shmait, Robert Sarazin Blake, Roger Del Rosario,
Sabura, Sam Keator, Sherry Nevins, Sidney Deering, Sue
Isely, Susan Howell, Terrie Abrahamson, Tim Readman,
Toby Kremple, Tony Mates, Trisha Tubbs, Trula Shaffer,
Wes Weddell, Yasemin San
Cultural Focus: Next Fifty: Special Thanks
to the Seattle Center Foundation and the Next
Fifty committees.
Mayor Mike McGinn and the Seattle City Council:
Sally Bagshaw, Tim Burgess, Sally Clark, Richard
Conlin, Jean Godden, Bruce Harrell, Nick Licata, Mike
O’Brien, Tom Rasmussen
In-Kind Sponsors: A to Z Media, Act Theatre,
Belltown Inn, Bold Hat Productions, Borracchini’s
Thank You!
Bakery, Bridgeport Brewery, CD Forge, The Center for
Wooden Boats, Choice Tea, Chris’s Country Essence,
Comcast, Courtyard by Marriott, Darigold, Dave’s
Killer Bread, Deschutes Brewery, EMP Museum,
The Essential Baking Company, Evergreen Speech
and Hearing Clinic, Field Roast, Frankfurter, Gibson
Guitars, Grand Illusion Cinema, Greek Gods, Hollow
Earth Radio, Hostelling International at the American
Hotel, Indo Island Arts, Ivar’s, Inc., Julia’s Restaurants,
KEXP, King County Library System, Landmark Theatres,
Living Stone Creations, Macrina Bakery & Café,
Mediterranean Inn, Metropolitan Market, Mighty-O
Doughnuts, Morgan Sound, Museum of Flight, Noah’s
Bagels, Northwest Film Forum, Northwest Outdoor
Center, Northwest Railway Museum, Pacific Source,
Inc., Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, Piecora’s, Pike Place
Nuts, Pilsner Urquell, PODS, PopChips, The Puyallup
Fair, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Seattle
Art Museum, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Seattle
Repertory, SoDo Pizza, Stevens Pass, Stumptown
Coffee Roasters, Stumptown Printers, Taproot Theater
Company, Teatro Zinzanni, Theo’s Chocolates, The Vera
Project, Woodland Park Zoo
2012 Friends of Folklife
Visionary Circle (5000+): Anonymous (2), Eric J.
Anderson, Barbara A. Berry, Luther Black and Christina
Wright, Ed Littlefield, Jr. and Laura Littlefield Sustainer
($2500+): Anonymous, Chris Caldwell and Mike
Richardson, Dale and Joanna Chesnut Benefactor
($1000+): William D. Adcock, Karen Anderson,
Alexandra Bradbury, Meg and Michael Carrico, Peter
Durham, Dick and Marjorie Fiddler, Matt Fisher, Karen
Shaw and Larry Hohm, Tammy and Jim Leuba, Kathi
Ploeger and Don Meyers, Dorothy Reinert, Tammy
Sittnick, Susan Songer, Mary Hotchkiss and Mary
Whisner, Thomas and Amy. J. Wimmer Investor
($500+) Andrew Bereson, Gina and Bill Boyd, Teresa
Davis, Phillip Garrison, John Gennari, Linda Glenicki,
Dianne and Mark Lewis, Rafael B. Maslan, Bonnie
Messinger and Steven Mullinax, Don P. Morgan, Diane
Morrison and Joel Bradbury, Hal Mueller, Irene Myers,
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Laurie Nichols and Mike Hart, Harvey Niebulski, Doug
Plummer, Dawn Raymond and Loren Haralson, Chris
Roe and Jon Singleton, Julie Sakahara and Joe Vinikow,
Theresa Smith, Ann and Ron Suter, Dave Trop and Lisa
Campney, Gary Virene
Thanks to all those who organized and
sponsored events in support of Northwest
Folklife’s series of Nights for Folklife: Amy
Ravenholt; Balkan Bridge; Bernice Maslan; Café
Allegro; Don Meyer and Kathi Ploeger; Eddie’s
Trackside; Full Tilt Ice Cream; Hales Ales; JoAnne Hardt
Rudo; K Records; Kathy & Loren Vlach; Labor Chorus;
Lake City Contra Dance; Left Foot Boogie; Michelle and
Ben Shaevitz; Mimi Stewart; Louisianathon; Northwest
Folk Dancers, Inc.; NWDance.net; The Old Firehouse;
Olympia All Ages Project; Open Band Contra Dance;
The Piranha Shop; Portland Country Dance Community;
Shipwreck’s Tavern; Skandia; Skolkis; Squalrus Art
Collective; T. S. McHugh’s; Valerie Cohen; Waltz, Etc.
Northwest Folklife Staff: Robert Townsend
(Executive Director), Michael Chandler (Director of
Production), Dave Clelland (Controller), Ryan Davis
(Marketing Manager), Paige Ervin (All Ages Intern),
Christina Halverson (Community Engagement &
Volunteer Coordinator), Debbie Fant (Deputy Director),
Kelli Faryar (Programs Manager), Phil O’Sullivan
(Development Director), Anne O’Dowd (Production
& Operations Manager), Beth Schlansky (Office and
Information Coordinator), Michelle Demers Shaevitz
(Programs Coordinator), Bruce Sielaff (Director
of Operations and Technology), Katy Strutynski
(Event Coordinator), Laurie Carlsson (Sponsorship
Coordinator), Sue Masser (Development Coordinator)
Northwest Folklife 2011-2012 Board of Directors:
Luther F. Black (President), Michael Richardson (Vice
President), Harvey Niebulski (Vice President), Don
Morgan (Treasurer), Ann Suter (Secretary), Karen G.
Anderson (Past President), Ross Braine, Kim Camara,
Lara D. Clark, Teresa I. Davis, Rafael Maslan, Karen
Shaw, Tammy Sittnick, Susan Songer
Sponsors
ROOFING, WINDOWS AND SIDING
Media Sponsors
Visit www.nwfolklifefestival.org for more details about this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival
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Acoustic Stage - Shaw Room 9
Alki Court Stage 16
Bagley Wright Theatre 1
Center House Court Stage 21
Center House Theatre 22
Comcast's Mural Amphitheatre 26
Dance Workshops - Rainier Room 14
EMP Learning Labs Workshops 25
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Folklife
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Fountain Lawn Stage
Indie Roots Presented by BECU - Broad St Lawn
International Dance Stage - Exhibition Hall
KBCS Fisher Green Stage
Labor Exhibits - Lopez Room
Living Green Courtyard - Alki Courtyard
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Next 50 Activitites 23
Northwest Court Stage 15
Warren's Roadhouse (Fisher Pavilion) 19
Percussion Workshops - Rhythm Tent 13
Scheduled Jams - Boeing Green 5
Singing Workshops - Intiman Courtyard 2
Vera Project / Ver(A)rt Gallery 10
Workshops - Olympic Room 6
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