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2017 Northwest Folklife Festival

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10:00am PDT

CIRCLE OF INDIGENOUS DAYS CELEBRATION Space Needle Lawn

11:00am PDT

Süssefüsse International Folk Dance Troupe Exhibition Hall: Sponsored by KUOW Kilmany Scottish Music and Dance Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist Arran Fagan Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 Celtinalia Trad Stage Mahonyera Mbira Ensemble Folklife Café Tom Rawson Back Porch Stage Brian Vogan and his Good Buddies Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity Claire Michelle Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by CityArts Touloulou Armory Court Stage Maggie Bennett Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Monday Night Live with David Kaynor, Caller Fisher Pavilion: Warren's Roadhouse 1000 Cellos Cornish Courtyard Hello, I Am Armory Loft 4- Music Workshops Introduction to Appalachian Clog Dance Armory Loft 3- Dance Workshops

11:40am PDT

Atlas Stringband Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 Waterbound Trad Stage

11:45am PDT

Zydeco Basics Dance Lesson Armory Court Stage Imago Dei Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Lietutis Lithuanian Folk Dance Group Exhibition Hall: Sponsored by KUOW Harley & Shera Bray Back Porch Stage Paul Kara Ross Folklife Café Recess Monkey Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity Finnish Choral Society of Seattle Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist Katrilli - Finnish Folkdancers Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist Maria Männistö Trio Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist

11:55am PDT

Post Rapture Party Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by CityArts

12:00pm PDT

Festál Turns 20 SIFF Film Center Festa Italia presents Brad Inserra from Red House Beer, Wine Shoppe & Tapas Bar Narrative and Cultural Cuisine Stage Sister Kate Dance Company Open-Air Dance Stage Folichon Cajun Band Armory Court Stage All Age Percussion Workshop Rhythm Tent James 'AudioPoet' Burchfield Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Steve Goodman: Facing the Music: A 10th Anniversary Bio/Concert Armory Loft 4- Music Workshops Stepwise with Rich Goss, Caller Fisher Pavilion: Warren's Roadhouse Join A Neighborhood Song Circle! Cornish Courtyard Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Armory Loft 3- Dance Workshops

12:15pm PDT

Michelle Lang & Still Water Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

12:20pm PDT

Murphy, Middaugh and Rideout Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 SeaStar Trad Stage

12:25pm PDT

Tre Paesani Folklife Café

12:30pm PDT

Enzian Schuhplattler Exhibition Hall: Sponsored by KUOW Margo Murphy and John Roberts Back Porch Stage Festival Sundiata presents: All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 SIFF Film Center

12:35pm PDT

The Not-Its! Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity

12:45pm PDT

SpiritVision Mass Choir Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

12:50pm PDT

The Pickpocket Revue Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by CityArts

1:00pm PDT

Jori Chisholm Trad Stage Orkestyr Farfeleh Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 Tony La Stella, Italian Singer & Guitarist Folklife Café Jason McCue KEXP Gathering Space Choro that Brazilian swing! Rhythm Tent Alankrita Open-Air Dance Stage North City Rockers Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap The Horse After the Cart with Craig Wolfe, Caller Fisher Pavilion: Warren's Roadhouse Sing-A-Long Bach! Cornish Courtyard Fun with Argentine Tango! Armory Loft 3- Dance Workshops Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Armory Loft 4- Music Workshops Gansango Music & Dance Armory Court Stage

1:15pm PDT

Children's Indian Classical Ensemble Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist Pastor Pat Wright and the Total Experience Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Interplay on Food, Culture and Community Narrative and Cultural Cuisine Stage

1:20pm PDT

Nonesuch English Country Dance Exhibition Hall: Sponsored by KUOW

1:25pm PDT

Eli Rosenblatt Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity

1:40pm PDT

Ferrybound Trad Stage The Tarantellas Folklife Café

1:45pm PDT

The Gnomes Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 Festival Sundiata presents: We Shall Not Sleep -The Voices of Our Ancestors SIFF Film Center

1:50pm PDT

Zach Michaud Back Porch Stage

2:00pm PDT

Ananya Goparaju Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist Bonnie Dundee Open-Air Dance Stage RhythmLift Drumming for Life Rhythm Tent Zydeco Dance Workshop Armory Loft 3- Dance Workshops Reunion with Laura Mé Smith, Caller Fisher Pavilion: Warren's Roadhouse Rope Jumping for Fun and Fitness Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap 206 Zulu Prince versus Prince Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Emerald City Songwriter Circles Armory Loft 4- Music Workshops Mozart Requiem Sing-A-Long Cornish Courtyard

2:20pm PDT

Brograss w/ Tashi Litch and Kaj Litch Trad Stage Ca Gaze Folklife Café

2:30pm PDT

Abby K Back Porch Stage Those Willows Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by CityArts Truio Tsuica Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3

2:45pm PDT

Namratha Rajagopal Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist Iranian Festival presents Cooking with Sara Alvay Narrative and Cultural Cuisine Stage

2:55pm PDT

Thornton Creek Elementary School Exhibition Hall: Sponsored by KUOW

3:00pm PDT

Swing with Left Foot Boogie Armory Court Stage Fleet Street Klezmer Band Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity The Mossbacks Trad Stage Jai Ho! Bollywood Dance Troupe Open-Air Dance Stage Versing KEXP Gathering Space Experiential Drumming For Fun Rhythm Tent Paper Moon Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Kathak Dance of North India Armory Loft 3- Dance Workshops Comhaltas Ceoltori Eireann - Puget Sound Branch with Jim Belcher, Caller Fisher Pavilion: Warren's Roadhouse Theme: 'Lost in Translation' Folklife Café

3:15pm PDT

Melville Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by CityArts Siff presents: African Tales Encore SIFF Film Center Bunny Holiday and the Highball Boys Armory Court Stage

3:30pm PDT

SUPA - Seattle Ukulele Players Association Exhibition Hall: Sponsored by KUOW Archana Bennur Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist Queen of the Hill Dance Battle Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

3:40pm PDT

Sky in the Road Trad Stage

3:45pm PDT

The Debaucherauntes Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity

4:00pm PDT

Savoy Swing Club Performance Troupe Armory Court Stage 3 Play Ricochet String Band Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 The Midnight Darlins Back Porch Stage Bollywood Stars Open-Air Dance Stage A BIG Drum Fun Circle Rhythm Tent Swing 3PO Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap CAMI Presents: A cappella 101 Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by CityArts

4:15pm PDT

The Castaways Exhibition Hall: Sponsored by KUOW Portage Bay Big Band Armory Court Stage

4:20pm PDT

Clallam County Trad Stage

4:30pm PDT

Locarno Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity

4:40pm PDT

Blue Flags and Black Grass Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3

4:45pm PDT

Mary McPage & Jevon Powell Back Porch Stage

5:00pm PDT

Joseph L Young Folklife Café North City Rockers Open-Air Dance Stage Community Jam Rhythm Tent Carl Allen Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap The Charles Street Messengers with Sherry Nevins, Caller Fisher Pavilion: Warren's Roadhouse Klezmer & Yiddish Jam 101 Boeing Green

5:02pm PDT

Made in USA - Raga Sangamam Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist

5:10pm PDT

Anadolu Youth Dancers Exhibition Hall: Sponsored by KUOW

5:15pm PDT

Alki Jones Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity

5:20pm PDT

Vito and the One Eyed Jacks Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3

5:30pm PDT

Rick Shea- Christy McWilson and the West Seattle 2 Back Porch Stage Wet City Rockers Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by CityArts

5:35pm PDT

Arden Fujiwara Folklife Café

5:37pm PDT

Anga Kala Kathak Academy Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist

5:50pm PDT

Ivan-da-Mar'ya Exhibition Hall: Sponsored by KUOW Eclectic Cloggers with Moonshine and Turpentine Trad Stage

5:57pm PDT

Naosheen & Group Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist

6:00pm PDT

Salsa N Seattle Dance Studio Armory Court Stage Olo Kani Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 Playerz of Instrument Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Sheri Roberts Greimes Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity Zaphara's Middle Eastern Dancers Open-Air Dance Stage Countercurrent with Michael Karcher, Caller Fisher Pavilion: Warren's Roadhouse Open Drum & Dance Rhythm Tent

6:04pm PDT

Jai Ho! Bollywood Dance Troupe Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist

6:10pm PDT

Kini & Kuki Folklife Café

6:15pm PDT

Cosmo's Dream Back Porch Stage Freudian Slurp Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by CityArts

6:20pm PDT

El General Armory Court Stage

6:28pm PDT

Redmond Balvihaar Center Theatre: Sponsored by KING FM, Seattle Globalist

6:30pm PDT

Motley Feet Trad Stage Kirtan Singing with the Vedic Cultural Center TBA

6:45pm PDT

Pila 'Ohana Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 Two Story Zori Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

6:50pm PDT

Rich Hinrichsen and Tom Bourne Folklife Café

7:00pm PDT

Broken Bow Stringband Back Porch Stage Contra Sutra with Marlin Prowell, Caller Fisher Pavilion: Warren's Roadhouse

7:05pm PDT

Comfort Food Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by CityArts

7:10pm PDT

Salsa N Seattle Dance Studio Armory Court Stage

7:30pm PDT

Da Oddah Guyz Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3 Kesselgarden Folklife Café Kore Ionz Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Nick Vigarino Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers & Xfinity The Cumbieros Armory Court Stage

8:00pm PDT

The Waxwings with Emma Anderson, Caller Fisher Pavilion: Warren's Roadhouse

8:15pm PDT

Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance El General Armory Court Stage