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2016 Northwest Folklife Festival

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11:00am PDT

Katrilli Finnish Folkdancers Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Andrea Chisalita Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Oolleemm, Korean Traditional performing arts org. Center Theatre Isaiah Dominguez Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Kaze Daiko Fountain Lawn Stage Seattle Cello eXperiment Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS The Fiddle Footed Cummings Trad Stage Sweet Iron Back Porch Stage Hamilton International Middle School and Jane Addams Middles School Chamber Orchestras Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Bluesy Jam Boeing Green MossyBack Morris Men Armory Court Stage Sandy Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Basics of Indian music and its adaptation to Bollywood songs Armory Loft - Music Workshops Milonga Canyengue w/us..!!! Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Les Fabulous Girls du Ouest Coast Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Barneleikarringen of Greater Seattle Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) North by Northwest Morris Dancers Armory Court Stage Sound and Fury Morris Armory Court Stage Shapenote Singing Mini-Convention Cornish Courtyard Seattle Opera Cornish Playhouse Anga Kala Kathak Academy Bagley Wright Theatre ARPAN DANCE THEATRE Bagley Wright Theatre Chinmayi Bhavanishankar Bagley Wright Theatre Himalayan Daughters Bagley Wright Theatre Indonesian Cultural Association Bagley Wright Theatre Lak Daruwo Bagley Wright Theatre Naosheen & Group Bagley Wright Theatre Sahana Deo and Meghana Shastri/Tanjavur Dance School Bagley Wright Theatre Siam Smile Thai Classical and Folk Dance Bagley Wright Theatre TELUGU BHARATI Bagley Wright Theatre Urvasi Dance Ensemble Bagley Wright Theatre Priya Raghav Bagley Wright Theatre

11:35am PDT

Leikarringen of Leif Erikson Hall #1 Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

11:40am PDT

Cronan Trad Stage The Blackberry Bushes Stringband Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Whamdiddle with Rick Fogel Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

11:45am PDT

Sangeet Moksha Center Theatre Seattle Kokon Taiko Fountain Lawn Stage Brother for Sale! Back Porch Stage Tobias the Owl Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

12:00pm PDT

Ana Montes and Flamenco Danzarte Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap International Dance Sampler Open-Air Dance Stage Thoth SIFF Film Center Mariachi Reyes de Pasco Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Blues Jam Boeing Green Bridgetown Morris Men Armory Court Stage Island Thyme Morris Dancers Armory Court Stage Renegade Rose Morris Armory Court Stage Fabulous French Country Dances with Eileen Little and Foie de Joie Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Family Friendly Rhythm Jam Rhythm Tent Story Before the Song Armory Loft - Music Workshops Saving Daylight with Sonya Kaufman, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Building Community by Singing EMP JBL Theatre (Narrative Stage)

12:10pm PDT

Lietutis Lithuanian Folkdance Group Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

12:20pm PDT

March to May Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS The Drunken Maidens Trad Stage The Murkies Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

12:30pm PDT

Alouest Center Theatre Sarah Gerritsen and the Shadow Catchers Fountain Lawn Stage Saint September Back Porch Stage

12:35pm PDT

COHO Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

12:50pm PDT

Ivan-da-Mar'ya Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

1:00pm PDT

Strikes A Bell Trad Stage Drew Martin Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Killdeer String Band Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Eclectic Cloggers with Moonshine and Turpentine Open-Air Dance Stage Puddletown Squares Armory Court Stage Acoustic Jamming Boeing Green STYLE: Songwriting Through Youth Literature Education Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Armory Loft - Music Workshops Learn the Country Waltz Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Roda de Choro (Choro Jam Session) with Choroloco Rhythm Tent Nan Evans and the Rosewind English Country Dance Band Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Barbershop Workshop Cornish Courtyard Sing China! SIFF Film Center

1:05pm PDT

Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

1:15pm PDT

Les Gens des Chutes People of the Falls Center Theatre The Cloves Fountain Lawn Stage The Dovetails Back Porch Stage

1:20pm PDT

Faint Peter Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

1:30pm PDT

Ke`ala `O Kamailelauli`ili`i Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

1:35pm PDT

The Klapa Trad Stage Sing Along with Pastor Patrinell Wright Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

1:45pm PDT

Evan Flory-Barnes presents Seattle-Folk Music Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

1:50pm PDT

Down the Road Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

2:00pm PDT

Lanford Black Fountain Lawn Stage Sempre Sisters Back Porch Stage Ana Montes and Flamenco Danzarte Open-Air Dance Stage Crankie Festival featuring Kelsey Nelsen, Melanie Brauner, Squirrel Butter, and Podorythmie Center Theatre Podorythmie Center Theatre Halau Hula O Napualani Armory Court Stage Jamtown Howdy Band Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Experiential Drumming For Fun Rhythm Tent Singing Is Your Birthright! Armory Loft - Music Workshops Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Finalists, (Writers in the Schools, Seattle Arts and Lectures) Cornish Playhouse Interstate English with Laura Me Smith, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Real People Singing Together Cornish Courtyard Island Thyme Morris Dancers Armory Court Stage MossyBack Morris Men McCaw Promenade Renegade Rose Morris McCaw Promenade Two Rivers Morris McCaw Promenade Seattle Sings World Lullabies EMP JBL Theatre (Narrative Stage) Stuart Williams and his Sprouts Armory Loft - Dance Workshops

2:05pm PDT

Nick Droz Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

2:10pm PDT

Nelson's Blood Trad Stage

2:15pm PDT

Correo Aereo / Air Mail Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Faces Dance Group Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Filipiniana Dance Company Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Silangan Chorus Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

2:30pm PDT

Screaming Men SIFF Film Center

2:35pm PDT

The Warren G. Hardings Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

2:45pm PDT

Shanghaied on the Willamette Trad Stage The Hollers Fountain Lawn Stage Honey Mustard Back Porch Stage

2:55pm PDT

Whitney Mongé Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

3:00pm PDT

Fun with Argentine Tango Armory Court Stage Choroloco Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Oolleemm, Korean Traditional performing arts org. Open-Air Dance Stage Beginning Bones Playing Rhythm Tent Ukrainian Folk Songs Armory Loft - Music Workshops The Friends of Sironka Dance Troupe Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap The Ringside Slam (and Friends) Cornish Playhouse Skippin' a Groove with Morna Leonard, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Join a Neighborhood Sing-Along! Cornish Courtyard Bridgetown Morris Men McCaw Promenade Sound and Fury Morris McCaw Promenade The Merry Missives of Moscow McCaw Promenade Tiddley Cove Morris McCaw Promenade Arts Corps' Massive Break Challenge Bagley Wright Theatre

3:15pm PDT

Anadolu Folk Dance Group Center Theatre Bob Beer Center Theatre Children Sing For Peace Center Theatre Firtina Center Theatre Georgian Folk Dances Center Theatre Mevlevi Order of America Center Theatre onefourfive Center Theatre Seattle Mid-East Ensemble Center Theatre Serkan Bacak Center Theatre Siatliiska Troika with Teodora Dimitrova Center Theatre SiyaVend Center Theatre

3:20pm PDT

Broadside & the Handsome Cabin Boys Trad Stage Cliff Perry Band Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

3:25pm PDT

The Rouge & Noir Tango Orchestra Armory Court Stage

3:30pm PDT

David Maloney Back Porch Stage

3:45pm PDT

Los Flacos Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Lana McMullen Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Seattle Swing Dance Club Armory Loft - Dance Workshops

3:50pm PDT

Grand Finale Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

4:00pm PDT

Mark Graham & WB Reid Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Teen Voices from the NEA Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge Cornish Playhouse Siam Smile Thai Classical and Folk Dance Open-Air Dance Stage Desi Girls Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Beginning Blues Ukulele Armory Loft - Music Workshops Salmon Run Drum Story Rhythm Tent Wood Eye with Amy Carroll, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Showtunes/Contemporary A Capella Singalong Cornish Courtyard Music, Child, and Family EMP JBL Theatre (Narrative Stage)

4:05pm PDT

Tango Participatory Dance Armory Court Stage

4:10pm PDT

The Singing Revolution SIFF Film Center

4:15pm PDT

Crossroads Exchange Fountain Lawn Stage Salty Songs and Shanties Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

4:20pm PDT

Tango Truco Armory Court Stage

4:35pm PDT

Jonah Luke with Anna Jo Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

4:45pm PDT

Emily Donohue Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

5:00pm PDT

Dante Faulk and River Scheuerell Trad Stage Dora Oliveira and Dance Brazil Open-Air Dance Stage Brother for Sale! Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Beginning Hammer Dulcimer Armory Loft - Music Workshops Rhythm Tent - Drum and Percussion Classes Rhythm Tent Solidarity Notes Labour Choir Cornish Courtyard Draze Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance The Ancient Robotz Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Bonaca Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Dave and the Dalmatians Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Gradec Croatian Tamburica Orchestra Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Radost Folk Ensemble Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Ruze Dalmatinke Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

5:05pm PDT

Tango Participatory Dance Armory Court Stage Compassion Gorilla Fountain Lawn Stage

5:15pm PDT

West My Friend Back Porch Stage Reilly and Maloney Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Chicharra Tango Armory Court Stage

5:25pm PDT

Handsome and Gretyl Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

5:30pm PDT

Rajiv Bharadwaja and Team Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

5:45pm PDT

Countercurrent Trad Stage Yirim Seck Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Beats of the Antonov SIFF Film Center

6:00pm PDT

Alder Street Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Sazerac Fountain Lawn Stage The Dirty Dandelions Back Porch Stage Autoharp: 10 Minutes and You could be playing Music! Armory Loft - Music Workshops Al's Novelty Syncopators Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Pete Seeger Sing-Along Cornish Courtyard Gopher Broke with Alex MacLeod, Caller Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Open Drum & Dance Rhythm Tent

6:30pm PDT

The Onlies Trad Stage

6:45pm PDT

The Lowest Pair Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS The m9 Fountain Lawn Stage The Mighty Dreadful Stringband Back Porch Stage

7:00pm PDT

Crow's Share Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly The Ringers Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Smoky Mokes Ragtime Ensemble Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Playing Cigar Box Guitar Armory Loft - Music Workshops TinnFelen Armory Court Stage Liars' Contest Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Alexandra Bradbury and Julian Gonzalez Cornish Playhouse Citizens Band Cornish Playhouse Re:Sisters Cornish Playhouse Seattle Labor Chorus Cornish Playhouse

7:05pm PDT

A Shapenote Singing Demonstration Bagley Wright Theatre Peckin' Out Dough with Joanna Stodden, Caller Armory Loft - Dance Workshops

7:15pm PDT

Seattle Thai Classical Music and Dance Club Center Theatre Dréos Trad Stage

7:30pm PDT

Buckshot Back Porch Stage Bulgarian Voices of Seattle Women's Choir Bagley Wright Theatre Eurodanceparty USA Fountain Lawn Stage Radost Folk Ensemble Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Rain City Ramblers Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

7:40pm PDT

Dark Madrona Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

7:45pm PDT

Dirty Revival Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

8:00pm PDT

Cameron Mazzuca Center Theatre McKasson Alexander Cotter Trad Stage The Nettles with Kelsey Hartman, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) When Celtic Isn't Irish! Armory Loft - Music Workshops

8:05pm PDT

Southern Express Singers Bagley Wright Theatre Sammenspil Armory Court Stage

8:10pm PDT

Conway West with Charmaine Slaven, Caller Armory Loft - Dance Workshops

8:20pm PDT

Orkestar Zirkonium Fountain Lawn Stage

8:25pm PDT

The Main Attraction Bagley Wright Theatre

8:30pm PDT

The Student Loan Stringband Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Brent Flyberg Center Theatre La PeÑa Flamenca de Seattle Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Goodybagg Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance The Banner Days Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

9:00pm PDT

Khari Wendell McClelland Bagley Wright Theatre Scott Losse Center Theatre The Euphemists with Susan Petrick, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse)

9:10pm PDT

Hale Bill and the Bopps Armory Court Stage

9:20pm PDT

Sayaw Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) The Bruised Hearts Revue Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly The Sojourners Bagley Wright Theatre Twisted Groove Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

9:30pm PDT

Wilfred Padua Center Theatre