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2016 Northwest Folklife Festival

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11:00am PDT

Kisbetyarok Hungarian Family Dancers Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Chaopraya Ensemble Center Theatre Dan Weber Back Porch Stage Japanese Koto Club Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Molly Bauckham Trad Stage Northwest Junior Pipe Band Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Simba Youth Marimba Ensemble Fountain Lawn Stage Something Strange Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly The Musical Socks String Band Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Paul 'Che oke ten' Wagner Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Traditional Folk Jam Boeing Green Introduction to the Autoharp Armory Loft - Music Workshops The Rhythm Rollers with Charlie Fenton, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Zwiefacher Tricky Rhythm Dancing Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Village Carols Cornish Courtyard Seattle Theatre Group/ DANCE This Armory Court Stage Halau Hula 'O Lono Bagley Wright Theatre Halau Hula O Napualani Bagley Wright Theatre Halau Hula Pulamahiaikalikolehua Bagley Wright Theatre Ke Liko A'e O Lei Lehua E Kapuaokalani Bagley Wright Theatre Catherine Graham Cornish Playhouse Dale Russ Cornish Playhouse David Kaynor & Betsy Branch Cornish Playhouse Jeff & Jane Anderson Cornish Playhouse Murphy & Marckx & Coop Cornish Playhouse Ramon Selby & Al Troupe Cornish Playhouse Sandra Layman Cornish Playhouse

11:25am PDT

Katherine Gee, Storyteller Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap

11:40am PDT

Hopa Trop Children’s Folk Dance Ensemble Seattle, WA Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Jon Bartlett & Rika Ruebsaat Trad Stage Ramona W & Erik B Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Sig Paulson N.W. Renegade Troubadour Back Porch Stage

11:45am PDT

Anzanga Marimba Ensemble Fountain Lawn Stage Blackheart Honeymoon Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Calum MacKinnon's Northwest Scottish Fiddlers Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Clallam County Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Leszek Chudzinski Center Theatre Vivat Musica! Polish Choir Center Theatre

12:00pm PDT

Seattle Symphony - Lullaby Project SIFF Film Center Bailadores de Bronce Open-Air Dance Stage Scottish Country Dancing Armory Loft - Dance Workshops NW Cajun Jammers Boeing Green Experiential Drumming For Fun Rhythm Tent Fiber Art For Kids! Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Old-Time Slow/Beginner Jam in D Armory Loft - Music Workshops Hands4 with Laurel Thomas, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Gilbert & Sullivan Sing-Along Cornish Courtyard Songs of Eastern Washington EMP JBL Theatre (Narrative Stage) 206 Zulu EMP Sky Church: Sponsored by City Arts Magazine

12:20pm PDT

Finely Tuned! Back Porch Stage Patrice Webb Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Sean Connors and Clea Taylor Trad Stage Kabuki Academy Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Seattle Miyagi Kai Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

12:30pm PDT

Joyas Mestizas Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance WHOZYAMAMA Cajun and Zydeco Fountain Lawn Stage Stargazing in 35mm Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly The Sweet Lowdown Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Jazz Night School's Trad Jazz Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

1:00pm PDT

Carrigaline Celtic Band Trad Stage Jean Rohe Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Vivian & Phil Williams Back Porch Stage Nrityangan kathak studio Open-Air Dance Stage Alan Roberts and Eric Anderson with Susie Kendig, Caller Armory Court Stage The Wiretappers Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) The Seattle Women's Steel Pan Project Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Create Your Own Lullaby Armory Loft - Music Workshops FANGA, the World’s Most Popular Hand Drum Song Rhythm Tent International Folk Dance Workshop Armory Loft - Dance Workshops 2016 Jack Straw Writing Fellows Center Theatre Spiritual Songs from the African American Heritage Cornish Courtyard Songs of the New Earth SIFF Film Center

1:10pm PDT

Herencias Mexicanas Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

1:15pm PDT

Naomi Wachira Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS The New Iberians Zydeco Blues Band Fountain Lawn Stage

1:20pm PDT

Panama Folklore / Bailes y Alegrias Panamenas Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Tekla Waterfield and the Sweet Nothings Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

1:40pm PDT

Meghan Yates Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Middle March Trad Stage Jazz Night School Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

1:45pm PDT

Riley and Johnny Calcagno Back Porch Stage

1:55pm PDT

Luz Elena Mendoza Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

2:00pm PDT

Bailadores de Bronce Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Murfitt and Main Fountain Lawn Stage TusuyPeru Open-Air Dance Stage Tapsalteerie with Gordy Euler, Caller Armory Court Stage Wylie & the Wild West Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) STG’s presents: The Jungle Book Workshop Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap The Art of Didgeridoo Rhythm Tent The Art of Duetting Armory Loft - Music Workshops Favorite Sing-Alongs Cornish Courtyard Seattle Symphony - Lullaby Project Center Theatre Voices in Prayer and Song from Around the World EMP JBL Theatre (Narrative Stage) Singing Games for all Ages Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Queen of The Hill: All-Female Open Styles Dance Battle EMP Sky Church: Sponsored by City Arts Magazine

2:10pm PDT

Norman Baker & The Backroads Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

2:20pm PDT

Michael 'Hawkeye' Herman Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

2:25pm PDT

Castletown Trad Stage

2:30pm PDT

Dan and Molly Tenenbaum Back Porch Stage

2:40pm PDT

Grupo Folklorico Guadalajara Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

2:45pm PDT

Hurray For The Riff Raff Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

2:50pm PDT

TBD Fountain Lawn Stage

3:00pm PDT

Familiar Wild Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Juliana & PAVA Bagley Wright Theatre Sonerion Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Juan Manuel Barco/Los Huicholes Cornish Playhouse Peruvian Passion Dance Open-Air Dance Stage Folk Voice Band Armory Court Stage Klezmer & Yiddish Song 101 Boeing Green Kabuki Academy Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Rhythm Tent - Drum and Percussion Classes Rhythm Tent Traditional Brazilian Songs Armory Loft - Music Workshops Swamp Soul Cajun/Zydeco Band Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Rounds Old and New Cornish Courtyard Southeast Seattle Community Youth Orchestra Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

3:10pm PDT

Squirrel Butter Back Porch Stage Fields Under Clover Trad Stage

3:15pm PDT

Genghis Blues SIFF Film Center

3:20pm PDT

Ballet Folklorico Mexico Lindo Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

3:40pm PDT

Prakash Ladia Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel The Seattle Women's Steel Pan Project Fountain Lawn Stage

3:45pm PDT

Dave and the Dalmatians Bagley Wright Theatre Shelita Burke Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Ti Ti Tabor Hungarian Folk Camp's Dance Workshop Armory Loft - Dance Workshops

3:50pm PDT

Zydeco/Cajun Dance Lesson Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) The Scarlet Locomotive Back Porch Stage Fisher Ensemble Cornish Playhouse

3:55pm PDT

McKasson Alexander Cotter Trad Stage

4:00pm PDT

Kariatis Dancers Open-Air Dance Stage American Radio Theater Center Theatre RAPtivism : Hip-Hop Around The World EMP JBL Theatre (Narrative Stage) Allspice Armory Court Stage Rags and Songs from the Ragtime Era Boeing Green Afro Cuban & Puerto Rican Music Rhythm Tent International Capoeira Angola Foundation Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Folichon Cajun Band Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Beehived Women's Parody Choir Cornish Courtyard Te Fare O Tamatoa - Tahitian Dance Troupe Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Emerald City Songwriter Circles Armory Loft - Music Workshops

4:15pm PDT

Seattle Pub Sing Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

4:20pm PDT

Murphy&Middaugh and Joanne Rideout Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

4:25pm PDT

Cowboy, Traditional Country, Yodeling Armory Loft - Music Workshops

4:30pm PDT

Dunava Bagley Wright Theatre The Barn Owls Back Porch Stage The Weavils Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

4:35pm PDT

Chenoa Egawa - CANCELLED Cornish Playhouse Intisaar Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Tai Shan Cornish Playhouse

5:00pm PDT

Samba OlyWa Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Paris Alexa EMP Sky Church: Sponsored by City Arts Magazine WB Reid & Bonnie Zahnow Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Tango Argentino Open-Air Dance Stage An Introduction to North Indian Kathak Footwork, Compositions & Storytelling Postures Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Introduction to Native American flute Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Introduction to Whole Person Drumming Rhythm Tent Sing Sea Chanteys Cornish Courtyard Uke Ninja Jam Boeing Green Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song SIFF Film Center

5:05pm PDT

Mehregan Center Theatre

5:20pm PDT

Bloco Alegria Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance The Moonshine Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

5:25pm PDT

Alchymeia Cornish Playhouse

5:30pm PDT

Aimee Wilson Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Colm MacCárthaigh and friends Trad Stage International Folk Dance McCaw Promenade

5:35pm PDT

Karoun Dance Ensemble Center Theatre Raven Matthews EMP Sky Church: Sponsored by City Arts Magazine

5:40pm PDT

MARACATUpdx (formerly MaracatuNW) Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

5:50pm PDT

Ali Ghambari Center Theatre

6:00pm PDT

Caleb and Walter Fountain Lawn Stage The Dunghill Rooster Strutters Back Porch Stage Queen of the Hill: Showcase of Female Dancers and Celebration of Street Styles Open-Air Dance Stage The Polka Guyz Armory Court Stage Wylie & the Wild West Fountain Lawn Stage Northern Contraband with Marlin Prowell, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Tom Lehrer Sing-A-Long Cornish Courtyard Hop Time Stringband with Tony Mates, Caller Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Kirtan Singing Center Theatre Open Drum & Dance Rhythm Tent

6:10pm PDT

Tangled Rain Stringband Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

6:15pm PDT

Skyrish Trad Stage Travis Thompson EMP Sky Church: Sponsored by City Arts Magazine

6:30pm PDT

Arthur James Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Show Brazil! Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

6:45pm PDT

Denver Fountain Lawn Stage Dumpster Joe and His Jungle Juice Back Porch Stage

7:00pm PDT

Aisha Fukushima Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Ancora Bagley Wright Theatre Dre'zy and Too Smoove EMP Sky Church: Sponsored by City Arts Magazine Pat Chessell Trad Stage Powell Mountain Bluegrass Band Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Zakuska Armory Court Stage Diatonic Buttonbox Accordion Armory Loft - Music Workshops Ratnip with Lynn Ackerson, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Anar Dana Helene Eriksen's Traditional Dance Theatre Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Helene Eriksen Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Karavans Dance Troupe Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Leila Farid Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Nafiah Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Nalini & The Blue Lotus Dance Co Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Raks Maleka Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Shahrazad Dance Ensemble of Seattle Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Zulaika Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

7:05pm PDT

Trillium Stringband with Kelsey Nelsen, Caller Armory Loft - Dance Workshops

7:10pm PDT

Kathleen Murray Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

7:15pm PDT

Monoclub Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

7:30pm PDT

Baby Gramps Back Porch Stage Northwest Firelight Chorale Bagley Wright Theatre Silverhands Fountain Lawn Stage

7:45pm PDT

Kef Armory Court Stage Barleywine Revue Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS BECCA & Soul Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Blackthorn Trad Stage

7:50pm PDT

Maddy Smith Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

8:00pm PDT

Naomi Baltuck and Thom Garrard Cornish Playhouse Seattle Girls' Choir Prime Voci led by Artistic Director, Jacob Winkler Bagley Wright Theatre Chassez Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Orkestar RTW Armory Court Stage Harmony Singing Armory Loft - Music Workshops Coolout Network: 25th Anniversary EMP Sky Church: Sponsored by City Arts Magazine

8:10pm PDT

Peter Ali- Native American Flutist Center Theatre Rabbit Stew String Band with Gabe Strand, Caller Armory Loft - Dance Workshops

8:15pm PDT

Banda La Mejor Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

8:30pm PDT

Anne Rutherford Cornish Playhouse City Cantabile Choir Bagley Wright Theatre Country Lips Fountain Lawn Stage Dysfunction Junction Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS The Jocelyn Pettit Band Trad Stage The Secret Sea Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Champagne Honeybee Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

8:45pm PDT

Druzhba Armory Court Stage

8:50pm PDT

G3 Center Theatre

9:00pm PDT

Larry Hohm Cornish Playhouse Northwest Chorale Bagley Wright Theatre Valse Café Orchestra Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Kef Armory Court Stage

9:15pm PDT

Los Tremendos De Tijuana Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

9:20pm PDT

Fysah Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

9:30pm PDT

Global Village Storytelling Cornish Playhouse Archana Bennur Center Theatre Bellevue Chamber Chorus Bagley Wright Theatre