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2016 Northwest Folklife Festival

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10:40am PDT

D20 Brass Band Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

11:00am PDT

Serpanok Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) The Whizpops! Fountain Lawn Stage Anjali Music School Center Theatre Ferrybound Trad Stage No Ice Back Porch Stage Paul Kara Ross Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel The Hoe & the Harrow Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Memorial Day Celebration: Seattle Fire Department Honor Guard with D20 Brass Band, music performance by David Maloney and University Presbyterian Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance House of Tarab Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Troupeau Acadien Armory Court Stage Open Irish Traditional Music Session Boeing Green Maggie Bennett Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Introduction to Tribal & Fusion Bellydance Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Mad Lib Songwriting Armory Loft - Music Workshops Billbillies with Mike Richardson, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) 1000 Cellos Cornish Courtyard

11:35am PDT

Barvinok - Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Recess Monkey Fountain Lawn Stage

11:40am PDT

Linda Waterfall & Friends Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Waterbound Trad Stage

11:45am PDT

Zydeco/Cajun Dance Lesson Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Close The Bombay Doors Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly IPAP Seattle - Childrens Indian Classical Orchestra Center Theatre The 3 D'vas Back Porch Stage University Presbyterian Church Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Seffarine Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

12:00pm PDT

Melody Institute Open-Air Dance Stage Zydeco Rex Armory Court Stage The Power of the Human Voice through American Song Boeing Green The Creative Advantage presents, Eduardo Mendonça! Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Beginning Western Swing for guitar players Armory Loft - Music Workshops Boom Boom Diggy Rhythm Tent Fun with Argentine Tango Armory Loft - Dance Workshops MJBD with Amy Wimmer, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Let's All Sing Favorite Yiddish Songs Cornish Courtyard Beats of the Antonov SIFF Film Center

12:10pm PDT

The Not-Its! Fountain Lawn Stage Nonesuch Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

12:15pm PDT

Jacqueine Echols Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

12:20pm PDT

Sky in the Road Trad Stage The Lonely Coast with Annie Ford Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

12:30pm PDT

Devilwood Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Peter McCracken and Laurel Bliss Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifters Back Porch Stage The Top Star Fiddlers Center Theatre

12:35pm PDT

Imago Dei Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

12:45pm PDT

The Harmonica Pocket Fountain Lawn Stage Enzian Schuhplattler Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

1:00pm PDT

Michelle Lang & Still Water Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Jennifer Ferris Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Celtic Fire Trad Stage Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Open-Air Dance Stage Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann with Jim Belcher, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Open Old-Time Jam Boeing Green Bulgarian Traditional Singing taught by Grandma Penka Encheva Armory Loft - Music Workshops Caravan: Dances of the Arab World Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Harmonizing on string and song with Hot Cider String Band Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Voices of the Didgeridoo and You! Rhythm Tent Folklife Sing Along Cornish Courtyard Gansango Music & Dance Armory Court Stage

1:10pm PDT

Squirrel Butter Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

1:15pm PDT

The Neighborhood Boys Back Porch Stage Chad Bault Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Contemporary A Cappella Musicians' Institute (CAMI) Center Theatre

1:20pm PDT

Brian Vogan and his Good Buddies Fountain Lawn Stage

1:25pm PDT

DaNell Daymon and Youth Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

1:30pm PDT

Jo Walter, Storyteller Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Datina Folk Ensemble Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) The Columbia: America’s Greatest Power Stream SIFF Film Center

1:45pm PDT

SpiritVision Mass Choir Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Celt Check! Trad Stage

1:50pm PDT

Roy and Chrissie Marshall Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

1:55pm PDT

Johnny Bregar Fountain Lawn Stage

2:00pm PDT

John Wasko Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Dan Foster Back Porch Stage Nrityalaya Dance Open-Air Dance Stage Just Because, with Sherry Nevins & Suzanne Girardot Callers Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Jamming Bluegrass Boeing Green Melody Institute Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Community Jam Rhythm Tent West African Dance from Guinea Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Emerald City Songwriter Circles Armory Loft - Music Workshops

2:05pm PDT

Datina Junior Folk Ensemble Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Home Sweet Home Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

2:10pm PDT

Total Experience Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

2:15pm PDT

Durufle Requiem Cornish Courtyard

2:30pm PDT

Ingrid Nixon Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Dinas o Frain, 'The City of Crows' Trad Stage This Baba: Songs of Our Families SIFF Film Center

2:40pm PDT

Fire & Ice Irish Dance Company Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

2:45pm PDT

Sheryl Wiser Back Porch Stage

3:00pm PDT

Roo and The Few Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Savoy Swing Club Performance Troup Armory Court Stage Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Zaphara's Middle Eastern Dancers Open-Air Dance Stage Traditional Folk Jamming Boeing Green Appalachian Flatfooting Armory Loft - Dance Workshops Rhythm Tent - Drum and Percussion Classes Rhythm Tent Riffraff with John Gallagher, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Greater Seattle Choral Consortium Play Songs Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Sing-Along Bach! Cornish Courtyard 26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie's Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promised Land in the Pacific Northwest Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Mo' Jam Mondays Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

3:15pm PDT

Steve Church Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel The SpeakEasy Band Armory Court Stage

3:20pm PDT

Melody Institute Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

3:30pm PDT

Val D'Alessio Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Jim Page Back Porch Stage

3:45pm PDT

Todd Christoffel Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Hillfolk Noir Fountain Lawn Stage KlezKidz Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

4:00pm PDT

Jeremy Serwer Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Savoy Swing Club Performance Troup Armory Court Stage Motley Feet Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) The Bobbers Trad Stage Somali Youth and Family Club Open-Air Dance Stage Western Swing Jam Boeing Green Leela Kathak Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Afro Cuban & Puerto Rican Music Rhythm Tent Purple Heys with Michael Karcher, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Mozart Requiem Sing-A-Long Cornish Courtyard

4:15pm PDT

Claire Michelle Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Seirm Center Theatre MoodSwings Jazz Band Armory Court Stage

4:30pm PDT

Klez Chaos Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Rabbit Wilde Fountain Lawn Stage The Last Pub Sing Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

4:35pm PDT

Tempered Gentleman Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

4:45pm PDT

Bonnie Dundee Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

4:50pm PDT

The Brothers Reed Trad Stage

5:00pm PDT

Kilmany Center Theatre Rockland Moran Back Porch Stage Gansango Music & Dance Open-Air Dance Stage Drumming & Dancing Rhythm Tent School of Rock Seattle House Band Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by ParentMap Metis Gathering: President Dumont Honoring & Jam Boeing Green

5:15pm PDT

Karl Blau Fountain Lawn Stage

5:30pm PDT

Zaphara's Middle Eastern Dancers Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Beth Hamon Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS Erik Butterworth Trad Stage

5:45pm PDT

Honk! Fest Parade Fountain Lawn Stage Missi & Mister Baker Back Porch Stage Scandinavian Singers Center Theatre

6:00pm PDT

Salsa N' Seattle Performance Team Armory Court Stage Crystal Desert Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly VamoLá! Brazilian Drum & Dance Ensemble Fountain Lawn Stage Wet City Rockers Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Pongo Publishing Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Sayaw Open-Air Dance Stage Les Capitaines du Jour with Carol Piening, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Open Drum & Dance Rhythm Tent

6:10pm PDT

The Klez Katz Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS The Surly Goats Trad Stage

6:20pm PDT

Buena Vibra Sextet Armory Court Stage

6:30pm PDT

The Swedish Women's Chorus Center Theatre Wild Within Back Porch Stage

6:40pm PDT

Kermet Apio Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

6:45pm PDT

Artesian Rumble Arketra Fountain Lawn Stage Juice Band Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance The Salt Riot Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly

6:50pm PDT

Dram & Go Trad Stage The Debaucherauntes Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

7:00pm PDT

Ryan McKasson and Friends with Woody Lane, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse)

7:10pm PDT

Ashleigh Cho + Johnny Bravo Armory Court Stage

7:15pm PDT

Jon Whalen Folklife Cafe: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

7:20pm PDT

Gustavo El General Armory Court Stage

7:30pm PDT

Chaotic Noise Marching Corps Fountain Lawn Stage Destination Unknown Vera Project/Gallery: Sponsored by Seattle Weekly Maggie's Fury Trad Stage The Highlife Band Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance The Schmaltz Street Klezmer Band Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by 91.3 KBCS

8:00pm PDT

Uncle Farmer with Lindsey Dono, Caller Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse)

8:15pm PDT

Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band Mural Amphitheatre: Presented by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance