Folklife Festiva - May 25-28, 2018

16 SUNDAY ARMORY COURT STAGE BACK PORCH STAGE DISCOVERY ZONESTAGE SPONSORED BY PARENTMAP BAGLEY WRIGHT THEATRE SPONSORED BY KUOW CENTER THEATRE CORNISH PLAYHOUSE SPONSORED BY SEATTLE WEEKLY SUNDAY MORNING CONTRA 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM Les Fabulous Girls du Ouest Coast with David Kaynor, Caller Lively Ladies, Lively Contras 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Crow Valley String Band with Joe Micheals, Caller NW Grown Trad Music 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Zwiefacher – Tricky Rhythm Dancing With Patrick McMonagle POP-UP MERCADO SHOWCASE 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Seattle Fandango Project Music, Dance: Veracruz, México 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM DJ Yambu and BALORICO & E.Mayimbe present Cumbia, Tibiri, Bachata & Vals WithVanessa and Eduardo, B A L O R I C O., LLC INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Allspice Music for International Folk-dancing 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM Folk Voice Band International Folk Dances Music BALKAN DANCE 7:00 PM – 7:45 PM Osem i Devet Balkan Folk Dance Band 7:45 PM – 8:00 PM Nicholas Petrish Nicholas Petrish Teaches Lindjo 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Kef Balkan Dance Music 9:00 PM – 9:45 PM Trio Tsuica Romania, the Balkans, and Beyond 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Lives With Flavor DirectedbyPabloGascaGollas Pescado la Talla Documentary 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Bug Hunter Quick. Clever. Consonance. 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM The Honeyville Rascals Quirky Folk-Jazz Duo 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Bellows & Squawk Gems of Early Jazz RAISIN’ A RUCKUS 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM The Mossbacks Seattle’s Old-Time Youngsters 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM The Bow Weevils Teen Old Time Band 3:30 PM - 4:05 PM $4 Shoe SatisfiestheMostFastidious 4:20 PM – 5:00 PM Kate & Charmaine Old-timey Duets & Tunes FIDDLE FROLIC 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Unstrung Geezers Old Guys, Older Music 6:45 PM – 7:15 PM Sarah Comer Old Time Fiddle Tunes HARDY HARMONY SHOWCASE 7:30 PM – 8:05 PM Handsome and Gretyl Upbeat IndieFolkDuo 8:20 PM – 9:00 PM Fox and Bones FolkPopwithSoul BIG JEWISH SHOW 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Hora Tzigane Klezmer Ensemble Klezmer in the Moment 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Kesselgarden Jewish Klezmer Music 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Frank Krasnowsky Yiddish Stories in Song SLAVIC VOICES 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM VOLYA Ancient Belarusian Folk Songs 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Juliana & PAVA Ancient Russian Folk Songs 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Dunava Balkan Women’s Vocal Ensemble MUSIC & DANCE OF THAILAND 11:00 AM – 11: 30 AM Chaopraya Ensemble ThailandTraditionalMusic& Dance 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Bonglang Ruam Jai Band IsaanFolkMusic 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM The Wayside Band ThaiContemporaryFolkMusic 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Siam Smile Thai Classical and Folk Dance ThaiClassicalBlessingDance THE WORLD OF KOTO 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Japanese Koto Club Japanese Koto Performance 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Koto Jazz Koto Jazz Instrumental Piano PAGDIRIWANG FESTIVAL PRESENTS: PHILIPPINES IN VARIED HUES SPONSORED BY INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM BIBAK of the Pacific Northwest FilipinoMountainTribeGroup Kalahi Dance Company PhilippinesRuralDances STAND UP COMEDY 8:00 PM – 8:20 PM Travis Watt Director of Northwest Folklife 8:20 PM – 8:40 PM Erin Ingle Humorist. Feminist. Gemini. 8:40 PM – 9:00 PM Bo Johnson Comedian, Comedy Central Alum 9:00 PM – 9:30 PM Thomas Nichols I’m Just a Comedian 9:30 PM – 10:00 PM Wilfred Padua Comedian, Asian, 5’10 PEACE & HARMONY ACROSS ASIA 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Chinese Fashion & Dance Performing Arts Group Chinese Fashion & Dance Hongduan Yang & His Students Chinese Artist of Brush Jinliang Ji Traditional Chinese Music Melody Institute Chinese Dance Prashanthi Chitre Institute of Performing Arts Kuchipudi and Indian Folk amOha Music Ensemble Carnatic Classical Music TURKISH ‘GEZEK’ TRADITION: MUSIC/ DANCE 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM Anadolu Turkish Folk Dance Group Dances from Anatolia & Thrace Emiko Noor Nakamura Central Asian Dance Izumi Fairbanks Black Sea & Balkan Music Janelle Bel Isle Central Asian Dance SiyaVend TraditionalTurkishMusic Varol Saatcio ğ lu Turkish & Bulgarian Folk Music Onefourfive Trio Songs from the Caucasus Anadolu Youth Dancers Folk Dances from Turkey LABOR SHOWCASE 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM John O’Connor Critically Acclaimed Songwriter Linda Allen Songs of Hope, Resistance Rell Be Free RELL BEING FREE Seattle Labor Chorus Solidarity in Harmony 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM Pamela Mortenson Powerhouse Worldbeat Didgeridoo 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM Hula Cultural Workshop With Kalei’okalani of Huraiti Mana STORIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM Norm Brecke StrengtheningCommunities ThroughStories. 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM Uncle Peter TrueandMagicalStories 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM North City Rockers Multi-Generational Hip Hop Crew 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM How to Play the Native American Flute With Peter Ali - Native Flutist 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM Seattle Hand Drummers Present Kommon Unity Energetic Hand Drumming 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM Crow Valley String Band with Joe Micheals NW Grown Trad Music 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Leela Kathak Kathak Dance of India JAPANESE SHOWCASE 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM Kabuki Academy Japanese Kabuki Dance Shamisen Seattle Miyagi Kai Japanese Koto Ensemble TAHITIAN SHOWCASE 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Te Fare O Tamatoa Tahitian Dancing & Drumming ARABIC, PERSIAN, AND CENTRAL ASIAN DANCE SHOWCASE 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Moon Sirens Bellydancing EgyptianCabaret Shahrazad Dance Ensemble of Seattle FolkloricDancesMiddleEast Amira ClassicBellydance Karavans Dance Troupe ArabicandPersianDance Helene Eriksen and Anar Dana Dance Company NorthAfricatoCentralAsia Amirat Dance Company MiddleEasternDanceTroupe Mirabai Asal EgyptianFolk; IraqiGypsy Nalini's Jewels of Fire ModernBellydance FISHER GREEN STAGE SPONSORED BY KBCS 91.3 FM 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Rockin’ HW Celebrating the Cowboy West 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Stumptown Jug Thumpers New Old-Timey Jugicana KBCS 91.3 FM PRESENTS: 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Squirrel Butter Americana with Charmaine Slaven & Charlie Beck 1:10 PM – 1:40 PM Whitney Monge Alternative Soul Artist 1:50 PM – 2:20 PM Naomi Wachira Afro-Folk Singer-Songwriter 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM By Appointment Only Most Excellent Bluegrass 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM The Seattle Castaways Seattle’s Loudest Ukulele Band MOVING SOUTH 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Group Asi Somos Venezuelan Folk Music Group 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Caixa Samba, Bossa, Concert 6:15 PM – 6:45 PM Llorona Lullabies for Brave Children BLUEGRASS ON THE GREEN 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM Broken Bow Stringband Bellingham Bluegrass 7:45 PM – 8:15 PM Vito and the One Eyed Jacks Rowdy Bluegrass 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM Baby Gramps The Bluest Bluegrass EXHIBITION HALL INTERNATIONAL DANCESTAGE SPONSORED BY SEATTLE GLOBALIST 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Forgatos Hungarian Folk Dance Ensemble Forgatós Hungarian Folk Ensemble 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Nonesuch English Country Dancers Elegant and Exuberant English DOBAR DAN, CROATIA! 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble Croatian Dance and Music SIFFFILM CENTER BROAD STREET LAWN 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Latinos: The Changing Face of WA ProducedbyEnriqueCerna 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Lucha Libre Documentaries WithLuchaLibreVolcanica Luchadores 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Zoot Suit WrittenandDirected byLuisValdez 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Ground Blessing and Honor Songs 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Canoe Arrival MuckleshootNation 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Blake Whitewolf StorytellerandSinger 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Paul Che oke' ten Wagner StorytellerandSinger 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Matt Remle CultureandSongBearer 12:00 – 1:00 PM Welcoming MuckleshootCanoeFamily 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Haan Dei Jen 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Sacred Water Canoe Family 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Haida Laas Dancers 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Náakw Dancers 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Blackhawk Dancers 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Haida Heritage Foundation Dancers SAFE HAVEN KIRTAN SHOWCASE 5:45 PM – 7:45 PM Participatory Call & Response Hindu Chanting With Richard Russell & Alice Zimmerman, Bhaje, and Rob & Melissa MYTH #4 FOLKLIFE IS JUST A BUNCH OF HIPPIES PLAYING FIDDLES TRUTH: FOLKLIFE IS AN OPEN PUBLIC FORUM FOR ALL COMMUNITIES. YES, THERE ARE HIPPIES AND FIDDLES, BUT ALSO HIP-HOP AND CONTRA DANCE, FILM SCREENINGS, STORYTELLING, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, FOOD DEMONSTRATIONS, CULTURAL SHOWCASES, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. Cultural Focus Program Family Friendly Program Indie Roots Program WORKSHOPS AND JAMS Festival Key ARMORYLOFT3 DANCEWORKSHOPS ARMORYLOFT4 MUSICWORKSHOPS BOEING GREEN 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM International Folk Dance WithSusanWickett-Fordfrom NorthwestFolkdancers, Inc. (NFDI) 12:35 PM – 1:25 PM Kathak Dance of North India With Leela Kathak Dancers 2:15 PM – 3:05 PM Hula Cultural Workshop With Kalei’okalani of Huraiti Mana 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM Fun with Argentine Tango! With Ilana Rubin and Tony Fan 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM Play the Didgeridoo! WithDougBridgesand TedHunter 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM Greathart’s Ukulele Sing Along! WithMelGreathart 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM Beginning Western Swing Guitar WithPatriceWebb 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar WithKoryTideman 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM NW Cajun Jammers Cajun Music for All 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM Irish Traditional Musical Jam With Ming Chen 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM Folksy Jazz Jam WithTheHoneyvilleRascals 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM Turn of the Century Jazz Jam WithBellows&Squawk 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM Country Folk & Blues Jam WithPatriceWebb SUBVERSIVE SQUARES 6:00 PM – 6:50 PM Peckin’ Out Dough with Joanna Stodden, Caller We Love to Play 7:00 PM – 7:55 PM Atlas Stringband with Alex MacLeod, Caller Extra Strength Stringband Music 8:05 PM – 9:00 PM High Waisted Ramblers with Gabe Strand, Caller Chimacums’ Own EMERALD CITY SONG- WRITER CIRCLES 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Come share your songs WithhostsWesWeddell,Nick Droz,LeslieBraly,OliviaClaire, BradWarren,BhajTownsend, SteveWackerandNelsonWright 6:10 PM – 7:00 PM Sing Your Heart Out! WithRickHarlan