Folklife Festiva - May 25-28, 2018

17 FOLKLIFE CAFE FOUNTAIN LAWN SPONSORED BY WESTERN WA TOYOTA DEALERS AND KNKX 88.5 FM TRADSTAGE YEE-HAW, Y’ALL 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM Cowgirl’s Dream Western Swing with Accordion 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM Country 2 Step WithRobertSeanaand KarlenHuff 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM Three Chords and the Truth HonkyTonkDanceBand SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONTRA 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM Williams, Cahn & Levine with Noah Grunzweig, Caller Tunes We Recall 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM Improper with Woody Lane, Caller Sax, Violins, Oh My! CAJUN & ZYDECO ROADHOUSE DANCE 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM Touloulou CajunDanceMusic 4:50 PM – 5:00 PM Learn to Cajun Dance WithMaryLeeLykes 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM Folichon Cajun Band MashdownCajunDanceMusic SUNDAY SUNSET CONTRA 6:00 PM – 6:50 PM La Famille Leger with Suzanne Girardot, Caller Acadian-powered Kitchen- party Music 7:00 PM 7:50 PM The Euphemists with Susan Petrick, Caller Big Brass from Portland THE VERY PROPER WALTZ COTILLION 8:00 PM – 8:10 PM Waltz lesson With Jodi Fleischman and Dean Paton 8:10 PM – 9:00 PM Ferry Bound Fiddle Tunes from Everywhere 9:00 PM - 9:10 PM Waltz Lesson WithJodiFleischmanandDean Paton 9:10 PM – 10:00 PM Valse Café Orchestra Waltzing Without Matilda 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Peter Ali / Native American flutist Songs of the Heart 11:35 AM – 12:05 PM Patrice Webb Award-winning Singer- Songwriter JACK STRAW CULTURAL CENTER PRESENTS: 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM 2018 Jack Straw Writers, Hosted by Daemond Arrindell Featuring Kamari Bright, Meredith Clark, Bryan Edenfield, Corbin Louis, Rachel Trignano, Juan Reyes, Dujie Tahat, and Jalayna Walton MORAL COURAGE 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM What is Moral Courage? With Nancy Salguero McKay KINFOLK: STORIES IN SONG 2:50 PM – 3:20 PM J.R. Rhodes Singer-Songwriter 3:25 PM – 3:55 PM Tomo Nakayama Northwest IndieFolkSinger- Songwriter HOME ROUTES SHOWCASE 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Pat Chessell Celtic Canadian Folk Singer 4:40 PM – 5:10 PM Leonard Podolak Trad 5:25 PM – 6:00 PM Oliver Swain Singer -Songwriter LIARS’ CONTEST 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Sign Up in the Folklife Cafe Lobby at 5pm to Share a Story! Limit 8 minutes. 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Inochi Taiko Traditional Japanese American Drumming 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Devin Sinha ContemporaryFolk /IndieRock 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM The Seatles FabFourSingAlong CAJUN JIG 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM The New Iberians Zydeco Band Stumptown Zydeco 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM WHOZYAMAMA Cajun and Zydeco Music of Southwest Louisiana WOMEN OF THE WEST SHOWCASE 3:30 PM – 4:05 PM Elke Robitaille Band Canadiana-Americana Indie Folk Revival 4:20 PM – 4:55 PM Joy Mills Band Soulful Country and Roots 5:10 PM – 5:45 PM Annie Ford Band Music of Hidden Doorways HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Daniel Pak (formerly Kore Ionz) Reggae, Love, and Aloha 6:45 PM – 7:20 PM Playerz of Instrument Mystical Reggae Vibrations 7:35 PM – 8:10 PM Unite-One Seattle Hiphop Reggae Fusion 8:25 PM – 9:00 PM Global Heat Soulful, Funky & High- EnergyMusic of Southwest Louisiana KEXP GATHERING SPACE SPONSORED BY KEXP 90.3 FM 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Sax G Children of the Sun 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM Kung Foo Grip HipHopThrillRide MCCAW HALL HAWAIIANSHOWCASE SPONSOREDBYTHE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINER 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Halau Hula O Napualani Hula Halau Hula Pulamahiaikalikolehua TraditionalHawaiianDance Ke Liko A’e O Lei Lehua E Kapuaokalani HawaiianSongandDance Na Lei O Manu’akepa HawaiianLegendsThroughHula ECHOESOFAZTLÁN ANDBEYOND:MEXICAN FOLKLÓRICOSHOWCASE SPONSOREDBYELREY 1360AM 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Bailadores de Bronce Mexican Folk Dance Ballet Folklórico Mexico Lindo Idaho Tradition. Culture. Heritage. Pride. Folklore Mexicano Tonantzin Folklore Youth Dance Group Grupo Folklórico Citlali Youth Mexican Dance Group Grupo Folklórico Nuestras Raices Mexico a Flor-de-Piel Herencias Mexicanas Vibrant Mexican Dance Joyas Mestizas Joyas Mestizas Folkloric Group Mariachi Huenachi Washington State's Favorite Mariachi 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Cooking Asparagus Tamales With Felipe Hernandez 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Northwest Folklife Town Hall: Preserving and Creating Cultural Space Sponsored by Seattleland With Special Guests 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM What is Authentic? Cooking from Taco Chukis With Roberto Salmeron 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Lucha Libre Volcanica! With José Luis Gomez and Lucha Libre Volcanica Luchadores. Moderated by José Vázquez OPEN-AIRDANCESTAGE OPEN-AIR MORRIS 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Two Rivers Morris/Side of the Tide Morris BorderMorrisfromOregon Twisted Sisters EnglishRapperSwordDance 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Alankrita Indian Semi Classical Dance 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Tango Argentino Tango History and Passion 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM TusuyPeru Traditional Peruvian Folk Dances SOUTH ASIAN DANCE ON THE OPEN-AIR DANCE STAGE 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Natyashiksha- A Dance Academy A Bharatanatyam Dance Performance 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM Abhinaya Dance Academy Indian Classical Dance- Kuchipudi 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Oolleemm-Korean Traditional Performing Arts Org. KoreanTraditionalPerforming Arts 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Sky in the Road AngelGrit,EarthHarmony 11:40 AM – 12:10 PM Tra le Gael MontanaCeltic 12:20 PM – 12:50 PM Countercurrent Songs,Tunes,andExuberance! FÊTE DES QUÉBÉCOIS: PRESENTED BY FESTIVAL DU BOIS 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM La Famille Leger Acadian-powered Kitchen- party Music 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM Les Gens des Chutes (People of the Falls) ExuberantMusicfromQuébec 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM The Jocelyn Pettit Band BlazingNew-TradCelticFiddle 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Jon Bartlett and Rika Ruebsaat BC&OtherTraditional 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Clallam County OriginalTraditionalFolk Americana 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Crònan GaelicBallads,Reels,Jigs 6:15 PM – 6:45 PM Wilde Thyme IrishMusicandFun 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM The Fiddle Footed Cummings ScottishSongThrough Generations 7:45 PM – 8:15 PM Castletown EnergeticCelticandAmericana 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM The REDS Groovy,Energetic,TradTunes 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Luau Cinder Funk, Reggae, Rock, Jam 11:40 AM – 12:10 PM Hi Crime Seattle Shiny-Pop Band 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM All The Real Girls Shoegazey PNW Noir Songs TOTEM STAR SHOWCASE 1:00 PM – 1:10 PM Amy Hall Indie/Alternative Singer- Songwriter 1:20 PM – 1:30 PM Jawzilla Creative. Touching. Dynamic. Diverse. 1:35 PM – 1:45 PM kidLIO Living for the Revolution 1:50 PM – 2:00 PM Zoë Roberts Singer-Songwriter 2:05 PM – 2:15 PM Cobb X Theo South Seattle Hip Hop MOPOP PRESENTS: SOUND OFF! 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Strawberry Mountain Joyful Seattle Psychedelia 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Maiah Wynne & Her Sleepless Knights Powerful Genre-bending Magic 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Misundvrstood and Gypsy Temple Come Ride the Wave TRIBE-OLUTION 5:30 PM – 6:40 PM Cross-Cultural Connections in Mock Battle FromAfricanDanceandKungFu toCapoeiraandHipHop LADIES OF NEO SOUL SHOW 7:45 PM – 8:20 PM Momma Nikki Hip-Hop Soul R&B Spokenword 8:35 PM – 9:10 PM Falon Sierra ElectricSoulSinger-Songwriter 9:25 PM – 10:00 PM Sphie ElectronicSoulBand 7:00 PM – 7:35 PM INVICTVS Seattle’s 3-Piece Rock/Rap Band FISHER PAVILION WARREN’S ROADHOUSE VERA PROJECT/ GALLERY SPONSORED BY CITY ARTS ¡QUE VIVA EL MARIACHI! 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Mariachi Huenachi WashingtonState'sFavorite Mariachi 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Mariachi Quinto Sol MexicanRegionalFolkMusic SOUNDS OF BRAZIL! 4:30 PM – 5:05 PM Samba OlyWa Groovin’ Community Samba Band! 5:20 PM – 5:55 PM The Brazilian Nutz Brazilian Feast for Ears! 6:10 PM – 6:45 PM SHOW BRAZIL! Brazilian Music and Dance 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Northwest Junior Pipe Band PNW’s Youth Bagpipe Band 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Jazz Underground Contemporary Big Band Jazz 206 ZULU AND TRACEY WONG PRESENT 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Queen of the Hill All-Ladies Dance Battle ¡A BAILAR! LATIN DANCE PARTY 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM Banda La Mejor Mexican Regional Banda 7:45 PM – 8:20 PM Banda Vagos SpreadingLoveandBanda 8:35 PM – 9:10 PM The Cumbieros SouthAmericanCumbia 9:25 PM – 10:00 PM Los Tremendos De Tijuana ¡TodoAlCien,Saludos! NARRATIVEAND CULTURALCUISINE STAGE SPONSORED BY UBER EATS MURAL AMPHITHEATRE PRESENTED BY SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE RHYTHMTENT CORNISHCOURTYARD 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM Join a Neighborhood Sing Along With Ming Chen and Jonathan Betz-Zall 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM Bold Raftsmen – Log Driving Songs WithMaryGarvey 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM The Market Street Singers PresentsChoralMusic ClassicsSingAlong 2:30 PM – 3:20 PM Peter, Paul and Mary Sing Along WithSteveAkerrmanand MimiGiebel 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Women and the Sea WithMaritimeFolknet 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM Chantey Hootenanny WithStrikesABell 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Let’s All Sing Favorite Yiddish Songs WithHarveyNiebulski 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM Experiential Drumming For Fun With Randy and Cliff Pomeroy 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM Pamela Mortenson PowerhouseWorldbeat Didgeridoo AFRICAN DRUMMING 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM Ghanaian Drum Class With Master Drummer Saeed Abbas 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM Beginning Talking Drum & Sakara Drum WithMohammedShaibu 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM Rhythm Games With Abby Greene Bull METER MUSIC SCHOOL PRESENTS: 5:00 PM – 5:50 PM Beginning Drums for Kids With Peyton Levin 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Open Drum & Dance WithLanceScott THEATRE4 DANCEWORKSHOPS POLKA PARTY 12:00 PM – 12:10 PM Polka with Pat WithPatrickMcMonagle 12:10 PM – 12:50 PM The Polka Guyz Polka,WhyDon’tcha! 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM Puddletown Squares InteractiveSquareDance Introduction 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM Israeli Dance WithLiveMusicbyOrkestyr Farfeleh FAMILY DANCE 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM Stuart Williams and his Sprouts with Claire Takemori, Caller KidsPlay,YouDance 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM Nicholas Petrish Nicholas Petrish Teaches Lindjo PopUpMercado ON THE ARMORY BALCONY Seattle’s Pop Up Mercado is a regular art show and market aimed at supporting and presenting Mexican and Chicanx culture in the Northwest. Visit the 25 regional artists and artisans from the Pop Up Mercado on Sunday, May 27th from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM. MYTH #5 PRODUCING THE FESTIVAL IS A SEASONAL JOB TRUTH: ORGANIZING AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL WITH 250,000 VISITORS & 6,000 PERFORMERS, AND PRODUCING A SERIES OF YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 100+ LOCAL COMMUNITIES REQUIRES A HARDWORKING TEAM OF 15 WORKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.