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2018 Northwest Folklife Festival

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8:00am PDT

Ground Blessings/Honor Songs Broad Street Lawn

9:00am PDT

Veterans Honoring Broad Street Lawn

11:00am PDT

Eli Rosenblatt Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers Barvinok Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist Al and Cathy Trad Stage Memorial Day Celebration Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Michael Trew Band Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts Na Hilahila Boys Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Seirm Center Theatre Tre Paesani Folklife Café Zydeco Rex Armory Court Stage Olivia and Rene Jam Boeing Green 1000 Cellos Cornish Courtyard Music of the Northwest Presents Music Together Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by Parentmap Tapsalteerie with Gwen Rousseau Caller Fisher Pavilion Capoeira Angola Armory Loft 3- Dance Workshops Slam Storytelling Armory Loft 4- Music Workshops

11:35am PDT

Recess Monkey Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers

11:40am PDT

Elsa and Jeff Hay Trad Stage The Tarantellas Folklife Café

11:45am PDT

Learn to Cajun Dance Armory Court Stage Opening Greeting with Ken Workman Broad Street Lawn Da Oddah Guyz Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Damp Town Revival Back Porch Stage High Turnover Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts Kilmany Center Theatre Enzian Schuhplattler Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist

12:00pm PDT

Distinguished Speaker: Anna Haala Broad Street Lawn The University Presbyterian Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Cooking Pozole Narrative and Cultural Cuisine Stage: Sponsored by Uber Eats Bahia In Motion Open-Air Dance Stage Troupeau Armory Court Stage Rumble & Rhythm Family Drum Circle Rhythm Tent Just Us Singers Cornish Courtyard AfroBeats Participatory Dance Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by Parentmap The Mad Robins with Michael Karcher Caller Fisher Pavilion Latinos: The Changing Face of Washington SIFF Film Center Latinos: The Changing Face of Washington Narrative and Cultural Cuisine Stage: Sponsored by Uber Eats Demonstration Dancing Broad Street Lawn Inter Tribals Broad Street Lawn Veterans Honor Dance Broad Street Lawn

12:15pm PDT

The Not-Its! Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers

12:20pm PDT

John Gothard Trad Stage TONY LA STELLA, Italian Singer & Guitarist Folklife Café

12:30pm PDT

Higher Vision Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Alex with Bandura Center Theatre Brianna Skye and the Dark Clouds Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts Brivele Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Released From Quiet Back Porch Stage Swing Dancing for Everyone! Armory Loft 3- Dance Workshops Beginning Hammer Dulcimer Armory Loft 4- Music Workshops

12:35pm PDT

Los Salseros of the University of Washington Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist

12:55pm PDT

Johnny Bregar Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers

1:00pm PDT

Pastor Pat Wright and the Total Experience Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Anika Pearl Folklife Café Waterbound Trad Stage Rowan Fae Irish Dance Open-Air Dance Stage The Pazific KEXP Gathering Space: Sponsored by KEXP 90.3FM Family Friendly Drumming! Rhythm Tent Sumayya Diop Dance & Drum Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by Parentmap Seattle Bach Choir Cornish Courtyard Rhythm Rollers with Charlie Fenton Caller Fisher Pavilion Dora Oliveira and Dance Brazil Armory Court Stage

1:10pm PDT

Sandi Fernandez & The Beacon Hill-Billiies Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts

1:15pm PDT

Short Films from El Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia SIFF Film Center The Klez Katz Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Twenty Years Reflection: Norte y Sur Narrative and Cultural Cuisine Stage: Sponsored by Uber Eats

1:20pm PDT

American Radio Theater Center Theatre

1:25pm PDT

Leikarringen of Leif Erikson Lodge 2-001 Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist

1:30pm PDT

Imago Dei Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

1:35pm PDT

Brian Vogan and his Good Buddies Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers

1:40pm PDT

Jori Chisholm Trad Stage

1:45pm PDT

Olivia and Rene Folklife Café My Family (Mi Familia) SIFF Film Center

1:50pm PDT

Higher Vision Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Imago Dei Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Pastor Pat Wright and the Total Experience Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance The University Presbyterian Gospel Choir Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Ronnie Carrier & Her Day Terrors Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts

2:00pm PDT

High Class Brass Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM 3 Hand Stephen Back Porch Stage Amira's Belly Dance Cabaret Open-Air Dance Stage Rhythm Games Rhythm Tent Capoeira Angola Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by Parentmap Al's Novelty Syncopators Fisher Pavilion Introduction to Appalachian Clog Dance Armory Loft 3- Dance Workshops Emerald City Songwriter Circles Armory Loft 4- Music Workshops Seattle Peace Chorus Cornish Courtyard

2:15pm PDT

En Canto Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance The Salamanders Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers

2:20pm PDT

The Drunken Maidens Trad Stage

2:30pm PDT

Earl Tom Parker Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts

2:45pm PDT

Starr McMullen & Friends Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Preserving Culture through Food and Herbs Narrative and Cultural Cuisine Stage: Sponsored by Uber Eats

2:50pm PDT

Maggie Bennett Back Porch Stage

2:55pm PDT

Sheri Roberts Greimes Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers

3:00pm PDT

Swing Lesson Armory Court Stage Pachanga Alert! Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance SeaStar Trad Stage Thornton Creek Elementary School Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist Zaphara's Middle Eastern Dancers Open-Air Dance Stage Beginning Bones Playing Rhythm Tent Klezmer & Yiddish Jam 101 Boeing Green Ana Montes and Flamenco Danzarte Children Dancers Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by Parentmap Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann CCE-Puget Sound Branch Fisher Pavilion Violin Maestro Ganesh Rajagopalan and Friends Center Theatre

3:15pm PDT

Hot Club Sandwich Armory Court Stage Seattle Escribe Folklife Café

3:30pm PDT

ROSCOE'S GONE Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

3:35pm PDT

Nick Vigarino Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers

3:40pm PDT

McPage & Powell Back Porch Stage

3:45pm PDT

Simba Youth Marimba Ensemble Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance SUPA: Seattle Ukulele Players Association Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist The Moving Hats Trad Stage

4:00pm PDT

Left Foot Boogie Armory Court Stage Madcap Pusher Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts Introduction to Whole Person Drumming Rhythm Tent The Art of Rebellion: Social Justice and Chicanx Visual Arts Narrative and Cultural Cuisine Stage: Sponsored by Uber Eats A Cappella 101 Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by Parentmap

4:15pm PDT

Malke and the Boychiks Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers Roustabouts Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Portage Bay Big Band Armory Court Stage

4:25pm PDT

Cosmo's Dream Back Porch Stage

4:30pm PDT

Anzanga Marimba Ensemble Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Brad Bordessa Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist El Fin del Mundo Folklife Café

4:45pm PDT

DATENITE Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts

5:00pm PDT

Jai veer Hanuman - The Supreme Devotee and Fearless Warrior Center Theatre Fabulous Night Club 2-Step Open-Air Dance Stage Amy Denio and Friends KEXP Gathering Space: Sponsored by KEXP 90.3FM Salmon Run Drum Story Rhythm Tent "Los Flacos" with Sherry Nevins Caller Fisher Pavilion

5:10pm PDT

Ana Montes and Flamenco Danzarte Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist John Palmes Folklife Café

5:15pm PDT

In FolkMotion Cloggers Trad Stage

5:30pm PDT

Close Encounter Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts

5:45pm PDT

Bill Pfleging Folklife Café Ecco Chamber Ensemble Center Theatre VamoLá! Brazilian Drum & Dance Ensemble Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers Zakuska Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

5:50pm PDT

Panama Folklore Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist

6:00pm PDT

Salsa N' Seattle Dance Armory Court Stage Eclectic Cloggers with Moonshine and Turpentine Trad Stage MISTA CHATMAN Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Riff Raff with Isaac Banner Caller Fisher Pavilion Open Drum & Dance with Carold Nelson Rhythm Tent

6:15pm PDT

Pastel Motel Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts

6:20pm PDT

Lauren.Napier Folklife Café El General Emcee & DJ Armory Court Stage

6:30pm PDT

Zaphara's Middle Eastern Dancers Exhibition Hall Sponsored by Seattle Globalist Mahonyera Mbira Ensemble Center Theatre

6:35pm PDT

Filthy Femcorps Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers

6:45pm PDT

Irie Lights Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

6:55pm PDT

Brittany Jean Folklife Café

7:00pm PDT

Scattered Sunn Vera Project/Gallery Sponsored by CityArts Brothers Lindsay with Yoyo Zhou Caller Fisher Pavilion

7:10pm PDT

Salsa N' Seattle Dance Armory Court Stage

7:25pm PDT

"Pakava IT" Fountain Lawn Stage: Sponsored by Western WA Toyota Dealers Dysfunction Junction Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

7:30pm PDT

Cannon and the Lion of Judah Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Cascade Cascade Folklife Café Alex Rivera Y La Sabrosona Armory Court Stage

8:00pm PDT

Hot Cider with Susan Michaels Caller Fisher Pavilion

8:15pm PDT

Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band Mural Amphitheater: Sponsored by Seattle Cancer Care Alliance El General Emcee & DJ Armory Court Stage