2018 Northwest Folklife Festival: Full Schedule

Welcome to the Northwest Folklife Festival 2018 schedule!

12:00pm PDT

Sing Sea Chantys

With Maritime Folknet

Performers

Sing Sea Chantys

With Maritime Folknet

Friday May 25, 2018 12:00pm - 12:50pm PDT
Discovery Zone Stage: Sponsored by Parentmap 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109

Participatory Singing

Genre Maritime
Program Kids Programming

2:00pm PDT

Strikes A Bell

Sing Along Chanteys

Performers

Members of Strikes A Bell met at Northwest Seaport’s Monthly Chantey Sing where sea chanteys and other maritime music are sung aboard historic vessels and in other great venues. This group sings familiar and catchy sea songs guaranteed to get all members of the audience joining... Read More →

Saturday May 26, 2018 2:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
Trad Stage 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109

Music Performance, Maritime Showcase

Genre Maritime

3:00pm PDT

Shanghaied on the Willamette

Plundered Sea Songs

Performers

Shanghaied on the Willamette

With vocal harmonies and a fleet of acoustic instruments, Shanghaied on the Willamette performs songs plundered from land and sea. Their lively music reaches back into maritime traditions, to fishing, paddling, sailing, and to the early days of Portland, Oregon. Fiddle, banjo, harmonica... Read More →

Saturday May 26, 2018 3:00pm - 3:20pm PDT
Trad Stage 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109

Music Performance, Maritime Showcase

Genre Maritime

3:30pm PDT

Kessler and Perasso

Maritime Stories with Harmony

Performers

Kessler and Perasso

David Kessler and David Perasso each have broad and eclectic music backgrounds, including old ballads, sea chanties, traditional Italian songs, Americana, and more. They combine these repertoires with a large measure of harmony.David Perasso mixes a love for the American folk revival... Read More →

Saturday May 26, 2018 3:30pm - 3:50pm PDT
Trad Stage 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109

Music Performance, Maritime Showcase

Genre Maritime

4:00pm PDT

Bigger Boat

Harmoniously Hollering About Herring

Performers

Bigger Boat

Bigger Boat has been blasting the helpless towns of northern Idaho with shanties and sea songs for nearly four years. Originally hailing from the salty shores of Trinidad, England, Frisco Bay, and, um, Colorado, they gratefully return to Folklife in Seattle for a nostalgic glimpse... Read More →

Saturday May 26, 2018 4:00pm - 4:20pm PDT
Trad Stage 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109

Music Performance, Maritime Showcase

Genre Maritime

4:50pm PDT

Maritime Showcase Finale

Maritime Jam!

Performers

Maritime Showcase Finale

Finale to the Maritime Showcase! All of the groups: Strikes a Bell, Alex Sturbaum, Shanghaied on the Willamette, Kessler and Perasso, Bigger Boat, and North By West will all join together for one last song on stage before heading to the Maritime Beer Garden Sing-a-long at the Fisher... Read More →

Saturday May 26, 2018 4:50pm - 5:00pm PDT
Trad Stage 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109

Music Performance, Maritime Showcase

Genre Maritime

5:00pm PDT

Maritime Beer Garden Sing-a-long

Shanties and Beer with Jon Bartlett!

Performers

Maritime Beer Garden Sing Along

Wayne Palsson has sung sea chanteys and other sea songs for the past 15 years and currently hosts Northwest Seaport's Monthly Chantey Sings in Seattle. He has performed at the Northwest Folklife Festival since 2010 putting on chantey workshops and performing in the group Strikes A... Read More →

Saturday May 26, 2018 5:00pm - 5:45pm PDT
Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109

Music Performance, Maritime Sing-a-long (Beer Garden)

Genre Maritime

3:30pm PDT

Women and the Sea

With Maritime Folknet

Performers

Women and the Sea

This workshop is presented by Maritime Folknet. This non-profit organization preserves the heritage of music and the sea, and encourages new maritime songs and performers. The songleaders are experienced at leading sing-alongs, and collectively have a vast knowledge on the subject... Read More →

Sunday May 27, 2018 3:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
Cornish Courtyard 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109

Participatory Singing

Genre Maritime

5:00pm PDT

Chantey Hootenanny

With Strikes A Bell

Performers

Chantey Hootenanny

Sunday May 27, 2018 5:00pm - 5:50pm PDT
Cornish Courtyard 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109

Participatory Singing

Genre Maritime