Northwest Folklife Festival

NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE IS A 501(c)(3) heritage organization that celebrates the diverse tapestry of arts, cultures, and traditions emanating from a global Pacific NORTHWEST. Since 1971, NW FOLKLIFE'S WORK HAS BEEN ROOTED IN THE SHARED HUMANITY OF CONNECTION AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND IS DRIVEN BY INTERGENERATIONAL, intercultural experiences. Our staff collaborates with more than 100 Community Coordinators-including respected artists, educators, tradition bearers, and cultural leaders throughout the region- to envision, sow, and nurture collective opportunities, including the 53-year-old NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL, our Annual Cultural Focus (2024 -"Meraki"), the Cultural and Creative Workforce Development Program, Youth Engagement through Arts and Heritage (Y.E.A.H) program, and Our Big Neighborhood partnerships. Our programming continues to expand and evolve, reclaiming "folk" as the vibrant, wise, and present future that resides in all of US.SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: ALKI COURT 4:00 pm - 05:15 pm: Alki Kickoff Party 5:45 pm - 07:30 pm: Friday Evening Groovy Get Down 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Fremont Fridays ARMORY COURT STAGE 4:15 pm - 05:00 pm: Cultural Attire and Dances of India 5:30 pm - 06:15 pm: Joyas Mestizas 6:45 pm - 07:30 pm: Todo Folklore Cubano 8:00 pm - 08:45 pm: Sunshine from Polynesia 9:15 pm - 10:00 pm: Rhythms Of India Dance School ARTISTS AT PLAY STAGE 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm: The Timberbound Project 5:05 pm - 5:50 pm: Folk Group VOLYA 6:10 pm - 6:55 pm: Western Fence Lizards 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm: Guma Gela Band 8:20 pm - 9:00 pm: Babes In Canyon CENTER THEATRE 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Indian Classical Youth Ensemble 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Das Biest Performance Project 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm: Merak Dance Company by Eury Rivera 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm: Instrumental Innovations CORNISH COURTYARD 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm: Rick Harlan 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm: rita smith 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm: Gather and Sing 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm: Peace and Protest 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Seattle Song Circle FISHER GREEN STAGE 4:00 pm - 04:45 pm: Ballard High School Folk Ensemble 5:00 pm - 05:45 pm: Koa Koala 6:00 pm - 07:50 pm: Hip-Hop Showcase 8:10 pm - 10:00 pm: ambient Showcase FISHER PAVILION 4:00 pm - 04:45 pm: Eckstein Middle School Sr. Jazz Band 5:00 pm - 07:00 pm: Friday Night Contra 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm: Friday Late Night Contra FRIENDS OF FOLKLIFE STAGE 4:00 pm: Opening Ceremony 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm: Vimana 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Morgan McHugh 6:15 pm - 6:45 pm: Chris Kenji Beer 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Golden Hart 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm: Claire Coupland 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm: Tre Paesani JAM TENT 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: PNW Hurdy Gurdy players 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 8 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm: The Rhapsody Project JAMTOWNLIVE RHYTHM TENT 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Carold Nelson KEXP GATHERING SPACE 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: NW Folklife Archive Listening Party MAKERS SPACE 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Friday Makers Space MURAL AMPHITHEATRE 4:00 pm - 06:10 pm: Youth Folkestra 6:40 pm - 07:30 pm: iBuildBridges 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Latinx Dance Party SIFF CINEMA 5:00 pm - 05:50 pm: Pythagoras 6:15 pm - 07:15 pm: Cascade Cody 7:30 pm - 08:00 pm: Lyssa Bastet 8:30 pm - 09:00 pm: The Affirmation Junkie 9:30 pm - 10:00 pm: Rasheena Fountain SIFF CLASSROOM 4:30 pm - 5:50 pm: Sharbani Datta 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm: 'How to Write a Family Portrait' by Kristen Millares Young 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Cómo escribir un retrato familiar by Kristen Millares Young UNKITAWA 12:00 pm: Cultural Learning and Teaching 03:00 pm: Inter-tribal Community Dancing 05:00 pm: Contemporary Native american Music VERA PROJECT 4:15 pm - 05:00 pm: Seattle Drum School of Music 5:30 pm - 06:15 pm: STG's More Music @ The Moore 6:45 pm - 07:30 pm: Glitch Kibbitz 8:00 pm - 08:45 pm: Anger Management 9:15 pm - 10:00 pm: Shadow Pattern