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2012 Northwest Folklife Festival

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11:00am

Fiddlie-I-Ay Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Podorythmie Northwest Court Stage Jonathan Kimball Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain Kevin McCormack Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room) Oldwailer Alki Court Stage Paul 'Che oke ten' Wagner Folklife Cafe Seattle Mandolin Orchestra Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW Tropical Montana Marimba Ensemble Fountain Lawn Stage Americana Women: Roots Musicians - Women's Tales & Tunes Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema Puddletown Squares w/ Gary Monday, Caller McCaw Promenade Ukrainian Folk Singing Olympic Room Family Dance with the Carroll Family Band Rainier Room Triangularity w/ Susie Kendig, Caller Center House Court Lively Up! with South African choral dance-songs. Intiman Choral Courtyard MossyBack Morris Men Mural Amphitheatre North BY Northwest Morris Dancers Mural Amphitheatre Renegade Rose Morris Mural Amphitheatre Vancouver Morris Men Mural Amphitheatre Colors and Cultures of India Show featuring Leela Kathak Dancers, Natya UW, Shivani Singh, Sangeetha Nrithayalaya, Anga Kala Kathak Academy, Dr. Joyce Poursabahian, Nrityangan Kathak Studio, Arghya Ka... Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Croatia Show featuring Dave and the Dalmatians, Radost Folk Ensemble, Seattle Junior Tamburitzans, Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble, Ruze Dalmatinke, Gradec Croatian Tamburica Orchestra, and Dunava International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall DJ Lady Jane Vera Project/Gallery Shilshole Bay Ceili Band Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion

11:10am

Verbal Oasis / Ladies First Collective Project Vera Project/Gallery

11:30am

Fiddlin' Frenzy Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

11:35am

Dr. Maggie Bennett Folklife Cafe Jim Houston Alki Court Stage

11:40am

Stephany Hazelrigg Vera Project/Gallery Puirt na Gael Northwest Court Stage The Sagebrush Sisters Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room) Wainwright Brothers Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain

11:50am

Brandon Vance and Mark Minkler Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW Reggie Garrett & the Snake Oil Peddlers Fountain Lawn Stage

12:00pm

'Jamtown' John Hayden Rhythm Tent Beginning Jamming with 3 Chords EMP Learning Labs Fiddle for Violinists Olympic Room Irish Sean-nos Dance Rainier Room Old Time Southern Tunes Jam Boeing Green Pongo Teen Writing Project EMP Sky Church Northwest Stories: Video Portraits of Northwest Communities Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema Randal Bays Alehouse Ceili Band Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion The Alliterations w/ Erik Weberg, Caller Center House Court Choral Classics Sing-a-long Intiman Choral Courtyard

12:05pm

Blueberry Hill Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

12:10pm

Maya Jenkins Vera Project/Gallery The Marshalls Folklife Cafe

12:20pm

All Strings Considered Northwest Court Stage Annie Ford Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain The Whiskey Chasers Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room) Michelle Dedman Alki Court Stage

12:35pm

Carly Calbero Vera Project/Gallery Northwest Junior Pipe Band Mural Amphitheatre Hot Club Sandwich Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW

12:40pm

Hot Cider String Band Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

12:45pm

Kaze Daiko Fountain Lawn Stage

12:50pm

Skolkis Folklife Cafe

1:00pm

Waltz Partners Center House Court Militant Child Vera Project/Gallery A Wee Bit Celtic Northwest Court Stage PK Dwyer Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room) Shelby Earl Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain MCFiredrill EMP Sky Church Community Jam Rhythm Tent Harmony Singing EMP Learning Labs Introduction to the Balkan Party Dance Rainier Room Swing Mandolin Olympic Room Stormwater: Life in the Gutter Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema Chassez Center House Court The Grassy Knoll Boys w/ Charmaine Slaven, Caller Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion Songs and Lore of the Sea Intiman Choral Courtyard Jonathan Womack EMP Sky Church

1:05pm

Hank Bradley, Candy Goldman & Bill Meyer Alki Court Stage

1:15pm

The Onlies Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

1:20pm

Big Rock Fiddlers Mural Amphitheatre

1:25pm

Sean Connors Folklife Cafe

1:30pm

Lara Davis Vera Project/Gallery Katie and The Lichen Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW The Hilltones Fountain Lawn Stage

1:40pm

Early Humans Northwest Court Stage Kevin Barrans Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain The Original Pot Belly Boys Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room)

1:45pm

Electric Children EMP Sky Church

1:50pm

Dance for Joy! Waltz Performance Troupe Center House Court R.X. Bertoldi Alki Court Stage

1:55pm

Left Foot Boogie Center House Court Carl Tosten Folklife Cafe

2:00pm

Coty Hogue Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM All Ages Workshop Rhythm Tent Cajun and Zydeco Dance Workshop Rainier Room Native American Flute Workshop Olympic Room Sing Camp Songs with Campfire! Intiman Choral Courtyard Step Into Storytelling EMP Learning Labs We Did the Work - Voices of the the Workers Who Built Seattle Center Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema The Little Dogs w/ Amy Carroll, Caller Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion The SpeakEasy Band Center House Court MossyBack Morris Men McCaw Promenade Vancouver Morris Men McCaw Promenade

2:05pm

Down the Road Mural Amphitheatre

2:10pm

Kendl Winter Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW Marshall Scott Warner Fountain Lawn Stage

2:15pm

La Pena Flamenca de Seattle International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall Seeing Blind Vera Project/Gallery

2:20pm

HomeGrown Old time Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room) Waterbound Northwest Court Stage

2:25pm

Lonesome Shack Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain

2:30pm

Laura Love Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Les Chattes Creole Folklife Cafe Snail People Alki Court Stage

2:40pm

Live Animals EMP Sky Church scobot EMP Sky Church

2:50pm

Roy Kay Trio Fountain Lawn Stage The Softies Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW The Howdy Boys Mural Amphitheatre

3:00pm

Filipiniana Dance Company International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall Ilana Rubin & Friends Center House Court Tom Lewis Northwest Court Stage Prozac Mtn Boys Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room) NighTraiN Vera Project/Gallery Music and Peace in a Conflicted World Olympic Room West African Rhythms Rhythm Tent Calico w/ Nan Evans, Caller Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion Join a Neighborhood Song Circle Intiman Choral Courtyard Shadow and Light: A Turkish Celebration featuring Karagoz-Hadjivat, Rana San, Alexander Eppler, Izumi Fairbanks, Anadolu Folk Dance Group, Derya Sunkel & Mamed Gognadze, Ugur Yilmaz, Mystic Rose Compa... Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

3:05pm

Barbara Fankhauser Folklife Cafe

3:10pm

Carl Allen Alki Court Stage Cliff Perry & Laurel Bliss Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Denver Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain

3:20pm

Bluefish Tango Center House Court

3:25pm

Kids Get Hit by Buses EMP Sky Church

3:30pm

Silangan Singers International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall The Great Sanger and Didele Northwest Court Stage The Hive Dwellers Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW NW Cajun Jammers Boeing Green Puddletown Squares w/ Gary Monday, Caller Rainier Room

3:35pm

James the Obscure Folklife Cafe Dysfunction Junction Mural Amphitheatre

3:40pm

Sour Mash Hug Band Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room)

3:50pm

Nancy K Dillon & Friends Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Rob Kneisler Alki Court Stage Dyslexic Vera Project/Gallery

4:00pm

Ilana Rubin & Friends Center House Court FACES Dance Group International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall Jon Bartlett & Rika Ruebsaat Northwest Court Stage The Sumner Brothers Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain Bottleneck Slide Guitar Olympic Room Hausa Drumming Rhythm Tent The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World's Fair and Its Legacy Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema Out of Nowwhere w/ Ray Polhemus, Caller Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion Learn to sing by singing! Intiman Choral Courtyard

4:05pm

Lenore Jackson Folklife Cafe

4:10pm

The Disco Cowboys Fountain Lawn Stage

4:15pm

Ben Thomas and Tangent Tango Center House Court

4:20pm

Convergence Zone Bluegrass Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room) Runaway Train Bluegrass Band Mural Amphitheatre

4:30pm

FCS Tropa Filipiniana International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall Spanaway Bay Northwest Court Stage Joy Mills Band Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Riley and Johnny Alki Court Stage

4:35pm

Liz Hibbard Folklife Cafe

4:40pm

Eastern Sunz Vera Project/Gallery

4:45pm

Truckstop Darlin' Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain Puddletown Squares w/ Gary Monday, Caller Rainier Room

4:50pm

Rob Marcus Fountain Lawn Stage

5:00pm

Ilana Rubin & Friends Center House Court Piper Stock Hill Northwest Court Stage Seirm Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW Fun with Drums, Shakers & Bells with Kerry 'Shakerman' Green Rhythm Tent Open Jam Boeing Green Playing Bones Olympic Room Jack Straw Writers Program 2012 Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema Dan Maher's Folklife Sing-along Intiman Choral Courtyard Emerald City Songwriter Circles Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room)

5:15pm

The Rouge & Noir Tango Orchestra Center House Court

5:25pm

Dirty Scientifix Vera Project/Gallery

5:30pm

Broadside and the Handsome Cabin Boys Northwest Court Stage Sean Flinn and The Royal We Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain Vince Mtz. & The Great Blue Yonder Fountain Lawn Stage

5:40pm

Wu Ziying Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW

6:00pm

Burgundy Pearl Alki Court Stage Esther Kim International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall Brian Oberlin Folklife Cafe Reilly and Maloney Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM The Braxmatics Mural Amphitheatre Open Drum & Dance Rhythm Tent American Standard Time: More Dust Than Digital Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema Hettel Street Blues Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion

6:10pm

Orkestar Slivovica Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain

6:20pm

House of Tarab Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW

6:30pm

Rounds Celebrating Pete Intiman Choral Courtyard

6:35pm

Gary Lee Moore Alki Court Stage

6:40pm

Comerford School of Irish Dance International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall North of the Black Sea Folklife Cafe

6:45pm

Kef Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Kissing Potion Mural Amphitheatre

6:55pm

The Valley Four Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW

7:00pm

Fort Union Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain RebelMart Vera Project/Gallery The Cumbieros Fountain Lawn Stage Seattle Lilla Spelmanslag Center House Court Red Hot Blues Sisters Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion Tom Colwell & The Southbound Odyssey Intiman Choral Courtyard

7:05pm

The Chris Chandler and Paul Benoit Show Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Smalltime String Band Northwest Court Stage

7:15pm

Amir Beso Folklife Cafe O'Carolan's Corner Alki Court Stage

7:20pm

Te Fare O Tamatoa International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall

7:30pm

Alicia Amiri Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW Septimus Mural Amphitheatre

7:35pm

Nina Laboy Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Floating Crowbar Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

7:45pm

Cordaviva Fountain Lawn Stage Lone Madrone Vera Project/Gallery Kris Orlowski Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain The Metro Gnomes Center House Court

7:50pm

Liberty Bay Trio Alki Court Stage Highball Whistle Northwest Court Stage

7:55pm

Karsangjamtso (Karjam) Saeji Folklife Cafe

8:00pm

ANAR: Helene Eriksen's Traditional Dance Theatre International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall The Euphemists w/ Susan Petrick, Caller Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion

8:05pm

David Rovics Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

8:10pm

Kin to Stars Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW

8:20pm

Spare Rib and the Bluegrass Sauce Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

8:25pm

Little Big Band Mural Amphitheatre

8:30pm

Brother Noland Fountain Lawn Stage Cottonwood Cutups Alki Court Stage Kermet Apio Folklife Cafe Rum Rebellion Vera Project/Gallery Tribal and Fusion Belly Dance Show featuring Bella Courbe, The Bijou Project, Arika Devi, Anwaar, Brishen, Scarlet Lux, Elizabeth Dennis, Luciterra, and Jill Parker International Dance Stage in the Exhibition Hall

8:35pm

Pretty Little Feet Northwest Court Stage Smokey Brights Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain Hale Bill and the Bopps Center House Court Seattle Labor Chorus Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Solidarity Notes Labour Choir Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

8:50pm

Elk and Boar Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW

9:00pm

The Nettles w/ Marlin Powell, Caller Warren's Roadhouse in the Fisher Pavilion

9:20pm

The Bad Things Vera Project/Gallery Wheedles Groove Mural Amphitheatre Mäd Fiddlu Center House Court The Tallboys Northwest Court Stage

9:25pm

Big Sur Indie Roots at Broad Street: Sponsored by BECU & 103.7 The Mountain

9:30pm

Teacher Teacher Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW

9:35pm

Citizens Band Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

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