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2012 Northwest Folklife Festival

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3:50pm

Left Foot Boogie Center House Court

6:00pm

Open Drum & Dance Rhythm Tent

8:00pm

Rambling Man: The Life, Times, and Music of Woody Guthrie Intiman Choral Courtyard

11:00am

Americana Women: Roots Musicians - Women's Tales & Tunes Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema Lively Up! with South African choral dance-songs. Intiman Choral Courtyard Puddletown Squares w/ Gary Monday, Caller McCaw Promenade Ukrainian Folk Singing Olympic Room

12:00pm

Beginning Jamming with 3 Chords EMP Learning Labs Choral Classics Sing-a-long Intiman Choral Courtyard Fiddle for Violinists Olympic Room Irish Sean-nos Dance Rainier Room Old Time Southern Tunes Jam Boeing Green

1:00pm

Community Jam Rhythm Tent Harmony Singing EMP Learning Labs Introduction to the Balkan Party Dance Rainier Room Songs and Lore of the Sea Intiman Choral Courtyard Swing Mandolin Olympic Room

1:55pm

Left Foot Boogie Center House Court

2:00pm

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

3:00pm

Join a Neighborhood Song Circle Intiman Choral Courtyard Music and Peace in a Conflicted World Olympic Room West African Rhythms Rhythm Tent

3:30pm

NW Cajun Jammers Boeing Green

4:00pm

Bottleneck Slide Guitar Olympic Room Hausa Drumming Rhythm Tent Learn to sing by singing! Intiman Choral Courtyard

5:00pm

Dan Maher's Folklife Sing-along Intiman Choral Courtyard Emerald City Songwriter Circles Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room) Fun with Drums, Shakers & Bells with Kerry 'Shakerman' Green Rhythm Tent Open Jam Boeing Green Playing Bones Olympic Room

6:00pm

Open Drum & Dance Rhythm Tent

6:30pm

Rounds Celebrating Pete Intiman Choral Courtyard

7:00pm

Tom Colwell & The Southbound Odyssey Intiman Choral Courtyard

11:00am

Bhangra / Bollywood Dance lesson Rainier Room Shape Note Singing Mini-Convention Intiman Choral Courtyard Singing Games for Kids Olympic Room

12:00pm

English Morris Dance Workshop Rainier Room Introduction to Irish Fiddle Olympic Room Singing in the Key of Life! EMP Learning Labs Six Easy Patterns Rhythm Tent

1:00pm

Diatonic Button Accordian - Demystified Olympic Room Egyptian Tabla Workshop Rhythm Tent Fabulous French Country Dances Rainier Room FRET Aid: Town Hall Meeting EMP Learning Labs

2:00pm

Didgeridoo for Beginners Rhythm Tent Fest Breizh: The Music of Brittany Rainier Room Seattle Sea Chordsman Intiman Choral Courtyard The Magic of the Autoharp EMP Learning Labs The Violin Music of Mexico's Tierra Caliente Region Olympic Room

3:00pm

Drumming as Creative Expression Rhythm Tent Elegant Round Jam Intiman Choral Courtyard Klezmer Jam Boeing Green The Art of Duetting EMP Learning Labs The Roots of Tango.. Rainier Room

4:00pm

Open Fiddle Jam Boeing Green Scottish Gaelic Song for Voice and Instrument Intiman Choral Courtyard YOUniversal Rhythms Rhythm Tent

4:30pm

Sea Songs w/ The Last Sunday Shanty Singers Intiman Choral Courtyard

5:00pm

Africa Comes to You Rhythm Tent Emerald City Songwriter Circles Acoustic Stage (Shaw Room) Introduction to Klezmer Music - KLEZMER 101 Olympic Room Open Jam Boeing Green

6:00pm

Seattle Raging Grannies Intiman Choral Courtyard

10:50am

Cajun/Zydeco Lesson/Performance Center House Court

11:00am

Scottish Country Dancing Rainier Room String-along Intiman Choral Courtyard

11:50am

Cajun/Zydeco Lesson/Performance Center House Court

12:00pm

Capoeira Angola Afro-Brazilian Martial Art Rainier Room Family Jam Rhythm Tent Singing Four Part American Acapella Harmony Intiman Choral Courtyard

12:50pm

Cajun/Zydeco Lesson/Performance Center House Court

1:00pm

African Dance Rainier Room Community Jam Rhythm Tent Musical Humor in Gilbert & Sullivan Intiman Choral Courtyard Oly Old Time Slow Jam Boeing Green Slide Guitar in the Key of E Olympic Room

2:00pm

Bread and Roses Commemoration: 100 Years of Struggle for Justice and Dignity Center House Theatre: Sponsored by KUOW Interact-Learn.com Rhythm Tent Teaching Poetry, Mentoring Resilience Narrative Stage at SIFF Cinema Zwiefacher Tricky Rhythm Dancing Rainier Room

2:30pm

A Feast of Singable Choral Favorites Intiman Choral Courtyard

3:00pm

Play the Didgeridoo! Olympic Room Traditional Appalachian Clog Dance Rainier Room YOUniversal Rhythms Rhythm Tent

3:30pm

Seattle Bach Choir Intiman Choral Courtyard

4:00pm

Fun with Argentine Tango Rainier Room Left Foot Boogie Center House Court Salmon Run Family Drum Rhythm Tent The GI Coffee House Olympic Room

5:00pm

5 Rhythms Dance Rainier Room Mozart's Requiem Singalong Intiman Choral Courtyard Open Jam Boeing Green Performance & Jam Rhythm Tent

6:00pm

Open Drum & Dance Rhythm Tent Salsa Dancing mini lessons Center House Court

7:00pm

Salsa Dancing mini lessons Center House Court

8:00pm

Salsa Dancing mini lessons Center House Court

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