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2013 Northwest Folklife Festival

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11:00am PDT

Gather Vera Project/Gallery Jamtown John Hayden Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Knappa Marimba Band Fountain Lawn Stage Middlemarch Northwest Court Stage Molly Bauckham Shaw Room (Acoustic Stage) Peter Ali Folklife Cafe Toothless Jake (Formerly Artis the Spoonman) Alki Court Stage Seattle Raging Grannies Intiman Choral Courtyard Beginning Hammer Dulcimer Olympic Room Romanian-=Croatian Fusion Dance Workshop Rainier Room History of Radicalism & Organizing in the Pacific Northwest SIFF Cinema (Narrative Stage ): Sponsored by KUOW Global Contra Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Morris Showcase Armory Stage Hamilton Student Showcase Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Xfinity Colors and Cultures of India Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

11:30am PDT

Journey Through Iran Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel

11:40am PDT

1928 Center Theatre Maggie Bennett Folklife Cafe North Sea Alki Court Stage Spanaway Bay Shaw Room (Acoustic Stage) The Castaways Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Maple Folk Northwest Court Stage

11:45am PDT

Blake Noble Fountain Lawn Stage Five-Euro Tip Vera Project/Gallery

12:00pm PDT

Pete: The Songs and Times of Pete Seeger EMP Sky Church Family Jam Parade Rhythm Tent Folklife Open Jam Boeing Green Irish Traditional Music Session (Jam) EMP Learning Labs Telling Your Entertaining Work stories- Tell & polish that story about the time... Olympic Room Woody Guthrie Sing Along For Kids! Intiman Choral Courtyard Zydeco Dance Lessons Rainier Room

12:20pm PDT

Kate Power & Steve Einhorn Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Percy Hilo & Friends Center Theatre Songtree Shaw Room (Acoustic Stage) Wes Weddell Folklife Cafe

12:25pm PDT

The Jelly Rollers Fountain Lawn Stage

12:30pm PDT

Broken Arm Vera Project/Gallery Service with a Smile: Unite Here! and UFCW workers' stories of hotels, restaurants, and retail SIFF Cinema (Narrative Stage ): Sponsored by KUOW

12:55pm PDT

Amir Beso Folklife Cafe

1:00pm PDT

Bees in a Box Shaw Room (Acoustic Stage) Reilly and Maloney Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Steer Crazy Alki Court Stage Wu Ziying Center Theatre Bluegrass Jam Boeing Green Harmony Singing EMP Learning Labs Learn to Play the Ukulele! Olympic Room Salmon Run Drum Story Rhythm Tent Sing-along with Paul "Mooselips" Dudley Intiman Choral Courtyard Hambo not Mambo Rainier Room English Country Dance Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) World Dance Party Armory Stage Bluegrass: Hot Pickin' & Harmonies: Sponsored by SunBreak Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Xfinity Team Up For Nonprofits Presents: Sponsored by BECU Fountain Lawn Stage Hey Hendrix: Life and Music of Jimi Hendrix: Sponsored by WA Blues Society EMP Sky Church

1:15pm PDT

Autumn Electric Vera Project/Gallery

1:30pm PDT

Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents: Original Music Inspired by the Wizard of Oz Folklife Cafe

1:40pm PDT

Les Pamplemousses Alki Court Stage Paul Anastasio and Juan Barco Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Pran Center Theatre Real Folk Shaw Room (Acoustic Stage)

2:00pm PDT

Levi Fuller and the Library Vera Project/Gallery All Ages Drumming Rhythm Tent Greenwood Family Sing Intiman Choral Courtyard Music Making in the Moment EMP Learning Labs Ta Fare O Tamatoa Rainier Room Sleeping in Seattle: A Bed-Making Contest! Olympic Room Guerilla Morris Dance Key East Steps

2:15pm PDT

Fire & Ice Irish Dance Company Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

2:20pm PDT

Sabura and Emilie Lauren Center Theatre Blue Hollow Alki Court Stage Gary Lee Moore Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

2:45pm PDT

Brite Lines Vera Project/Gallery

3:00pm PDT

Impossible Bird Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM The Wiretappers Shaw Room (Acoustic Stage) Learn to Sing by Singing Intiman Choral Courtyard Stanley Greenthal EMP Learning Labs X8 Interactive Drumming Community Jam Rhythm Tent Leela Kathak Rainier Room Scottish Country Dance Armory Stage A Turning-point in Village Life: the Hungarian Wedding Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Saturday Afternoon Contra Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) The Storytellers' Breath Folklife Cafe Arab Show Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Maritime Show Northwest Court Stage

3:30pm PDT

The Art Of Dueting Olympic Room 'Shift Change' Documentary: Dignified Jobs in a Democratic Workplace SIFF Cinema (Narrative Stage ): Sponsored by KUOW Sing Your Roots: Indie Songwriters: Sponsored by BECU Vera Project/Gallery

3:40pm PDT

Carl Tosten Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Rooftop Doggies Shaw Room (Acoustic Stage)

4:00pm PDT

The Pinetop Pickers Center Theatre Hot Cider String Band Alki Court Stage Djembe Jam Rhythm Tent Kathy Vlach Intiman Choral Courtyard NW Cajun Jammers Boeing Green Tango Dance Armory Stage Hot Squares Rainier Room

4:15pm PDT

Soyaya Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Xfinity Spirit of Ojah Fountain Lawn Stage

4:20pm PDT

Fleet Street Klezmer Band Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Waterbound Shaw Room (Acoustic Stage)

4:30pm PDT

Play the Didgeridoo! Olympic Room

4:40pm PDT

Ancora Center Theatre Brian Oberlin - Solo Mandolin Alki Court Stage

5:00pm PDT

Azanga Marimba Ensemble Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Xfinity Los Flacos Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Elegant Round Singing Intiman Choral Courtyard Hand Drum Basics for Everyone - Congas, Ashikos and Djembes Rhythm Tent Richard Correll in Context: New Deal Labor Art in Washington State SIFF Cinema (Narrative Stage ): Sponsored by KUOW Emerald City Songwriters Circle Shaw Room (Acoustic Stage)

5:15pm PDT

Witherow Alki Court Stage

5:25pm PDT

Seattle Mandolin Orchestra Center Theatre

5:30pm PDT

DJ Nitty Gritty Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Xfinity Slide Guitar Basics Olympic Room

5:40pm PDT

Batucada Yemanja Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

5:50pm PDT

Bridges Home Alki Court Stage

6:00pm PDT

Beer Garden Chantey Sing Northwest Court Stage Open Drum & Dance Rhythm Tent Pete Seeger Sing-Along! Intiman Choral Courtyard Vintage Dance Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse) Balkan Misfits Party Fountain Lawn Stage

6:10pm PDT

Sampada Bhalerao Center Theatre

6:30pm PDT

Betty and the Boy Alki Court Stage Fisher Poets on the Road: Words on Commercial Fishing SIFF Cinema (Narrative Stage ): Sponsored by KUOW The Acoustic Lounge Folklife Cafe The Soul of Seattle: Sponsored by Seattle Pipeline Mural Amphitheatre: Sponsored by Xfinity

6:55pm PDT

Underground Swing Center Theatre

7:00pm PDT

Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Labor Showcase Bagley Wright Theatre: Sponsored by Seattle Channel Scandinavian Dance Armory Stage Ball of Wax Show: Sponsored by BECU Vera Project/Gallery Subdued Stringband Jamboree Northwest Court Stage

7:10pm PDT

A Sudden Tradition Alki Court Stage The Whiskey Chasers Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM

7:40pm PDT

TusuyPeru Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage) Seirm Center Theatre

7:50pm PDT

Barleywine Revue Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM The Sweet Lowdown Alki Court Stage

8:00pm PDT

Saturday Night Contra Dance Fisher Pavilion (Warren's Roadhouse)

8:15pm PDT

Kariatis Dancers Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

8:30pm PDT

Science! Alki Court Stage Spoonshine Fisher Green Stage: Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM Jack-A-Napes Comedy Show Center Theatre

8:50pm PDT

Ana Montes and Flamenco Danzarte Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)

9:30pm PDT

Bailadores de Bronce Exhibition Hall (International Dance Stage)