Northwest Folklife Festival

About Me

The Northwest Folklife Festival, held over Memorial Day weekend in Seattle, WA, is one of the largest, varied and most vibrant free folklife celebrations in North America. Produced by Northwest Folklife and Seattle Center, it hosts more than 7,000 participants, 25 stages, roughly 1000 performances, and an audience of over 280,000 at the 74-acre Seattle Center. Participants immerse themselves in four days of music and dance performances, visual arts and folklore exhibits, symposia, workshops, craft and cooking demonstrations and films.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

Performances from the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival are streaming online right now!! Check out some of the most captivating moments from the 2007 Festival.
We're also proud to present Folklives: The Northwest Folklife Podcasts. Sign up to receive our podcasts and you can enjoy hand-selected musical blends from our 37 year history.
Its all available at:

Here's a sampling of some of the artists that are currently streaming at www.nwfolklifeaudio.org.

I made this Flash Music Player at MyFlashFetish .com.

My Interests

Filmmakers!Weâ€™re Accepting Entries for the
City Folk Film Series-- Spring 2008

Weâ€™re looking for fun fiction and documentary films about creative folks living in the urbs or the â€˜burbs.

Apply Now

--OR--

Send us your film suggestions.

--------------------------------------------------------

Check out these videos shot by faithful Festival fans. You can find more videos on YouTube by searching for "Northwest Folklife" or "Folklife 2007".

2007 Northwest Folklife Festival Videos

Danish Fiddle/Guitar Duo Haugaard & Hoirup:

Reggae Legend Clinton Fearon at Folklife's Reggae Show!

Orkestar Zirkonium's Balkan Brass Parade

Awesome Tahitian Dance with Te Fare O Tamatoa!

The Sutures rocking out on the Vera Stage:

Red Hot Tango Dancing with Greg, Lara and Diamante

Old-Time Heroes The Tallboys busking at Folklife

Creaking Tree String Quartet on the Fisher Green Stage

Hungarian Women's bottle dance by Bokreta

The Inkwell Rhythm Makers at the Jugband Hokum Show

Bellydancing with Gypsy Caravan and live band Mizna

The Bag'n'Pipe Hoppers busking at Folklife

The Panda Conspiracy rippin' it up at the Reggae Show

Guerrilla Morris Dancing with Mossyback Morris Men

Quebecois Music with La Famille Leger at the Fiddler's Showcase

Ghanaian Master Drummer Saeed Abbas on the Mural Amphitheatre

2006 Northwest Folklife Videos

2006 Promo Reel by brysonburnham:

Kid's Eye View of Folklife, courtesy of 4-H News:

Capoeira Workshop at the Center House Court:

The Rhythm Tent: Folklife's Place for Drumming Workshops

Breaking Point Hip-Hop Dance Company, Folklife 2006:

Champion Bagpiper Jori Chisolm at Folklife 2006:

Duo En (Shakuhachi & Koto) at Folklife 2006:

INSANE Busking at Folklife

New York busker Jeffrey Lewis at Folklife 2005:

I'd like to meet:

Great artists in the Pacific Northwest.

Music:

Many of the artists who performed at the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival and who will perform in 2008 are on MySpace. Check out our friends and discover the diversity of music in the Pacific Northwest.

Television:

We don't watch television. We're too busy listening to music. OK, some of us watch "Lost".

My Blog

New Website for Online Streaming!

BIG NEWS:We've got our online streaming back up and running at a new website:www.nwfolklifeaudio.orgThis means that you can listen online to some of the amazing performances we recorded at the 2007 No...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:07:00 PST

2008 Performer Applications Online NOW!

Good news! Performer Applications for the 2008 Northwest Folklife Festival are up online at our website www.nwfolklife.org. You can do the whole thing online (we have a super fancy online app...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:01:00 PST

Thanks for a Great Festival!!!

Well, the 36th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival is officially over! Thanks so much to everyone who made this event possible. All the thousands of volunteers and performers who donated th...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:16:00 PST

Online Streaming from Folklife Festival

Hey Folklife Friends,We're in the thick of one of our best Festival's ever today and it won't let up until after 9pm Monday night!!! There must be at least 50,000 people at the Seattle Center to...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Mon, 28 May 2007 07:18:00 PST

2007 Festival Schedule Online!!!

Good news to all fans and friends of Folklife:We have posted the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival schedules online at our main website: www.nwfolklife.org. There are two schedules per day, one f...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:59:00 PST

Busking at Folklife

To any performers interested in busking (street performing) at the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival:We have posted the updated street performer guidelines on our main website:http://www.nwfolklife.org...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:56:00 PST

Help Shape the Future of Northwest Folklife

Help Shape the Future of Northwest Folklife Our board and staff are developing a plan to shape the Folklife of the future, and we need your help. The goal is to develop a three-year pla...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:53:00 PST

Crossing Borders: 2007 Northwest Folklife Documentary Film Festival

Northwest Folklfe Documentary Film FestFeb 9-11Feb 16-18Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, Seattle CenterTickets: $7.50/showingNorthwest Folklife has put together a whole slew of fantastic films that addres...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:27:00 PST

Application Deadline Extended to Nov. 8!

Calling Musicians, Dancers, Singers, Players, Performers in the Northwest!We've extended the deadline for submitting performer applications to Nov 8!! This gives everyone an extra week to get on...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:27:00 PST

Performer Apps for 07 Festival now up online!!

Calling Musicians, Dancers, Singers, Players, Performers in the Northwest! Applications to perform at the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival (May 25-28) are now available online...
Posted by Northwest Folklife Festival on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:02:00 PST