Fall folk festival schedule
This schedule is subject to change.
Today
LAIR AUDITORIUM
11 a.m.-1 p.m.: KPBX FM 91.19 Live Radio Show – audience welcome
1:30 p.m.: Sesitshaya Marimba (Moscow, Idaho) – sounds of Zimbabwe
2:30: Back Adit (Libby, Mont.) – folk jazz and ’40s- style swing
3:30: Ashe Drum and Dance – West African music and dance
4:30: Duo En (Renton, Wash.) – Japanese music on flue and koto
5:30: Northwest Hula – Hawaiian and Polynesian Dance
6:30: Wide River – eclectic Americana
SASQUATCH - ROOM 124C
11-11:30 a.m.: Slim Chance with Beese and Malakowsky – rockabluesabilly
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Folk Remedy – folk harmonies
12:30-1: Kathy Colton and the Reluctants – folk blues
1:15-1:45: Holladay and Siems – old-time cowboy and swing
2-2:30: Che oke’ten (Seattle) – Native American stories and flute
2:45-3:15: Bridges Home (Sandpoint) – songs from around the world
3:30-4: Consort Bon Accord – Celtic baroque
4:15-4:45: There She Goes (Vancouver, Wash.) alternative folk duo
5-5:30: Humphrey, Hartman and Cameron (Tri-Cities) – original tunes with quirky humor
5:45-6:15: Sidhe – guitar and voice duo
6:30-7: Kamaka ’O Pono – Hawaiian music
LITTLEFOOT - ROOM 124A
11-11:30 a.m.: Brian MacLeod – Scotsman sings Celtic songs
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Rick Ross (Sweet Home, Ore.) – blues with slide guitar
12:30-1 Amy Bleu (Portland) – contemporary folk
1:15-1:45: Dave McRae – folkabilly
2-2:30: Tamara Lewis (Seattle) - passionate folk
2:45-3:15: Todd Milne – world flute
3:30-4: Hannah Siglin – youth singer-guitarist
4-15-4:45: Tim Platt – solo fingerstyle guitar
5-5:30: “Lonesome” Lyle Morse – acoustic blues
5:45-6:15: “Banjo Bill” Wylie – song poems, ballads
6:30-7: Allan Surdez – singer/songwriter
GAME ROOM - Room 114
Noon-12:30 p.m.: Bruised Orange – Prine and other delights
12:45-1:15: Uncle Joe’s Banjo Band (Richland) – old-timey tunes
1:30-2: Dead Man’s Pants – country, folk, blues, jug band
2:15-2:45: Keeler Melvin and Morse – American roots music
3-3:30: Occasional String Band – original
3:45-4:15: Silverstrings – fiddle tunes
4:30-5: Frank Delaney – country blues
5:15-5:45: Dead Fiddler’s Society – old-time string band
6-6:30: Kosher Red Hots – klezmer
BLUEGRASS/OLDTIME STAGE - Room 109
11:30 a.m.-noon: Rainbow Fiddle Kids – old-time-fiddle tunes
12:15-12:45 p.m.: Stony River Band – traditional and original bluegrass
1-1:30: Engell Family Band (Colville) – bluegrass, gospel, etc.
1:45-2:15: Turner Sisters - tight harmonies and good fun
2:30-3: Bluegrass Conspiracy – bluegrass
3:15-3:45: Red Wing – fiddle tunes and harmonies
4-4:45: Panhandle Polecats – bluegrass
5-5:45: Kettle Creek Bluegrass Band – red-hot bluegrass
CAFeTERIA STAGE
11:30 a.m. South Indian Folkdance with Sree Nandagopal
12:30 p.m.: Valley Crosstrailers Square Dance
1:30-2: Desert Silk Dance Company - Middle Eastern Dance
2-2:45: Introduction to Belly dance with Nizana
3-3:30: Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers - dances of the world
3:30-4:30: Family Dance – easy American and international dance
4:45-5:15: Stevens County Stompers (Colville) – clogging
5:30-6:30: Beginning International Folk Dance with Karen Wilson-Bell
6:30-7:30: Spokane Tango – Argentine Tango demonstration
7:30-8: Contra Dance Introductory Workshop with Joseph Erhard-Hudson
8-10:30: Contra Dance with Dancing Trout and callers Joseph Erhard-Hudson and Ray Polhemus
CONFERENCE - ROOM 126
Storytelling and Children’s Entertainment
12:30-1:30 p.m.: Spokane Storytellers League – stories from around the world
1:45-2:45: Leone Peterson and Diane McHenry singing-play party and old-time
3-4: Jenny Edgren - songs for kids of all ages
4:15-5:30: Rocci Hildum (Wenatchee) - absolutely true stories
SMALL GYM (BUILDING 5)
Noon-1:15 p.m.: Scottish Pipers and Dancers
1:30-2:30: Spokane Taiko and Mukogawa – Japanese drum and dance
2:45-3:15: Baharat – dances from the Arab world
3:30-4: Puen Thai – folkdance from Thailand
4:15-4:45: Nah’Joom Dancers – belly dance
5-6: Coeurimba – African marimbas
6:15-6:45: Malidoma! World Dance - tribal style belly dance
Music workshops Saturday
CLASSROOM 1 - Room 5 - 147 (BUILDING 5)
Noon-1:30 p.m.: What Would Woody Do? with the Blue Ribbon Tea Company songs, musical influences and the life of Woody Guthrie
2-3: Learn a song in Irish Gaelic: Baidin Fheilimi with Ruby Devine and Steven Schneider – including history, phonetics, and resources
3:30-4:30: An Hour with Woody Guthrie: the Columbia River Songs with Carl Allen and Bill Murlin who have done detailed research of the life and times of Woody Guthrie.
5-6: Bodhran Basics: Learn to play the Irish Drum with Steve Schneider and Ruby Devine – learn basic reel and jig rhythms – some extra drums will be available to share.
6:30-7:30 Songs from the Scottish Highland with Brian MacLeod
Sunday
LAIR AUDITORIUM
Noon: Chutzpah – klezmer
1 p.m.: Hasna Haddiyah – Middle East folkloric and belly dance
2: Urban Coyote Bush Band - Australian and British Isles tunes
3: Cooley Creek – eclectic Americana
4: Chiroto Marimba (Clarkston, Wash.) music from Zimbabwe
SASQUATCH - ROOM 124C
Noon-12:30 p.m.: Wild Oats – rich vocal harmonies
12:45-1:15: Ruby Devine and Friends – Celtic borderlands to Amerikay
1:30-2: Toasted Toads – old-time, ragtime, blues, hillbilly
2:15-2:45: Wanderers (Seattle) – familiar and unfamiliar folk songs
3 -3:30: Blue Ribbon Tea Company – original songs
3:45-4:15: Sondahl and Hawkins – old-time and original music
LITTLEFOOT - Room 124A
12:30-1 p.m.: Brad Keeler – antique music
1:15-1:45: Jonathan Nicholson – soothing solo guitar
2-2:30: Lavinia Ross (Sweet Home, Ore.) –blues, spirituals, 12-strings
2:45-3:15: Nancy Davis - Celtic harp and vocals
3:30-4: Ron Doyen - blues and folk
4:15-4:45: Laddie Ray Melvin – contemporary folk
GAME ROOM - Room 114
12:30-1:15 p.m.: Che oke’ten (Paul Wagner) (Seattle)- Native American flute
1:30-2: Koyasuyo - music from the Andes
2:15-2:45: Spokane Community Choir - celebrating world songs
3-3:30: Brownhawk - Native American flute and song
3:45-4:15: Soileau Family Trio – songs from the Far East
4:30-5: Blue Canoe - original country, blues, rock
BLUEGRASS/OLD-TIME STAGE - Room 109
12:30 p.m.: Bogan/Hall Band - bluegrass
1:30: Aaron, Tonio and the Afterthoughts –3 kids and 3 old-guys
2:30: Wide River - bluegrass and beyond
3:30: Molly and Tenbrooks - window-shakin’, barn-burnin’ bluegrass
CAFETERIA STAGE
Noon-1:30 p.m.: Dick Frost – magic show
2-2:30: Crooked Kilt with An Daire Irish Dancers
2:30-3: Contra Dance Introductory Workshop with Nora Scott
3-5: Contra Dance- Crooked Kilt with Nora Scott and Mitchell Frey
CONFERENCE - ROOM 126
Storytelling and Children’s Entertainment
2:15-3:15 p.m.: Rocci Hildum (Wenatchee)-absolutely true stories
3:30-4:30: Jenny Edgren-songs for kids of all ages