The Spokane Folklore Society's 29th Annual Fall Folk Festival

29 Years of Celebrating Our Cultural Diversity. Two Days of Family Fun. The Event and Parking are Free!

Schedule of Events:

November 9, 2024:

Doors Open at 10:00 a.m.

Lair Auditorium:

11:00 - 12:00 PM: Floating Crowbar and Haran Irish Dancers - Irish step dance with high-energy music (Auditorium doors open at 10:30 am.) (No saving of seats.)
12:00 - 12:30 PM: Break
12:30 - 1:15 PM: Coeurimba - Marimba music from Southern Africa
1:30 - 2:15 PM: Northwest Hula Company and Mele Polinahe - Traditional Hawaiian dance and music
2:30 - 3:15 PM: Stevens County Stompers - Clogging
3:30 - 4:15 PM: Silangan Dancers - Traditional Filipino folk dance presented by the Filipino-American Association of the Inland Empire
4:15 - 4:45 PM: Break
4:45 - 5:30 PM: Heat Speak - Indie folk and world fusion
5:45 - 6:30 PM: SeaStar - Original Celtic folk

Sasquatch Room:

11:00 - 11:30 AM: Homebrew Stringband - Bluegrass with a twist
11:45 - 12:15 PM: Jefferey Parker - Award-winning singer/songwriter
12:30 - 1:00 PM: Truck Mills and Carl Rey - Harmony vocals, multi-instrumental
1:15 - 1:45 PM: Hubbardston Nonesuch - Madrigals, 500-year-old pop tunes
2:00 - 2:30 PM: Hank Cramer - National touring folksinger
2:45 - 3:15 PM: 2 Bit Jug Band - Love, food, a scintillating musical cocktail
3:15 - 3:45 PM: Break
3:45 - 4:15 PM: Free Whiskey - Celtic music with a twist
4:30 - 5:00 PM: String Cosmology - String band time travelers
5:15 - 5:45 PM: Trillium 239 - A rare isotope in Eastern Washington
5:45 - 6:15 PM: Break
6:15 - 6:45 PM: Muckle Roe - Music from Scotland and Scandinavia

Skitch Conference Room:

12:00 - 12:30 PM: LaVona Reeves and Friends - Sing-a-long for children and adults
12:45 - 1:30 PM: Jenny Edgren - Songs for kids of all ages
1:45 - 2:45 PM: Spokane Dulcimer Guild - Performance and brief history
3:00 - 4:00 PM: Spokane River Tellers - Stories for kids of all ages
4:30 - 6:00 PM: Workshop: Native American Flute with Peter Ali. Open to 5th grade up to adults. No music background is required. Peter Ali will provide flutes.

The Underground (Hint: It’s downstairs in the Lair.):

11:30 - 12:00 PM: Steve Schennum - Songs you will never hear on the radio
12:15 - 12:45 PM: The Radio Helpers - Teen sister duo. Folk and Americana
1:00 - 1:30 PM: Zeke Vasquez - Folk, country, ballads
1:45 - 2:15 PM: Thirsty Boots - Folkabilly and more
2:30 - 3:00 PM: Spokane Raging Grannies - Singing for peace and justice
3:15 - 3:45 PM: Jonathan Nicholson - New Americana fingerstyle guitar
4:00 - 4:30 PM: Ukestra Spokane - Ukulele community group
4:45 - 5:15 PM: Heavily Redacted - Trio sharing instrumental easy-listening tunes
5:30 - 6:00 PM: Amy Bleu - Modern alternative folk

Cafeteria Stage:

11:00 - 11:30 AM: Haywire - Seasoned musicians sharing great tunes
11:45 - 12:15 PM: South Asia Cultural Association with Sree Nandagopal - Folk songs and dances from India
12:30 - 1:30 PM: Spokane Area Square Dancers with caller Doug Davis - Demo and participatory dance
1:45 - 2:15 PM: Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers - Dances from around the world
2:15 - 3:00 PM: Family Dance with - Easy line, circle, and novelty dances with live music
3:15 - 3:45 PM: Bulgarian Dance Group - Traditional dances from Bulgaria
4:00 - 4:30 PM: Aloha Hula of Spokane - Sharing “aloha” through hula
4:45 - 5:15 PM: Spokane Irish Session - Traditional pub session
5:30 - 6:00 PM: Woodside Swing - Vintage swing dance
6:00 - 6:30 PM: Break
6:30 - 7:00 PM: Workshop - Contra Dance Introduction with Nora Scott
7:00 - 8:30 PM: Contra Dance with Banna Dahmsa and caller Nora Scott

Bistro Stage:

11:30 - 12:00 PM: Free Spiritz - American old-time
12:15 - 12:45 PM: Frankie Ghee - Original songs, great lyrics
1:00 - 1:30 PM: Lyle Morse - Smooth and bluesy American roots music
1:45 - 2:15 PM: Brad Keeler Trio - Bluegrass, old-time, swing
2:30 - 3:00 PM: Two Grey Cats - Americana, early pop, swing
3:15 - 3:45 PM: Peter Ali - Native American Flute - Songs from the Heart
4:00 - 4:30 PM: Poor Boy’s Delight - Bluegrass/folk/country/Americana
4:45 - 5:15 PM: Patrice Webb - Award-winning original songwriting
5:30 - 6:00 PM: Mountain Dew Boys - Traditional bluegrass

Small Gym (Building 5):

11:30 - 12:00 PM: Grant Elementary Drummers and Dancers - African drum and song
12:15 - 1:15 PM: Scottish Program - With the Angus Scott Pipe Band, Lake City Highland Dancers, and Spokane Scottish Country Dancers
1:30 - 2:15 PM: Spokane Bon Odori - Japanese classical demo and participatory folk dance
2:30 - 3:00 PM: Musha Marimba - Zimbabwean music from Bryant School students
3:15 - 3:45 PM: Nah’Joom Dancers - Belly dance
4:00 - 4:30 PM: Argentine Tango - History of tango and a demonstration
4:45 - 5:15 PM: Spokane Taiko - Community Japanese drumming group
5:15 - 5:30 PM: Break
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Workshop - Taiko Drumming - Play the "Big Drums" and learn a simple song

November 10, 2024:

Doors Open at 10:00 a.m.

Lair Auditorium:

11:00 - 11:45 PM: Crooked Kilt - Celtic music with a twist
12:00 - 1:00 PM: Spokane Chinese, Filipino American Northwest, and Indian Youth Club - Sharing culture through dance
1:15 - 2:00 PM: Dan Maher - Inland Folk
2:15 - 3.00 PM: Gefilte Trout - Klezmer tunes and songs
3:00 - 3:30 PM: Break
3:30 - 4:15 PM: The CatHerd - Folk with an international flair
4:30 - 5:00 PM: Lilac City Voices - A Capella, barbershop-style

Sasquatch Room:

11:00 - 11:30 AM: C Sharp and B Natural - Folk, bluegrass, and choro
11:45 - 12:15 PM: Gabriel Soileau - Cajun country potpourri
12:30 - 1:00 PM: Blue Ribbon Tea Company - Originals, Americana roots
1:15 - 1:45 PM: Ahmed Al-Fatlawi - Arabic oud and vocals from Jordan
1:45 - 2:15 PM: Break
2:15 - 3:00 PM: Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots - High-energy traditional potpourri
3:15 - 4:00 PM: Brittany Jean - Nashville recording artist, songwriter, and storyteller

Skitch Conference Room:

12:00 - 1:00 PM: Spokane River Tellers - Stories for kids of all ages
1:15 - 2:00 PM: Lucy D. Ford - Original stories for all ages
2:30 - 4:00 PM: Workshop: History and demonstration of various bagpipes with Kathy Kinderman, Aaron Stratton, and Bill Wakefield

The Underground (Hint: It’s downstairs in the Lair.):

11:30 - 12:00 PM: Michael Robinson - Originals with guitar, harmonica and foot pattin'
12:15 - 12:45 PM: Cigar Box Slingers - Homemade cigar box and license plate guitars
1:00 - 1:30 PM: Harvey Stanley - Folk, Americana
1:45 - 2:15 PM: Robin and John Elwood - Multi-instrumentalists/vocalists
2:30 - 3:00 PM: Desiree - Roots musician and storyteller
3:15 - 3:45 PM: Casinato - Folk songs in English and Spanish
4:00 - 4:30 PM: Ernie Verdugo - Spanish and flamenco guitar

Cafeteria:

11:00 - 11:30 AM: The Mighty PJAMRS Marching Band - Community marching band
11:45 - 12:15 PM: Workshop - English Country Dance with Mitchell Frey
12:15 - 1:15 PM: English Country Dance with Prestwold Players Band and caller Mitchell Frey - All dances called and taught
1:15 - 1:45 PM: Break
1:45 - 2:30 PM: Sidetrack - Participatory dance party. Come dance to country, western, rock, and blues
2:45 - 3:15 PM: Workshop - Contra Dance Introduction with Emily Faulkner
3:15 - 5:00 PM: Contra Dance with Reel Friends and caller Emily Faulkner - All dances called and taught

Bistro Stage:

12:00 - 12:30 PM: John Sylte and Stuart Bachman - Traditional Irish
12:45 - 1:30 PM: High Valley Mountain Boys - Bluegrass, country, swing
1:45 - 2:15 PM: Three Ol' Fellers - Cowboy songs, old-time tunes
2:30 - 3:15 PM: Kevin Brown & The Beloved Country - Americana folk pop

Dates and Times:

November 9, 2024: 11:00 a.m - 8:00 p.m.
November 10, 2024: 11:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.

Location:

Spokane Community College - The Lair,
1810 N Greene Street,
Spokane, WA 99217.

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