Spokane Fall Folk Festival

About the Event

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:

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

Location: Spokane Community College - The Lair

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