Spokane Folklore Society
Answer Phone: 747-2640
P.O. Box 141
Spokane, WA 99210-0141  

Fall Folk Festival Schedule  

SATURDAY, October, 31

LAIR AUDITORIUM

11-1 p.m. KPBX FM 91.19 Live Radio Show – Audience Welcome

1:30 Keeler, Melvin & Morse – American Roots music

2:30 Dead Man’s Pants - folk, jug band, roots, country etc.

3:30 Spokane Chinese Dance Group

4:30 Kosher Red Hots - Klezmer, Israeli, Yiddish, Ladino

5:30 Suzaku Taiko - Japanese drumming and storytelling

6:30 Celtic Nots - rousing neo-traditional Celtic

SASQUATCH - ROOM 124C

11-11:30 Dead Fiddler’s Society - traditional American string band

11:45-12:15 Vinegar Flats Tub Ensemble - American roots music

12:30-1 Blue Ribbon Tea Company - progressive folk

1:15-1:45 Hank Cramer (Winthrop, WA) - songs of sailors, cowboys and miners

2-2:30 Toasted Toads - old-time, ragtime, blues, hillbilly

2:45-3:15 Cheryl Branz - original folk-pop

3:30-4 Western Reunion – cowboy, swing and old-time

4:15-4:45 Tamara Lewis (Seattle, WA) - passionate folk

5-5:30 Pulehu Boys – traditional Hawaiian slack key

5:45-6:15 Consort Bon Accord - 17th and 18^th century Celtic

6:30 –7 p.m. Urban Coyote Bush Band - Australian and British Isles tunes

LITTLEFOOT ROOM 124A

11-11:30 Don Opsal - new age Celtic

11:45–12:15 Hannah Siglin - youth singer-guitarist

12:30 –1 Rick Ross (Sweet Home, OR)- blues with slide guitar

1:15 –1:45 Alan Surdez - blues, folk, originals

2 – 2:30 Pete Holm - original and traditional folk

2:45– 3:15 Ron Doyen - blues, folk

3:30 –4 Janet Johnson – romance novelist in song

4-15–4:45 Tim Platt – solo finger style guitar

5 –5:30 Ron Greene - acoustic pop with soul

5:45-6:15 Colleen Rice - pop and blues

6:30-7 p.m. Lavinia Ross - 6 and 12 string guitar folk

GAME ROOM - Room 114

11:30 – Noon Plaid Cat - a little of this and a little of that

12:15-12:45 Sondahl & Hawkins – old-time and blues

1 – 1:30 Spokane Community Choir - songs from around the world

1:45 – 2:15 Brownhawk/Sharp - contemporary Native American

2:30 – 3 Silk Road Band – folk songs from along the Silk Road

3:15 – 3:45 Bruised Orange – Prine and other delights

4 –4:30 Koyasuyo - music from the Andes

4:45 – 5:15 Uncle Joe’s Banjo Band (Richland, WA) - old-time tunes

5:30 - 6 Folk Remedy – classic and contemporary folk

6:15-6:45 Last of the Gro Vonte -Daryl Shortman – Native American

flute from the Montana Plains

7 – 7:30 Lokomaika’i - Hawaiian classic and contemporary tunes

BLUEGRASS/OLDTIME STAGE (Room 109)

12:30- 1 Bluegrass Conspiracy – bluegrass and more

1:15-1:45 Aaron, Tonio & the Afterthoughts –3 kids and 3 old-guys

2-2:30 Molly & Tenbrooks - window-shakin, barn-burnin bluegrass

2:45-3:15 Panhandle Polecats – family bluegrass band from Idaho

3:30-4 Wide River - bluegrass and beyond

4:15-4:45 Kettle Creek Bluegrass Band - red-hot bluegrass

5 – 5:30 Stony River Bluegrass Band - traditional and original

5:45-6:15 Bluegrass Spectators

CAFETERIA STAGE

11:30 – 12:30 Oom Pa’s and Ma’s - Odessa’s German polka/waltz band

12::45 –1:30 Stevens County Stompers (Colville, WA) - clogging

1:30 –2 BREAK - band set up for Family Dance

2 –3 Family Dance - easy American and international dance

3:15 –4:45 Dick Frost – magic show for all ages

5-5:45 Spokane Tango – Argentine Tango demonstration

6 –7 Jive Five - dance to swing from the 30’s and 40’s

7:30-8 Contra Dance Introductory Workshop with Nora Scott

8- 10:30 Contra Dance with Out of the Wood and callers Nora Scott
and Ray Polhemus

CONFERENCE ROOM ROOM 126

Storytelling and Music for Kids of All Ages

Noon – 1 Susan Creed – spooky folk tale favorites

1:15-2:15 Spokane Storytellers League – stories from around the world

2:30 Kenn Nesbitt - funny spooky poetry

3:30 Rocci Hildum (Wenatchee, WA) - absolutely true stories

4:30 Monster Mash - fun and silly songs

SMALL GYM (BUILDING 5)

11:30- Noon Desert Silk Dance Company - Middle Eastern Dance

12:15-1 Hasna Haddiyah – dances from the Near East

1:15-1:45 Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers - dances of the world

2: - 2:45 Baharat – dances from the Arab world

3 – 4 Scottish Pipers and Dancers

4:30-5:15 Chiroto Marimba (Clarkston, WA) music from Zimbabwe

5-:30 – 6:15 Nah ‘Joom Dancers – American belly dance

6:30 – 7:15 Kiakahi O’ Hula/Hui O Hawaii - dances from the people of

Polynesia

DANCE WORKSHOPS – Mirror Room (Building 5)

Noon – 1 Valley Crosstrailers Square Dance - demo and workshop

1:15 –2 Introduction to Bellydance with Nizana

2:15 –3:15 English Country Dance with Mitchell Frey

3:30 –4:30 Palestinian Debke with Aisha Azar

4:45 –5:45 Beginning International Folk Dance with Karen Wilson-Bell

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1

LAIR AUDITORIUM

12. Chutzpah – klezmer

1. Ashe Drum and Dance - West African drum and dance

2 Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots – mostly Irish

3. Big Red Barn - swing and blues –barn style

4. Sesitshaya Marimba (Moscow, Id) – sounds of Zimbabwe

SASQUATCH ROOM 124C

12-30- 1 Mele Polinahe – Hawaiian roots through music

1:15 –1:45 Sidhe - guitar and voice duo

2 – 2:30 There She Goes (Vancouver, WA) alternative folk duo

2:45-3:15 Humphrey, Hartman & Cameron (Tri-Cities, WA) - original

tunes with quirky humor

3:30-4 Huckleberry Jam - old-time, celtic and gospel

4:15-4:45 Wild Oats - rich vocal harmonies

LITTLEFOOT ROOM Room 124A

12 – 12:30 Nancy Davis - Celtic harp and vocals

12:45 –1:15 Amy Bleu (Portland, Or) - modern folk

1:30 – 2 Jerin Falkner (Seattle, WA) - sass and class

2:15 – 2:45 Gary Burris acoustic guitar

3 – 3:30 Brian MacLeod - Scottish and Irish songs

3:45 – 5 p.m. Dan Maher- sing-a-long workshop Clancy Brothers songs

GAME ROOM - Room 114

12:30-1 Dan Maher – Inland folk

1:15-1:45 Delta Preachers - acoustic blues duo

2-2:30 Leone Peterson & Autoharp Friends

– this isn’t your grandma’s autoharp

2:45-3:15 Occasional String Band – original songs not on the radio

3:30 – 4 Dave McRae & Michael Robinson – folkabilly

4:15 – 4:45 Sidetrack Unplugged - swing and rockabilly

BLUEGRASS/OLD-TIME STAGE (Room 109)

12:15-12:45 Rainbow Fiddle Kids - old-time fiddling

1-1:30 Heartbreak Pass – new and bright bluegrass

1:45 –2:15 Columbia - fresh new sound

2:30 –3 Blue Grass Union - 4 part harmonies

3:15 –3:45 Crab Creek Wranglers - bluegrass and cowboy

4-4:30 Turner Sisters - tight harmonies and good fun

CAFETERIA STAGE

Noon- Egyptian Belly Dance with Aisha Azar

1p.m. Dick Frost – comedy magic show

2:30-3 Contra Dance Introductory Workshop with Mitchell Frey 3-5 Contra Dance- Bridgewater Boys with Mitchell Frey

CONFERENCE ROOM 126

Storytelling and Music for Kids of all ages

Noon Rocci Hildum (Wenatchee, WA) -absolutely true stories

1 Spokane Storytellers League -stories from around the world

2: Jenny Edgren - songs for kids of all ages

3: Ken Nesbitt - funny spooky poetry

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