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Performers List (alphabetical) for 2017

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2 Bit Jug Band – Food, love & hilarity
 
A
Kori Ailene – Original folk songs & guitar
Peter Ali (Bellingham, WA) – Native American flutist
Alma Brasileira – Brazilian choro
Angus Scot Pipe Band – Traditional bagpipe band
Olivia Awbrey (Portland, OR) – Nationally acclaimed touring folk-punk songwriter

B
Baharat!! Dance Company – Authentic dance from the Middle East & North Africa
Blue Ribbon Tea Company – Roots tradition – originals & traditional
Blue Water Strangers – Old-time Americana
Brad Keeler Trio – Vintage bluegrass
Cheryl Branz – Heartfelt to hilarious
Broken Whistle – Traditional Celtic band
Kevin Brown – Honest, lyrical songwriting
Browne Salmon Truck – Blues, jazz & Latin

C
Campbell River – Lovely, lively Celtic
Carter Junction – Cowboy, Celtic & folk music
Celtic Aires – Women's vocal ensemble
Cimarron Tribal Belly Dance – American Tribal belly dance
Richard Clarkson – Folk songs for children
Coeur d’Alene Youth Marimbas – African style marimba
Coeurimba (Coeur d’Alene, ID) – Southern African style marimbas
Crab Creek Wranglers – Bluegrass, country, blues
Hank Cramer (Winthrop, WA) – From Celtic to cowboy
Crawdad Run (Yakima, WA) – Old-time & bluegrass
Crooked Kilt with Nora Scott & Ray Polhemus – Traditional dances from New England & Celtic
Cultures’ Dance Arts – Spanish influenced & Middle Eastern

D
Danza Mexica – Traditional Aztec prayer dance
Dario Re Band – Indie folk
Desi Spokane Dancers – Traditional dances from East India
Brett and Janet Dodd – Duo with tightly woven harmonies
Dog Paw with Emily Faulkner & Mitchell Frey – Traditional dances from New England
Ron Doyen – Mostly blues

E
East Indian Folk Dance with Sree Nandagopal – Learn dances
Jenny Edgren – Songs for kids of all ages
Gary A. Edwards – Originals mostly about Idaho
John Elwood and Robin Elwood (Garfield, WA) – Son-father duo playing dulcimer & more
English Country Dance with caller, Mitchel Frey, and the Prestwold Players – Learn elegant dances to beautiful music

F
Family Dance with caller, Susan Dankovich – Learn old-time barn dances
Floating Crowbar – Traditional Irish music & song
Lucy D. Ford – Original fairy tales
Jackie Fox & the Hounds – Country, folk, bluegrass
Free Whiskey – Celtic folk rock
Mitchell Frey – English Country Dance caller
Dick Frost – Magic & comedy for all ages
James Funke-Loubigniac – Celtic & Renaissance played on the hurdy gurdy

G
Gefilte Trout – Klezmer from Eastern European
​Frankie Ghee – Singer/songwriter, simple & clean
Grant School Drummers and Dancers – Traditional African

H
Haran Irish Dancers – Irish step dance
Hillyard Belles & the Trainmen – Tap dance to jazz & country
Howling Gaels – Celtic music & song
Hubbardston Nonesuch – Madrigals, 500-year-old pop tunes
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I
International Folk Dance with instructor, Karen Wilson-Bell

J
Jackie Fox & the Hounds – country, folk, bluegrass
John Elwood and Robin Elwood (Garfield, WA) – mountain dulcimer ballads, squeezebox

K
Brad Keeler Trio – Vintage bluegrass
Kettle Creek Bluegrass Band (Kettle Falls, WA) – Decade of blue brass
King Trouble & the Cherry Pickers – Youth string band
Kosher Red Hots – Jewish music
Koyasuyo – Music of the Andes

L
La Patience Band – Soukous-Rhumba from Congo
Level Four – Blues, jazz & originals
Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots – Lively Celtic

M
Dan Maher (Pullman, WA) – Inland Folk 35th anniversary
Dave McRae & Michael Robinson – Folkabilly
Mele Polinahe – Hawaiian roots music
Laddie Ray Melvin – Singer songwriter
Meshugga Daddies – Klezmer
Mighty Dreadful (Renton, WA) – Bluegrass for the future
Bodhi Bill Miller – Singer-songwriter
Michael & Keleren Millham (Sidhe) – Folk fusion
Todd Milne & Moksha – Instrumental world fusion
Montana Ramblers (Missoula, MT) – 1850-current bluegrass
​“Lonesome” Lyle Morse – Traditional & original blues
​Mountain Dew Boys – Bluegrass, Gospel
Musha Marimba – Music from Zimbabwe & southern Africa

N
Nah’Joom – American Tribal belly dance
Neema Youth Choir – African gospel youth choir
New England Contra Dance – Workshop & participatory dance
Nine-Pint Coggies – Scottish fiddle music
Northwest Hula Company – Authentic, traditional Hawaiian & Polynesian dance

O
Otis Orchards Malleteers – Mallet percussion group 4th-6th graders

P
Pages of Harmony – A cappella four-part harmony
Panhandle Cowboys – Western music & cowboy poetry
Polhmeus, Ray – Contra Dance caller
Poor Boy’s Delight – Bluegrass & Americana
Prestwold Players – Contra dance music 
Jim Pryts (Grants Pass, OR) – Country, folk, originals

R
Re-educated Fellers – Western flavor, cowboy songs & poetry
LaVona Reeves – Folklorist, writer & singer
Bob Rice – Folk rock & blues
River City Ramblers – Toe-tapping tunes, scintillating songs
Robinsong – Originals & folk
Gabriella Rose – 15 year old with grit & passion
Lavinia Ross (Sweet Home, OR) – Blues & Americana

S
Safar – Arabic traditional music with dancers
Scotia Road (Newport, WA) – singer-songwriter band
Nora Scott – Contra dance caller
Sesitshaya Marimba (Moscow, ID) – Sounds of Zimbabwe
Sharp/BrownHawk – Contemporary Native American music
Shiloh Rising – Acoustic husband-wife duo
Sidetrack – Participatory dance party
Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers – Dances from around the world
Paul Ely Smith – African-American fretless gourd banjo music
Sock Puppets – Idols of American youth

Spokane Area Square Dancers – Demo & audience participation
Spokane Argentine Tango – Traditional to contemporary
Spokane Buddhist Temple Bon Odori Dance – Participatory Japanese folk dance
Spokane Bulgarian Community Dancers – Authentic traditional dances
Spokane Community Choir – A cappella songs from around the world
Spokane Community College Multicultural Students – Native American dancers and drummers
Spokane Highland Dancers – Scottish fling
Spokane Irish Dance – Community dance school
Spokane Raging Grannies – Singing for peace & justice
Spokane Scottish Country Dancers – Traditional Scottish country dances
Spokane Storytelling League – Stories from around the world
Spokane Taiko – Modern Japanese drumming & flute
Stevens County Stompers (Colville, WA) – Clogging
Allen Surdez – Original folk, country & blues
Swing Set Hooligans – Classic & vintage swing dance

T
Tribe Sahara (Hermiston, OR) – Multi-generational American belly dance

U
Ukestra-Spokane – Community group all levels welcome
United Methodist Marimba Band – African
UPOP - Ukulele Players of the Palouse – Standards
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V
Ernie Verdugo – Traditional & improvisational Spanish guitar

W
Dick Warwick (Oakesdale, WA) – Cowboy poetry & more
Patrice Webb (Kootenai, ID) – Award-winning songs from North Idaho
Whimzik (Rathdrum, ID) – Celtic music with Uilliann pipes
The Willows – Peter, Paul & Mary tribute
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