Performers List (by genre) for 2019 |
Note: An * before a performer's name indicates that the performer is new to the Festival this year.
International and Traditional
Peter Ali (Bellingham, WA) – Native American flutist
*Bigger Boat (Moscow, Id) – Traditional sea shanties and maritime songs
Bulgarian Dance Group – Traditional dances from Bulgaria
Muckle Roe - Scandinavian and Shetland Island tunes
Prestwold Players – English dance music from 17th & 18th centuries
Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers – Dances from around the world
South Asia Cultural Association – East Indian songs and participatory dance
*Caridwen and Greg Spatz – Acoustic multi-instrumental duo
Stevens County Stompers (Colville, WA) – Clogging
Swingset Hooligans – Vintage dances from the swing era
Taste of Tango – Traditional to contemporary dance
African
Children of the Sun Community Drumming
Coeur d’Alene Youth Marimba – Southern African style marimba
Coeurimba (Coeur d’Alene) – Southern African style marimbas
Grant Elementary Drummers and Dancers – Traditional African
Musha Marimba – High school group playing Zimbabwean style marimba
Otis Orchards Malleteers – Mallet percussion group 4th-6th graders
Sesitshaya Marimba (Moscow, ID) – Songs from Sub-Saharan Africa
Asian
Spokane Buddhist Temple Bon Odori Dancers – Participatory Japanese folk dance
Spokane Taiko – Modern Japanese/American drumming and flute
Celtic
Angus Scot Pipe Band – Traditional bagpipe band
Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots – Lively Celtic, Scandinavian and American Roots
Celtic Aires – Folk songs from Celtic lands
Crooked Kilt – Traditional tunes with a twist
Floating Crowbar – Traditional Irish music and song
Free Whiskey – Celtic folk rock
Haran Irish Dancers – Award winning Irish dance
Howling Gaels – Celtic Diaspora Music
Dan Maher (Pullman, WA) – Inland Folk
Nine-Pint Coggies – Community band, mostly Celtic music
Robinsong – Celtic and more
Spokane Highland Dancers – Scottish fling
Spokane Irish Dance – Community dance school
Spokane Scottish Country Dancers – Traditional Scottish country dances
Hawaiian
Lokomaikai – Contemporary and traditional Hawaiian music
Mele Polinahe – Music and dance from Hawaii
Northwest Hula Company – Authentic, traditional Hawaiian and Polynesian dance
Ukulele
Ukestra-Spokane – Community group all levels are welcome
UPOP- Ukulele Players of the Palouse – Standards
Klezmer
Gefilte Trout (Pullman, WA) – Rollicking klezmer tunes and songs
Kosher Red Hots – Eastern European and Mediterranean Jewish music
Meshugga Daddies – Klezmer
Riabinouchka (Rowan Tree) – Romani (Gypsy), Russian and Ukrainian songs
Middle Eastern and Belly Dance
Baharat – Authentic dance from the Middle East and North Africa
Cimarron Tribal Belly Dance – American Tribal belly dance
Nah’Joom – American belly dance with Middle Eastern influence
Americana, Folk and Eclectic
2 Bit Jug Band – Food, love and hilarity
Carter Junction – Cowboy, Celtic and original tunes
*Extraordinary Renditions (Yakima, WA) – Ride through twentieth century music
*Eyer Family Band – Kids tune folk songs and more
*Fancee That! – Songs rooted in tradition & inspiration
Heat Speak – Orchestral folk (formerly Dario Re Band)
Dave McRae & Michael Robinson – Folkabilly
Michael & Keleren Millham – Voice and guitar duo, multi-genre
Truck Mills & Carl Rey – Blues, jug band, vocals
Plaid Cat – Swing, country, blues
Planted By Hands – Contemporary American folk trio
Sidetrack – Dance party, come dance
Sock Puppets – Songs you’ll never hear on the radio
Willows – Peter, Paul & Mary Tribute band
Bluegrass and Old-Time
*Acousticals (Missoula, MT) – Fine picking all original ensemble
Blue Water Strangers – Americana and bluegrass
King Trouble and the Cherry Pickers – Lively old-time
Maple Ridge Band – Enjoyment guaranteed
Kevin Pace & the Early Edition – Traditional bluegrass and gospel
Poor Boy’s Delight – Bluegrass, folk, Americana
Sondahl & Hawkins – Improvisational old-time music
Tipich Travelers (Northport, WA) – Family band, strong vocals
Blues and Jazz
Ron Doyen – Mostly blues
Western
Hank Cramer (Winthrop, WA) – Cowboy and more
Re-educated Feller – Bill Siems and friend share cowboy flavored tunes and songs
Choirs
Celtic Aires – Women’s vocal ensemble folk songs from Celtic lands
Hubbardston Nonesuch – Madrigals, 500-year-old pop tunes
Pages of Harmony – A cappella four-part harmony
Spokane Community Choir – A cappella songs from around the world
Spokane Raging Grannies – Singing for peace & justice
Instrumentalists
*Dante and Eros Faulk (Olympia, WA) – Folk with a creative twist
*Hunter Koss – Teenage solo harpist – performing Celtic and traditional folk
Jonathan Nicholson – Soothing guitar instrumentals
Ernie Verdugo – Spanish and Flamenco guitar
Singers and Songwriters
Beargrass (Deary, ID) – Folk and country duo
Blue Ribbon Tea Company – American roots traditions
BlueGlass Spectacles – Guitar duo, duets and vocals
*Talena Bricker (Richland, WA) – Songs inspired by Pacific Northwest
Kevin Brown – Original songs from new album
*Damn Near Departed – Originals from this husband and wife duo
Brett and Janet Dodd – Original and contemporary, folk and American
Frankie Ghee – Strong vocals, simple and clear
Daniel Hall – Acoustic folk rock
Brittany Jean (Brewster, WA) – Nashville recording artist, songwriter and storyteller
*Larry Lotz (Troutdale, OR) – Americana country folk
Bob Rice – Songs and their stories
Bob Riggs – One guy and a guitar
Shiloh Rising – Original eclectic, Americana duo (husband and wife)
*Tracy Spring (Bellingham, WA) – Folk and blues on guitar and mandola
Allen Surdez – Vocals, harmonica, guitar
Trillium-239 – Award winning songwriting (formerly Humphrey, Hartman and Cameron)
Patrice Webb (Ponderay, ID) – Award winning original songwriting
For Kids of All Ages
Jenny Edgren – Songs for kids of all ages
Family Dance – Easy line, circle and novelty dances
Lucy D. Ford – Original fairy tales
Dick Frost – Magic and comedy for all ages
Spokane Storytelling League – Stories from around the world
Music Workshops
Children of the Sun Community Drumming – Drum circle
Hank Cramer – Singing sea shanties
Irish guitar accompaniment in DADGAG tuning – Rick Rubin and James Hunter (Floating Crowbar)
Native American flute with Peter Ali
Spokane Dulcimer Guild – Performance followed by Mountain Dulcimer Workshop
Dance, Participatory and Workshops
English Country Dance with caller, Mitchell Frey, and the Prestwold Players – Elegant and zesty live music, dances of merry old England
Family Dance with caller, Susan Dankovich – Easy dances from around the world
International Folk Dance with instructor, Karen Wilson-Bell – Easy recreational dances
New England Contra Dance – Workshop and participatory dance with Karen Wilson-Bell
Sidetrack – Participatory dance party
South Asia Cultural Association – Learn dances with Sree Nandagopal
Spokane Area Square Dance – Demo and audience participation
Spokane Buddhist Temple Bon Odori Dance – Participatory Japanese folk dance
Contra Dance Bands and Callers – Traditional dances from New England
Crooked Kilt with Nora Scott and Ray Polhemus
Hounds of Prestwold and Karen Wilson-Bell
International and Traditional
Peter Ali (Bellingham, WA) – Native American flutist
*Bigger Boat (Moscow, Id) – Traditional sea shanties and maritime songs
Bulgarian Dance Group – Traditional dances from Bulgaria
Muckle Roe - Scandinavian and Shetland Island tunes
Prestwold Players – English dance music from 17th & 18th centuries
Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers – Dances from around the world
South Asia Cultural Association – East Indian songs and participatory dance
*Caridwen and Greg Spatz – Acoustic multi-instrumental duo
Stevens County Stompers (Colville, WA) – Clogging
Swingset Hooligans – Vintage dances from the swing era
Taste of Tango – Traditional to contemporary dance
African
Children of the Sun Community Drumming
Coeur d’Alene Youth Marimba – Southern African style marimba
Coeurimba (Coeur d’Alene) – Southern African style marimbas
Grant Elementary Drummers and Dancers – Traditional African
Musha Marimba – High school group playing Zimbabwean style marimba
Otis Orchards Malleteers – Mallet percussion group 4th-6th graders
Sesitshaya Marimba (Moscow, ID) – Songs from Sub-Saharan Africa
Asian
Spokane Buddhist Temple Bon Odori Dancers – Participatory Japanese folk dance
Spokane Taiko – Modern Japanese/American drumming and flute
Celtic
Angus Scot Pipe Band – Traditional bagpipe band
Arvid Lundin & Deep Roots – Lively Celtic, Scandinavian and American Roots
Celtic Aires – Folk songs from Celtic lands
Crooked Kilt – Traditional tunes with a twist
Floating Crowbar – Traditional Irish music and song
Free Whiskey – Celtic folk rock
Haran Irish Dancers – Award winning Irish dance
Howling Gaels – Celtic Diaspora Music
Dan Maher (Pullman, WA) – Inland Folk
Nine-Pint Coggies – Community band, mostly Celtic music
Robinsong – Celtic and more
Spokane Highland Dancers – Scottish fling
Spokane Irish Dance – Community dance school
Spokane Scottish Country Dancers – Traditional Scottish country dances
Hawaiian
Lokomaikai – Contemporary and traditional Hawaiian music
Mele Polinahe – Music and dance from Hawaii
Northwest Hula Company – Authentic, traditional Hawaiian and Polynesian dance
Ukulele
Ukestra-Spokane – Community group all levels are welcome
UPOP- Ukulele Players of the Palouse – Standards
Klezmer
Gefilte Trout (Pullman, WA) – Rollicking klezmer tunes and songs
Kosher Red Hots – Eastern European and Mediterranean Jewish music
Meshugga Daddies – Klezmer
Riabinouchka (Rowan Tree) – Romani (Gypsy), Russian and Ukrainian songs
Middle Eastern and Belly Dance
Baharat – Authentic dance from the Middle East and North Africa
Cimarron Tribal Belly Dance – American Tribal belly dance
Nah’Joom – American belly dance with Middle Eastern influence
Americana, Folk and Eclectic
2 Bit Jug Band – Food, love and hilarity
Carter Junction – Cowboy, Celtic and original tunes
*Extraordinary Renditions (Yakima, WA) – Ride through twentieth century music
*Eyer Family Band – Kids tune folk songs and more
*Fancee That! – Songs rooted in tradition & inspiration
Heat Speak – Orchestral folk (formerly Dario Re Band)
Dave McRae & Michael Robinson – Folkabilly
Michael & Keleren Millham – Voice and guitar duo, multi-genre
Truck Mills & Carl Rey – Blues, jug band, vocals
Plaid Cat – Swing, country, blues
Planted By Hands – Contemporary American folk trio
Sidetrack – Dance party, come dance
Sock Puppets – Songs you’ll never hear on the radio
Willows – Peter, Paul & Mary Tribute band
Bluegrass and Old-Time
*Acousticals (Missoula, MT) – Fine picking all original ensemble
Blue Water Strangers – Americana and bluegrass
King Trouble and the Cherry Pickers – Lively old-time
Maple Ridge Band – Enjoyment guaranteed
Kevin Pace & the Early Edition – Traditional bluegrass and gospel
Poor Boy’s Delight – Bluegrass, folk, Americana
Sondahl & Hawkins – Improvisational old-time music
Tipich Travelers (Northport, WA) – Family band, strong vocals
Blues and Jazz
Ron Doyen – Mostly blues
Western
Hank Cramer (Winthrop, WA) – Cowboy and more
Re-educated Feller – Bill Siems and friend share cowboy flavored tunes and songs
Choirs
Celtic Aires – Women’s vocal ensemble folk songs from Celtic lands
Hubbardston Nonesuch – Madrigals, 500-year-old pop tunes
Pages of Harmony – A cappella four-part harmony
Spokane Community Choir – A cappella songs from around the world
Spokane Raging Grannies – Singing for peace & justice
Instrumentalists
*Dante and Eros Faulk (Olympia, WA) – Folk with a creative twist
*Hunter Koss – Teenage solo harpist – performing Celtic and traditional folk
Jonathan Nicholson – Soothing guitar instrumentals
Ernie Verdugo – Spanish and Flamenco guitar
Singers and Songwriters
Beargrass (Deary, ID) – Folk and country duo
Blue Ribbon Tea Company – American roots traditions
BlueGlass Spectacles – Guitar duo, duets and vocals
*Talena Bricker (Richland, WA) – Songs inspired by Pacific Northwest
Kevin Brown – Original songs from new album
*Damn Near Departed – Originals from this husband and wife duo
Brett and Janet Dodd – Original and contemporary, folk and American
Frankie Ghee – Strong vocals, simple and clear
Daniel Hall – Acoustic folk rock
Brittany Jean (Brewster, WA) – Nashville recording artist, songwriter and storyteller
*Larry Lotz (Troutdale, OR) – Americana country folk
Bob Rice – Songs and their stories
Bob Riggs – One guy and a guitar
Shiloh Rising – Original eclectic, Americana duo (husband and wife)
*Tracy Spring (Bellingham, WA) – Folk and blues on guitar and mandola
Allen Surdez – Vocals, harmonica, guitar
Trillium-239 – Award winning songwriting (formerly Humphrey, Hartman and Cameron)
Patrice Webb (Ponderay, ID) – Award winning original songwriting
For Kids of All Ages
Jenny Edgren – Songs for kids of all ages
Family Dance – Easy line, circle and novelty dances
Lucy D. Ford – Original fairy tales
Dick Frost – Magic and comedy for all ages
Spokane Storytelling League – Stories from around the world
Music Workshops
Children of the Sun Community Drumming – Drum circle
Hank Cramer – Singing sea shanties
Irish guitar accompaniment in DADGAG tuning – Rick Rubin and James Hunter (Floating Crowbar)
Native American flute with Peter Ali
- No prior experience is necessary. Participants will get a handmade cedar flute in the key of A to use during the workshop. For ages 4th grade to adult.
Spokane Dulcimer Guild – Performance followed by Mountain Dulcimer Workshop
Dance, Participatory and Workshops
English Country Dance with caller, Mitchell Frey, and the Prestwold Players – Elegant and zesty live music, dances of merry old England
Family Dance with caller, Susan Dankovich – Easy dances from around the world
International Folk Dance with instructor, Karen Wilson-Bell – Easy recreational dances
New England Contra Dance – Workshop and participatory dance with Karen Wilson-Bell
Sidetrack – Participatory dance party
South Asia Cultural Association – Learn dances with Sree Nandagopal
Spokane Area Square Dance – Demo and audience participation
Spokane Buddhist Temple Bon Odori Dance – Participatory Japanese folk dance
Contra Dance Bands and Callers – Traditional dances from New England
Crooked Kilt with Nora Scott and Ray Polhemus
Hounds of Prestwold and Karen Wilson-Bell
