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2016 Schedule of Performances & Events

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Notes: 1. A 15-minute break is provided between most acts.
​              2. The Fall Folk Festival schedule is subject to change. We will attempt to keep the schedule that appears on
                  this page up to date. However, last-minute changes will only be posted at the Festival.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016
LAIR AUDITORIUM
11:00 – 1:00    KPBX FM 91.1 Live Radio Show – Audience Welcome
                         Brown’s Mountain Boys, Dr. Bob, Free Whiskey, Keleren & Michael Millham, Truck Mills, Reilly Winant
1:30                 Coeur d’Alene Youth Marimbas – southern African-style
2:30                 La Patience Band – Soukous (Congo) gospel
3:30                 Free Whiskey – finely crafted Celtic rock
4:30                 Coeurimba – marimba music from southern Africa
5:45 – 7:00      Haran Irish Dancers and Floating Crowbar – traditional and contemporary Irish step dance with
                         high-energy Irish music

SASQUATCH ROOM
11:00 – 11:30  Plaid Cats – Doo wop, blues, swing, country
11:45 – 12:15  Bridges Home – roots & originals
12:30 – 1:00    Western Reunion – cowboy songs and western swing
1:15 – 1:45      Dick Warwick – cowboy poetry
2:00 – 2:30      Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots – Celtic
2:45 – 3:15      Salish School of Spokane – youth sing and drum in Salish
3:30 – 4:00      2 Bit Jug Band – love, food and hilarity
4:15 – 4:45      “Lonesome” Lyle Morse – traditional and original blues
5:00 – 5:30      Trillium- 239 – complex melodies quirky lyrics
5:45 – 6:15      Gefilte Trout – klezmer, Eastern European folk music
6:30 – 7:00      Portatos Accordion Band – modern accordion
7:15 – 7:45      Hubbardston Nonesuch – Renaissance madrigals

CONFERENCE ROOM
1:30 – 2:00      Bob Rice – folk, rock, blues
2:15 – 2:45      LaVona Reeves – folklorist and singer
3:00 – 3:30      Dr. Bob – folk and gospel originals
3:45 – 4:15      Bodhi Bill Miller – singer songwriter acoustic guitar
MUSIC WORKSHOP
4:30 – 5:45      Western Swing for Guitar Players with Patrice Webb

THE UNDERGROUND (Hint: It's downstairs in the Lair.)
11:30 – Noon  Kasia Haroldsen – Polish tunes and originals
12:15 – 12:45  Rising Tide – acoustic guitar duo
1:00 – 1:30      Patrice Webb – award winning originals
1:45 – 2:15      Chuck ‘n Gail – folk, cowboy, originals
2:30 – 3:00      Celtic Aires – vocal ensemble
3:15 – 3:45      Reilly Winant and friends – Celtic soul folk rock
4:00 – 4:30      James Funke-Loubigniac – music on the hurdy gurdy
4:45 – 5:15      Sharp/BrownHawk – Native American flute and song
5:30 – 6:00      Tropical Blend – spirit of Aloha
6:15 – 6:30      Traveler of Home – indie folk rock
6:45 – 7:15      Cursive Wires – original songs, Americana

BISTRO STAGE (Bluegrass)
11:30 – Noon  Mountain Dew Boys – fine bluegrass
12:15 – 12:45  Poor Boy’s Delight – Americana and bluegrass
1:00 – 1:30      Jackie Fox & the Hounds – a “howling” goodtime
1:45 – 2:15      Sondahl, Hawkins & Thomsen – bluegrass, old-time
2:30 – 3:00      Brown’s Mountain Boys – bluegrass with a flair
3:15 – 3:45      Crawdad Run – bluegrass and old-time
4:00 – 4:30      Brad Keeler Trio – vintage bluegrass
4:45 – 5:15      Primitive Pines – bluegrass Appalachian styling
5:30 – 6:00      Moses Willey – bluegrass folk fusion

CAFETERIA STAGE
11:00 – 11:30  Stevens County Stompers – clogging
11:45 – 12:15  Spokane Argentine Tango – demo of various styles
12:30 – 1:15    East Indian Folk Dance with Sree Nandagopal
1:15 – 1:30      Bollywood Demo with Sapna Basy
1:45 – 2:15      Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers – multicultural dance
2:15 – 3:00      Family Dance – old fashioned barn dance
3:00 – 3:30      Russian Gypsy Dance with Katya Tsokur
3:30 – 4:15      International Folk Dance with Karen Wilson-Bell – easy folk
4:30 – 5:00      Nine-Pint Coggies – Scottish fiddle music
5:15 – 5:45      Pages of Harmony – men’s acapella harmony chorus
6:00 – 6:45      Sidetrack – dance party – come dance
6:45 – 7:15      set up & sound check
DANCE WORKSHOP
7:15 – 7:45      Introduction to Contra Dance with Nora Scott
7:45 – 8:45      Contra Dance with The River City Ramblers and Nora Scott
9:00 – 10:00    Contra Dance with Red Herring and Ray Polhemus

FAMILY STAGE (Building 5)
12:30 – 1:15    Jenny Edgren – songs for kids of all ages
1:30 – 2:45      Spokane Storytelling League – stories for young and young-at-heart
3:00 – 5:00      Dick Frost – magic show for all ages

SMALL GYM (Building 5)
11:30 – 12:30  Scottish Pipers, Highland and Country Dancers
12:45 – 1:15    Grant Elementary Drummers & Dancers – traditional African
1:30 – 2:00      Northwest Hula Company – traditional Hawaiian and Polynesian dances
2:15 – 2:45      Sahara Tribe – American fusion belly dance
3:00 – 3:30      Musha Marimba – marimba music from Zimbabwe
3:45 – 4:15      Otis Orchards Malleteers – youth mallet percussion group
4:30 – 5:00      Merry Missives of Moscow – youth Morris and English country dance
5:15 – 5:45      Nah‘Joom – American belly dance

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13
LAIR AUDITORIUM 
11:00               Meshugga Daddies – Spokane’s newest klezmer band
12:00               Broken Whistle – traditional Celtic band
1:00                 Cultures’ Dance Arts – Spanish influence dances, Middle eastern
2:00                 Sesitshaya Marimba – African sounds of Zimbabwe
3:00                 Spokane Taiko – traditional
4:00                 Alma Brasileira – Brazilian choro

SASQUATCH ROOM
11:00 - 11:30   Michael & Keleren Millham – fusion folk
11:45 - 12:15   Laddie Ray Melvin – singer songwriter/folksinger
12:30 - 1:00     John Elwood and Robin Elwood – mountain dulcimer, squeeze box, ballads
1:15 - 1:45       Dan Maher – host of Inland Folk
2:00 - 2:30       Level Four – blues and jazz
2:45 - 3:15       Spokane Community Choir – songs from many cultures
3:30 - 4:00       PK Dwyer – cosmic American blues
4:15 - 4:45       Todd Milne & Moksha – world fusion

CONFERENCE ROOM
11:00 - 11:30   Planted by Hands – American folk
11:45 - 12:15   Dan Burt – riverboat songs and spirituals
12:30 - 1:00     Carlton Oakes – solo guitar
1:15 - 1:45       Benjamon Kardos – singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist
2:00 - 2:30       Zach Hval – original compositions
2:45 - 3:15       Ron Doyen – mostly blues
MUSIC WORKSHOP
3:30 - 5:00       Introduction to Ukulele with Scott Hallett

THE UNDERGROUND (Hint: It's downstairs in the Lair.)
11:00 - 11:30   Truck Mills – world music
11:45 - 12:15   Alan Surdez – singer/songwriter
12:30 - 1:00     Koyasuyo – music from the Andes
1:15 - 1:45       Chasing Velvet – American roots
2:00 - 2:30       UPOP – Ukulele Players of the Palouse
2:45 - 3:15       Campbell River – mostly Celtic
3:30 - 4:00       Gary Edwards – original songs with a focus on Idaho
4:15 - 4:45       Tim Platt – fingerstyle guitar

BISTRO STAGE (Americana)
11:00 – 11:30  Dave McRae & Michael Robinson – folkabilly
11:45 – 12:15  Cherry Sisters Revival – silly string band
12:30 – 1:00    The Willows – tribute to Peter, Paul and Mary
1:15 – 1:45      Thaddeus Spae - campfire jazz, vaudeville folk
2:00 – 2:30      Blue Ribbon Tea Company – roots tradition
2:45 – 3:15      Carter Junction – folk, Celtic, cowboy
3:30 – 4:00      Steve Schennum – songs not heard on the radio
4:15 – 4:45      Crab Creek Wranglers – songs of the old West

CAFETERIA STAGE
11:00 – 11:30  Neema Choir – African youth choir
11:45 – 12:15  Mele Polinahe & Kiakahi O’Hula – music and dance of Hawaii
12:30                Spokane English – participatory country dance with the Prestwold Players and caller Mitchell Frey
1:30                  Spokane Area Square Dancers with caller Doug Davis
2:30 – 3:00      Hillyard Belles and the Trainmen – roaring twenties tap dance
3:00 – 3:30      set up
DANCE WORKSHOP
3:30 – 3:45      Introduction to Contra Dance with Mitchell Frey
3:45 – 5:00      Contra Dance with Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots and caller Mitchell Frey

FAMILY STAGE - (Building 5 Classroom)
MUSIC WORKSHOP
11:00 – 12:15  Washtub Bass with Michael Gifford (suitable for teens and older)
FAMILY ACTIVITIES
12:30 – 1:45    Spokane Storytelling League – stories for young and young-at-heart
2:00 – 2:45      Lucy D. Ford – original fairy tales
3:00 – 5:00      Dick Frost – magic show for all ages

SMALL GYM (Building 5)
11:30 – Noon  Baharat!! Dance Company – Middle East folkloric, Bollywood
12:15 – 12:30  Bollywood performed by Sapna Basy
12:45 – 1:30    Spokane Buddhist Temple Bon Odori – participatory Japanese folk dance
1:45 – 2:15      Spokane Chinese Dancers – traditional
2:30 – 3:00      Shararat – Middle Eastern and Bollywood dance
3:15 – 3:45      Cimmaron Tribal Belly Dance – American tribal style
3:45 – 5:00      Children of the Sun – participatory drum circle
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