2024 Schedule of Performances & Events |
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 on this page
up to date. However, we will post last-minute changes at the Festival.
2. The Fall Folk Festival schedule is subject to change. We will attempt to keep the schedule on this page
up to date. However, we will post last-minute changes at the Festival.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Doors Open at 10:00 am
LAIR AUDITORIUM
11:00 – 12:00 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 BREAK
12:30 – 1:15 Coeurimba – Marimba music from Southern Africa
1:30 – 2:15 Northwest Hula Company and Mele Polinahe – Traditional Hawaiian dance and music
2:30 – 3:15 Stevens County Stompers – Clogging
3:30 – 4:15 Silangan Dancers – Traditional Filipino folk dance presented by the Filipino-American Association
of the Inland Empire
4:15 – 4:45 BREAK
4:45 – 5:30 Heat Speak – Indie folk and world fusion
5:45 – 6:30 SeaStar – Original Celtic folk
SASQUATCH ROOM
11:00 – 11:30 Homebrew Stringband – Bluegrass with a twist
11:45 – 12:15 Jefferey Parker – Award-winning singer/songwriter
12:30 – 1:00 Truck Mills and Carl Rey – Harmony vocals, multi-instrumental
1:15 – 1:45 Hubbardston Nonesuch – Madrigals, 500-year-old pop tunes
2:00 – 2:30 Hank Cramer – National touring folksinger
2:45 – 3:15 2 Bit Jug Band – Love, food, a scintillating musical cocktail
3:15 – 3:45 BREAK
3:45 – 4:15 Free Whiskey – Celtic music with a twist
4:30 – 5:00 String Cosmology – String band time travelers
5:15 – 5:45 Trillium 239 – A rare isotope in Eastern Washington
5:45 – 6:15 BREAK
6:15 – 6:45 Muckle Roe – Music from Scotland and Scandinavia
SKITCH CONFERENCE ROOM
12:00 – 12:30 LaVona Reeves and Friends – Sing-a-long for children and adults
12:45 – 1:30 Jenny Edgren – Songs for kids of all ages
1:45 – 2:45 Spokane Dulcimer Guild – Performance and brief history
3:00 – 4:00 Spokane River Tellers – Stories for kids of all ages
4:30 – 6:00 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 Steve Schennum – Songs you will never hear on the radio
12:15 – 12:45 The Radio Helpers – Teen sister duo. Folk and Americana
1:00 – 1:30 Zeke Vasquez – Folk, country, ballads
1:45 – 2:15 Thirsty Boots – Folkabilly and more
2:30 – 3:00 Spokane Raging Grannies – Singing for peace and justice
3:15 – 3:45 Jonathan Nicholson – New Americana fingerstyle guitar
4:00 – 4:30 Ukestra Spokane – Ukulele community group
4:45 – 5:15 Heavily Redacted – Trio sharing instrumental easy-listening tunes
5:30 – 6:00 Amy Bleu – Modern alternative folk
CAFETERIA STAGE
11:00 – 11:30 Haywire – Seasoned musicians sharing great tunes
11:45 – 12:15 South Asia Cultural Association with Sree Nandagopal – Folk songs and dances from India
12:30 – 1:30 Spokane Area Square Dancers with caller Doug Davis – Demo and participatory dance
1:45 – 2:15 Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers – Dances from around the world
2:15 – 3:00 Family Dance with – Easy line, circle, and novelty dances with live music
3:15 – 3:45 Bulgarian Dance Group – Traditional dances from Bulgaria
4:00 – 4:30 Aloha Hula of Spokane – Sharing “aloha” through hula
4:45 – 5:15 Spokane Irish Session – Traditional pub session
5:30 – 6:00 Woodside Swing – Vintage swing dance
6:00 – 6:30 BREAK
6:30 – 7:00 Workshop – Contra Dance Introduction with Nora Scott
7:00 – 8:30 Contra Dance with Banna Dahmsa and caller Nora Scott
BISTRO STAGE
11:30 – 12:00 Free Spiritz – American old-time
12:15 – 12:45 Frankie Ghee – Original songs, great lyrics
1:00 – 1:30 Lyle Morse – Smooth and bluesy American roots music
1:45 – 2:15 Brad Keeler Trio – Bluegrass, old-time, swing
2:30 – 3:00 Two Grey Cats – Americana, early pop, swing
3:15 – 3:45 Peter Ali – Native American Flute – Songs from the Heart
4:00 – 4:30 Poor Boy’s Delight – Bluegrass/folk/country/Americana
4:45 – 5:15 Patrice Webb – Award-winning original songwriting
5:30 – 6:00 Mountain Dew Boys – Traditional bluegrass
SMALL GYM (Building 5)
11:30 – 12:00 Grant Elementary Drummers and Dancers – African drum and song
12:15 – 1:15 Scottish Program – With the Angus Scott Pipe Band, Lake City Highland Dancers, and
Spokane Scottish Country Dancers
1:30 – 2:15 Spokane Bon Odori – Japanese classical demo and participatory folk dance
2:30 – 3:00 Musha Marimba – Zimbabwean music from Bryant School students
3:15 – 3:45 Nah’Joom Dancers – Belly dance
4:00 – 4:30 Argentine Tango – History of tango and a demonstration
4:45 – 5:15 Spokane Taiko – Community Japanese drumming group
5:15 – 5:30 BREAK
5:30 – 6:30 Workshop – Taiko Drumming – Play the "Big Drums" and learn a simple song
Doors Open at 10:00 am
LAIR AUDITORIUM
11:00 – 12:00 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 BREAK
12:30 – 1:15 Coeurimba – Marimba music from Southern Africa
1:30 – 2:15 Northwest Hula Company and Mele Polinahe – Traditional Hawaiian dance and music
2:30 – 3:15 Stevens County Stompers – Clogging
3:30 – 4:15 Silangan Dancers – Traditional Filipino folk dance presented by the Filipino-American Association
of the Inland Empire
4:15 – 4:45 BREAK
4:45 – 5:30 Heat Speak – Indie folk and world fusion
5:45 – 6:30 SeaStar – Original Celtic folk
SASQUATCH ROOM
11:00 – 11:30 Homebrew Stringband – Bluegrass with a twist
11:45 – 12:15 Jefferey Parker – Award-winning singer/songwriter
12:30 – 1:00 Truck Mills and Carl Rey – Harmony vocals, multi-instrumental
1:15 – 1:45 Hubbardston Nonesuch – Madrigals, 500-year-old pop tunes
2:00 – 2:30 Hank Cramer – National touring folksinger
2:45 – 3:15 2 Bit Jug Band – Love, food, a scintillating musical cocktail
3:15 – 3:45 BREAK
3:45 – 4:15 Free Whiskey – Celtic music with a twist
4:30 – 5:00 String Cosmology – String band time travelers
5:15 – 5:45 Trillium 239 – A rare isotope in Eastern Washington
5:45 – 6:15 BREAK
6:15 – 6:45 Muckle Roe – Music from Scotland and Scandinavia
SKITCH CONFERENCE ROOM
12:00 – 12:30 LaVona Reeves and Friends – Sing-a-long for children and adults
12:45 – 1:30 Jenny Edgren – Songs for kids of all ages
1:45 – 2:45 Spokane Dulcimer Guild – Performance and brief history
3:00 – 4:00 Spokane River Tellers – Stories for kids of all ages
4:30 – 6:00 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 Steve Schennum – Songs you will never hear on the radio
12:15 – 12:45 The Radio Helpers – Teen sister duo. Folk and Americana
1:00 – 1:30 Zeke Vasquez – Folk, country, ballads
1:45 – 2:15 Thirsty Boots – Folkabilly and more
2:30 – 3:00 Spokane Raging Grannies – Singing for peace and justice
3:15 – 3:45 Jonathan Nicholson – New Americana fingerstyle guitar
4:00 – 4:30 Ukestra Spokane – Ukulele community group
4:45 – 5:15 Heavily Redacted – Trio sharing instrumental easy-listening tunes
5:30 – 6:00 Amy Bleu – Modern alternative folk
CAFETERIA STAGE
11:00 – 11:30 Haywire – Seasoned musicians sharing great tunes
11:45 – 12:15 South Asia Cultural Association with Sree Nandagopal – Folk songs and dances from India
12:30 – 1:30 Spokane Area Square Dancers with caller Doug Davis – Demo and participatory dance
1:45 – 2:15 Silver Spurs Youth Folk Dancers – Dances from around the world
2:15 – 3:00 Family Dance with – Easy line, circle, and novelty dances with live music
3:15 – 3:45 Bulgarian Dance Group – Traditional dances from Bulgaria
4:00 – 4:30 Aloha Hula of Spokane – Sharing “aloha” through hula
4:45 – 5:15 Spokane Irish Session – Traditional pub session
5:30 – 6:00 Woodside Swing – Vintage swing dance
6:00 – 6:30 BREAK
6:30 – 7:00 Workshop – Contra Dance Introduction with Nora Scott
7:00 – 8:30 Contra Dance with Banna Dahmsa and caller Nora Scott
BISTRO STAGE
11:30 – 12:00 Free Spiritz – American old-time
12:15 – 12:45 Frankie Ghee – Original songs, great lyrics
1:00 – 1:30 Lyle Morse – Smooth and bluesy American roots music
1:45 – 2:15 Brad Keeler Trio – Bluegrass, old-time, swing
2:30 – 3:00 Two Grey Cats – Americana, early pop, swing
3:15 – 3:45 Peter Ali – Native American Flute – Songs from the Heart
4:00 – 4:30 Poor Boy’s Delight – Bluegrass/folk/country/Americana
4:45 – 5:15 Patrice Webb – Award-winning original songwriting
5:30 – 6:00 Mountain Dew Boys – Traditional bluegrass
SMALL GYM (Building 5)
11:30 – 12:00 Grant Elementary Drummers and Dancers – African drum and song
12:15 – 1:15 Scottish Program – With the Angus Scott Pipe Band, Lake City Highland Dancers, and
Spokane Scottish Country Dancers
1:30 – 2:15 Spokane Bon Odori – Japanese classical demo and participatory folk dance
2:30 – 3:00 Musha Marimba – Zimbabwean music from Bryant School students
3:15 – 3:45 Nah’Joom Dancers – Belly dance
4:00 – 4:30 Argentine Tango – History of tango and a demonstration
4:45 – 5:15 Spokane Taiko – Community Japanese drumming group
5:15 – 5:30 BREAK
5:30 – 6:30 Workshop – Taiko Drumming – Play the "Big Drums" and learn a simple song
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Doors Open at 10:00 am
LAIR AUDITORIUM
11:00 – 11:45 Crooked Kilt – Celtic music with a twist
12:00 – 1:00 Spokane Chinese, Filipino American Northwest, and Indian Youth Club – Sharing culture through
dance
1:15 – 2:00 Dan Maher – Inland Folk
2:15 – 3.00 Gefilte Trout – Klezmer tunes and songs
3:00 – 3:30 BREAK
3:30 – 4:15 The CatHerd – Folk with an international flair
4:30 – 5:00 Lilac City Voices – A Capella, barbershop-style
SASQUATCH ROOM
11:00 – 11:30 C Sharp and B Natural – Folk, bluegrass, and choro
11:45 – 12:15 Gabriel Soileau – Cajun country potpourri
12:30 – 1:00 Blue Ribbon Tea Company – Originals, Americana roots
1:15 – 1:45 Ahmed Al-Fatlawi – Arabic oud and vocals from Jordan
1:45 – 2:15 BREAK
2:15 – 3:00 Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots – High-energy traditional potpourri
3:15 – 4:00 Brittany Jean – Nashville recording artist, songwriter, and storyteller
SKITCH CONFERENCE ROOM
12:00 – 1:00 Spokane River Tellers – Stories for kids of all ages
1:15 – 2:00 Lucy D. Ford – Original stories for all ages
2:30 – 4:00 Workshop: History and demonstration of various bagpipes with Kathy Kinderman, Aaron Stratton,
and Bill Wakefield
THE UNDERGROUND (Hint: It’s downstairs in the Lair.)
11:30 – 12:00 Michael Robinson – Originals with guitar, harmonica and foot pattin'
12:15 – 12:45 Cigar Box Slingers – Homemade cigar box and license plate guitars
1:00 – 1:30 Harvey Stanley – Folk, Americana
1:45 – 2:15 Robin and John Elwood – Multi-instrumentalists/vocalists
2:30 – 3:00 Desiree – Roots musician and storyteller
3:15 – 3:45 Casinato – Folk songs in English and Spanish
4:00 – 4:30 Ernie Verdugo – Spanish and flamenco guitar
CAFETERIA
11:00 – 11:30 The Mighty PJAMRS Marching Band – Community marching band
11:45 – 12:15 Workshop – English Country Dance with Mitchell Frey
12:15 – 1:15 English Country Dance with Prestwold Players Band and caller Mitchell Frey – All dances called and
taught
1:15 – 1:45 BREAK
1:45 – 2:30 Sidetrack – Participatory dance party. Come dance to country, western, rock, and blues
2:45 – 3:15 Workshop – Contra Dance Introduction with Emily Faulkner
3:15 – 5:00 Contra Dance with Reel Friends and caller Emily Faulkner – All dances called and taught
BISTRO STAGE
12:00 – 12:30 John Sylte and Stuart Bachman – Traditional Irish
12:45 – 1:30 High Valley Mountain Boys – Bluegrass, country, swing
1:45 – 2:15 Three Ol' Fellers – Cowboy songs, old-time tunes
2:30 – 3:15 Kevin Brown & The Beloved Country – Americana folk pop
Doors Open at 10:00 am
LAIR AUDITORIUM
11:00 – 11:45 Crooked Kilt – Celtic music with a twist
12:00 – 1:00 Spokane Chinese, Filipino American Northwest, and Indian Youth Club – Sharing culture through
dance
1:15 – 2:00 Dan Maher – Inland Folk
2:15 – 3.00 Gefilte Trout – Klezmer tunes and songs
3:00 – 3:30 BREAK
3:30 – 4:15 The CatHerd – Folk with an international flair
4:30 – 5:00 Lilac City Voices – A Capella, barbershop-style
SASQUATCH ROOM
11:00 – 11:30 C Sharp and B Natural – Folk, bluegrass, and choro
11:45 – 12:15 Gabriel Soileau – Cajun country potpourri
12:30 – 1:00 Blue Ribbon Tea Company – Originals, Americana roots
1:15 – 1:45 Ahmed Al-Fatlawi – Arabic oud and vocals from Jordan
1:45 – 2:15 BREAK
2:15 – 3:00 Arvid Lundin and Deep Roots – High-energy traditional potpourri
3:15 – 4:00 Brittany Jean – Nashville recording artist, songwriter, and storyteller
SKITCH CONFERENCE ROOM
12:00 – 1:00 Spokane River Tellers – Stories for kids of all ages
1:15 – 2:00 Lucy D. Ford – Original stories for all ages
2:30 – 4:00 Workshop: History and demonstration of various bagpipes with Kathy Kinderman, Aaron Stratton,
and Bill Wakefield
THE UNDERGROUND (Hint: It’s downstairs in the Lair.)
11:30 – 12:00 Michael Robinson – Originals with guitar, harmonica and foot pattin'
12:15 – 12:45 Cigar Box Slingers – Homemade cigar box and license plate guitars
1:00 – 1:30 Harvey Stanley – Folk, Americana
1:45 – 2:15 Robin and John Elwood – Multi-instrumentalists/vocalists
2:30 – 3:00 Desiree – Roots musician and storyteller
3:15 – 3:45 Casinato – Folk songs in English and Spanish
4:00 – 4:30 Ernie Verdugo – Spanish and flamenco guitar
CAFETERIA
11:00 – 11:30 The Mighty PJAMRS Marching Band – Community marching band
11:45 – 12:15 Workshop – English Country Dance with Mitchell Frey
12:15 – 1:15 English Country Dance with Prestwold Players Band and caller Mitchell Frey – All dances called and
taught
1:15 – 1:45 BREAK
1:45 – 2:30 Sidetrack – Participatory dance party. Come dance to country, western, rock, and blues
2:45 – 3:15 Workshop – Contra Dance Introduction with Emily Faulkner
3:15 – 5:00 Contra Dance with Reel Friends and caller Emily Faulkner – All dances called and taught
BISTRO STAGE
12:00 – 12:30 John Sylte and Stuart Bachman – Traditional Irish
12:45 – 1:30 High Valley Mountain Boys – Bluegrass, country, swing
1:45 – 2:15 Three Ol' Fellers – Cowboy songs, old-time tunes
2:30 – 3:15 Kevin Brown & The Beloved Country – Americana folk pop
