Seattle: Northwest Folklife Festival! (May 22 - 25)

[Dina Trageser]

It's time again for the 4-day folkie extravaganza at Seattle Center!

Northwest Folklife Festival is happening over Memorial Day weekend, May 22 - 25. 

Read all about it here: https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html

The full schedule for your perusal: https://nwfolklife.org/festival/schedule/in-person-schedule.html

And of course, don't forget to donate to keep Folklife free and open to everyone! https://givebutter.com/nwfl 

And here is my annual round-up of Balkan / East European acts and events that I found. If I missed anything, please let me know!

(Please note that for the showcases, there is no exact time listed when the Balkan-related act is performing. Check the schedule for the order of performances.) 

Friday, May 22

Time	Stage	Who
2:45 PM	Armory Court Stage	Eastern Europe Show:  - Radost Folk Ensemble - Forgatos Hungarian Folkdance Ensemble
7:15 - 7:45 PM	Alki Court Stage	Darka Dusty and the Borshch Beatniks Eclectic with a Ukrainian Twist

Saturday, May 23

Time	Stage	Who
12:00 - 1:45	Bagley Wright Theater	Umay’s Children Central Asian Showcase includes Andalou Turkish Musicians
1:00 - 2:30 PM	Mural Amphitheater	Honk! Festival Showcase includes Sina Roza
3:15 PM - 3:45	Artists At Play Stage	Balkanarama Southeast European party music
4:30 - 6 PM	Center Theater	Spotlight on Soloists includes:  Olga Kalata, Russian Folk Dance
6 PM	Vera Project	Balkan Misfits showcase: - Kerson Brothers Band - Black Sea Dance with Izumi - Good Vibes Brigade
8 PM	Workshop Space - Dance	Hungarian Dance workshop with Flora and Tibor

Sunday, May 24

Time	Stage	Who
12:30 - 1:30	Community Foodways Kitchen	Foodways Demonstration: Turkey, with Sedat Uysal
1:00 - 2:00 PM	Workshop Space - Dance	Balkan Party Dances workshop with Seattle Balkan Dancers
3:00 - 3:30 PM	Alki Court Stage	Barvinok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
7 - 9 PM	Armory Court	Balkan Dance: - Învârtim - Kaba Seattle, feat. Bulgarian Voices of Seattle - Kef

Monday, May 25

Time	Stage	Who
12:00 - 12:50 PM	Fisher Pavillion	Folk Voice Band  International folk dancing
12:15 - 12:45 PM	Alki Court Stage	Hopa Trop Folk Ensemble Keeping Bulgarian traditions alive!
1:00 - 1:45 PM	Cornish Courtyard	Balkan Sing-Along with Dina
2:15 - 2:45	Friends of Folklife Stage	Inna Kovtun Traditional Ukrainian Music
4:30 - 5 PM	Mural Amphitheater Stage	Dunava Vocal Harmonies from the Balkans

[Dina Trageser]

Time for an update! A couple changes on Friday from my previous message. 

On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM Dina Trageser <dinatr...@gmail.com> wrote:

It's time again for the 4-day folkie extravaganza at Seattle Center!

Northwest Folklife Festival is happening over Memorial Day weekend, May 22 - 25. 

Read all about it here: https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html

The full schedule for your perusal: https://nwfolklife.org/festival/schedule/in-person-schedule.html

And of course, don't forget to donate to keep Folklife free and open to everyone! https://givebutter.com/nwfl 

And here is my annual round-up of Balkan / East European acts and events that I found. If I missed anything, please let me know!

(Please note that for the showcases, there is no exact time listed when the Balkan-related act is performing. Check the schedule for the order of performances.) 

Friday, May 22

Time	Stage	Who
2:45 PM	Armory Court Stage	Eastern Europe Show:  - Radost Folk Ensemble - Forgatos Hungarian Folkdance Ensemble

5 - 5:30 PM PM	Alki Court Stage	Klapa DooWopella

7:15 - 7:45 PM

Alki Court Stage

Michelle Alany & the Mystics Sephardic, Balkan, Klezmer, and original music