Northwest Folklife

Folklife Commons

Join us on Broad Street Lawn, from 11:00am to 6:00pm, Friday, May 28th to Monday, May 31st for family activities suitable for all ages. The festival is FREE, but we ask for a $20 donation per family, per day. As a nonprofit organization, Folklife relies on these donations to keep the festival going.

SingPeace! Wagon

Friday through Monday

Folklife Commons

The SingPeace! Wagon is the realization of a lifelong dream of Pushkara Sally Ashford to have a traveling symbol of communal tranquility and musical harmony. It has traveled to events and gatherings all over the Pacific Northwest and was hand-lovingly constructed by a community of volunteers. Ashford will eventually live in the wagon as she pulls it along throughout the journey she calls “Sing Peace! Earth Pilgrimage for Peace and Global Harmony.”

Active Art & Science

Unleash your creativity! Make and take your own functional mosaic art piece with this dazzling array of tumbled (with no sharp edges) recycled, stained glass. Learn the local recycling story and experience the joy of creating something beautiful with local recycled materials.

Center for Wooden Boats

Come Learn about our maritime heritage by building your own toy boat! Find the Center for Wooden Boats booth and get started!

Clay Animation Metamorphosis

Have you ever wondered how clay animation movies were made? At Folklife you can participate in filming a continuous clay animation movie that will be filmed over the course of 28 hours! The final collective movie will be viewable at www.cancancancan.com.

Dusty Strings

Playing music and learning an instrument is easy! If you’ve wondered about playing instruments like the Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, harp, Mandolin or ukulele, come learn about the Dusty Strings Music School and take a FREE 15-minute lesson from one of our experienced teachers. Sign up in advance at our tent!

King County Library System

Create a “Splashy” bookmark with the King County library System booth! In the Folklife Discovery Zone Children’s librarians will present mini story times that will include books, songs and finger plays! Also appearing on stage will be Charlie Williams “The Noise Guy!” Please see the programming guide for more details.

Northwest African American Museum

Get wild about Ethiopia with the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM). Please join us to make colorful masks of some of Ethiopia’s endangered species. NAAM’s latest exhibit East by Northwest: The Ethiopian Experience, features histories of Ethiopia, its people and its rich environment. Come and celebrate with us! Saturday and Sunday only.

Seafair

40 years of milk carton madness! Come learn how to build a milk carton boat. Fun for the whole family. Seafair Boat Club Derby takes place on July 10^th at Green Lake and it’s free!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Here's what's coming up:

August 21: Family Days - West African 1-3PM at the EMP - FREE
November 13: 2nd Annual A Night for Folklife, a benefit for Northwest Folklife

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