Northwest Folklife

About Folklife

Northwest Folklife creates opportunities for individuals and communities of the Pacific Northwest to celebrate, share and sustain the vitality of folk, ethnic and traditional arts for present and future generations. Northwest Folklife carries out its mission in a variety of ways, most notably through the annual production of the free Northwest Folklife Festival.

Folklife Store

Live from the 2008 Northwest Folklife Festival. Learn More

Charmaine Slaven, New Old-Time Community Coordinator

Northwest Folklife is proud to announce that the Community Showcases that have made this Festival so unique have not only returned, but have actually expanded! We are now working with 60 community coordinators to present over 75 Community Showcases. These coordinators work with Northwest Folklife Programming to present their communities the way they wish to be seen. This provides the most...

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful 2009 Northwest Folklife Festival! We couldn't have done it without the thousands of volunteers, performers, donors and participants that help make this the largest free community arts festival in the country.