Northwest Folklife

The Cultural Focus of the 2009 Northwest Folklife Festival was the centennial celebration of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Celebration. For more information about other A-Y-P themed events in and around Seattle, please click on the logo below:

In 1909, Seattle hosted its first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Known as “the A-Y-P,” that historic event celebrated the culture, industry, and innovation of the Pacific Northwest at the beginning of the twentieth century. It drew four million visitors to the young city of Seattle.

A hundred years later, the Northwest Folklife Festival celebrates the A-Y-P! We mark that event by presenting those same communities that called Seattle home in the early 1900s as well as the groups that were presented at the A-Y-P: Scandinavians, Japanese, Chinese, Hawaiians, Filipinos, and Alaska Natives.

Use the menu at the left to learn more about our programs for the cultural focus.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Here's what's coming up:

March 19, 7:30: Birth DIY Fest at the VERA Project, sponsored by Northwest Folklife
March 20, 2:00PM-4:00PM: Accordi-O-Rama III at Town Hall, presented by Town Hall Seattle and Northwest Folklife
March 21: Folklife Presents at the Tractor Tavern - featuring Clinton Fearon!
April 23: Folklife Masters featuring Kane Mathis and Mirah at Empty Sea Studios
May 28-31: The 39th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center
November 13: 2nd Annual A Night for Folklife, a benefit for Northwest Folklife

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