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Festival Livestream

Archive Radio

Festival Livestream

  • (no livestream on Friday)

Archive Radio

  • 2:30pm - Short documentary from 1978 Folklife Festival and a TV special about the 1987 Folklife Festival
  • 3:00 - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Kondo reNzou
  • 3:30pm - TV special about the 1987 Folklife Festival and Follow the Teachings Special from 1989
  • 4:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: The Klein Party
  • 4:30 - Follow the Teachings cont. and Northwest Folklife 1989 African American Heritage Series: The Traditional Blues Project feat. Moses Rascoe
  • 5:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Elias Hampton
  • 5:30pm - Northwest Folklife 1989 African American Heritage Series: The Traditional Blues Project cont. feat. Ms. Precious Bryant
  • 6:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Dingolay

Festival Livestream

  • 2:30pm - Roaming Livestream Start
  • 6:30pm - Roaming Livestream End

Archive Radio

  • 2:30pm - Norm Rice speech at the Northwest Folklife festival. Promotional reel from 1992
  • 2:45pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Tony Gómez
  • 3:30pm - Pete Seeger and San Juan to Seoul w/ Grupo Borikén
  • The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Rayne Mescallado
  • 4:30pm - Northwest Folklife Performance (1997) Quebecois and Latin America artists
  • 5:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Wild Hearts
  • 5:30pm - Seattle Women’s Ensemble (1997), What Nashville Ain’t Got (1997), and Peruvian Scissor Dancers from (1997)
  • 6:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: 129,600

Festival Livestream

  • 2:30pm - Roaming Livestream Start
  • 6:30pm - Roaming Livestream End

Archive Radio

  • 2:30pm - Folklife Promotional footage, TV broadcasts, and Wild Women of Folklife documentary
  • 3:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Amber Flame
  • 3:30pm - Safarini: African Immigrants in the Northwest
  • 4:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Trash Panda Go Kart
  • 4:30pm - Nazir Ahmed Ulfat, Korean Pungmul, Flamenco, and art film
  • 5:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Nyce & Wyld & Bowen Lee
  • 5:30pm - Safarini: African Immigrants in the Northwest (cont.), and Ray Holman's Steelpan
  • 6:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Leo Leo

Festival Livestream

  • 2:30pm - Roaming Livestream Start
  • 6:30pm - Roaming Livestream End

Archive Radio

  • 2:30pm - Gospel Showcase on Mural Amphitheatre (2010s)
  • 3:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Parisa Akhbari and Peaches as Farm Tools
  • 3:30pm - Superfolk with Abel Rocha, and Fabiola Méndez
  • 4:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Emily Pitts
  • 4:30pm - Buskers and still life footage
  • 5:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Kuwaisiana
  • 5:30pm - Foleada and Latine Dance Party
  • 6:00pm - The 2026 Quilt Sessions: Caleb Thompson and The Enthusiasts

Contribute to the Northwest Folklife Community Quilt!

Northwest Folklife will be celebrating the folk art of quilting at the 2026 Northwest Folklife Festival. We will be soliciting 15” quilt blocks from the community to be displayed at the 2026 Northwest Folklife festival. After the festival, the blocks will be sewn into a community quilt.

Northwest Folklife’s Community quilts are part of our historical archive, and have been used and displayed in a variety of ways over the years. We currently use them as a backdrop for our digital in-studio content, filmed for our virtual festival.

To sign up, please complete this form.

Details

  • Completed blocks should be 15” (includes seam allowance)
  • If you would like your block displayed at the Folklife Festival, they are due May 8th. If you would like to contribute to the quilt, but don’t want it to be displayed, they are due at 8PM May 18th
  • Choice of pattern, colors and fabric are up to you!