About Our Big Neighborhood
Our Big Neighborhood is an intergenerational, multicultural exchange aimed to develop minds and bodies through movement, rhythm, food, craft and storytelling. Our mission is to empower artists by giving them a platform to share their art, their craft, and their culture with the community. Through partnerships with businesses, organizations, and everyday folx throughout Washington State, Our Big Neighborhood reveals that folklife happens every day—in customs, conventions, and practices that we live out actively and subconsciously, and the interactions that evolve those traditions on a regular basis.
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SuperFolk Festival 2022
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Spotlight on the Waterfront 2024
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SuperFolk at the Theater, 2024
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Folklife Sessions at Metier Brewing Co.
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SuperFolk in the Park, 2024
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Saturday Family Concerts at Town Hall Seattle, 2023
NW Folklife Special Events
NW Folklife works with partners all over Seattle and Washington State. We love to work in collaboration and cooperation with our community partners to produce, co-produce, and support a wide variety of events, concerts, and exhibits.
Check here to see the shows we lined up.
SuperFolk at the Theater
SuperFolk at the Theater is a unique and special curation of pre-show music for the opening night of theatre performances at Union Arts Center. Folklife and ACT Theater started this partnership back in 2023, with a vision to bring together genres to share in an artistic experience, for the artists and the performers.
SuperFolk tests our boundaries for genre and classification. Within the realm of SuperFolk, all ingredients are good ingredients.
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Folklife Sessions at Métier Brewing Company
Now in our 3rd year, the Folklife Sessions at https://metierbrewing.com/ continue to support monthly performances, every first Thursday. This program works with artists on a residency basis, allowing three shows per artist to present different works, or arrangements over the course of the residency.
This event is also made possible through support from long-time partners and friends, KNKX Radio!
This show runs every First Thursday, 7-9pm, at the Cherry St Location.
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Folklife Fridays
NW Folklife is proud to partner with Open Space on Vashon Island this year to curate a series of quarterly Friday evening events that combine music, dance, and visual art to showcase the diverse cultures here in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. The Concert Series offers a special opportunity for young people and families to interact with culture, not just be witness to it!
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Wonder/Wander
Explore parks, arts organizations, arts & cultural businesses, events, venues, and exhibits you’ve never seen. Wonder/Wander invites you to pique your curiosity, inspire your senses, and engage your own wonder.
Live at the Eleanor
An intimate, candlelit lounge experience with performances across genres—from music to poetry to dance—accompanied by craft beverages and light concessions. Every Friday and Saturday evening in the historic Eleanor Room.