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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
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Forest and Woodlands Culture of the Atlantic Northeast and the Pacific Northwest