Folk – Past Concerts
Jack Straw Piano Series w/ Amy Rubin & Randy Halberstadt
Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of Brazil by Ernesto Nazareth, arrangements of Astor Piazzolla's Nuevo Tango, standards from jazz repertoire, and original compositions.
$10-$20 suggested donation
Mark Hilliard Wilson & the Guitar Orchestra of Seattle
Thursday, May 30, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Café Nordo's Knife Room, Seattle, WA, United States
European salon and art music as reflected through the kaleidoscope of counterpoint and harmony – from New Orleans all the way to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires.
$12
Seattle Pacific University Percussion Ensemble
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
E. E. Bach Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Travel through a world of grooves and beats, ranging from multiple percussion pieces to ethnic drum ensembles.
Free
Northwest Folklife: Bulgarian Voices of Seattle
Saturday, May 25, 2019 @ 8:25pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A musical bridge into Bulgarian heritage for the Bulgarian community and the general public through traditional and arranged folk songs from Bulgaria.
Free (Suggested donation: $10 per person, per day ($20 per family))
Northwest Folklife 2019
Friday, May 24, 2019 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A community-powered celebration of the music, arts, and heritage that make up the brilliant cultural tapestry of the greater Pacific Northwest.
Free (Suggested donation: $10 per person, per day ($20 per family))
The Westerlies at Fremont Abbey
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A New York-based brass quartet with the precision of a string quartet, the audacity of a rock band, and the charm of a family sing-along.
$20 / $10 / Age 10 & under FREE
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: Retrospective – A Celebration!
Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Classical, folk, jazz, and Broadway hits ranging all the way from Claudio Monteverdi to Stephen Sondheim!
$20 / $15 / $10
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: Retrospective – A Celebration!
Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Classical, folk, jazz, and Broadway hits ranging all the way from Claudio Monteverdi to Stephen Sondheim!
$20 / $15 / $10
The Drunken Maidens w/ Laura Bassett
Friday, May 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Couth Buzzard Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Wistful strains of old-time music, saucy English folksongs, sea songs, sacred music, catchy tunes, and recently-written songs.
Free
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra: 4 Orchestras Concert with The Gothard Sisters
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
SYSO’s younger musicians perform with The Gothard Sisters in a program that will spectacularly blend symphonic music with traditional Celtic tunes.
$32 ($16 youth/seniors)
Seattle Folklore Society: Kesselgarden & Brivele – An Evening of Klezmer Music & Song
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Two Klezmer groups – Kesselgarden Klezmer Duo and Brivele – perform music focusing on heritage and stories.
$18 / $16 / $9
Anya McCullough: Short Stories & Tall Tales (Cornish junior recital)
Monday, April 29, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music based on folk stories, poetry, and literary classics, with repertoire from multiple eras and styles, as well as an original arrangement.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Stephen Fandrich w/ Gamelan Pacifica & Del Sol Quartet
Saturday, April 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Stephen Fandrich performs compositions and improvisations at the piano in an 8 series just-intonation, plus two unusual instrumental combinations with Javanese gamelan.
$5-$15 donation
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts presents: Tannahill Weavers
Sunday, April 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Featuring songs, jigs, reels, marches, and hornpipes performed on the fiddle, flute, tinwhistle, bodhran, guitar, and bagpipes – all with a healthy dose of Scottish humor thrown in for good measure!
$25 ($15 youth)
Seattle Folklore Society presents Tannahill Weavers
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Diverse repertoire spanning the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals, topical songs, and original ballads and lullabies.
$25 / $23 / $12
Northwest Mahler Festival Fundraiser: Songs by Alma Mahler & Other Women Composers
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring songs by woman composers including Khosrovidukht, Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Josephine Lang, Alma Mahler, Florence Price, and Joni Mitchell.
free
Emerald City Music: The Dreamers' Circus
Saturday, April 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Emerald City Music presents the folk music of The Dreamer's Circus in their inaugural US tour.
$28–$43 ($10 students)
Emerald City Music: The Dreamers' Circus
Friday, April 5, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Emerald City Music presents the folk music of The Dreamer's Circus in their inaugural US tour.
$45 ($10 students)
Seattle Mandolin Orchestra w/ Tim Connell
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. John United Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The “fiery and energetic, soulful and evocative” Tim Connell is regarded as one of the top North American interpreters of the Brazilian choro style.
$20
Cornish College of the Arts: Two Scores – A Celebration of Roger Nelson
Friday, March 22, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating longtime faculty member Roger Nelson upon his retirement from Cornish. Performers will include Cornish alums from several eras, Cornish faculty of past and present, an alumni choir, and more.
Free (Free (RSVP required))