Folklife Festival Offers All Kinds Of Entertainment

Here's what's happening at the Folklife Festival. All venues are at Seattle Center, and admission is free.

Today

11 a.m. - Mary & Ian, folk, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); "Choral Concert," Center House Stage; "Second Saturday Northwest," contra dance, Flag Pavilion West; Spirit Ridge, folk, Flag Plaza; Carolyn Currie, urban folk, Mercer entrance; Eclectic Clogger, Mural Amphitheatre; Piping School Dropouts, Northwest Court; Fujima Dance Ensemble, Flag Pavilion East; Mark Spittal, Rainier Room; Mountain Thyme, Celtic, Group Theatre.

11:30 a.m. - Christina Callas, blues, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); Friends of the Fiddle, Exhibition Hall; Jr. Old Time Fiddlers, Flag Plaza; Straw into Gold, Mercer entrance; Misty City Morris, Seattle Morris, North by Northwest Morris, dance, Mural Amphitheatre; Crows All Day, Irish, Northwest Court; Fulanito y Su Maquina, salsa, Space Needle lawn.

11:40 p.m. - Indian Association, songs and dances from India, Flag Pavilion East; Aya, Rainier Room; Up for Grabs, juggling, Group Theatre.

Noon - Jackie Torrence, Bagley Wright Theatre; Peter & Robert Blake, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); O'Carolan's Consort, Celtic, Exhibition Hall; Home Brew, bluegrass, Flag Pavilion West; Acoustic Squeeze, Flag Plaza; Wanderers, Flag Terrace; Nancy Rerucha, Mercer entrance; Watch the Sky, Northwest Court.

12:15 p.m. - Ritmo Tropical, drum ensemble, Space Needle lawn.

12:15 p.m. - Klaus Lendzian, Rainier Room; Filucy Hootchie Kootchie, polka, Group Theatre.

12:30 p.m. - Swamp Mama Johnson, Rhythm and blues, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); Brouhaha, Exhibition Hall; Smokey Stover, Flag Plaza; Henry Perrin, Flag Terrace; Debbie Diedrich, Mercer entrance; Northwest Irish Dancers, Mural Amphitheatre; Hal N' Tow, English a cappella, Northwest Court.

1 p.m. - Todd Houghton & Friends, folk and blues, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); "Mandolin Concert," Charlotte Martin Theatre; Whammadiddle Dingbats, Exhibition Hall; "Country Dance Workshop," Flag Pavilion West; Mountain Air Biscuits, fiddle, Flag Plaza; Dana Lyons & Anna Schaad, fiddle and guitar, Flag Terrace; "Europe East & West," assorted music, Intiman Playhouse; Don Swaney, folk, Mercer entrance; Adefua, Mural Amphitheatre; Cedron & N'Shama, Celtic/folk, Northwest Court; "Pure Gospel" Concert, Space Needle lawn; "Old Time Fiddlers Concert," Flag Pavilion East; Home Remedy, Rainier Room; Ensemble Illusion, magicians, Group Theatre.

1:30 p.m. - Eric Madis, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); Harmonicans, Exhibition Hall; Richardson & Kaufman, Flag Pavilion West; The Mazeltones, Flag Plaza; John Oszajca, folk, Flag Terrace; Steve & Kristi Nebel, Mercer entrance; Oregon Ethnic Dance Theatre, Mural Amphitheatre; Black Bush, Celtic, Northwest Court.

1:40 p.m. - Ritalin Twins, Rainier Room; Debbie Dimitre, Group Theatre.

2 p.m. - Mountain Thyme, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); Seattle Step Dance, Center House Stage; "Woody Guthrie Children's Favorites," Charlotte Martin Theatre; Larry Ludwig, Indian, Exhibition Hall; Strange & Wonderful, bluegrass, Flag Plaza; Better Mousetrap, Flag Terrace; Steven Dolmatz, Mercer entrance; Rodnichki, Russian children dancers, Mural Amphitheatre; Shanghaied on Willamette, Northwest Court.

2:20 p.m. - Olympic Mountain Yodelers, Rainier Room; Roger Coles, storytelling, Group Theatre.

2:30 p.m. - "Viva Las Americas," Bagley Wright Theatre; Jim McLaughlin & Friends, harmonicas, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north);"Fashion Tapestry," African-American fashion show, Center House Stage; Riley & Macbean, Exhibition Hall; Steve & Brad Band, contras, Flag Pavilion West; Fabulous Tremolo Brothers, Flag Plaza; Keith Anderson, Flag Terrace; Brett Lovins, Mercer entrance; Aratas, Hungarian music and dance, Mural Amphitheatre; Pilots of Tiger Bay, Northwest Court.

3 p.m. - Blue Illusion, jazz/blues, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); Freylakh Klezmer Band, Charlotte Martin Theatre; Serious Damage, Exhibition Hall; Righteous Mothers, Flag Plaza; More Than a Paycheck, Flag Terrace; Liz Savage & Friends, country/folk, Mercer entrance; Seattle Jr. Tamburitzans, Croatian songs and dance, Mural Amphitheatre; Songtree, Northwest Court; Stanley Greenthal, Celtic/Balkan, Rainier Room; Antee Ree, sing-along, Group Theatre.

3:30 p.m. - Hana Hou Productions, Hawaiian music, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); Blunderites, Exhibition Hall; "Country Dance Workshop," Flag Pavilion West; Mission Mountain String Band, bluegrass/gospel, Flag Plaza; Blue Plane, Flag Terrace; Mother Zosima, comedy, Mercer entrance; Main Street Cloggers, Mural Amphitheatre; Irish Pipers Club, Northwest Court.

3:40 p.m. - Burnett & Cummings, Rainier Room; Loco Rodeo, cowboy swing, Group Theatre.

4 p.m. - Lee Howard, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); "Music from the Balkan Cafe," Charlotte Martin Theatre; Pamela Cook, acoustic folk, Exhibition Hall; Loose String Band, Flag Pavilion West; Pan Leggo Steel Band, calypso, Flag Plaza; Stack Sisters, Flag Terrace; Fran Marranca, Mercer entrance; Lietutis/Ukana, Lithuanian folk songs, Mural Amphitheatre; Islanders Five, Northwest Court.

4:15 p.m. - Village Drum Masquerade, Space Needle lawn.

4:20 p.m. - Sno-King International Dancers, Flag Pavilion East; Balalaika Trio, Rainier Room; "African-American Storytelling," Group Theatre.

4:30 p.m. - Fat, Old & Balding, folkabilly, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); Los Calaveras, Latin, Exhibition Hall; Harley & Shera Bray, bluegrass, Flag Plaza; Pete Tomack, swing, Flag Terrace; Joe Panzetta & Band, Mercer entrance; Gloria Dance Group, Mural Amphitheatre; Wallingford Collective, Irish, Northwest Court.

5 p.m. - "Band Scramble," Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); "Tea & Tango Dance," Center House Stage; Common Ground, Exhibition Hall; "Old Time Fiddlers Special," Flag Pavilion West; Wild Turkeys, Flag Plaza; Linda Severt, Flag Terrace; Francis Xavier, folk, Mercer entrance; Tanhauvat Finnish Dance, Mural Amphitheatre; Planxty Ceilidh Band, Irish, Northwest Court; Zanga Zanga, Space Needle lawn; Karavans Mideast Dance, Middle Eastern and North African, Flag Pavilion East; Magical Strings, Celtic, Rainier Room.

5:30 p.m. - Dirty Down Desert Dogs, zydeco, Bagley Wright Theatre lawn (north); Susan Carr's Ensemble, jazz, Exhibition Hall; Urban Renewal, Flag Plaza; Somebody or Few, folk/blues/jazz, Flag Terrace; Jeffrey Alan Brodmerkel, Mercer entrance; Enzian Schuhplattler, Bavarian folk dancing, Mural Amphitheatre; Seattle Scottish Singers, Northwest Court.

5:40 p.m. - Los Altenos, Flag Pavilion East; Wailing Strangers, folk, Rainier Room.

5:45 p.m. - Tor Dietrichson, Space Needle lawn.

6 p.m. - "International Participatory Dance," Center House Stage; Priest and the Publicans, gospel bluegrass, Exhibition Hall; Mac's Quackers, Flag Pavilion West; Dinky Pumpkin, Flag Plaza; Lindy Barrett, Flag Terrace; Jamie Tyler, a cappella folk, Mercer entrance; Freestyle with Candela, rumba dance music, Mural Amphitheatre; Anamchara, Celtic punk, Northwest Court.

6:30 p.m. - Thundering Cannonballs, Exhibition Hall; Never in a Hurry, Flag Plaza; Jacksons, folk, Flag Terrace; Warren Murray, Mercer entrance; Malcolm & Shoolbraid, Celtic, Northwest Court; Urban Bushmen, Space Needle lawn.

7 p.m. - "Barbershop Extravaganza," Bagley Wright Theatre; "Tall Tales Contest," Charlotte Martin Theatre; Blazer & Anderson, Flag Pavilion West; Gray Eagle String Band, Flag Plaza; Elizabeth Jarvie, Flag Terrace; "Mandophonic Madness," Intiman Playhouse; Harry Pierce, Mercer entrance; Symphony de la Steel, steel drum, Mural Amphitheatre; Friends of Burns, Northwest Court; Zaphara, belly dancing, Flag Pavilion East.

7:15 p.m. - Atoke, world beat dance, Space Needle lawn.

7:30 p.m. - Cascade, Flag Plaza; Jim Vick, Flag Terrace; Tonie M. Chacon, Mercer entrance; Lemargee & Creegan, banjo/bagpipe, Northwest Court; Yasmin, Middle Eastern dancers, Flag Pavilion East; John McLachlan, Rainier Room.

8 p.m. - Dina Blade & the Cut Ups, swing, Flag Pavilion West; Swine, bluegrass/folk, Flag Plaza; Kaz & the Pony Mob, folk, Flag Terrace; Foggynotions, Scottish, Northwest Court; Cornucopia Concert Band, ragtime, Space Needle lawn.

8:10 p.m. - Zalzali, Middle Eastern dancers, Flag Pavilion East; Jana Szabo, Rainier Room.

8:30 p.m. - City Limits, Flag Plaza; Chet Kane, Flag Terrace; Wicked Celts, Northwest Court.

8:50 p.m. - Babylonian Ensemble, Middle Eastern dancers, Flag Pavilion East; Greg Scott, Rainier Room.

9 p.m. - Lost Rosin, Flag Pavilion West.

9:30 p.m. - Ruze Dalmatinke, Rainier Room.

10 p.m. - Fiery Clockface, Flag Pavilion West.

10:10 p.m. - Venus Envy, Rainier Room.

11 p.m. - K Margo Murphy, Fox Creek, country swing, Flag Pavilion West.