Diversity on display
Spokane Folklore Society’s annual festival highlights cultures from around the world
Pickers and grinners gathered for the 13th annual Fall Folk Festival, sponsored by the Spokane Folklore Society, last weekend at Spokane Community College. The free community event “celebrates our area’s cultural diversity,” according to organizers. “The festival goal is to present the diversity of our community through traditional music, dance and arts.” Eight stages featured 100 performing groups ranging from traditional bluegrass, blues, Japanese dance and drumming, storytelling, Middle Eastern dance and music, tango, Irish jigs and harmonies, Native American music and drumming, as well as jam sessions, arts and crafts, children’s activities and a bake sale. A New England contra dance was held Saturday evening. Contact the Spokane Folklore Society at www.SpokaneFolklore.org to volunteer or participate in next year’s event.
Staff reports