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Voted one of the 10 best cultural festivals in May in the world by 10best.com, a division of USA Today Travel Northwest Folklife continually offers up one of the most diverse festival experiences around. Where else can you take in Balkan brass, Bollywood dance, indie rock, and street busker tunes in a matter of mere minutes? --Seattle Metropolitan Olympia’s alternative-rock label, K Records — celebrated Monday at The VERA Project — fits in as nicely as bagpipers, indie-folksters and high-school jazzers. --Seattle Times
One of the best things about Folklife is the chance to discover emerging artists alongside established ones in an engaging and nurturing format you won’t find anywhere else. --Seattle Weekly Walking across the grounds was like spinning the radio dial, as a marimba duo plinked and plonked out Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” jazz saxophones sliced through air, drum circles percolated from under the trees and children screamed as they ran in and out of the Seattle Center fountain spray. --Seattle Times
The Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle’s free four-day party, is a celebration of cultures where people can listen to music, try out dances and hear stories from all around the world. --Everett Herald