Destination: Northwest Folklife Winter Fireside Party Jan 25

Baby Gramps
photo by Carl Dinse

WINTER FIRESIDE PARTY 

a benefit event for Northwest Folklife - January 25, 2014 

Featuring a Northwest Fiddle Showcase, Square Dancing with The Onlies, Local Music Artists including Ravenna Woods, Baby Gramps, and more 

Enjoy a full day and evening of string bands, indie-roots, blues, and gospel music as well as the opportunity to hear from artists in a cozy and intimate setting. Guests are invited to join in for square dancing featuring The Onlies and caller Gabe Strand; performances in the main venue feature The Sojourners, Jason Dodson and Kevin Barrans of The Maldives, Ravenna Woods, and The Shivas. 

The Northwest Fiddle Showcase will highlight a varied line-up of some of the best fiddlers in the Northwest including Northwest Folklife founders Phil & Vivian Williams, as well as Ben Hunter (of Renegade Stringband), Karen England & Jim Newberry, The Onlies, and Paul Anastasio. 

Special acoustic performances in the Vera Gallery include Baby Gramps, Vikesh Kapoor, Juliana and PAVA, Les Pamplemousses, and Orville Johnson. 

Folklife will also have an outdoor Fireside Tent: a heated and fire lit space, complete with comfy couches, for music and conversation with the artists. 

Tickets costs benefit Northwest Folklife, an independent, year-round non-profit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for all people to appreciate, share, and participate in the evolving folk and ethnic traditions of the Pacific Northwest. Food and drink will be available. 

WHERE: The VERA Project, 305 Harrison Street, Seattle 

WHEN: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 2:00pm-11:00pm 

TICKETS/DONATION: $25 

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