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Location
Community Focus
WA, Brazilian
Location
Seattle, WA
Seattle Music From Everywhere
Community Focus
WA, Brazilian
Location
Seattle, WA
A multi-ethnic female-led sextet, En Canto is Seattle's only Forró band. Forró music is a combination of multiple Brazilian rhythms including baião, xote and arrasta-pé. The word refers to both the musical genre and the accompanying partner dance party events where it is heard.
Community Focus
WA, Indigenous, For All, Multicultural
Location
Olympia, WA
The Leonor R. Fuller Gallery at The Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts fosters transformative education and community connections through engaging and challenging exhibitions and programming.
Community Focus
WA, Black
Location
Seattle, WA
Elnah Jordan Experience is a band based in Seattle, Washington.
Community Focus
WA, American (US), Queer, Multicultural
Location
Seattle, WA
queer, mixed, 1st gen American filmmaker/artist/activist/writer/mama who believes in the power of story
Community Focus
North European, WA, American (US), British, European, Irish
Location
Seattle, WA
Hank Bradley and Cathie Whitesides are traditional folk music masters.
Community Focus
North European, WA, European, Finnish
Location
Lynnwood, WA
Northwest Pelimannit is Seattle's own Finnish Folkmusic Ensemble.
Community Focus
WA, American (US)
Location
Seattle, WA
Dina Blade is a Seattle based vocalist who sings and swings American Jazz. Dina and her band, Swingin’ in the Rain, play Classic songs from the Great American Songbook at tempos that are perfect for dancing.
Community Focus
WA, Black
Location
Seattle, WA
I’m a singer-songwriter who has been playing and teaching piano for over three decades. I hold a degree in jazz piano, I’ve released three international albums, and I’ve performed on stages worldwide.

I know a thing or two about what beginning piano students struggle with, and I also know that with the right mindset and the right strategy, anyone can learn to play jazz.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
S.A.F.E. is an anti-displacement community organization with a mission to fight for economic, social and environmental justice and gender equity.
Community Focus
East African, African, WA, Kenyan
Location
Seattle, WA
DadaBassed’ socially binding, Poetry Hip hop, and Song!
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Olympia, WA
Mixed media art that inspires mindfulness and self-care.
Community Focus
North European, WA, European, Irish
Location
Seattle, WA
Crumac arose, phoenix-like, from the ashes of The Suffering Gaels, the premiere Irish band in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest for two decades.
Community Focus
WA, Argentinian / Argentinos, Caribbean, Cuban, Latina/e/o/x, Mexican, Venezuelan
Location
Seattle, WA
The award-winning Latin music duo, Correo Aereo, play traditional multi-instrumental acoustics and vocals of music from Latin America, with a focus on music from Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, Peru and Cuba. They incorporate original songs and arrangements into their performances that are deeply inspired by swimming and playing in the ancient rivers of traditions while being alive and open to organic innovation. Dr. Juan Tony Guzman, Head of the Jazz Dept. at Luther College writes: “Listening to their performance one can unite space and time across cultures.”
Community Focus
African American, WA, Afro-Latina/e/o/x, Asian / Pacific Islander (API), Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), German, Hispanic, Indigenous, Italian, Latina/e/o/x, Native American, For All, Multicultural
Location
Seattle, WA
The festival began in 2006 after Cyrus Khambatta, Executive Artistic Director for Khambatta Dance attended an Artistic Director Leadership training program with a grant from The Paul G. Allen Foundation and began to realize a long, stirring desire to connect audiences with dance through the festival environment. After a decade in which his own Khambatta Dance was invited to numerous international festivals, each with its own particular take on dance, he found the excitement and fervor with which audiences digested dance works to be a stimulating environment in which to create.
Community Focus
West European, WA, European, German
Location
Wenatchee, WA
Musikkapelle Leavenworth, the Bavarian Village town band, began in 1996 under the direction of Chris Shimer. The band performs at all major Leavenworth festivals and activities in addition to out-of-town appearances. It is typical of town bands of Bavaria.
Community Focus
WA, British
Location
Seattle, WA
Misty City Morris is a women's Cotswold-style Morris side located in Seattle, Washington, USA. The traditions we perform are Thames Valley Fieldtown, Ilmington, and Lake Union. The Lake Union tradition was created by Misty City Morris and our erstwhile foreman, Amy Brewer.
Community Focus
WA, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
Seattle-based artist and teacher Midori Kono Thiel creates traditional Japanese artworks, including Sumi-e, Calligraphy, and textiles. Born in Berkeley, California, she received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from University of California, Berkeley, and pursued a University of California travelling fellowship in Japan.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Asian American, Chinese, Chinese American, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
Leo-Gwin Studios produces one of a kind contemporary paintings, prints, sculpture, and public art.
Community Focus
African, WA, Brazilian
Location
Seattle, WA
Caixa is a musical group based in Seattle. We strive to preserve the classic Afro-Brazilian samba heritage. Our live shows feature sambas, bossa novas, boleros, tangos, Portuguese fados, as well as other European and middle-eastern styles of music.