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Community Focus
Location
Community Focus
WA, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)
Location
Seattle, WA
Community Focus
WA, Irish
Location
Olympia, WA
The Irish Cultural Society of the Pacific Northwest was founded in 2014 as a Washington State nonprofit corporation and took over running the Sean-nós Northwest Festival. We are a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The Sean-nós Northwest Traditional Irish Weekend celebrates and promotes three aspects of traditional Irish culture: sean-nós singing, sean-nós dancing, and the Irish language.
Community Focus
South European, East European, WA, Bulgarian, European, Macedonian, Serbian
Location
Woodinvile, WA
Orkestar RTW is a five-piece band based in Seattle, Washington that began in 1987 as the house band for the Radost Folk Ensemble. Orkestar RTW primarily plays traditional dance and folk music from the countries of Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Serbia.
Community Focus
South Asian, WA, Asian, Indian
Location
Shoreline, WA
The Leela Kathak Dancers are a group of young dancers from Seattle, Washington, who would like to share with you the joy of dancing Kathak with you. Kathak is a classical dance of North India that combines beautiful movement, spectacular cross rhythms, story-telling and expression. The Leela Kathak Dancers are the students of Urmila Nagar who is the leading dancer of Jaipur style Kathak and the senior-most professor of dance at India's national institution for Kathak: the Kathak Kendra in New Delhi.
Community Focus
North European, WA, European, Scottish
Location
Spokane, WA
We are a non-profit, non-sectarian organization open to all, without bias to race, color or gender, to anyone of Scottish descent, or any other person who has a strong interest in Scottish heritage or culture.

The Spokane Highland Games Association supports itself through a yearly funds raising event, the Spokane Scottish Highland Games, and through individual and corporate sponsorship contributions.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
Delivering Literature, Music and Songwriting to the Seattle community while building the next genera
Community Focus
WA, Mexican
Location
Seattle, WA
Since 1990, the oaxaqueño artist Fulgencio Lazo Amaya and Seattle saxophonist Bill 'Memo' Clifford have collaborated with artists, friends, and family to bring the culture and celebrations of Oaxaca, Mexico to Seattle, Washington.
Community Focus
African, West African, WA, Ghanaian
Location
Seattle, WA
We are a group of artists and educators with a common goal, to study, share and perform West African culture to support healthy perspectives of life. Ocheami means linguist, the representative who speaks on behalf of the chief in the Ga Language of Ghana, West Africa. Ocheami are "performers speaking on behalf of West African people through drumming, dance, song and storytelling."
Community Focus
WA, Multicultural
Location
Seattle, WA
King Khazm has been a formative force in the Seattle Hip Hop scene for years, and his momentum as an artist, activist, educator, promoter and community leader has only grown since he co-founded MAD Krew in 1995, a Hip Hop crew that quickly evolved into an influential multimedia production company.
Community Focus
WA, Alaska Native, American (US)
Location
Seattle, WA
Funk/Jazz/Experimental interpretations of Alaskan Native living traditional culture with spoken word, storytelling, and beat poetry.
Community Focus
WA, Jewish
Location
Seattle, WA
Carl Shutoff (clarinet in C) and Laurie Andres (accordion) constitute the Kesselgarden Klezmer Duo in Seattle, WA, where we have been playing together for the last 16 years. Our name comes from the way Yiddish-speaking Jews pronounced "Castle Garden", the facility on the southern tip of Manhattan where Jewish immigrants entered this country prior to the opening of Ellis Island in 1892.
Community Focus
African, WA, Caribbean, Cuban
Location
Seattle, WA
Sonando was founded in 1990 by Fred Hoadley and Lary Barilleau to explore new directions in the blending of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Jazz
Community Focus
WA, Jewish
Location
Seattle, WA
Shawn's Kugel was formed in the 1997 and has performed all over the NorthWest in festivals and simcha's. We are considered the premier Jewish band in the Northwest.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Kent, WA
Community Focus
North European, WA, British, European
Location
Seattle, WA
Group for PSWA Members & Fans to learn about news and events within Puget Sound, Washington, the Pacific NW and Beyond - related to all things WELSH!
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
For both singers and listeners, the Seattle Peace Chorus provides a unique choral experience. Our commitment to peace and social justice creates a special bond among members and with our audience.
Community Focus
South Asian, WA, Asian, Indian
Location
Seattle, WA
Brishchik is a non-profit organization. It is the oldest Bengali Drama Club of the Greater Seatle Area,operating for almost two decades now. It also publishes literary work at its FB page. See contact page.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
A loud, hard hitting, fast and furious Seattle taiko drumming ensemble group.
Community Focus
South Asian, WA, Asian, Indian
Location
Bellevue, WA
Seattle Tamil Arts of Rhythm (STAR) is a Seattle-based Tamil traditional performance arts troupe which was started in 2015. It is a Washington state registered nonprofit organization. STAR vision is to bring all the Tamil traditional performing arts to USA and to introduce to the next generations.
Community Focus
WA, Arab
Location
Seattle, WA
Popular traditional Arab music