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Northwest Folklife Festival
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Category: Local Flavor [Edit]
Neighborhood: Queen Anne305 Harrison St
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 684-7300
- Good for Kids:
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10 reviews for Northwest Folklife Festival
This place is the essence of Seattle. I find it hilarious that people are smoking weed right in front of the cops and they don't do anything about it.
I'm obsessed with the food here! I had Tibetan food...chicken curry with momos...SO good! I love trying out all of the random ethnic foods. I always leave wishing that I had an empty stomach so I could keep eating.
The bf and I did some therapeutic mosaic tile art which was OH so fun! Sure, we were there with the little kids...but it was a blast!
Oh, and the funnel cake? OMG OMG, amazing. I need how to learn how to make that at home.
I LOVE FOLKLIFE!
Not for the people, not for the entertainment, but for the foooood....
In particular, a booth called Horn of Africa. They're from Portland and serve delicious sambusas, spicy chicken, and other stuff I can't remember how to spell.
Also, Warthog BBQ from Fife is good too.
Next time, I need to arm myself with tupperware containers so I can hoard the deliciousness for winter. Maybe next year...
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I love Seattle's folklife festival!
Lots and lots of good memories at festivals in Seattle. Yes, it's crowded and you will most likely have to pay $8-12 for parking. Yes, there are families and people EVERYWHERE! Yes, it's loud. Yes, a lot of the arts and crafts are overpriced, but....
There are a ton of creative booths with handmade things you won't find anywhere else. It's fun just to walk around and look. There are lots of different food booths ranging from strawberry shortcake and "shiskaberries" (chocolate-covered fruit) to Thai, African, BBQ, seafood, Chinese, and lots more! Of course it's not the quality you'd get at a restaurant, but it's fair food!
It's a fun way to spend an afternoon with friends on a beautiful sunny day in Seattle. You have my vote, folklife! :)
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Same crap different year.
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Its the same sh1t every single year- same booths filled with candles, pipes, bad hippy clothing, and obnoxious bags that the crusty white people love to tote their stuff fin because Tibetan virgins in the Himalayas made it with the pubic hair of humming birds and spider monkeys. I go with my friends for the food, go to the fountain, and just kick it in the sun, but considering I'll be working there three out of the four days, im not going to be in the best mood for it.
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I absolutely LOVE Folklife. Actually, I'm just a culture vulture who loves seeing a hustling crowd with no place to go. I love practically free entertainment since Bumbershoot is now so insanely high. This past season of Folklife was better than I remember any of the others being. There were more booths, more acts, more people... about the same amount and choice in food... and the sunshine was absolutely GORGEOUS on this particular day in the midst of some crazy cold front we were having.
If you don't like crowds, don't bother. If you don't like people, don't bother. If you don't like throwing away the extra-greasy curly fries at the bottom of the plate and watching some penniless hippie come and snatch them up from the garbage can (believe it, it happened to me!), then don't bother.
We had no problem finding parking, as the opera house was selling all-day spots to carpools of three or more for only five dollars! That's the key people, CARPOOL. I think that's what they were trying to encourage people to do. And please don't leave your dogs locked in your car if you plan on being gone for more than an hour on a hot day.
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I love Folklife! Every year I have so much fun just wandering around checking out the vendors and people watching.
I love that it attracts people of a wide variety of lifestyles and ages.
The only thing I generally avoid is the food. I've had good experiences with the gyros, but for the most part it seems like it's just sad overpriced versions of what the restaurants normally serve. I usually prefer to get something at one of the sit-down restaurants within walking distance.
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People watching = three stars. The myriad of subjects is amazing. From blooming emo love to geriatric gyration, it is all present and accounted for and I love it.
Tapping into my inner hippie chic = one star (if you tell anybody else, I will deny it and sic the Manson family on you).
The asshole who parked his car outside my apartment and set the alarm to "blare loudly if a soft breeze kicks up" = ZERO STARS. Everyone on the block got to listen to that shit all day. You are lucky that POS was still in one piece when you got back to it. Remember that shit next year.
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free music all kinds 4 fiull days
whay can you no tlike?
its from my hippie days
I have volunteered 18 years, worked part time 5 years. Never formally performed.. that'as next.
I love it. Its run by volunteers and it is a deal and a true free festival a gift of heart from many.
Folklife is crazy. There are a lot of cool booths and less-known acts here... Come on down (parking is a pain...) It's worthit. Access will be better if it's raining or late. Parking on a nice day is crazy.... Get a pal to drop you off. One year, I became a temporary cult leader here (known as "the Cap'n"), I had a drugged-out crew of crazies that somehow congregated and declared me their weirdo primitive pirate god... They pushed me around in a wheelchair and did everything I said. It was pretty funny. This year, some people accidentally got shot.... Lesson: Don't hang around near fights in the city. Nobody got killed, big deal. The food was expensive (Normal for festivals), it was crowded, etc. The drum circle is the most silliest thing ever. I am only 1/4 caucasian genetically, but 'cuz of this climate, I look pretty much whitey-white. The drum circle makes me ashamed of all of white Seattle (even more than usual...) Oh, sad white bongo drummers. Get a clue. You have NO RHYTHM!!! GIVE IT UP!!! And you guys dancing around in the middle like some spun-out deadhead honky tribe, WTF? There are too many embarassing people here, and Folklife brings them out it all their freaky finery. Oh happy daze!
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