Yakima Folklife Association

The Yakima Folklife Festival is held on the second full weekend in July (25 years old in 2007). This festival has craft and food vendors, extensive children’s activities, a mini Medieval Festival (hosted by the Society for Creative Anachronism), a Saturday night Contradance, and music & dance performances on 5 outdoor stages, the museum’s Great Hall stage, and evening concerts at Yakima Sports Center, Bob's Keg & Cork, The Depot, Santiago's, Greystone, Buhrmaster Bakery, The Seasons Performance Hall, and Massett Winery. The festival is held in the Yakima Valley Museum and adjacent Franklin Park and all events are free to the public. There are over 60 performance acts and the audience is around 10,000 (for the entire festival).

To see a preliminary schedule for the 2008 festival, click here. For more information on the festival, including performer application, click here.

The Yakima Folklife Association presents a seven-concert series, from October through April, usually on the first Friday of the month (occasionally on a different Friday, but always on Friday); these concerts are held at the Seasons Performance Hall or in the Great Hall of the Yakima Valley Museum–a truly unique venue which seats 400 max. in a 2-story atrium space, surrounded by museum exhibits. Our concerts have included such performers as Robin & Linda Williams, Kelly Joe Phelps, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Greg Brown.

For a concert schedule, click here.