2025 Northwest Folklife Festival

2025 Northwest Folklife Festival. We're excited to announce this year's 2025 cultural focus, ikigai! Our team put together a complete 2025 seattle events calendar for your convenience.

It’s that time of year again when we’re looking for musicians, storytellers, dancers, makers, fashion designers, workshop instructors, and more for the 2025. Since 1972, the northwest folklife festival has gathered upwards of 250,000 participants at seattle center during memorial day weekend.