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Our hall has strict capacity limits. We occasionally need to limit entry due to high attendance.

Schedule of bands and callers:

• May 3 - Hot Cider features young super-talented siblings Evan & Elise Snoey on fiddles, mandolin, guitar & piano, rock-solid pal RuthMabel Boytz on bass, and mama's-got-rhythm Kelly Morgan on guitar. William Watson calls.

Please note: The PNA has the upper parking lot closed for a major fund-raising event. The lower parking lot will be more crowded. Park neatly so that no one blocks anyone else.

• May 10 - Northern Contraband: Steve Blum-Anderson, fiddle; Mark Danielson, concertina and penny whistle; Greg Sherman, bass (and/or bass ukelele); Michael Hobart, guitar. Elinor Preston calls.

Please note: Phinney-Greenwood neighborhood hosts the BIG Art Walk this evening. Plan on closed streets, traffic congestion, and high volumes of pedestrian traffic. Some details here.

• May 17 - Mac's Quackers: The great Bob McQuillen (piano) and his band of merry makers will delight us this week. Frank Blade on fiddle, W.B. Reid on guitar. Bob has written a thousand tunes (no exaggeration - really), and we will hear some of them. Jay Finkelstein calls.
• May 24 - No dance here. It's that time of the year where we take the night off and dance to our heart's content at

  Northwest Folklife Festival

• May 31 - Wergleyburg: Terry Wergeland - piano, accordion, Dave Bartley - guitar, mandolin, etc., and Claude Ginsburg - fiddle. Susan Petrick calls.
• June 7 - Brandon Vance – fiddle, Mark Minkler – guitar, piano, Michael Connolly – upright bass. Brandon is a two-time Scottish fiddling champion. Mark is a jazz pianist who brings some additional life to the music.   Check out some music by Brandon and Mark at their website. Amy Wimmer calls.
• June 14 - RiffRaff: Lindon Toney - fiddle, Evo Toney - fiddle, Jesse Partridge - fiddle, and Jim Erlandson - mandolin. Caller TBD.
• June 21 - Eva Reich - fiddle and Scotty Leach - piano. Tony Mates calls.
• June 28 - The Fixations - Cathie Whitesides - fiddle, Sandy Bradley - guitar, and Laurie Andres - accordion. Linnaea Chapman calls.
• July 5 - JDBM: Jessica Ritts - flute, Dale Hailey - percussion, Bruce Larson - piano, Matti Mero - mandolin. Tom Wimmer calls.
• July 12 - La Famille Legér: Devon Legér - fiddle, Louis Legér - accordion, Barbara Legér - guitar, Dejah Legér - piano. Caller TBD.
• July 19 - The Quarks: Betsy Branch - fiddle, Terry Wergeland - piano, and Bill Tomczak - clarinet. Get ready for some rootin' tootin', rip roarin' fantastic music and dancing! Marlin Prowell calls.
• July 26 - The Contra Rebels - Todd Clewell & Barb Schmid - fiddles, Henry Koretzky - guitar. Matti Mero calls.
• August 2 - Susan Burke - fiddle, Sandy Bradley - guitar, Joe Micheals - bass. Caller TBD.
• August 9 - RetroSpectacles: Josie Toney - fiddle, Andrew Foster - fiddle, Scotty Leach - piano. Caller TBD.
• August 16 - Notatious: Vivian Williams - fiddle, Bonnie Zahnow - fiddle, Phil Williams - guitar and mandolin, and W. B. Reid - guitar, banjo-guitar, fiddle. Caller TBD.
• August 23 - Zollo: Cathie Whitesides - fiddle, Nova Karina Devonie - accordion, and Anita Anderson - piano. Suzanne Girardot calls.
• August 30 - Julie Smolin - fiddle, and Eric Anderson - piano. Caller TBD.
• September 6 - Marni Rachmiel and Friends. Andrea Nettleton calls.
• September 13 - The Electrodes: Joe Bowbeer - electric fiddle, Joe Micheals - guitar, and Marcy Kubbs - piano. Caller TBD.
• September 20 - Spare Parts: Liz Stell - flute, Bill Matthiesen - piano, and Ruthie Dornfeld - fiddle. Caller TBD.
• September 27 - Tinker's Dram: Brid Nowlan - fiddle, Kate O'Laughlin - fiddle, Howard Good - concertina, Jalaine Madura - guitar, and Cheryl Adcock - bass. Caller TBD.