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| Vancouver Accordion Events:
- April 19, 8 pm - Rusty Creek, Heritage Grill, 447 Columbia, New Westminster
- April 25, 8 pm - Experimental Waves - A Night of Jazz and Cumbia w. John Gonzalez and more, Index Lounge, 1305 Powell
- April 26, 8 pm - The Bills, St James Hall, 3214 W 10th
- Note new time - May 2, 7.30-9.30 pm Squeezebox
Circle get-together; Spartacus Books, 3378 Findlay (just off Commercial Drive at 18th)
- May 4, 8 pm - Constantinople & Duo Belem, Red Gate Revue Stage, 1601 Johnson, Grandville Island, $25-30
- May 4, 8 pm - Rusty Creek, Eclipse Lounge, Hastings Racetrack, 188 N Renfrew
- May 5, 7.30 - Illiteratty - Notional Space, 1523 E Pender
- May 10, 7 pm - Cover Your Friends w. The Spillionaires and many more - WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac
- May 11, noon-5 pm - Stone Soup Festival w. Katheryn Petersen and more, Brittania Community Centre, 1661 Napier
- May 18, 6 pm - Freak Bike Fandango - party with the Legion of Flying Monkeys, Trillium Park (Malkin & Thornton)
- May 24, 8 pm - Rusty Creek , Junior's Pub & Grill, 1601 Commercial
- May 24, 9.30 pm - Spillionaires EP Release Party, Lanalou's, 362 Powell, $10
- May 26, 7.15-8 pm - BC Polish Festival present Parno Drom - 2253 Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam
- May 30, 8 pm - Rusty Creek, Sylvia Hotel Lounge, 1154 Gilford
- June 9, 1 pm - Squeezebox Circle Orchestra - Park & Tilford Gardens' 50th Anniversary, 333 Brooksbank Ave, North Vancouver
- June 15, 5-10 pm - Polka Time's Second Annual East Van Summer Polka Dance!, St Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church , 550 West 14th Avenue
- June 15, 8 pm - Rusty Creek, Gallery Bistro, 2411 Clarke St Port Moody
- June 16, noon-5 pm - Car Free Day Main Street: look for the accordion stage at Main & 22nd
- June 22, 3 pm - Fundraiser for the Highs and Lows choir, including the Squeezebox Circle Orchestra, Peretz Centre, Ash & 44th
- July 18 - Montreal's Orkestar Kriminal - Lana Lou's, 362 Powell
- July 19-21 - Vancouver Folk Music Festival - accordion-friendly acts include: The Dardanelles, Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers, David Hildago, Illiteratty, Kirchen, Cox and McRae, Le Vent du Nord, Oktopus, Riit, and probably others....
- August 24, 8 pm - Calexico, Vogue Theatre, $44.50
Ongoing events
- Every Tuesday, 7.30-9.30 - Breaking Boundaries Experimental Quartet - La Mezcaleria, 68 E Cordova St
- Every Wednesday, 10-11pm - Accordion
Noir radio show CFRO 100.5
FM or anytime at http://accordionnoir.org
- Second Thursday of every month - Black Bear Rebel Ceilidh Band - Black Bear Pub, 1177 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver.
- Third Thursday of every month - Balkan dance party - "Balkan Shmalkan
headlines a night of wedding and funeral music from Balkan and Klezmer
traditions. This music is largely festive, upbeat dance music,
vibrantly performed on brass, reed and percussion instruments with
vocals in a variety of languages. Each month also features a set by
different Balkan or Kelzmer guest band. Bring your dancing shoes and be
prepared to go all night." - WISE Hall & Lounge, 1882 Adanac (at
Victoria).
- Roma Swing Ensemble
- Thursdays, 7-10 pm: East is
East, 4413 Main Street: Saturdays
(7-10pm)
&
Sundays, (7:30-10 pm) East is East, 3239 West Broadway
- Every Friday, 6-8 pm - Breaking Boundaries Quartet, La Taqueria, 586 Hornby St.
- Every
Friday:
7:30 to 10:30- Alpine
music accordion get together- Austria
Vancouver Club, 5851 Westminster Highway, Richmond- all welcome!
- Every second Friday evening - 'International music' on
accordion + guitar by our friend Rick W. - Jagerhof Alpine Restaurant,
71 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver - Call restaurant to confirm dates - (604) 980-4316
- Every second Saturday of the month - Nuvo Zydeco - The Cheese Inn, 4585 Dunbar, 604-620-1951
- Every Sunday, 7-10 pm: Gary Comeau & Cannery Row, Ouisi Bistro, 3014 Granville
- First
Thursday
of every month, 7.30-9.30 pm pm - Squeezebox
Circle get-together; Spartacus Books, 3378 Findlay (just off Commercial Drive at 18th)
- First Sunday
of
every month, 2 pm - Victoria
Accordion Club -
Victoria
Edelweiss Club, 108 Niagara Street
Accordion-friendly
festivals
(in BC):
Accordion-friendly
festivals
(everywhere else):
- The Big Squeeze - Texas folklife accordion contest (various locations in Texas - February through March)
- National Accordion
Convention (Richardson, Texas - March 7-9, 2019)
- Tejano Conunto Festival (San Antonio, Texas - May 15-19, 2019)
- Leavenworth Accordion
Festival (Leavenworth,
Washington
State - June 20-23, 2019)
- AAA Festival (American Accordionists' Association: King of Prussia, PA July 17-19, 2019)
- ATG Festival (Accordionists & Teachers Guild:Denver - July 24-27, 2019)
- Cotati Accordion
Festival (Cotati, California - August 17-18, 2019)
- Carrefour mondial de l'accordéon - Montmagny, Quebec (Aug-September)
- Deep Squeeze - Port Townsend, WA (early September)
- Castelfidardo Music Festival - Castelfidardo, Italay (early September)
- Festival
d'Accordeon
Le
Grand
Soufflet (Rennes, département d'Ille-et-Vilaine, France - October)
- Las Vegas International Accordion Convention (October)
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