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Squeezebox Circle: Calendar, Event, & Festivals

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Monthly Squeezebox Circle get-together - the next session will be Tuesday Oct 11, 7-9 pm (Pacific Time) - Spartacus Books, 1983 Commercial Drive (new location!)

Oct 2021 Circle streamed as part of the 2021 Virtual Accordion Noir Festival

Vancouver Accordion Events

Sept 17 thru Oct 3: Rheinlander Oompah Pah band - Parallel 49 Brewery, 1950 Triumph Street
Sept 28, 8 pm: Nuvo Zydeco - Princeton Pub, 1901 Powell Street
Oct 1, 7.30 pm: The Mavericks + Los Lobos - Queen Elizabeth Theatre, $60
Oct 2, 8 pm: Irish traditional superstar Sharon Shannon - St James Hall (Mel Lehan Hall) - 3214 W 10th
Oct 5, 5 pm: Sharon Shannon - Donnellan's Irish Pub, 1082 Granville, $35
Oct 11, 7-9 pm: Vancouver Squeezebox Circle, Spartacus Books 1983 Commercial Drive (new location) - masks required, donations requested
Oct 30, 9 pm: Walnut Collective featuring Jack Garton, Osita, 1728 Commercian Drive
Nov 4, 8 pm: Rogue Folk presents Scots supergroup Talisk - St James Hall (Mel Lehan Hall) - 3214 W 10th

Accordion-friendly festivals (in BC):

Chutzpah Festival - Vancouver (February-March)
Festival du Bois (Maillardville/Coquitlam - live Apr 1-3 2022)
Celtic Fest Vancouver (virtual fest March 11-20 2021)
Powell River Accordion Festival - May 6-7 2022
Midsummer Music Festival (Smithers/Bulkley Valley - early July)
Enderby Accordion Get-Together (Enderby BC July 11-14, 2022)
Vancouver Island Music Festival - July , 2019)
Vancouver Folk Music Festival (July 14-16, 2022)
Mission Folk Music Festival (July)
ArtsWells (Wells, in Northern BC- Aug)
Chemainus Accordion Festival (Chemainus, Vancouver Island - Aug 13 2022)
Princeton Traditional Music Festival (August)
Accordion Noir Festival - Vancouver (September)
World Accordion & Tango Festival (Victoria & Vancouver)

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)
Portland Klezmer Festival (April 29- May 1, 2022)
Tejano Conunto Festival (San Antonio, Texas - May 15-19, 2019)
Maine Fiddle Camp (June & August, Maine)
Leavenworth Accordion Festival (Leavenworth, Washington State - June 16-19, 2022
Accordion Art Festival (Roseto degli Abruzzi (TE, Italy)), June 19-21, 2020
AAA Festival (American Accordionists' Association: King of Prussia, PA - cancelled for 2020)
ATG Festival (Accordionists & Teachers Guild:Denver - cancelled for 2020)
Fēte de l'accordeon (Luzy, France - Aug 13-15 2022)
Cotati Accordion Festival (Cotati, California - Aug 20-21 2022)
Souches Camp/Camp des Souches a Oreilles (Kamouraska, Quebec, late August, Quebec)
KlezKanada Klezmer Festival (Laurentiens, near Montreal, late August
Carrefour mondial de l'accordéon - Montmagny, Quebec (Aug-September)
Deep Squeeze - Port Townsend, WA (early September)
Castelfidardo Music Festival - Castelfidardo, Italay (early September)
Festival della Fisarmonica (Sept 11, 2021, Prato (Tuscany) Italy)
Festival d'Accordeon Le Grand Soufflet (Rennes, département d'Ille-et-Vilaine, France - October)
Las Vegas International Accordion Convention (October)
International Accordion Days (October 29-31, 2020 - Prague)
Trophee Mondiale - this year, online: Nov 16-29, 2020
V. Danubia Talents - accordion and more (Nov 27-Dec 4 - Budapest)