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- June 21, 8 pm - Rusty Creek (Sue Baines on accordion), Heritage Grill, 447 Columbia Street, New West
- June 23, 8 pm - Ana Bon Bon /Dirty Debby /Muddy Goats, Princeton Pub, 1901 Powell
- June 24, 1.30 pm - Vancouver International Jazz Fest presents Andreas Schaerer's A Novel of Anomaly w. Italian accordionist Luciano Biondini - Performance Works, Grandville Island - free
- June 26, 6 pm - The Gram Partisans, Geoff Berner and more - COPE's 50th Anniversary, Vancouver Rowing Club, 450 Stanley Park Drive
- June 26, 7 pm: Illiteratty - Jericho Folk Club, (Jericho Sailing Club upstairs) 1300 Discovery, $10
- June 28, 6 pm: ACCORDION LESSONS: Life Lessons From A Squeezebox w. Jenny Andersen, Havana Theatre, $15-20
- June 30, 4.30-7.30 - Rusty Creek (Sue Baines on accordion) - Fairview Pub
- June 30, 4.30 pm: ACCORDION LESSONS: Life Lessons From A Squeezebox w. Jenny Andersen, Havana Theatre, $15-20
- June 30, 8 pm - album release: Jack Garton + Demon Squadron and more - WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac
- July 5, 8 pm: Squeezebox
Circle get-together; Spartacus Books - 3378 Findlay (just off Commercial Drive at 18th)
- July 7, 7 pm - Illiterraty - house concert in Burnaby, $15
- July 13-15 - Vancouver Folk Music Festival - squeezebox acts include DakhaBrakha (Ukraine), Melingo (Argentina), Les Poules à Colin (Quebec), Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys (Louisiana) and doubtlessly more! Jericho Beach
- July 21, 8 pm - Tribute to the music of Colombia w. Breaking Boundaries and more. Hungarian Hall, 728 Kingsway
- August 11, 8 pm - Caravan World Rhythm presents: Klezmerfest: Oktopus & The Debaucherantes, WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac
- August 11, Chemainus Accordion Festival, Waterwheel Park, Chemainus BC, by donation
- August 26, 11 am - The Gram Partisans - one of many acts at the (Aug 24-26) Wooden Boat Festival
- September 12-16 - Accordion Noir Festival - various locales
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 Adanace (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 Friday evening - 'International music' on
accordion + guitar by our friend Rick W. - Jagerhof Alpine Restaurant,
71 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver
- Every Sunday, 7-10 pm: Gary Comeau & Cannery Row, Ouisi Bistro, 3014 Granville
- First
Thursday
of every month, 8 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)
- Internationales
Akkordeon
Festival
(February-March)
- National Accordion
Convention (Richardson, Texas - March 7-10, 2018)
- American Accordion Musicological Society Weekend of Workshops Festival (April)
- Tejano Conunto Festival (San Antonio, Texas - May 24-28 2017)
- Accordeon Fest in
Zagreb (June)
- Leavenworth Accordion
Festival (Leavenworth,
Washington
State - June 21-24, 2018)
- AAA Festival (American Accordionists' Association: Tarrytown, NY July)
- ATG Festival (Accordionists & Teachers Guild: Lisle, IL (Chicago) - July 19-23, 2017)
- Zomer Accordion Festival (Netherlands, August 5-6, 2017)
- Cotati Accordion
Festival (Cotati, California - August 19-20, 2017)
- Carrefour mondial de l'accordéon - Montmagny, Quebec (September)
- Deep Squeeze - Port Townsend, WA (1-3 September 2017)
- Castelfidardo Music Festival - Castelfidardo, Italay (10-17 September 2017)
- Coupe Mondiale - Osimo, Italy (5-7 September 2017)
- Festival
d'Accordeon
Le
Grand
Soufflet (Rennes, département d'Ille-et-Vilaine, France - October 5-14, 2017)
- Las Vegas International Accordion Convention (October 23, 2017)
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