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Vancouver Accordion Events
- June 6, 3 pm: Alison Jenkins (LittleFox) at North Vancouver Arts Trolley Days: Shipyard Square, North Vancouver (foot of Lonsdale)
- June 6, 8 pm: Anthony Schulz joinsAhmed Maher for album release Maktoub: Alliance Francais 6060 Cambie, $35
- June 7, 5.30-8 pm: Ana Bon-Bon hosts Sunday for Sinners - Princeton Pub, 1901 Powell Street
- June 9-14: Klezcadia Festival - w. Geoff Berner and lots more - Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria BC - free: live and live-streamed
- June 11, 5-7 pm: Klezmer by Ear - all instrument workshop led by Klezmatics' Lisa Gutkin - Kitsilano Community Centre, 2690 Larch - by donation ($25 suggested). Pre-register by email: lisa@lisagutkin.com
- June 14, 2 pm: Fundraiser for BC Migrant Workers Centre with The Gram Partisans and others - 411 Seniors Centre, 3502 Fraser Street, $25
- June 12-13: Balkan Shmalkan presents Shfestival - Commercial Drive Legion, Commercial & 6th
- June 13, 4 pm: Joe Abbott's album release party with Jack Garton, The Astoria Hotel, 769 E Hastings
- June 20, 7.30-10.30 pm: Ceilidh featuringThe Rattlebone Band, Cambrian Hall, 215 E 17th St Vancouver
- June 25-28: Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration:Levenworth WA (USA)
- July 1, 7-9 pm: Vancouver Squeezebox Circle accordion drop-in and song sharing - Longhouse Church, 2595 Franklin (corner of Penticton), East Vancouver
- July 4 10 am - 3 pm: Irish traditional tunes workshops
(fiddle workshop in morning, music of county Kerry led by
accordionist Bryan O'Leary starts at 1 pm) Rogue Folk 3214 W
10th;
- July 4, 8 pm: Calum McIlroy (Scotland) & Aidan Connolly & Bryan O'Leary (Ireland) - Rogue Folk 3214 W
10
- July 6-9 Enderby Accordion Get-together: Riverside RV Park, Enderby BC
- July 11, 2.30 pm: The Gram Partisans will be opening for David Rovics - Notional Space: 1523 E Pender
- July 17-19 Vancouver Folk Music Festival - accordion groups include Quebec's La Déferlance and Ukraine's Yagódy - Jericho Beach, Vancouver
- August 23, 2-5 pm: Accordion Noir Festival at MacLean Park rumoured performers include Vancouver Accordion Orchestra and Geoff Berner - corner of Keefer and Heatley
- Aug 15 Chemainus Accordion Day, Chemainus BC
- Aug 28, 8 pm: Rogue Folk presents Cajun/Zydeco/Swamp Pop The Revellers - 3214 W 10th; live and live-streamed
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)
- Portland
Klezmer Festival (April 29- May 1, 2022)
- Dr Willard A Palmer Festival (Superior, Wisconsin - May 5-7, 2023)
- Tejano
Conunto Festival (San Antonio, Texas - May
15-19, 2019)
- Maine
Fiddle Camp (June & August, Maine)
- Leavenworth
Accordion Festival (Leavenworth, Washington
State - June 20-23, 2024
- 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 16-17 2025)
- 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)
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