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Vancouver Accordion Events
- Jan 24, 7.30 - Russia's Trio Voronezh - West Vancouver Library, 1950 Marine Drive - free!
- Jan 31, 8 pm - Rogue Folk presents Beòlach
from Cape Breton - 3214 W 10th
- Jan 31, 8 pm - The Spillionaires and more - The Heatley, 696 East Hastings
- Feb 6,
7.30-9.30 - Squeezebox
Circle monthly get-together - Spartacus Books, 3378
Findlay (near Commercial & 18th)
- Feb 6, 8 pm - Punk/soul/klezmer/jazz from Brooklyn: The World/Inferno Friendship Society with guests the Bridge City Sinners, Vic Ruggiero - The Rickshaw, 254 E Hastings
- Feb 15, 7 pm - Illiteratty at Cranberry Commons - address shared with ticket-buyers (We think it's in Burnaby!)
- Feb 16, 4.30-7.30 - Ana Bon-Bon's Sunday for Sinners, The Princeton, Pub, 1901 Powell
- Feb 24, 8 pm - Rogue Folk Club presents Jayme Stone's Folklife (Moira Smiley on accordion), 3214 W 10th
- Feb 28 - Benefit: East Van Goes EcoSocialist w. Geoff Berner Band and more, WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac
- March 8, 8 pm - Rogue Folk presents Irish accordion superstar Sharon Shannon, Rogue Folk Club 3214 W 10th
- Mar 13 - Nunavaut's The
Jerry Cans, James Cowan Theatre,
Shadbolt Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby
- March 14, 8 pm - Irish Ceili - dance to live traditional music, Victoria Drive Community Hall, 2026 E 43rd
- Mar 21, 7 pm - Parno Drom and guests: Romano Trajo "Gypsy Life" - Burnaby Hall, 7838 Canada Way, Brunaby
- Mar 22, 8 pm - Rogue Folk presents Irish traditional group Altan, Rogue Folk Club 3214 W 10th
- Mar 29, 4.30-7.30 - Ana Bon-Bon's Sunday for Sinners, The Princeton, Pub, 1901 Powell
- Apr 3, 8 pm - Balkan Shmalkan, Carnival Band, Terminal City Brass Band, Red Gate Arts Society, 1965 Main Street
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
- First
Thursday of every month, 7.30-9.30 - Squeezebox Circle monthly
get-together - Spartacus Books, 3378 Findlay (near
Commercial & 18th)
- 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. Each month also features a set by
different Balkan or Kelzmer guest band." - 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)
- Maine
Fiddle Camp (June & August, Maine)
- Leavenworth
Accordion
Festival (Leavenworth,
Washington
State - June 18-20,2020)
- Accordion Art Festival (Roseto degli Abruzzi (TE, Italy)), June 19-21, 2020
- 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)
- 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
d'Accordeon
Le
Grand
Soufflet (Rennes, département d'Ille-et-Vilaine, France -
October)
- Las
Vegas International Accordion Convention
(October)
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