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Vancouver Accordion Events:- August 18, 8.30 pm - Breaking Boundaries - Cafe Deux Soleils
- August 19, 3 pm - Vines Art Festival presents Son Bohemio - gipsy bohemian music w. Elaine Joe on accordion. Trout Lake Park, free
- August 19, 7 pm - The Wayward Hearts host The Holy Roller Revue - Fox Cabaret
- August 20, 4.30-7.30 - Blues in the City Concert series presents Blues Power with Gary Comeau, Sibel Thrasher, Willie Macalder and more, Fairview Pub, 898 W Broadway $15
- August 22, 7 pm - Squeezebox Circle Orchestra - Jericho Folk Club, Jericho Sailing Centre, 1300 Discovery
- August 31, 8 pm - DAKHABRAKHA – ETHNOCHAOS FROM UKRAINE + Zeelia, Rio Theatre, 1660 East Broadway, $25
- September 5, 7.30 pm: Concert of Traditional Finnish Accordion Music by Antti Paalanen, Scandinavian Community Centre, 6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby
- September 7, 8 pm: Squeezebox
Circle get-together; Spartacus Books - 3378 Findlay (just off Commercial Drive at 18th)
- September 7-10 - 10th Annual Accordion Noir Festival - full schedule!
- September 9, 7.30 pm - Accordion Noir Fest presents Geoff Berner album release Extravanganza with Russia's Iva Nova and Victoria's Button and String, Russian Hall - 600 Campbell
- September 15, 8 pm - Rogue Folk presents The Bills - Rogue Folk Club, 3214 W 10th
- September 17, 2-4 pm - Squeezebox Circle Orchestra - Lighthouse Park, Point Atkinson Light Station, West Vancouver
Ongoing events
- Every Wednesday, 10-11pm - Accordion
Noir radio show CFRO 100.5
FM or anytime at http://accordionnoir.org
- 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
- 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
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 8-11, 2017)
- 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 15-18 2017)
- 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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