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Vancouver Accordion Events
- May 1-3: qathet (formerly Powell
River) Accordion Festival
- May 1, 8 pm: Balkanaria - Zameen Art House, 1515 Anderson Street, Granville Island, $25-35
- May 2, 8 pm: Caravan World Rhythms and Rogue Folk present Le Vent du Nord, St James Hall,3214 W 10th, $30-35
- May 3, 5.30-8.30 pm: Royal Cajun Band, Princeton Pub, 1901 Powell Street
- May 3, 7-10 pm: Ana Bon-Bon w. Taylor Little & Curtis DeBray - Cambie Hotel Pub, 300 Cambie Street
- May 3, 7 pm: Australia's TangoMundo (w Anthony Shulz on accordion) - Moberley Arts Centre 7646 Prince Edward St Vancouver
- May 4, 8-11 pm: Teapot in the Tuba EP release - WISE Lounge, 1882 Adanac
- May 6, 7-9 pm: Vancouver Squeezebox Circle accordion drop-in and song sharing - Longhouse Church, 2595 Franklin (corner of Penticton), East Vancouver
- May 8, 8 pm: Rogue Folk presentsScottish/Manx Supertrad - Mel Lehan Hall, 3214 W 10th, live and live-streamed
- June 9-14: Klezcadia Festival - w. Geoff Berner and lots more - Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria BC - free: live and live-streamed
- June 12-13: Balkan Shmalkan presents Shfestival - Commercial Drive Legion, Commercial & 6th
- 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 6-9 Enderby Accordion Get-together: Riverside RV Park, Enderby BC
- 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
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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