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Accordion Festivals


International Accordion Festival
February 25 to March 26, 2023
Vienna, Austria
http://www.akkordeonfestival.at/

National Accordion Convention
March 15-19, 2023
Hilton - Richardson, Texas
http://accordions.com/naa/
Contact: Norman Seaton, 214-938-5984 or NatlAccordion@sbcglobal.net

Mid Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Festival
Next festival may take place in 2024.
Please see https://www.facebook.com/MidAtlanticMusicTeachersGuild/ for details. 

Tejano Conjunto Festival
May 17-21, 2023
San Antonio, Texas
For more information, see http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org/tejano-conjunto-festival/

National Polka Festival
Memorial Day Weekend (May 26-28, 2023)
Ennis, Texas
For more information, see www.nationalpolkafestival.com

National Button Accordion Festival
Memorial Day Weekend (May 26-28, 2023)
The Apollo Maennerchor German Club 
291 South Dock Street 
Sharon, Pennsylvania
See: https://www.nationalbuttonaccordionfestival.com/​

​Django in June
June 12-18, 2023
Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
Django in June is New England's premiere occasion to celebrate, study and just plain enjoy the musical tradition unwittingly launched en France some 75 years ago by Django Reinhardt, now known by many as "Gypsy jazz." Musicians from all over North America attend: last year, there were a handful of accordions, as well as scads of guitars, violins, mandolins and basses. The instruction is top-notch and the evening concerts and jam sessions are fantastic. 
The accordion has a long and interesting association with Gypsy jazz. Django's first gigs as a child-professional were as an accompanist for accordionists playing musette in rough and tumble dance clubs of working-class Paris. 
The Django in June website, www.djangoinjune.com provides leadsheets and MP3's of the tunes that form a basis of the curriculum for the course. 

West Coast Balkan Music & Dance Workshop
June 17-24, 2023
Mendocino Woodlands, California
Folk music & dance of Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia & Turkey
https://eefc.org/balkan-camp/west-coast/​

Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration
June 22-25, 2023
Leavenworth, Wash.
Concerts, Competitors, Jam sessions, Workshops, and More!
For more information see www.accordioncelebration.org or call 206-622-4786.

American Accordionists' Association Festival and Competition
July 12-16, 2023
Marriott Philadelphia West
111 Crawford Avenue
Conshohocken, PA 19428a
www.ameraccord.com
AAA1938@aol.com
 
Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International, Annual Competition and Festival
July 19-23, 2023
Lisle Hyatt Regency 
Lisle, IL
www.accordions.com/atg
 
American Accordionists' Association Master Class and Concert Series
The Tenri Cultural Institute of New York
43A West 13th Street (between 5th and 6th avenues)
New York, NY
Information and reservations: 212-876-0827
www.billschimmel.com

ACCORDIONS NOW! Festival
Co-sponsored by New Hampshire Accordion Association and Accordion Connection LLC
​Every August 
Nashua, New Hampshire
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101304736920-242/NHAA+REVISED+Mission+Statement+11Apr11.pdf
Jam sessions, workshops, concerts, vendor displays, accordion sales, door prizes
FESTIVAL RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION: Call 1-800-328-5227.
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East Coast Balkan Music & Dance Workshop
August 5-12, 2023
Iroquois Springs, Rock Hill, New York
https://eefc.org/balkan-camp/east-coast-balkan-music-dance-workshop/
Folk music & dance of Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia & Turkey

Annual Cotati Accordion Festival
August 19-20, 2023 (Saturday and Sunday)
La Plaza Park, downtown Cotati, Calif.
Festival includes a wide variety of accordionists and bands.
Visit the Web site at www.cotatifest.com

Carrefour Mondial de l'Accordeon
Accordion Festival in Montmagny, Quebec
September 1-3, 2023
Musee de l'Accordeon
301, boulevard Tache est
Montmagny, Quebec G5V 1C5
Phone: (418) 248-7927
Fax: (418) 248-1596
accordeon@montmagny.com
http://accordeonmontmagny.com/?lang=en
 
Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest
September 1-4, 8-9, 2023
Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds 
Berea, Ohio (just outside Cleveland)
A lot of bands. A lot of beer(s).
Information on the website: http://clevelandoktoberfest.com/
 
Coupe Mondiale
October 4-9, 2022
Zofingen, Switzerland
https://www.coupemondiale.ch/​

​Castelfidardo Music Festival
Castelfidardo, Italy
​September 28 - October 2, 2022
See http://www.pifcastelfidardo.it/ 

Las Vegas International Accordion Convention
Las Vegas , Nevada
Info from: Paul Pasquali
2330 South Main Street #15 
Salt Lake City , Utah 84115 
International 1-801-486-1695 
Toll Free: 800- 472-1695 
Fax: 801-596-7315
vegas@accordioninfo.com 
www.AccordionStars.com



Area Venues Featuring Accordionists

Please call ahead to confirm. The only updated information here is from Mike Surratt. 

Mike Surratt Upcoming Dates

Friday March 10 - Holiday Park SC "Free Dance Club Friday" solo performance in Wheaton, MD from 1-3pm.

Friday March 10 - The ECB will be performing once again for another "Friday Night Swing Dance" at the Promenade in Baltimore, MD from 8-11pm. If you have never been to the Promenade you are missing out. Huge dance floor! 

Saturday March 11 - Solo at the Bavarian Brauhaus in Hanover, MD from 6-9pm. Stop by for a drink, dinner and a dance. Last year I was able to perform every 3rd Saturday of the month, but in 2023 a lot of other venues that book the band have returned to their pre-pandemic schedules. So, every now and then I will be at the Brauhaus on different Saturday nights. Mark your calendars. There is room to dance at the Brauhaus.

Friday March 17 - Solo ballroom performance for the Greenspring Ballroom Dance Club in Springfield, VA from 7:30-9:30pm.

Saturday March 18 - The ECB will be performing once again for Dance Club Shenandoah in Front Royal, VA from 7:30-10:30pm.

Thursday March 23 - Schweinhaut SC "Free Thursday Dance" solo performance in Silver Spring, MD from 1-3pm.

Saturday March 25 - The ECB will be performing once again for the New Thurmont Dance Club in Thurmont, MD from 7:30-10:30pm.
 
Saturday April 1 - The ECB will be performing once again at Colvin Run Dance Hall in Great Falls, VA. from 8:30-11pm.

Wednesday April 5 - Mike Surratt Duo (Yours truly and Alan Jones on Sax) will be back at the Leisure World Clubhouse Grill in Silver Spring, MD from 6-8pm. Must be a resident or guest. Have a dinner and dance! 

Monday April 10 - The Continentals Duo (Yours truly and Mark Carson on Drums) will be back at Jimmy's Old Town Tavern in Herndon, VA for another "Dyngus Day" Party from 6-10pm. It was a Rockin' Polka blast last year.

Friday April 14 - Holiday Park SC "Free Dance Club Friday" solo performance in Wheaton, MD from 1-3pm.

Friday April 14 - The ECB will be performing for the Capital Cotillion at Belle Haven CC in Alexandria from 8-11pm.

Saturday April 15 - Solo at the Bavarian Brauhaus in Hanover, MD from 6-9pm. Stop by for a drink, dinner and a dance. 

Thursday April 27 - Schweinhaut SC "Free Thursday Dance" solo performance in Silver Spring, MD from 1-3pm.

As a reminder, all my solo & band public performances will now be listed on my website: www.mikesurratt.com


More info at www.mikesurratt.com.


 
Little Red and the Renegades at Haydee’s Restaurant
Every second Friday of the month at 9 pm
3102 Mount Pleasant St, NW
Washington DC 
(202) 483-9199
A Little Red and the Renegades night is pretty evenly split between the piano stylings of New Orleans and Zydeco of SW Louisiana.
NO COVER!

 
Silvia Eberly at Euro-Bistro
314 Elden Street (Shopping center ) next to Birkenstock
Herndon, Va. 20170
703-481-8158 
www.euro-bistro.com
http://www.facebook.com/euro.bistro
Tuesdays and Fridays 6:30 -9 pm
Call for other dates
 

Sergio Fresco at Cantina Mamma Lucia
Usually third Saturday, 6-9 pm
1350 Dorsey Rd., Rt.176
Hanover, MD 21076 
http://www.mammalucia.com/
Call 410-684-2900 or check Sergio's website, www.accordion2me.com for schedule.
The restaurant is very close to Arundel Mills Mall near BWI.

 
Silvia Eberly at Old Stein Inn
Old Stein Inn
1143 Central Avenue
Edgewater, Maryland
410-798-6807
http://www.oldstein-inn.com/our-story.php
Check out the music calendar at http://www.oldstein-inn.com/events.php


 
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