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Accordion Festivals


International Accordion Festival
February 22 to March 16, 2025
Vienna, Austria
http://www.akkordeonfestival.at/

Coupe Mondiale
February 28 - March 2, 2025
Plovdiv, BULGARIA
http://www.accordions.com/cia/cia_future.php 

National Accordion Convention
March 13-15, 2025
Hilton Garden Inn - 785 SH 121 - Lewisville, Texas (8 miles north Dallas-Fort Worth Airport)
http://accordions.com/naa/
Contact: Norman Seaton, 214-938-5984 or [email protected]

Mid Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Festival
Not happening in 2025.
See https://www.facebook.com/MidAtlanticMusicTeachersGuild/. 

Tejano Conjunto Festival
May 15-18, 2025
San Antonio, Texas
For more information, see http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org/tejano-conjunto-festival/

National Polka Festival
Memorial Day Weekend
Ennis, Texas
For more information, see www.nationalpolkafestival.com

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

​Django in June
June 9-15, 2025
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 28 - July 5, 2025
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 26-29, 2025
Leavenworth, Washington
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 10-13, 2025
Marriott Hotel
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
www.ameraccord.com 
[email protected]
 
Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International, Annual Competition and Festival
July 16-20, 2025
Sheraton Hotel 
Lisle, Illinois
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 9-16, 2025
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 16-17, 2025 (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
August 29-31, 2025
Musee de l'Accordeon
301, boulevard Tache est
Montmagny, Quebec G5V 1C5
Phone: (418) 248-7927
Fax: (418) 248-1596
[email protected]
http://accordeonmontmagny.com/?lang=en
 
Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest
August 29 - September 1, 2025 and September 5-6, 2025
Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds 
Berea, Ohio (just outside Cleveland)
A lot of bands. A lot of beer(s).
https://www.clevelandoktoberfest.com/stc/index.html  

​Castelfidardo Music Festival
Castelfidardo, Italy
See http://www.pifcastelfidardo.it/ 




Area Venues Featuring Accordionists


Mike Surratt Upcoming Dates

Saturday October 26 - The ECB returns to The New Thurmont Dance Club in Thurmont, MD from 7:30-10:30pm.
 
Saturday November 2 - The ECB will be performing for another dance at Colvin Run in Great Falls, VA from 8:30-11:00pm. Dance class starts at 7:30pm.

Sunday November 3 - Solo Accordion and Keyboard at the Old Stein Inn in Edgewater, MD from 2-6pm. 

Friday November 8 - Holiday Park SC "Free Dance Club Friday" solo performance in Wheaton, MD from 1-3pm. 

Sunday November 10 - The Mike Surratt Trio will perform another "Ballroom Time" dance in the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo, MD from 3:30-6pm.

Saturday November 16 - Solo at the Bavarian Brauhaus in Hanover, MD from 6-9pm. Stop by for a drink, dinner and a dance. No Cover.
 

More info at www.mikesurratt.com.


 
Little Red and the Renegades (Zydeco, Blues, and New Orleans R&B - high energy grooves for dancing)


Passport to the World / Creative Cauldron - Saturday, February 1, 2025 - 7:30 pm
Carnival and Mardi Gras Celebration!
Featuring some of the most talented and diverse musicians in the metro area and beyond, this annual series, now in its 15th year, is one of the most popular events of the Creative Cauldron season. The concert series offers musical styles for every taste: latin, jazz, blues, folk and world music. Presented in a cozy club format that has been described by one of our frequent performers musicians as “one of the best listening venues in the DMV.”
Want to purchase a table(s) with an Ultimate Flex Pass? Contact the Box Office (703) 436-9948
Tier One Seats $30, Tier 2 Seats $25, Table for 2 $90 (includes two glasses of wine), Table for 4 $180 (includes one bottle of wine),
​Live Stream $15
410 South Maple Avenue - Retail 116 - Falls Church, VA 22046 - 703-436-9948 - https://www.creativecauldron.org/passport25.html
Saint Mark Church, Bethesda, MD  - Monday, March 3, 2025
LUNDI GRAS with Little Red & the Renegades! 
An Institute of Musical Traditions Event - Doors 6:30 pm, music 7:30 to 9:30
10701 Old Georgetown Road North Bethesda, Maryland 20852
Info & tickets: https://imtfolk.org/3-3-little-red-and-the-renegades​

https://www.littleredrenegades.com/home


 
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