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Accordions Around The World

A global journey of music through the squeezebox | Sept 21, 22, 23

On each day of Accordions Around the World, 15 different artists demonstrate the range of an often overlooked instrument. Wander the park and explore different musical stylings, or set up a picnic and enjoy rotating artists!

WHERE
Find accordionists at each of the event's five stations on the lawn and Fountain Terrace.  

2026 schedule
September 21, 22, 23
5pm-7pm

2026 lineup
Session 1: 5pm-5:40pm
  • Station 1: Ben Rosenblum, World-infused jazz
  • Station 2: Gregory Grene, Irish rock
  • Station 3: Anna and Will Holshouser, U.S. folk music (fiddle + accordion duo)
  • Station 4: Sadys Rodrigo Espitia, Colombian cumbia + vallenato
  • Station 5: Annmarie Acosta Williams, Traditional Irish music

Session 2: 5:40pm-6:20pm

  • Station 1: Maestro Tito Castro, Bandoneón: Argentine tango

  • Station 2: Charley Layton, Vaudeville, ragtime, and musette

  • Station 3: Sweetgum, Bluegrass, American folk, and Americana

  • Station 4: Hinterlands, Original folk trance

  • Station 5: Papa Joe De Clemente, Italian-American standards

Session 3: 6:20pm-7pm

  • Station 1: Felipe Hostins, Brazilian music

  • Station 2: Mary Spencer Knapp, Alternative pop

  • Station 3: Adam Hendricks, Rock and roll

  • Station 4: Peter Stan, Balkan music

  • Station 5: Niall O'Leary, Traditional Irish music

Session 1: 5pm-5:40pm
  • Station 1: Alan Morrow, Waltzes + blues
  • Station 2: Miriam's Pickle Factory, Klezmer, Balkan, and Mediterranean tunes
  • Station 3: Sam Gavish, European, Western and Central American music
  • Station 4: Paul Stein, American folk song singalong
  • Station 5: Melissa Elledge, Covers + standards
Session 2: 5:40pm-6:20pm
  • Station 1: Foncho Castellar, Colombian cumbia + vallenato
  • Station 2: Lucas Cypriano, Brazilian music + jazz
  • Station 3: Ali Dineen, 1920s jazz and music from the U.S.-Mexico Orquestras de Cuerdas tradition
  • Station 4: Art Now, International favorites
  • Station 5: Bill Schimmel, Classic rock
Session 3: 6:20pm-7pm
  • Station 1: Julie Winterbottom and the Catahoula Cajun Trio, Cajun music from Louisiana
  • Station 2: T-Klez with Psachaya Septimus and Dena Ressler, Traditional Eastern European Jewish music
  • Station 3: George Sáenz, Tex-Mex conjunto
  • Station 4: John Sherman with Fred Parcells, Cajun, Appalachian, and blues
  • Station 5: Ismail Butera, Music of the Mediterranean
Session 1: 5pm-5:40pm
  • Station 1: Nathan & Jessie, Swinging jazzy folk
  • Station 2: Christina Crowder, Klezmer + Moldovian music
  • Station 3: Sasha Papernik, Original Americana
  • Station 4: Jody Kruskal, Concertina: Old Americana
  • Station 5: Shoko Nagai with Satoshi Takeishi, Silk Road: Music from Japan to the Middle East
Session 2: 5:40pm-6:20pm
  • Station 1: David Hodges, Bandoneón: Argentine tango
  • Station 2: Mattias Kaufmann, Klezmer, Eastern European, and original music
  • Station 3: Nain de Los M-1 Sangre de Reyes, Norteño music from Mexico
  • Station 4: Bob Goldberg, Modern + multicultural music
  • Station 5: Natasha Bergman, French + Italian tunes
Session 3: 6:20pm-7pm
  • Station 1: The Balloonatics, Bread and circus and accordions!
  • Station 2: Eléonore Weill, Klezmer, Occitane, Yiddish, and French music
  • Station 3: Guillermo Vaisman, Chamamé: Coastal Argentine folk music
  • Station 4: Smörgåsbandet, Scandinavian music
  • Station 5: Seagda Coyle, Traditional Irish music

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