Accordions Around the World
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.
Find accordionists at each of the event's five stations
Station 1: Guillermo Vaisman with Alejandro de los Reyes, Chamamé: Coastal Argentine folk music
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
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
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