This year’s annual Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration took place from June 16th to 19th in Leavenworth, Washington. Guest performers included Bonnie Birch, Gary Blair, Caryl Schaffter Dowell, Max Kyllonen, Rod Miller, Jelena Milojevic, Doris Osgood, Eileen Webber and many more.

Amongst the event’s performances and workshops were the Slight Confusion 4tet honoring the memory of jazz accordion great, Frank Marocco, and the premiere of the award-winning movie “Accordions Rising” by Roberta Cantow. See article on Roberta in this publication.

The LIAC includes an accordion competition, with full results at: 2016LIAC.pdf

Sam Thomas, Emmanuel Gasser and Rebecca Bracewell (picture left) enjoyed a number of successes. Group picture below.