Are you looking for accordion festivals to attend in 2026? Here is an extensive list of accordion happenings in 2026. To add more events, please email: Ritabelll@aol.com
International Accordion Festival
February 21 to March 15, 2026
Vienna, Austria
http://www.akkordeonfestival.at/
Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes
Winter Congress
March 13-15, 2026
Castelfiardo, Italy
http://www.accordions.com/cia/cia_future.php
Jazz Accordion Festival, Castelfidardo
March 13-15, 2026
https: jazzaccordionfestival.com
National Accordion Convention
March 18-21, 2026
TownePlace Suites by Marriott, Forney, Texas
http://accordions.com/naa/
Contact: Norman Seaton, 214-938-5984 or NatlAccordion@sbcglobal.net
Akkordeonfestival Berlin
May 15-16, 2026
Hotel Estrel, Berlin, Germany
Tejano Conjunto Festival
May 14-17, 2026
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/
South Pacific Accordion Championships and Festival
Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
May 30-31, 2026
https://accordion.co.nz
2026 Australian International Accordion Championships and Festival
June 6-7, 2026
Five Dock RSL, Sydney, Australia
https://www.aata.org.au/
Django in June
June 8-14, 2026
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 27 – July 4, 2026
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 25-28, 2026
Leavenworth, Washington
Concerts, Competitors, Jam sessions, Workshops, and More!
For more information see www.accordioncelebration.org or call 206-622-4786.
Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International, Annual Competition and Festival
July 8-12, 2026
Sheraton Hotel
Salt Lake City, Utah
www.accordions.com/atg
American Accordionists’ Association Festival and Competition
August 13-16, 2026
Marriott Hotel
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
www.ameraccord.com
AAA1938@aol.com
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.
East Coast Balkan Music & Dance Workshop
August 8-15, 2026
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 15-16, 2026 (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 4-6, 2026
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 4-7, 2026 and September 11-12, 2026
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
September 9-13, 2026
See http://www.pifcastelfidardo.it/
