The 2026 Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration, will be held in Leavenworth, Washington, USA from June 25th to 28th, 2026.

The event features three main festival venues: the Festhalle, Grange Hall, and the Gazebo. The Festhalle will be used for the competition, concerts, and vendor displays in the foyer.The Grange Hall will be used as the education center. It has two floors, the upper floor includes a performance space for all levels of performers, an area for workshops, CD sales, sheet music sales and other vendor displays. The lower level will be used for workshops and free accordion lessons.

The Gazebo is an outdoor performance area for tourists and accordion friends, where accordionists can sign up for 15 minute performance slots.

The festival program will also include a variety of workshops, an accordion parade, some professional accordionists/groups in restaurants during the dinner hour as well as spontaneous jam sessions.

The LIAC pin for 2026, A Collector’s item (pins for past years are available at the Festhalle desk)
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LIAC performers include Lori Beth Brooke, Blaser-Faver Kapelle, Gail Campanella, Bonnie Birch, Jakob Bean, Thomas Tilton, Toby Hanson, and The Northwest Accordionaires.

For further information:
Bonnie Birch – Chairman – bonniebirch@msn.com
Eileen and Rick Webber – Vice Co-Chair/Mailings/Pins/Tickets – Rick.EileenW@Comcast.Net
Doris Osgood – Communication; gazebo; NWAS magazine – dorisosgood@frontier.com
Kathleen Falco – Publicity/Volunteer Chairman – kathleen.falco@yahoo.com
Steve and Jeannie Berg – Facilities Chairman- berg_sa@yahoo.com
Toby Hanson – Competition Chairman – toby.hanson@comcast.net
Bonnie Birch – LIAC Treasurer – bonniebirch@msn.com
Rod Miller – Parade Chairman – rodmiller55@hotmail.com
Toby Hanson – Festhalle Program Chairman LIAC2025 toby.hanson@comcast.net
Andy Mirkovich – judge; consultant amirkovich@cs.com
Micah Bisson – technology; consultant micah@micahbisson.com