The 2026 Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration in Leavenworth, Washington is scheduled for June 25 – 28, 2026.
The basic overview of LIAC:
There are three main venues for the festival: the Festhalle, Grange Hall, and the Gazebo.
1. The Festhalle will be used for the competition, concerts, and vendor displays in the foyer.
2. The Grange Hall will be used as the education center. It has two floors…the upper floor will have a performance space for all levels of performers; we will offer workshops, CD sales, sheet music sales, other vendor displays. The lower level will be used for workshops and free accordion lessons
3. The Gazebo is a great place to perform outdoors for tourists and accordion friends. We have a sign-up sheet with 15 min. slots where accordionists may perform. In late afternoon on Friday and Saturday, the Gazebo Ensemble will perform. For information on the Gazebo Ensemble, go to Performances/Gazebo Schedule on this website.
In addition, we expect to schedule some professional accordionists/groups in restaurants during the dinner hour. Later in the evening, we look forward to the spontaneous jam sessions that can’t be beat.
LIAC performers include: Lori Beth Brooke, Blaser-Faver Kapelle; Gail Campanella; International Cavalcade: Bonnie Birch-Italian / Jakob Bean-Swiss /
Thomas Tilton-German / Toby Hanson-Scandinavian; The Northwest Accordionaires
There will many other activities including workshops and more!
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
More information in future publications.
