The 7th Annual Accordion Noir Festival takes place in Vancourver, Canada from September 11-14, 2014. Love the Squeezebox? Want to see some awesome shows and support the “One Less Guitar” movement in the process?
Accordion Noir is looking for volunteers to be a part of this year’s festival from Sept 11th – 14th. If you’re keen to help with postering, set up, tear down, door, bar, the community dinner, etc. contact accordionnoirlindy@gmail.com.
Here is the daily schedule:
Thursday Sept 11:Squeezebox Confession,The Fox Cabaret, Doors 8pm, Socalled (Montreal), Pathetic Fallacy (15 piece ensemble lead by Barbara Adler), Lonesome Leash teaser, Dr Jack’s Jackpot of Cabaret Curios and DJ -TBA
Friday Sept 12: Accordion Speakeasy, The Russian Hall, Doors 8pm, Geoff Berner, Lonesome Leash (New Orleans/LA), Orkestar Slivovica with Guest Accordionist -TBA and Dr. Jack’s Jackpot of Cabaret Curios
Saturday Sept 13: Accordion Kitchen Party, The Russian Hall, Doors 2pm, Community Open Mic, Technique Workshop with Ben Meti (Albania/Vancouver), Repair Booth by Melodona (Montreal), Community Dinner by Chef Ianna Yelchinko with performances by Robyn Carrigan (Nova Scotia/Vancouver), youth accordionists -TBA and a teaser from The Plodes.
Saturday Sept 13: Squeezebox Rendezvous, The Russian Hall, Doors 8pm, Wintermitts, The Plodes, Ol’ Crocodile (Montreal), The Creaking Planks and Dr. Jack’s Jackpot of Cabaret Curios
Sunday Sept 14: Free (Reed) Association, co-production with Vancouver New Music at The Orpheum Annex, Doors 7:30pm, Miss Murgatroid (Portland), Sick Boss (6-piece jazz/new music ensemble) with Tyson Naylor on accordion and Dr. Jack’s Jackpot of Cabaret Curios
Some of the workshop/events include:
Melodona, Montreal accordion repair guru, will host a repair consultation booth on Sept. 13 at the Russian Hall. There will also be a technique workshop given by local Albanian accordion expert, Ben Meti.
Saturday evening the party continues at the 2014 Accordion Noir Festival with Ol’ Crocodile (Montreal/France). After years of busking, Ol’ Crocodile has earned the ability to make even the most cynical pedestrian join the party. Their accordion-boasting ‘Folk Sale’ (dirty folk) has made them infamous in Quebec as part of a movement that espouses the right to meet, to dance, to get dirty and to spread inspiration and ideas.
This will be Ol’ Crocodile’s first appearance in Western Canada a party with a deeper cause– uniting two coasts of underground movers and shakers through the powers of accordion revelry.
On Friday night, Vancouver get its first taste of the one man future-rustic orchestra known as Lonesome Leash. Splitting his time between New Orleans and Los Angeles, frontman Walt McClements is quickly earning a following with his mesmerizing stage show, which sees him multi-tasking between sinuous accordion, lush feedback effects, drum loops and brass flourishes.
Additional performers are: Socalled (Montreal), Geoff Berner {Vancouver), Miss Murgatroid {Portland), Wintermitts {Vancouver), Robyn Carigan {Vancouver/Nova Scotia), The Creaking Planks (Vancouver), Pathetic Fallacy {Vancouver}, Sick Boss (Vancouver), Orkestar Slivovica ( Vancouver), The Plodes (Vancouver) plus more.
