The A World of Accordions Museum will hold the Dr Willard A Palmer Festival from May 1st to 3rd, 2026 at the Harrington Arts Centre in Superior, Wisconsin, USA, in conjunction with World Accordion Day.

The event will feature a weekend of concerts, workshops, exhibits and more.
See poster for details and ticket information.

What are you doing for the 2026 World Accordion Day (WAD) to promote the accordion in your country? World Accordion Day (WAD) is on May 6th, which is the day the accordion was patented in 1829.

WAD was started in 2009 by the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) and has been very successful, generating a lot of positive publicity for the accordion. A key part of this event is the WAD website.

Every association, group, orchestra, performer and teacher, is asked to actively support WAD by encouraging national and local accordion activities to happen in their country on this day or the weekend either side of WAD if that should be more convenient

Everyone can register their WAD activity on the WAD website and send a report of their event after, for that website.

No event is too big or too small. ALL accordion events celebrating WAD are welcome. This is a CIA promotion for the accordion in which every accordion enthusiast can participate and help bring our accordion world together as well as strongly promote the accordion.