Announcing the Fourth Annual Accordion Noir Festival, Sept 23-25, in Vancouver, BC, Canada!

Fourth Annual Accordion Noir Festival

Sept 23-25, in Vancouver, BC, Canada!

Main stage: this Friday, September 23rd. 

Click to listen to our fab radio announcement

Look, the Geogia Straight wrote a nice article about us.

 

Check out the Mainstage – Starts at 8:00 at

the Waldorf Hotel (1489 E. Hastings):

Maria in the Shower

 

Geoff Berner and Diona Davies

 

 Fang, “accordion shout rock” with Georgia Straight press magnet Barbara Adler!

 

ORKESTAR ŠLIVOVICA

and you!

also appearing:

Magic by Dr. T,

shadow puppets by Mind of a Snail,

DJ sets by Taal Mala and Tarran the Tailor,

Burlesque performances by Loulou D’Vil and Little Miss Risk

AND an 8 pm screening of the crazy accordion film,

Black Cat,White Cat

All for $10.  Can you believe it?  At the Waldorf (1489 E. Hastings).

I believe this will be monstrous, get there early.  Don’t harass the neighbours if you can’t get in.

 

Then Sat Sept 24th:

The Accordion vs. Ukulele grudge match,

Adjudicated by Barbara Adler,

Early show, so be there ready to rumble! from 8-10 pm sharp!

at the Little Mountain Gallery

195 E. 26th Ave

 

Finally, Sun Sept 25th 9-11 pm:

Shutting down the festival with

The Creaking Planks (my radio co-host Rowan’s “Jug Band of the Damned”)

and, all the way from San Francisco, California,

Duckmandu, the one-man Dead Kennedy’s accordion tribute band!

at Cafe Deux Soleils

2096  Commercial Drive

 

Go to Squeezeboxcircle.org for more information.

Thank you for supporting Co-op Radio, and Accordion Noir!

 
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If you’re wondering, here’s the tunes I swiped to make the radio promo at the top there:

* Artist – Song – Album (year) – Where are they from? – Contact info if we’ve got it.
* Geoff Berner – Rabbi Berner Finally Reveals His True Religious Agenda – Victory Party (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada –http://www.geoffberner.com
* Geoff Berner – Wealthy Poet – Victory Party (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.geoffberner.com
* Duckmandu (Aaron Seeman) – Holiday in Cambodia – Fresh Duck for Rotting Accordionists (2005) – San Francisco, California, USA –http://www.duckmandu.com/
* Maria in the Shower – Papa’s Song – The Hidden Sayings of Maria in the Shower (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Visithttp://mariaintheshower.bandcamp.com
* Fang – Walking – Diskopatska (2011) – Vancouver, BC, Canada – http://www.badler.ca/ http://www.dropcards.com/diskopatska/content/index.php

Happy spring-time, and please, support Accordion Noir and Co-op Radio (without whom there wouldn’t be an Accordion Noir), by becoming a member. Go to http://www.AccordionNoir.org or http://www.CoopRadio.org and donate online. We really especially supporters who’ve become “sustaining” donors by arranging to donate a little bit every month. Those add up to a lot of support over the year. We love that most of all.

When you’re able to donate, please do add a comment that, “Accordion Noir sent me!” Then we know who loves squeezing.

Thanks much,

Bruce and Rowan

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Get all your Vancouver Area accordion information at:
http://www.SqueezeboxCircle.org

Vancouver Squeezebox Circle meets the first Thursday of every month at Spartacus Books, 684 E. Hastings. 8-10 PM.

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