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River Walk

SUnday, Nov 410AM-3:30PM FREE!

Community activities and educational programs. An interactive accordion petting zoo will be set up in the building throughout the day.

10:00 - 10:45 Repair Workshop: what every gigging accordionist should know

11:00 - 11:45 A brief history of the accordion and its many variations

11:45 - 12:15 A beginners crash-course lesson in the accordion petting zoo!

1:00 - 2:30 Screening of feature-length documentary “Accordions Rising” about the re-surging interest in accordion music in the last 30-40 years.

2:30 - 3:30 Social hour wrap-up with an all-inclusive jam session.

@The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old US Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave

With Help FRom

Inaugural Year!

Friday, Nov 28PM - 12AM $15

The festival starts off with an accordion-based dance party

with music by

New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars (KLEZMER)

Bruce Daigrepont (CAJUN)

and

Corey Ledet (ZYDECO)

@Siberia Lounge, 2227 Saint Claude Ave

Saturday, Nov 310:30 - 11:30AM FREE!

@The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old US Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave

Bring comfortable clothing and your own yoga mat to the beautiful second floor galleries of the New Orleans Jazz Museum for a special accordion edition of JAZZ YOGA.

11AM - 6PM FREE!In partnership w/ the French Market and National Park Service, the festival will present free accordion performances on two stages for the public.

@ 934 N Peters St

Dutch Alley Stage French Market Pavillion

11:00 Cameron Dupuy and The Cajun Troubadours

11:20 Accordianistan

12:00 Johnny Sansone12:20 Michael Ward-Bergeman 1:00 G String Orchestra1:20 Läelûme

2:00 Dirty Bourbon River Show2:20 Oddjob

Ensemble 3:00 Captain Squeeze3:20 Blato Zlato

4:00 Greg Schatz4:20 Bart Ramsey & Zazou City 5:00 José Fermin Ceballos

with Merengue-4

2018 PROGRAM

The New Orleans Accordion Festival

7 - 9PM $20The nationally acclaimed jazz accordionist, pianist and arranger Gil Goldstein will perform at the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old US Mint, with legendary New Orleans drummer Johnny Vidacovich.

Advance Tickets at nolajazzmuseum.org@The New Orleans Jazz Museum at the

Old US Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave

Gil Goldsteinhas played with musicians such as Pat Martino, Pat Metheny Billy Cobham, Ray Barretto, Lee Konitz, Jim Hall, and Gil Evans. He has arranged for such musicians as David Sanborn, Bobby McFerrin, Chris Botti, Milton Nascimento, James Moody, Richard Bona, Randy Brecker, Manhattan Transfer, and Al Jarreau.

Johnny VidacovichBorn and raised in New Orleans LA, Vidacovich, is a member of Astral Project and has shared his talents with greats like New Orleans’ “Tan Canary” Johnny Adams, Professor Longhair, and Mose Allison.