National Button Accordion Festival in Bessemer, PA
United States National Accordion News article on the National Button Accordion Festival
byline Ron Pivovar
The National Button Accordion Festival took place in Bessemer, PA, featuring attendees from 15 States, including Alaska as well as many from various areas of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Held in an area of the country rich with descendants of Europe where immigrants brought their accordions with them, even 80 or 100 years later accordion music with an ethnic flare still remains popular.
Even though the festival is named the "Button Accordion" Festival, musicians performed on all kinds of accordions, including piano accordion, concertina as well as chromatic button and bayan.
The Festival is the successor to the Fontana Button Box Jamboree that was held in Fontana, CA for 26 years. Using the same format, attendees provide the music with musicians taking the stage on a rotating schedule.
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