Canada 150 celebration events Come celebrate with us! Happy 150th Birthday Canada! Saturday, July 1 at 10:45 am - BC Provincial Museum stage - downtown Victoria (next to BC Legislature) Free concert **Saturday, July 8 at 2 pm - Sidney bandshell (end of Beacon Avenue by the water). Free concert. You are invited to
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Dick Contino
World famous and legendary accordionist Dick Contino passes away. See memorial article -- click here
Irish concert
Come into our parlour! Sing along with the old favourite Irish tunes. We celebrated St. Patrick's Day a few times during March with performances at various venues around Victoria and Sidney. SHOAL center - 10030 Resthaven Dr, Sidney, BC V8L 3G4
Irv Lang
Irv Lang - April 21, 1928 - Dec 25, 2016 Irv Lang was a founding member of our Victoria Accordion Club in 2002. He recently passed away. This is a copy of the obituary that appeared in the local media. He will be forever cherished within our music
St. Cecilia’s Day at Christchurch Cathedral
VAC Band performs at Christchurch Cathedral - November 19, 2016 Once again, the VAC Band is privileged to perform at Christchurch Cathedral in Victoria in celebration of St. Cecilia's Day. It is a stunningly beautiful building. We have been honoured to perform at this event for the past few years, and
Oktoberfest 2016!!
Oktoberfest 2016! ... what a party! Date: Saturday, October 15, 2016 Where: Victoria Edelweiss Club, 108 Niagara Street, Victoria Yes, we yelled, yodelled, hollered, and enjoyed a lot "bevvies" in tall ice-cold glasses, boots, or whatever large containers we could find ... and mostly danced ourselves silly with polkas, schotisses, waltzes, and rock'n'roll!! Even the limbo,
Victoria Accordion Festival 2017
Victoria International Accordion Festival 2017 The 2017 festival is slated for July 14-16. Details are in development and will provided here once finalized. Please come back. The 2016 festival details follow. ========================== July 26-31, 2016 The 10th annual Victoria Accordion Festival was magical. Great music, accomplished musicians, and satisfied crowds. Accordionists from other Canadian
Accordion’s “fresh face”
The "fresh face" of the accordion The CBC recently produced a documentary on the reviving fortunes of the accordion. This instrument has long been "hidden" in recent decades, but is enjoying a significant resurgence of respect among aficionados in the music world. Well-known rock, ethnic, country and "new wave" bands have
Band performances
Band Performances Here are some samples of past performances of the Victoria Accordion Club band (click on the links) August 2016 - Chemainus Accordion Day. Variety of songs. May 2016 - World Accordion Day. See amazing performance of Phantom of the Opera, sung by Ginny Langham. And see the whole performance of
Oktoberfest Glo Pub
VAC band performs at Glo Pub Oktoberfest in Victoria The Victoria Accordion Club band performed at the always full (!!) Oktoberfest at Glo Pub in Victoria on Friday, October 2, 2015. It's a lively place, especially at Oktoberfest, with lots of action, fun music, lovely frauleins serving beverages, and of course,
Victoria Accordion Festival
Victoria International Accordion Festival July 12 - 19, 2015 The 9th Victoria International Accordion Festival was terrific! Many skilled musicians from around the world entertained and competed in the festival. There were concerts, competitions, workshops and free public concerts which were well attended. See the poster below for details. The Victoria Accordion Club band performed
VAC at Leavenworth festival
Victoria Accordion Club performs at Leavenworth Accordion Festival, Washington A lot of great music, bratwurst, and cool beverages -- the highlights of the Leavenworth Accordion Festival June 18-21. What a treat! The Victoria Accordion Club Band performed twice at the festival, and to a very appreciative audience both times. The VAC band
Django & Jazz – May 15, 2015
3rd ANNUAL WEST COAST DJANGO & JAZZ featuring Cory Pesaturo, World Accordion Champion, and Victoria's Quinn Bachand, jazz guitar extraordinaire! Friday, May 15th What an evening of world-class gypsy jazz & jazz music featuring Juno Award winning guitarist Oliver Gannon, World Champion in Digital, Acoustic and Jazz Accordion Cory Pesaturo, Canada's multi-instrumentalist wunderkind Quinn Bachand and his sizzling
World Accordion Day
World Accordion Day - May 6, 2016 World Accordion Day is celebrated on May 6th each year in recognition of this unique instrument, and those who enjoy playing and listening to the music it produces. The Victoria Accordion Club and other musicians celebrated with a special concert. An enthusiastic audience enjoyed performances
Boomer’s Bash!!
All you boomers out there … you dug out your flared poodle skirts, and guys slicked your hair into your ducktail, and the leather jackets came out and what a time we had !! It was a 50s-60s dance party!!! We had great 60s music, and the good times rolled! It was Saturday, July 19,
Great music at club meetings
Great music at jam sessions after the meeting and band practice Our last few meetings, always on the first Sunday of each month, have been terrific. Some great music from our members, and even from some young players who are students of well-known classical accordionist, Jelena Milojevic. What a treat to
Oktoberfest celebrations
Oktoberfest - October 19, 2013 See latest post -- Oktoberfest 2013 is done! A great time! Scenes from past Oktoberfests by the Victoria Accordion Club:
Coupe Mondiale a success
Coupe Mondiale completed and a huge success The Victoria Accordion Club (VAC) participated in Coupe Mondiale, a major international accordion festival often referred to as the "olympics" of accordion festivals around the world. This world festival is held each year in a major city around the world, and in 2013 was