DATE & TIME:
Saturday, June 13, noon-6 pm
LOCATION:
Seven Hills Park at Davis Square
ADMISSION FEE:
FREE
WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Somerville Squeezebox Slam is a celebration of accordions, button boxes and other free reed instruments that we’ve come to know and love. Accordionists of all sizes, shapes, skill levels and musical genres are invited to stroll around the neighborhoods of Somerville, sharing their melodious sounds, and like pied pipers from an alternative fairy tale, beckon all to come and follow them as they head to Davis Square for a concert of some of New England’s finest squeezebox players. So dust off your grandfather’s squeezebox that’s been sitting in the attic and join us for an afternoon of pumping the bellows!
Presented by the Nave Gallery and the Somerville Arts Council; produced by Michael McLaughlin.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:00-3:00 pm: Accordion Anarchy
Local accordionists: Bring your boxes, band together, or find your own corner and play throughout Davis Square. There are no rules!
3:00 pm: Lady Kielbasia will get the concert rolling with a group play along, “The Big Squeeze.”
3:15 pm: Ralph Tufo and the Squeezebox Stompers
3:45 pm: Sonny Barbato
4:15 pm: Balkan Fields
4:45 pm: Jinta-la-Mvata
