August 18 - 19, 2018 (Saturday – Sunday)
The Cotati Accordion Festival
La Plaza Park
60 West Cotati Ave.
Cotati, CA 94931
The Cotati Accordion Festival is a nonprofit,
multi-generational, multi-cultural accordion festival featuring over 40
accordion bands and soloists; The Polka Tent; The Jam Tent; The Zydeco Dance
Party; The Student Stage; the alternative music Apocalypse Stage; 70 vendors;
food, beer and wine.
The Cotati Accordion Festival is a non-stop multicultural
extravaganza of accordion music, polka dancing, food, drink and crafts. Bring
your accordion to play in the Lady of Spain-a-Ring! The venue is open air under
the oak trees of the central Cotati plaza. If you plan to stay for the whole
day, bring your own comfortable folding lawn chair. You may have to find parking
on the street several blocks away, because annual attendance reaches 2,000 -
3,000 a day.
Whether you love 'em or hate 'em, there are plenty of
those darn accordions at the festival. At the Cotati Accordion Festival the
sound stage features a cast of rotating acts who play 45 minutes sets. Musical
styles range from traditional Tex-Mex to whacky rock-pop-San Francisco-mischief
music. The festival is family friendly wholesome fun!
If you like to dance, there is a separate tent that
features polka music and the likes. There is also an "old timer" tent
complete with washboard base where festivals goers play their favorite tunes in
unison.
Cruise the vendor displays. There are 100's of accordions
for sale, music books, and related merchandise.
This year participants:
Netta Skog (Finland)
Gabe Hall-Rodriguez
Stas Venglevski
Debra Peters
Zydeco Flames
Sourdough Slim
Culann's Hounds with Renée de la Prade
Those Darn Accordions (TDA)
Cory Pesaturo
the Mad Maggies
Accordion Apocalypse Stage
Hernandez Hideaway
Michael Zampiceni
Matthias Matzke (Germany)
The Great Morgani
Two Gypsy Kisses
Future Accordion Stars
Golden State Accordion Band
Steve Balich Jr. Polka Band
Jim Gilman
MotorDude Zydeco
Mark St. Mary
T-Luke and the Tight Suits
Simone Baron
Oddjob Ensemble
The Traveling Spectacular
Thee Hobo Gobbelins
Karla Mi Lugo
Bellow Shakes
Kalei Yamanoha
Passersby
Nathan & Jesse
Junk Parlor
Creosote with Jamie Maschler
The Wild Catahoulas
Tom Torriglia Band
Duckmandu
Cost: $19/day; $29/2-days
