2025 AAA Festival – USA

June 27th 2025
Rita Davidson Barnea

The 87th American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) festival will be held at the Marriott Philadelphia West in Conshohocken, PA, USA from July 10th to 13th, 2025.

The AAA are delighted to announce their guest artists as follows:
Dallas Vietty Trio (jazz, gypsy jazz, French musette)
Peter Stan (Balkan, Klezmer)
Filipe Hostins (Brazilian, jazz, classical)

Also featured are Board members: Mario Tacca, Don Gerundo, Ray Oreggia, Frank Busso, Jr. and Frank Busso, Sr. Exciting workshops will include “Playing for Oktoberfests”, presented by Dominic Karcic, assisted by Ray Oreggia and Beverly Roberts Curnow.

The AAA is delighted to be featuring a special workshop/presentation called “Meet the Family” where Kevin Friedrich will demonstrate 17 different accordions/free reed instruments from the collection of “A World of Accordions Museum” in Superior, Wisconsin. Kevin will showcase both historical elements as well a some of the oddities of accordion development over the years.

Registration, Tickets, and Payment

2025 AAA Festival Registration Form

Download the Registration Form to register for the festival and to purchase tickets: 2025AAARegistration.pdf 
Payments can be made by sending the form with a check OR online through the AAA’s secure checkout page- AAA Store https://www.ameraccord.com/

Hotel Discount Code, Booking Information

Link for reserving hotel rooms: ameraccord.com/hotel

2025 AAA Competition Categories, Rules and Entry Info
Download: Rules and Required Composition List
Download: Competition Entry Form