The International Accordion Festival Reedblocks IX will be hosted for the first time at the Refugee Museum, in the Cultural Neighborhood of Sykies, Thessaloniki, Greece from November 27th to 29th, 2026.

The ninth Reedblocks festival features three days of accordion concerts, workshops, seminars and an accordion exhibition.

With the theme “Bellows in the Balkans”, accordionists Panagiotis Andreoglou, Branko Džinović and Nedko Bogdanov musically connect Thessaloniki, Belgrade and Plovdiv.

The three artists highlight the different expressive possibilities of the accordion, through a repertoire that meets electronic sound, contemporary compositions, baroque, tango and Balkan folk tradition.

Festival schedule:

November 27th at 5pm: Exhibition Opening of the exhibition of musical instruments by Panagiotis Zafeiriou. The exhibition will be open throughout the Festival at the Refugee Museum.
November 27th at 9pm: Nexus — accordion recital – Scarlatti and contemporary music for accordion and electronics by Panagiotis Andreoglou (accordion)

November 28th at 11am: Workshop: From the bandoneon to the accordion to the tango. Instructor: Branko Džinović, bandoneon/accordion
November 28th at 3pm: Workshop: The digital accordion: Panagiotis Zachos
November 28th at 4.30pm: Seminar: Introduction to Bulgarian Folk Music. Speakers:
Nedko Bogdanov, accordion and Nedyalko Nedyalkov, kaval
November 28th at 9pm: Steelworks — chamber music concert with accordionist Branko Džinović and Aleksandar Latković on cello.

November 29th at 10.30am: Educational Activity: Accordion Orchestral Ensembles: teaching practice, repertoire and perspectives
November 29th at 8.30pm: Educational workshop concert
November 29th at 9pm: Bulgarian Jukebox — Balkan folk music and Latin discs

For further information email: reedblocks.festival@gmail.com