24-05-2025
National accordion festival coming to Sharon this weekend
SHARON, Pa. (WKBN) — Sharon's 155-year-old Apollo Maennerchor Club will host the National Button Accordion Festival this weekend.
The festival was held in California for 26 years, and for the past 17, it's been held in Sharon. Organizers expect 40 accordion players to attend, coming from Florida, Virginia, Alaska, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Greenville's Ron Pivovar was in the club's festhalle Friday afternoon, demonstrating the style of music that will be heard.
'We don't hire bands. We provide backup musicians, and so if you come in and you say you want to play on the mainstage, we put your name up on that sideboard there, and you can play any kind of music you want,' Pivovar.
The festival runs from noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. At 9 p.m. on Sunday, the festival will end with the Grand Jam, where players gather in a circle and play whatever song is called out.
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