A top event, 'accordion' to fans.
MACLAGAN
SQUEEZEBOX
FESTIVAL
Keeping Traditions Alive...
Celebrating 20 years in 2023
Festival Book $40 (includes postage)
About Us
Maclagan and its surrounding district has a population of around 200. The MACLAGAN SQUEEZEBOX FESTIVAL is one of the major community events in our district. Our small rural community comes together on the second Saturday in October each year to play the musical instruments of yesteryear.
Our district has a strong German heritage and the song and dance and musical culture of the early immigrants are now firmly transplanted into this part of regional Queensland. Come visit our district in October and stay for a few days. Join in jam sessions with like-minded musicians at various venues then come together for the impromptu jam session, which goes well into the evening, at the nearby Quinalow Hotel on second Friday evening in October.
On Saturday accordion players from 'all over' come to perform and there are visitors in the audience from every state in Australia. Bus loads of visitors of all ages arrive from all directions on festival day and meet and socialise at the Maclagan Memorial Hall.
From 9 am to 4 pm you can hop on stage to showcase your talents or just sit and listen to others performing.
For the past 18 years, visitors from far and wide took to the floor to dance and waltzed the night away to accordion music.
On Sunday many players join us for breakfast before disembarking in various directions towards their hometowns around Queensland or interstate.
We would love to see you at our festival. Contact us if you would like to play your free-reed instrument for us.
Saturday 14 OCTOBER 2023