Bay Area Concertina Players That's the Bay Area in San Francisco.
Email Daniel Hersh at Describe themselves as: "Not a formal
organization, but more of a mailing
list of all the local players we can
find." Have occasional informal
gatherings.
Center for the Study of CSFRI is "a resource for scholarly
Free Reed Instruments research on all aspects...of all
Graduate Center/CUNY free-reed instruments". The Director
365 Fifth Avenue is Allan Atlas, author of The
New York NY 10016-4309 Wheatstone Concertina in Victorian
Phone (212) 817-8590 England.
Email 
Chiltern Concertina Group Meets once a month at Maulden
Contact Jon McNamara on Church Hall in Bedfordshire on
01279 656664 Sundays. Has 20 or more attendees.
Email 
Concertinas Anonymous Meets once a month at 8pm on Mondays.
The Lewes Arms Also an irregular series of workshops,
Mount Street such as the all day one on 14th October
Lewes 2000 with Andy Turner on playing Anglo
England for dance. Has WWW page at:-
Phone 01273 474389 http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/LAFC/concanon.html
Email 
Concertinas at Witney Witney is in Oxfordshire UK.
Hands On Music Weekends C@W is an intensive weekend
PO Box 1162 course for concertina players
East Oxford D.O. held annually in September with
OX4 4WS tutors of the calibre of John
England Kirkpatrick and Simon Thoumire.
Phone 01865 714778 Has WWW page at:-
http://www.whitecottagewebsites.co.uk/homweekends/concertinas.htm
German Concertina Meeting Since the death of the former organiser
Robert Pich & Juliette Daum the old Beielefeld concertina meetings have
Proitzer Mühle found a new home with Robert and Juliette
D-29465 Schnega and a new time in late March. For both English
Germany and anglo concertinas and with tutors of the
Phone +49-(0)5842-408 calibre of Alistair Anderson and Mary MacNamara
It looks like a great weekend. WWW page at:-
www.concertinas.de.
East Kent Concertina Club A new (spring 2015) concertina group meeting
Blean Village Hall on the second Sunday of each month between 1pm
2 School Lane and 5pm. They say "We welcome all levels of playing".
Blean
Canterbury
CT2 9JA
Email 
Horniman Museum Houses the Wayne Collection and100 London Road has a splendid display devoted
Forest Hill to the development and history
London of the concertina. Also see sec.
SE23 3PQ 12 for details of their online
England resources.
Phone 020 8699 1872 Has WWW page at:-
http://www.horniman.ac.uk International Concertina Has been around since 1953. Association Has an extensive library of 50a Caledon Road music. Excellent newsletter East Ham and Papers of the ICA, an London E6 2HB annual scholarly journal. England Increasingly a truly international Phone 0208 471 7739 outlook with committee members from USA and Holland as well as the UK. Has an excellent WWW page at:- http://www.concertina.org Jubilee Concertinas Describing themselves as "a friendly Eaves Green Community Centre bunch of enthusiastic musicians" they Lower Burgh Way meet twice a month. The first Saturday Eaves Green is a 'slow and steady' session for all Chorley instruments and the second Saturday is PR7 3QE a concertina workshop. Has WWW site at:- Phone 01257 263678 http://jubileeconcertinas.net Kettle Bridge Concertinas Meet once a week. At present (2023) they WI Hall all play English concertina, but other East Farleigh systems are very welcome! They play band Maidstone music and enjoy busking and performing at ME15 0HG local events and music festivals. They offer free tuition and have instruments for hire. WWW site at:- http://kettlebridgeconcertinas.org.uk E-mail
Konzertinanetz South German concertina club that
Jochen Riemer meets twice a year in spring and
Herrengasse 5 autumn, all systems are welcome.
83512 Wasserburg am Inn Their web site has a (German)
Germany mailing list, WWW page at:-
Phone 08071 903314 www.konzertinanetz.de.vu
E-mail 
Noel Hill Irish Concertina An intensive 1 week course in playing
Schools Irish music on the anglo, led by Noel
Various locations in Hill and intended for all skill levels
USA and Ireland from beginner to expert. Runs three or
so times a year in the US and once a year
in Ireland. WWW page at:-
http://www.noelhill.com/nhics.html
North East Concertina Players Restarted having found a new home:
Ceddesfeld Community Centre monthly on the 2nd Sunday 2 - 5 p.m.
Rectory Row at Ceddesfield Community Centre (opp.
Sedgefield parish church), Sedgefield. Basic
TS21 2AE. WWW page at:-
England http://www.daveturner.org.uk/concertina.html
Northeast Squeeze-In A major annual weekend event for all
Bucksteep Manor free-reed players in the States, but
Washington MASS always has a large contingent of
USA concertina players. Reviews I have
For info/tickets contact read make it sound a great weekend.
NESI Usually takes place in late September.
338 North Leverett Road Has WWW page at:-
Leverett MA 01054 http://squeeze-in.org/
USA
Royal Concertinas A regular group meeting at one of my all-time
Royal Hotel favourite pubs. Two meetings a month; one aimed
Main Road at beginners and note reading players, and
Dungworth another for advanced players of all systems and
Sheffield styles. Actual dates can vary so phone Mark first.
S6 6HF
Phone 0114 2851479 (Mark Davies)
England
SqueezEast Concertinas Based in Norfolk (but with members in Suffolk and
Phone 01362 858465 Cambs) who meet once or twice a month in members
E-mail 
homes in the Norwich area. Also host an annual
concertina band day. Much more information on their
WWW page at http://squeezeast.org.uk including a link
to their Facebook page.
West Country Concertinas A flourishing group with 6 workshops per year at
Ruishton near Taunton, a series of workshops at
Sidmouth Festival and other events for beginners,
intermediate and competent players. WWW page
at:- https://thewccp.org/
West Midlands & Welsh Marches First Saturday in the month. 2 to 5pm.
Concertina Group Upstairs in the The Newhampton,
Richard Burton Riches Street, Wolverhampton. Note I've
Phone 0121 706 0804 not had contact with this group for some
time so check before going.
E-mail 
Yorkshire Concertina Players An active club that is "a get-together of
Graham Hefferman concertina players from all over Yorkshire.
16 East Moor Road Every concertina player is welcomed, no matter
Leeds what you play". WWW page at:-
LS8 1AE http://www.yorkshire-concertina-club.org.uk/
England