The Accordion Kings and Queens Festival is today in Houston. It's run by Texas Folklife, out of Austin. (See also Miller Outdoor Theatre, the venue.)

The NPR article has the contest thing a little confused -- the finals for "The Big Squeeze" contest for young players are at the Kings and Queens festival, but the festival itself is not just a contest. The Big Squeeze process looks like it goes on for a few months at several venues around Texas every spring, auditioning players. In 2009, Kat posted a note about a documentary that was made about it: The Big Squeeze -Docu Texasfolklife.org.

The Texas Folklife Festival at U.T. San Antonio is next weekend (June 10-11), but that's different.

~ Becky in Long Beach