Patrick Varine Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 6:01 a.m. | Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 6:01 a.m. Joe Grkman Jr. can recall his father playing the accordion as far back as he can remember. “He’d have a friend come ...

TWO RIVERS – The Two Rivers Community Band will host a concert titled Polka in the Park July 31. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. in Central Park, featuring "The Star-Spangled Banner." Attendees can ...

Hey, Linkin Park and Weezer fans. Give polka a chance. That’s all John Stankovic asks. His band, John Stanky and the Coal Miners, has been a Wyoming Valley mainstay for more than 50 years, but, like ...

La Mesa Oktoberfest is back with three jam-packed days of live music. There’s plenty of traditional tunes to eat bratwurst and pretzels and drink festbier to, including oompah music all weekend at the ...

Pat Barrera hadn’t been out to see her favorite music in a while. But when she sat at a table on a recent Sunday to watch the 55th Annual Chicago Festival of Polka Bands in Orland Park, the bands ...

Stanky and the Coal Miners have performed Irish polkas, Italian polkas, Russian polkas, even rock ‘n’ roll polkas. Add hip-hop to the list of experiments. Stanky and local songwriter/producer Jim ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Polka Fest 2025 is taking place at Otsiningo Park this Sunday, Sept. 28. The live mix of polka, big bands, oldies, waltzes, and classic rock will take place at the band ...

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When 95-year-old Hank Middlestead repeatedly told his family he wanted polka music at his funeral, they decided the much loved Valley City man shouldn't have to miss the party. Hank Middlestead, 95, ...

The sounds of oom-pah music filled the air in downtown Cape Girardeau as Pat Schwent and "The German Hot Seven" polka band entertained the crowd at the first Old Town Cape Oktoberfest. The event, set ...