Toni Jarvis will spend today doing what she has done the last Saturday of every summer month for 70 years: playing the accordion for the fun-loving crowd at the German Park picnics. "It's not a ...

For the past 90 years, on the second Wednesday of October, my small town has hosted Sauerkraut Day. Thousands gather to enjoy an all-you-can-eat German Russian heritage meal of sauerkraut cooked in ...

Fröhliche Musiker Blasorchester is the name of mid-Michigan’s own German Polka Band. The band’s name translates to “happy musicians in a wind band” and features 14 members, including co-founders Sara ...

It’s the final weekend of Wurstfest, the New Braunfels-based annual festival which celebrates German food, beer and, of course, music. The festival began as a single-day event in 1961, an homage to ...

READING, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Kermit Ohlinger could be considered a one-man band with his accordion. He plays a midi accordion that has electronic sensors in it, enabling him to play over 300 sounds ...

Google Doodle celebrated the ‘accordion’ on Thursday, a German musical instrument patented on this day in 1829, referring to it as a folk musician's “main squeeze.” This free-reed instrument with ...