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 ...

Munich may be an ocean away from Blacksburg, but don't tell that to the director of the traditional German Oompah band, Ed Schwartz. Decked out in traditional German lederhosen (think leather shorts ...

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 was West German National Day at Expo ’74, and it was a “foot-stomping, hand-clapping, howling success,” the Chronicle wrote. A German band played oompah and polka music, Bavarian folk dancers went ...

There’s plenty of traditional tunes to eat bratwurst and pretzels and drink festbier to, including oompah music all weekend at the Biergarten and a tireless 12 sets from the band Polka Party on the ...