Willkommen Y'all!
Old-world oompah with a Texas twang.
Since 2002, the Austin Polka Band has been a rotating ensemble of veteran musicians keeping the polka tradition alive across Central Texas. Players come and go from the bandstand, but the sound stays the same: warm, loud, and built to get a room moving. Many of our musicians have forty-plus years on their instruments — this isn't a hobby band, it's a crew of pros who happen to be having the time of their lives.
We don't perform at a crowd. We pull everyone in. Whether it's a brewery patio, an Oktoberfest tent, or a wedding reception, the goal is the same — give the room a little Gemütlichkeit and watch what happens.
Twenty-plus years in, we're still the same band that started it: here for the joy of it.
Picture an Oktoberfest beer hall and a Hill Country dance hall in the same room. That's us. We take the old-world oompah of polka and run it through a Texas accent — accordion and tuba up against a brush of Western swagger. It shouldn't work as well as it does. The grackle on our seal says it all: a true-blue Texas bird in full Bavarian dress.
Our lead singer takes it a step further — he sings several numbers in the original German, the genuine article behind all that Gemütlichkeit.
Eins, Zwei, G'Suffa — that's "one, two, drink up." You'll have it memorized by the second song.
Polkas, waltzes, marches, schottisches, Texas anthems, and the odd show tune — 118 songs in the book. Search for a favorite, or dig into a style.
The great-tailed grackle is the unofficial bird of Austin — loud, social, impossible to ignore, and everywhere you look. Dress one up for Oktoberfest and you've got us in a nutshell. It's on every flyer, every stage, and the front of this very band.
Celebrations, reunions, weddings, and every day in between. No polka experience required.
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