For promoters, venues & media,
Based
Central TX
Central Texas & beyond
Sound
Polka & Oompah
Waltzes, marches & the Chicken Dance
Built for
Oktoberfest
Bierhalls, breweries & festivals
On stage
7-Piece Core
Scales up for big events
Sound rig
We Can Bring It
Full sound available
Old-world oompah with a Texas twang.
We don't perform at a crowd — we pull everyone in. And you don't have to polka to dance with us. No experience required.
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The Austin Polka Band is a rotating ensemble of veteran Central Texas musicians who've been keeping polka, waltzes, and marches alive since 2002. Twenty-plus years in, with many players carrying 40+ years of stage time, we've turned old-world oompah into a Texas-sized party.
It's Bavarian tradition meeting Texas hospitality — two cultures that have more in common than you'd think. Both love a cold drink, a good crowd, and a reason to celebrate. That's the whole idea, and it's what every show delivers: warmth, fun, and a room full of people on their feet.
Give your next gathering some Gemütlichkeit.
At its heart the Austin Polka Band is a seven-piece — vocals out front, a real bottom end, and the horn line that fills a hall and gets everyone dancing. Our lead singer even takes on a few numbers in the original German — the real deal behind all that Gemütlichkeit.
Throwing a festival or a really big party? We can scale up bigger to match the moment.
118 songs in the book. Open any style to see the full list.
Fits the room: Oktoberfests, Deutschen Fests, breweries, biergartens, festivals, reunions, and corporate parties that want a proper good time. We read the room and scale the energy — from a quiet biergarten set to a full festival main stage.
Sound engineering is available for any size venue. Wherever the Austin Polka Band plays, we can handle it — so you don't have to.
We bring the sound
From a brewery taproom to a private hall, we can provide full sound and run the board ourselves — PA, mics, monitors, the lot. Nothing extra for you to source.
Or we work with your engineer
Got a festival or a venue with its own house engineer and rig? Perfect. We're just as happy to work alongside them — consulting on the mix and our inputs so the band sounds its best on your system.
◆ Either way, the band shows up sounding great. Just tell us what the room needs.
A reliable, repeat-booked band: we've played the Texas Community Music Festival year after year, and we turn up across Central Texas and beyond.
See us loud and live. Performance clips on YouTube and the latest shenanigans on Facebook and Instagram.
Celebrations, reunions, festivals, and every day in between. Let's make your next gathering one to remember.