Alex Meixner Band
Alex Meixner Band
Alex Meixner Band
Have you ever heard Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train played on an accordion? This band, led by the nationally acclaimed, International Polka Hall of Fame inductee, Grammy-nominated musician and producer Alex Meixner, brings a contagious, high-energy, cross-pollination of exuberant Central European party music, letting die-hard polka fans enjoy and embrace evolution, and hipsters discover all there is to love in the underappreciated, innately fun genre.
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Alex Meixner Band
Alex Meixner Band
Spanning the 50's through the 90's
Like magic, this local rock 'n' roll band will have you on your feet singing and dancing to all the classic hits.
Alpensterne
Alex Meixner Band
Alphorngruppe Alpine Echoes
These upbeat Minnesota musicians play all the polka greats. You'll dance along, you'll drink along, you'll sing along, you'll maybe even yodel along. Fun side note: band leader Jim Strehlke mastered the art of European jodeling (yodeling) from one of Germany’s greatest, Sepp Diepolder. Jim was hired by Walt Disney to jodel "The Silly Song" from Snow White featured on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Ride at Walt Disney World in Orlando.
Alphorngruppe Alpine Echoes
Alphorngruppe Alpine Echoes
Alphorngruppe Alpine Echoes
ALL 3 DAYS!
Practice your "Ricola" and get your cameras ready, Alphorngruppe Alpine Echoes will be strolling the fest grounds all weekend.
In Switzerland and the German Alpines, the sweetest grass for cows is high in the Alpine Meadows. 200+ years ago, the Alphorn provided a way for shepherds to communicate with their family in the Valley below, and believe it or not, the sound would soothe the cows. Mozart even wrote a symphony incorporating the Alphorn.
BB & the HONEY
Alphorngruppe Alpine Echoes
ED WAGNER'S BRASS BAND
A rock, blues, soul, old school country band born on the back porch.
With a soulful voice and emotional interpretations, BB & the Honey is the perfect start to your Sunday fun-day.
ED WAGNER'S BRASS BAND
Alphorngruppe Alpine Echoes
ED WAGNER'S BRASS BAND
An authentic Chicago area German Brass Band started by "Bro" Wagner in 1945. Now, over 75 years since it all began, the band is still playing throughout Chicagoland and the Midwest at numerous German, Austrian, and Czech cultural events as well as countless Oktoberfeste. The band is comprised of second and third generation musicians, most of which are descendants of the original members.
The Freistadt Alte Kameraden Band
The Freistadt Alte Kameraden Band
The Freistadt Alte Kameraden Band
Whether you listen to their rendition of the Armed Forces Medley, polka to traditional tunes, or stuff a dollar bill in their Loferl (sock) while they play Gloria from atop the tables (all of the money goes to charity), you are sure to revel in their authentic, lively entertainment.
The Happy Players
The Freistadt Alte Kameraden Band
The Freistadt Alte Kameraden Band
From Nebraska, these young, energetic musicians have won the hearts of many with their love of polka and charming smiles. It started with a 2013 Christmas gift and the Beer Barrel Polka on a cell phone, and they've quickly become one of the hottest young polka bands in the Midwest.
Pieptone!
The Freistadt Alte Kameraden Band
Simply Billy, Simply Elton
From Chicago, Illinois, Pieptone! plays German Schlager and European chart hits, rarities and oddities of the 50s, 60s and beyond.
Simply Billy, Simply Elton
Simply Billy, Simply Elton
Simply Billy, Simply Elton
Simply the best of Sir Elton John and Billy Joel. Get to the Backyard early for a seat to see this magical tribute. Virtuoso pianist Brian Harris has performed throughout the U.S. and abroad, combining dazzling pianistic technique with brilliant vocals, wild costuming, crazy stage antics, and boundless energy.
The Steve Schultz Band
Simply Billy, Simply Elton
The Steve Schultz Band
Spend time in the biergarten with family and friends while enjoying the traditional sounds of polkas and waltzes. Accordion to our sources, you're going to love this up and coming German band!
The Swing Crew
Simply Billy, Simply Elton
The Steve Schultz Band
It's Toasting Time! FUN is the bottom line with this interactive, acoustic band. The show features a wide variety of music, audience participation, jokes, stunts, cornball humor and toasts. They play classic rock, country, pop, swing, "island beat", and about any other genre you could possibly come up with.
If you want to hear something in particular just ask them, they most likely know it.
Entertainment around every corner!
D'Oberlandlers
D'Holzhacker Buam
D'Holzhacker Buam
German Dance Performances
Founded in 1928, SVEV D'Oberlandler Milwaukee uphold traditional dances, music, costumes, and customs of Bavaria.
D'Holzhacker Buam
D'Holzhacker Buam
D'Holzhacker Buam
German Dance Performances
On April 16, 1935, a group of German Americans met at Stadt München, a Gasthaus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, expressing a heartfelt desire to uphold and carry on the customs, music and dance of Bavaria. The Bayrische Gebirgs Trachten Erhaltungs Verein (BGTEV) D’Holzhacker Buam was established, and its members continue to maintain these traditions to the present day.
Luke's Lost Arts
D'Holzhacker Buam
Luke's Lost Arts
SATURDAY 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
SUNDAY 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Demonstrations of carving techniques used for centuries in the Netherlands and across Europe. Learn the history of the klompen (wooden shoe).
Mack Glass Art
The Muller Fasching Verein Nordamerika
Luke's Lost Arts
ALL 3 DAYS!
The creators and skilled glassblowers of the World's Tallest Glass Tree perform LIVE. The team will create beautiful glass pickles and beverage vessels live in person with liquid hot glass.
NEW!
GLASSBLOWING EXPERIENCE
FRIDAY 3:00 - 8:00 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
You know you've always wanted to try it!
Here's your chance!
Learn the art of glassmaking from the creators of the World's Tallest Glass Tree, Mack Glass. 20-30 minute workshops are available all weekend. Participants will select, make, and take home their own piece! Space is limited!
Ages 7+. Registration link coming soon.
The Muller Fasching Verein Nordamerika
The Muller Fasching Verein Nordamerika
The Muller Fasching Verein Nordamerika
Founded on January 23, 1996, in Germantown, Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Mullers perform Tyrolean (Austrian) folk customs. This group is the first of its kind in North America.
Spielmannzug Milwaukee
The Muller Fasching Verein Nordamerika
The Muller Fasching Verein Nordamerika
The Spielmannszug Milwaukee Drum and Bugle Corps was founded in 1957 by a group of dedicated people who wanted to maintain the German culture and music in the United States. 60+ years later, the Spielmannszug is still going strong with Fanfaren, Fifes, Drums, Lyres, Hunting Horns and Cymbals.
The Original Live Glockenspiel
United Donauschwaben of Milwaukee
United Donauschwaben of Milwaukee
Performing ALL THREE DAYS!
In the same style as the Rathaus Glockenspiel on the Marienplatz (central town square in Munich), the Original Live Glockenspiel portrays a comedic snapshot of a day in the life of a Holzhacker, or Lumberjack. Watch as they chop wood, saw logs, schuhplattler, and stay hydrated with a stein or two.
United Donauschwaben of Milwaukee
United Donauschwaben of Milwaukee
United Donauschwaben of Milwaukee
German Dance Performances
The Donauschwaben are ethnic Germans that lived outside of Germany in the Slavic regions of Eastern Europe predominately along the Danube River. Since 1945, the purpose of the United Donauschwaben of Milwaukee is to keep the Donauschwaben heritage alive while promoting the language, foods and customs to the public at large.