Extreme Polka

Im getting Married!

Yes I'm getting married-- in the great polka state of Pennsylvania-- and since it's the end of OktoBEERfest why not have a party to celebrate!?

Saturday October 15th – 9pm til midnight. I'm getting married!!
G & L Fire Escape, 2157 W. Grace St. 773-472-1138
Not only will we be Oktoberfesting, but we’ll also be celebrating my upcoming marriage to my lovely fiancée Laura! And we'll also be celebrating Dandy Don’s brother Dean Hedeker’s 50th birthday! It’s sure to be a very celebratory and FUN evening as the Oktoberfest continues in this great neighborhood bar in West Lakeview, and then I'm off to Las Vegas for a week and then Maui for a week! I'll be back for more polka in November.

But before I go I hope you can come to our DANK Haus show on the 8th.
Saturday October 8th – Niedersachsen Club/DANK Chicago Oktoberfest
DANK Haus, 4740 North Western Avenue. $10.  Funs starts at 6pm
Two bands will be playing on two floors simultaneously at the Historic DANK Haus - the German-American "Paloma Band" will be in the main ballroom and we’ll be up in the Skyline Lounge!

Oktoberfest!!

It's our favorite time of year--OKTOBERFEST!!

Saturday September 17th – Sheffield's, 4-8 pm - OKTOBERFEST show
3258 N. Sheffield, just north of Belmont, phone: 773-281-4989, Chicago.
$1 tasters of some of our favorite oktoberfests and fall brews, as well as some very tasty traditional German cuisine at this merry event.

Friday Friday September 23rd - West Lincoln Park Oktoberfest 5:30p to 7p
On Southport, Just South of the Clybourn and Southport Intersection.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce

Saturday September 24th – St. Michael's Oktoberfest 3pm to 6pm
St. Michael's Church, 1633 N. Cleveland Ave., near North and Wells. 

Saturday October 8th – Niedersachsen Club/DANK Chicago Oktoberfest
DANK Haus, 4740 North Western Avenue. $10. 
Two bands will be playing on two floors simultaneously at the Historic DANK Haus - the German-American "Paloma Band" will be in the main ballroom and we’ll be up in the Skyline Lounge!

Saturday October 15th – 9pm til midnight. I'm getting married!!
G & L Fire Escape, 2157 W. Grace St. 773-472-1138
The Oktoberfest continues in this great neighborhood bar in West Lakeview. Not only will we be Oktoberfesting, but we’ll also be celebrating Jolly James’ upcoming marriage to his lovely fiancée Laura, as well as Dandy Don’s brother Dean Hedeker’s 50th birthday! It’s sure to be a very celebratory and FUN evening!

Here are a couple of shots that Johnny Jack from Polkacide sent to me today from our eXtreme Polka Weekend! Man- can't wait until our next eXtreme Polka Weekend

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Buddy Holly would have been 69 years old today- born on 1936 in Lubbock, Texas.

An eXtreme Thank You!!

Extreme Polka weekend was extreme!! What else can I say?
Friday night's show was sold out.
Saturday Polkacide sold over $1100 worth of T-Shirts.
Sunday's Taste of Polonia was the best show ever!!

Thank you to everyone that came to these shows. Let's hope that it does not take another 3 years to have Polkacide and The Polkaholics play together again!

I also want to send a huge thank you to everyone that supported the extreme Polka Weekend:

Matt DePonte
WGN Morning News staff
Terry Barthel
Jeff Hoover
Paul Konrad
WLS ABC Chicagoing
Bill Campbell
The Red Eye
Metromix Chicago
Jonathan Stockton
The Chicago Reader
The Chicago Sun-Times
Mary Houlihan
Time Out Chicago
Zakopane Lounge
Erik and Patrycja
WLUW Radio
Wanda and her entire gang!
Ann Gunkel
And all of the fans that came out to have fun.

For those clubs that were not interested in booking us -- all I can say is you had your chance! We had press out the ying yang- not to mention 3 television appearances in August.

eXtreme Polka TONIGHT!!

Be sure to turn to page 9 for "Club Hopping" and then get yer dupa over to Zakopane for some Polka Hopping!
It's so great to see our picture has made yet another fine Chicago Newspaper--The Chicago Sun Times.

Thanks to Mary Houlihan at The Sun Times for including this.

Help if you can- New Orleans

"Get off your asses and let's do something,'' Mayor Ray Nagin told WWL-AM Thursday night in a rambling interview in which he cursed, yelled and ultimately burst into tears. At one point he said: "Excuse my French - everybody in America - but I am pissed.''

Lot's of people are pissed- put your money where your mouth is: The Red Cross or call them at 1-800-435-7669

eXtreme Polka Weekend!

Wow what a month August was and September will be even better! If you happen to pick up a copy of Time Out Chicago magazine this weekend- be sure to turn to page 36 for a nice write-up about Taste of Polonia going on this Sunday.

And- make sure to come out to Zakopane tomorrow night for some eXtreme Polka!!