Route 161 Happy Wanderers Polka Band from Columbus, OH

Your premiere Oktoberfest Party Band! From traditional German to Munich modern, to unexpected polka beats for pop hits, to covers of timeless classics, all while dressed in lederhosen and tossing out siggy sockies. Now filling up Oktoberfest season 2020, don't wait! We are at 10 states and counting, will travel anywhere. #RT161HW During the rest of the year, we offer variety entertainment including Yiddish, Polish, French, German, Spanish, and other languages, We have plenty of St Paddy's music for March. Solo accordion and piano also available. Want a multi-lingual education experience, we've got you covered! All occasions, including Weddings, Funerals, Mardi Gras, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Festivals, etc. In 2020 we added a sing-along tribute to the Indie bands 'the Mountain Goats', and 'the Decemberists.' If that's your thing, we have an evening of it ready for you The band was formed when our drummer, Vince, wanted to return to the music he used to play with his Hungarian grandfather back when Vince was teen. His grandpa was a professional musician on the accordion, bass and violin, and played all types of music from all over eastern Europe. Because they were living in Cleveland, Vince played a lot polka with him, of course. Our multi-instrumental wizard Jason (Keyboards, Harmonica, Yodeling. Bass and more) also grew up with that Cleveland sound. Dan, the singing accordionist, grew up in Midland, Michigan and went to Bay City for the Polish festivals and Frankenmuth for the German music. u.

• Classic Polkas
• German Traditional
• Modern German
• New Orleans/Mardi Gras
• Modern Pop
• Classic Country
• Polka Rock
• Polish Songs
• Yiddish Songs
• Klezmer
• French Musette
• Japanese Selections
• Requests