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Polka, polka, polka! Milwaukee Polka Riot will return for 5th year September 10 at Last Rites

Matt Wild
August 30, 2022
Attention polkaholics, polkanewbies, and stans for the Kenosha Kickers: the Milwaukee Polka Riot ("America's first and only alternative polka festival!") is set to return on Saturday, September 10. The festival...

Buckle up for the return of the Milwaukee Polka Riot, August 28 at Great Lakes Distillery

Matt Wild
August 16, 2021
After a criminally polka-less 2020 (well, other than the delightful tunes of Mike Schneider), Milwaukee is once again primed for some sweet, sweet polka action. Yes, the one-of-a-kind Milwaukee Polka Riot ("Ame...

And yes, the 2020 Milwaukee Polka Riot has been canceled, too

Matt Wild
June 10, 2020
It's come to this. Yes, the 2020 Milwaukee Polka Riot has been canceled. Because of COVID-19, of course. It would have been the fourth year for "America's first and (as far as we know) only alternative polka...

Polka, polka, polka: Second annual Milwaukee Polka Riot coming to Sabbatic September 8

Matt Wild
August 14, 2018
Allow me to introduce myself. Gus Polinski. How are you? Polka King of the Midwest? The Kenosha Kickers? No? That's okay, I thought you might have recognized...anyways. I had a few hits a few years ago, that's ...
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