Great Lakes Folk Festival

The son of an accordionist, David Austin began playing accordion at the age of 10.  At age 12, he began performing alongside his father, Mike, in the Russ Wilson Band of Wisconsin, an experience which lasted until he was 20.  From 1996 to 2001 Austin performed and traveled with... Read More →

Denny Anderson and the International Main Street Polka Band (IMSPB) is a group of seasoned musicians that plays Slovenian/Swiss-style polka, combining the instrumentation and feel of the American Slovenian sound with Swiss yodeling, and reminiscent of the late Roger Bright and Frankie... Read More →

Don Hunjadi grew up regularly watching his father, Dick Hunjadi, perform on stage as the drummer with Milwaukee polka great, Louie Bashell. Although he started playing trumpet in the fifth grade, by age 14, Hunjadi started playing bass guitar and within a year became the bass player... Read More →

Rick Hartmann got his start in polka music as a boy listening to and following the Verne Meisner Band from Whitewater, Wisconsin. Hartmann’s father, a trustee honor roll member of the Cleveland Style Polka Hall Of Fame, was not only a member of Meisner’s band, he was his cousin... Read More →