Bohemian Princess Diary

Howdy, Texas music fans! Great thing about music is that you can listen to it anywhere! But we miss our dancing community and hope we will be scootin’ our boots and kickin’ up our heels in dance halls, festival pavilions, and church picnic fields soon!

At press time, it was not known how far into April the closings of restaurants and dance halls would go because of the Coronavirus. We went ahead and included the April calendar of music events and the church picnic listings.

TPN and polkabeat.com promises to keep you informed as to events being canceled as we all work to stay safe from the virus. We update the schedule daily. When in doubt please call the venue or organization to make sure events are still taking place.

Until then check out these YouTube channels to help you polka on! Mollie B & Squeezebox, Alex Meixner Band, Buttonboxes by Walt Harfmann, George Weber, and The Manaccordionist Kelsey Lien. Visit our polkabeat Facebook page often as Gary posts music by several artists.

You can also listen to the polka radio shows. See the ads on page 15 and tune in locally or online.

Events that we know have been canceled for April and May -

April 2

Farm Street Opry in Bastrop and Floresville Opry

April 4

Schulenburg Sausagefest

Austin Crawfish Festival

Twin Sisters Dance Hall

Sealy Lions Club Dance Club

April 5

Elgin Lodge 18 Dance

Houston VFW 10352 Dance

Ukrainian Easter Bazaar

April 16

Bluebonnet Opry in Brenham

April 19

CHS Harris Co Springfest

Swiss Alp Dance Club Dance

April 28

San Antonio Accordion Assoc.

May 1 & 2

Brenham Maifest will be postponed

May 2

Tony Booth Day in Pearland

May 7

Farm Street Opry in Bastrop

May 22-24

National Polka Festival in Ennis

May 26

San Antonio Accordion Assoc.

Events still on as of press time:

April 18

Cotton Gin Festival in Burton

April 24-26

Germanfest in Muenster

April 23-26

Fiddlers Frolics in Hallettsville

April 25

Moravia Fest

April 26

St. Michael's Springfest in Weimar

Dance at Columbus Hall in West

May 3

CHS Dance in Corpus

Holy Rosary Picnic in Hostyn

May 8 & 9

Gedenke in Weimar

May 17

Slavnost May Fair in La Grange

Hunker down. Pray. Dance in the kitchen. Maybe by next month we will be able to Polka On! as a community once again.