MILWAUKEE BREWERS
This update is a seriously long time in coming,
but hopefully the news I am sharing here will be worth the
wait: I am excited to announce that I am the Polka Prompt
Creator for the Milwaukee Brewers! You may have seen my
Facebook post last week alluding to this. If you go to a
Brewers game this season at American Family Field and hear
an accordion and/or polka music over the stadium's PA
system, including "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and the
"Beer Barrel Polka" during the seventh inning stretch, those
are my recordings! Thanks to the Brewers for this
opportunity to bring the sounds of polka music to the
masses, and for their visionary decision to make their games
distinctly Milwaukee with the addition of my music! Cheer
loud, and be polka proud at all Brewers home games this
season!
MIKE SCHNEIDER BAND PERFORMANCES
This is going to be a busier than normal spring
for me, with the addition of a few new venues to my
schedule. Hans Weissgerber, owner and operator of the Old
German Beer Hall and the Estabrook Park Beer Garden in
Milwaukee, has opened a new venue in Brown Deer that I’ll be
playing at a few times between now and the start of my
summer travels. Be sure to stop by and support this new
venture for Hans! Polka fans – and especially musicians –
owe him a great deal of thanks for starting the beer garden
trend again in Wisconsin, which has given new life to the
polka genre in the Greater Milwaukee Area!
Speaking of Beer Gardens, I have three dates at the
Estabrook Park Beer Garden between now and the end of May.
Be sure to stop by this trendsetting venue and say hello!
Plus, catch me at the Biergarten at Olbrich Park in Madison
on Sunday, May 25!
I’m also excited to be starting my fifth month at the
Bavarian Bierhaus in Glendale! I’m there solo with my
accordion generally one Saturday per month November through
May, and in August. Check the
Schedule page for details.
I also have a number of band performances coming up,
including a big doubleheader on Saturday, May 10, when we’ll
take the stage at the Mayville Park Pavilion in the
afternoon, and then head south to Jefferson for their May
Ball festivities that evening. Plus, we’ll be making our
first appearance at the Croatian Cultural Club in Joliet, IL
in May!
As always, for details on all Mike Schneider Band events,
visit the
Schedule page for up-to-date information.
PINT SIZE POLKAS PERFORMANCES
After a busy spring, it’s going to be an even
busier summer with my Pint Size Polkas travels! With over
280,000 miles on my old Honda minivan, the vast majority of
which were accumulated in the name of polka, I just got
another new-to-me Honda minivan and am ready for the road in
2025! My travels this summer will begin in Tulsa, OK for
what is becoming an almost annual week-long stop for me for
their libraries. The following week I’ll head a little ways
north for a week’s worth of shows in Kansas. From there,
it’s down to Texas for another week-long tour. I haven’t
been in the Lone Star State since 2019, and am looking
forward to making my way back down for their libraries!
Before heading back north, I’ll be returning to Albuquerque
for my annual visit to their library system.
In July, I’ll be back in California for another week before
heading east to finish off the month with more shows in New
Mexico, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. It’s going to
be an awesome tour west of the Mississippi!
If you’ve never made it out to one of my Pint Size Polkas
programs, please check the Events page at
www.pintsizepolkas.com to
find a performance near you. I’ll be updating that page
shortly with all of this coming summer’s performances. Can’t
wait to get started!
As always, be sure to join
our growing list of fans on Facebook
here, or for Pint Size
Polkas
here. Once you’re there,
click the Like button at the top of the page.
That's all for this month. Thanks again and talk to you
soon!
Mike Schneider
The Mike
Schneider Band |
