Apr. 5—Promoter Joe Nardone smiled with satisfaction Saturday afternoon as his gaze took in the hundreds of people gathered in the Keystone Ballroom at Mohegan PA for Pennsylvania PolkaFest 2025.

Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra provided the polka music for the Pennsylvania Polkafest held at Genetti’s Best Western in Wilkes-Barre. Dancers take to the floor dancing to the polka music of Jimmy ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Saturday is International Dance Day, and many celebrated across the river in Wilkes-Barre at the inaugural Pennsylvania Polka Fest. More than 500 tickets were sold for the event at ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — This Saturday, the Genetti's ballroom will be packed with polka dancers and players, hosted by the Pennsylvania Polkafest with a long lineup of local and national talent. It's a ...

What kind of person can coax shy, diffident Minnesotans to boogie down on the dance floor? He’s a pirate and he calls ­himself Jimi Jimi Jimi, the Polka Dancing Pirate. If there’s an Oktoberfest event ...

to the local PBS channel. About five members answered phones at the WVIA studio in Pittston on a Saturday evening during a membership drive designed to save the “Pennsylvania Polka” program. The polka ...

Feb. 2—Chris Bogdon was in first grade in his native Carnegie when he started taking accordion lessons. Steve Novosel, while growing up in Murrysville, took up the instrument at 9 years old. Both were ...