{"id":83358,"date":"2017-08-02T19:31:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T23:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=83358"},"modified":"2017-08-01T18:38:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T22:38:21","slug":"fritzs-polka-band-to-perform-again-at-largest-free-festival-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=83358","title":{"rendered":"Fritz’s Polka Band to perform again at largest free festival in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Fritz’s Polka Band (sponsored by Coldcock Whiskey)\u00a0from\u00a0Verona will returns to Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 6. Fritz\u2019s Polka Band will perform on the Festplatz Stage from\u00a04 to 7 p.m. Musikfest is the largest free festival in the United States, as over 900,000 people attend this annual festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys in Fritz\u2019s Polka Band look forward to returning to Musikfest for the third year in a row,\u201d said Fritz Scherz, band leader of\u00a0Fritz’s Polka Band. \u201cEach time we\u2019ve played this festival, we were in awe because of the huge crowds! A unique thing about this festival is that there are so many different musical genres represented and the audience welcomes it. It\u2019s so thrilling to get booked to play at the largest free festival in the United States. I\u2019m glad the promoters like my band\u2019s eclectic musical style and I want to thank them once again for having my band return.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fritz’s Polka Band has been performing for over 38 years, and made history in 1999 by becoming the first polka band to play at a Woodstock Festival in Rome. FPB has made 18 recordings and appears\u00a0on\u00a0“The Manchurian Candidate”\u00a0DVD, released in 2004. FPB won a Just Plain Folks Music Award in the Best Polka Song category for\u00a0Bialczak\u2019s Polka\u00a0in 2008. FPB won an Upper State Independent Award in Syracuse in 2008 and 2009.<\/p>\n

In 2009, FPB won a Syracuse Area Music Award in the Best Recording:<\/p>\n