So far, at least 105 motels have reported guests coming for the polka festival.

WSTO usually doesn't have very good music, though, so I steeled myself for a polka festival or something.

Polka enthusiasts gather to enjoy their love of the music and dance and to honor their heritage at polka festivals.

Throughout the United States (and especially through the so-called "polka belt"), polka fans gather to participate in polka festivals.

Polka music and polka festivals are often described as "happy" and "joyful" by their organizers and participants.

Tom Brokaw on Cable The industry has come a long way since a fledgling Home Box Office broadcast its first show, a polka festival from Pennsylvania, in the early 1970's.

He is the host of a cable television polka show, polka festivals, polka cruises and even an Internet program at 247polkaheaven.com.

The tours included polka festivals, cruises, and voyages to Hawaii or European destinations.

But among loyalists, there is nothing like a good polka festival.

Made up of button accordions, tubas, clarinets, pianos, and drums, these bands were the forerunners of the bands that now play at the annual polka festival.