Stas Bulanda and Dyno-Chicago has taken the stage at Polonia Banquets on South Archer, a regular venue for the band and one of the only places left to hear live polka music in Chicago. Seated center ...

Pat Barrera hadn’t been out to see her favorite music in a while. But when she sat at a table on a recent Sunday to watch the 55th Annual Chicago Festival of Polka Bands in Orland Park, the bands ...

Keith G. Stras is on a mission to save polka, which is to say he has his work cut out for him. The demographic outlook for the music is bleak: young people are not embracing polka, and as for the old ...