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I have a couple of gigs coming up. There just isn't much live Oktoberfest music everywhere, but all is not lost in Texas. Come on out and enjoy! Come say hello, and let me buy you a beverage during the break.

1. Round Top OktoBIERfest

Round Top Rifle Association's 9th Annual Oktobierfest

DATE: Saturday October 24, 2020
TIME: 11am-8pm
PLACE: Rifle Hall
710 FM1457
Round Top, TX

Music provided by: Round Top Brass Band, Auf Geht's, Enzian Buam

Good beer, good food, good music, nice rural setting, wonderful people.

2. Our Savior Lutheran Church Picnic/Reformation Celebration/Oktoberfest

DATE: Sunday October 25, 2020
TIME: 11am-2pm (or later)
PLACE: Our Savior Lutheran Church
5000 W Tidwell Rd, Houston, TX

Music provided by: Auf Geht's

Food, drinks, family fun.

I'm fulfilling my obligation to notify @Mikelynch.

Maybe some other Texas folk wouldn't mind spreading the word...?
@Jperry1466
@Crymzon1980
@ProfMouthpiece
@LeMark
@Schlepporello
@Ed Jones

Jealous....

Three Valves wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:38 am Jealous....

You could always make a trip down...

BTW, the weather is supposed to be excellent - clear, a north breeze, with a low temp of 60 degrees and a high of about 80 degrees (if forecasts can be believed ). By contrast, most of the Oktoberfest/church picnic/festival season sports 90+ and 100+ degree temps (with oppressive, sauna-like humidity). From May 1 to Oct 1, you would NOT be jealous. Watching a fat man in leather pants wrestle a tuba in a steambath could certainly be entertaining, but being the fat man in leather pants wrestling a tuba in a steambath is no duty of which to be jealous. But I love playing, I'm a wh0re for the money, and there is always plenty of refreshment either way. Just sayin...

Three Valves wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:38 am Jealous....

Would "envious" be a more accurate word? To me, the word "jealous" sort of implies some degree of mental agitation. That does not sound descriptive of you.
Best, Ace

Ace wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 12:43 pm

Three Valves wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:38 am Jealous....

Would "envious" be a more accurate word? To me, the word "jealous" sort of implies some degree of mental agitation. That does not sound descriptive of you.
Best, Ace

How very generous of you!!

Me?? Mentally agitated??

Three Valves wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:39 am

Ace wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 12:43 pm

Three Valves wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:38 am Jealous....

Would "envious" be a more accurate word? To me, the word "jealous" sort of implies some degree of mental agitation. That does not sound descriptive of you.
Best, Ace

How very generous of you!!

Me?? Mentally agitated??

Just leave off that "agitated" part, right?

Three Valves wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:38 am Jealous....

I'm seriously jealous.
I wear a German watch and everytime I look at it, it says it's Oktoberfest time...

Shawn wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:46 pm I'm seriously jealous.
I wear a German watch and everytime I look at it, it says it's Oktoberfest time...

We had a really good crowd at both. At Round Top, they serve smoked pork chops (these are straight from heaven's bbq pit), homemade sausage, sauerkraut (with onions and bacon, of course), potatoes, and an excellent potato soup later in the evening. Hefeweizen, Oktoberfest, and Helles on tap plus bottles, too (Bud/Miller/Coors barely makes an appearance). Weather was excellent, with temperatures starting off at 55 degrees, peaking at 70.

Nice weather continued on Sunday. I got a chance to really test the Symphonie to make sure it will do the job (Auf Geht's is a bit of a show band, so I can let my hair down a little bit more - they make use of alphorns, saws, xylophone, cow bells, yodeling, etc. throughout the show). I recorded a few tunes, and I was not disappointed. It's definitely the F tuba sound I hear in my head, except the one in my head doesn't chip notes or forget what key it's in. Not that I ever do that, of course.

And I brought plenty of bier money in case any any of the TFFJ showed up.

Shawn wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:46 pm I'm seriously jealous.
I wear a German watch and everytime I look at it, it says it's Oktoberfest time...

We had a really good crowd at both. At Round Top, they serve smoked pork chops (these are straight from heaven's bbq pit), homemade sausage, sauerkraut (with onions and bacon, of course), potatoes, and an excellent potato soup later in the evening. Hefeweizen, Oktoberfest, and Helles on tap plus bottles, too (Bud/Miller/Coors barely makes an appearance). Weather was excellent, with temperatures starting off at 55 degrees, peaking at 70.

Nice weather continued on Sunday. I got a chance to really test the Symphonie to make sure it will do the job (Auf Geht's is a bit of a show band, so I can let my hair down a little bit more - they make use of alphorns, saws, xylophone, cow bells, yodeling, etc. throughout the show). I recorded a few tunes, and I was not disappointed. It's definitely the F tuba sound I hear in my head, except the one in my head doesn't chip notes, belch up bier and sausage right as the first note is being played, or forget what key it's in. Not that I ever do any of that, of course.

And I brought plenty of bier money in case any any of the TFFJ showed up.

I don't wear a watch these days, but I agree that it's always Oktoberfest time!

Sounds amazing.
Even the idea of an Alphorn...

Your gigs sound terrific. Pretty much a straight line south from where I live, assuming the border is open. I would consider this an "essential service" trip!

I wish I had the energy, right now, to make the road trips that you’ve been making.
I’d love to check out your performances. My several-decades accordion buddy is slowly dying of a terminal disease.

Shawn wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:48 pm Sounds amazing.
Even the idea of an Alphorn...

And we use two. Calling/answering from a distance and harmony stuff.

And the hand saw played with a violin bow affectionately named... Stanley.

prairieboy1 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:52 pm Your gigs sound terrific. Pretty much a straight line south from where I live, assuming the border is open. I would consider this an "essential service" trip!

Come on down. No matter what happens, we have a good time. We'd be glad to have you as our guest.

Definitely essential! Just like those essential nutrients and trace minerals found in good German bier.

bloke wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:08 pm I wish I had the energy, right now, to make the road trips that you’ve been making.
I’d love to check out your performances. My several-decades accordion buddy is slowly dying of a terminal disease.

Our accommodations are quite modest, but you are always welcome. No invitation necessary.

Sorry to hear about your friend. There's too much of that garbage going around.

yeah...except for reading out of little books (with jazz musicians- accepting polka band gigs), I believe my most fun polka band gigs are in my past.