The Europa Band

A Dynamic Power Trio celebrating over 20 years as a group in 2014. Recently Swiss German Singer, Marianne Cathomen has joined the band with her stellar original and cover vocals. The group has become one of America's Favorite German/Euro Folk - Pop - Rock bands! They perform on Multiple Instruments and Vocals, covering a wide variety of music and songs from old German Polkas and sing alongs, to current Country and German folk/rock. Accordion, Bass, Keyboards, Trumpet, Guitar, Violin, Drums and plenty of vocal harmonies can be heard from the group, with a strong groove and passion for what they do! The Europa Band was founded in February 1994, by Hans (John) Kolbrich & Milan Dvorecky in Orlando Florida. Adam Dvorecky (Milan's son) sitting adds drums and additional vocals for the group. John' s daughter, Julianna, also appears as a guest with band. Europa has evolved into a nationally acclaimed group with a strong following of fans ages 5-95 from Montana to Miami and California and Oregon to Delaware and Texas! Their largest performance venue has been at the City of Orange, California's International Street Fair that has average attendance of 700,000 people over the 3 day Labor Day Weekend.

The Europa Band has a very active performing schedule of over 75 performances a year including a solid 40 date Oktoberfest tour, plus many Festivals, Hofbrau Beer Gardens, and Club Events from Orange County, CA to Miami, FL., Hershey PA to Mt. Angle OR. Europa specializes in German music for Oktoberfests & yearly German Fests including Mardi Gras (Fasching/Karneval), Bavarian Beer Fests, Schuhplatter Guafest, Czech-Slovak Festivals, and general European Ethnic Club and International Night Events. "Polka Lives" is there Motto, and those that love polkas, young or old, will love the sound of the Accordion, Violin and The Europa Band's eclectic collection of over 500 songs. As one of their fan's was recently quoted saying "You never know what kind of song or style is coming next with this group, we love it!"

The band also performs in a concert settings for up to two hours of non-stop entertainment with band member Milan dressed as a roving Slovak Gypsy, and band member Johann (John) dressed as a traditional Italian Pisano Accordionist, wandering through different European countries, performing some of the most loved European and American folksongs. The Group has released a total of 4 CD's to show their diversity and wide range of musical styles, "Oktoberfest mit Europa" in 2006, "International Hits mit Europa", and "Deutsche Schlager mit Europa", both in 2008, and a "Live at Helen, GA Oktoberfest" CD, recorded during a 7 straight day performance schedule in October of 2009, and released in August, 2010.

The Bands motto is "We Love what we do and we Love our fans! Polka Rocks!"