{"id":10077,"date":"2016-02-19T11:47:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T17:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polkaconcerts.com\/?p=10077"},"modified":"2016-02-19T11:47:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T17:47:25","slug":"48th-annual-ipa-convention-and-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polkaconcerts.com\/?p=10077","title":{"rendered":"48th Annual IPA Convention and Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/polkaconcerts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IPA_Logo-Large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3296 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/polkaconcerts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IPA_Logo-Large-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"IPA_Logo-Large\" width=\"199\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong>48th Annual IPA Convention and Festival<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">**3 fun-filled days!!**<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> September 2nd &#8211; 4th, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Please help celebrate the 48th annual IPA Festival and Convention, held at the Millennium Hotel in Buffalo, NY. The Festival will kick off with a welcome party on Friday, the Polka Music Hall of Fame and Music Awards Banquet on Saturday and a Polka Mass and annual election of officers and convention meeting on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Room reservations can be made by calling the Millennium Hotel at (716) 681-2400 and mention the IPA Polka Festival to receive the reduced room rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bands include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">John Gora &amp; Gorale<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Mike Costa &amp; The Beat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Buffalo Concertina All Stars<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> IPA Tribute Band<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> The Boys<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> The Knewz<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Eddie Forman Orchestra<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Lenny Gomulka &amp; Chicago Push<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Music Company<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Polka Country Musicians<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/ipapolkas.com\" target=\"_blank\">IPA Web Site<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/polkaconcerts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ipa-buffalo-2016.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10064\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10064 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/polkaconcerts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ipa-buffalo-2016.jpg\" alt=\"ipa-buffalo-2016\" width=\"592\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wpfai-list\"><li class=\"wpfai-list-item facebook\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpolkaconcerts.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F10077&amp;t=\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wpfai-facebook wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item twitter\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolkaconcerts.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F10077\" title=\"Twitter\" class=\"wpfai-twitter wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-twitter fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item google-plus\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolkaconcerts.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F10077\" title=\"Google Plus\" class=\"wpfai-google-plus wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-google-plus fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item pinterest\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolkaconcerts.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F10077&amp;description=&amp;media=\" title=\"Pinterest\" class=\"wpfai-pinterest wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-pinterest fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item tumblr\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\/link?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolkaconcerts.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F10077&amp;name=&amp;description=\" title=\"Tumblr\" class=\"wpfai-tumblr wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-tumblr fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item reddit\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolkaconcerts.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F10077\" title=\"Reddit\" class=\"wpfai-reddit wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-reddit fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item envelope\">\r\n      <a href=\"mailto:?subject=&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fpolkaconcerts.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F10077%20-%20\" title=\"E-Mail\" class=\"wpfai-envelope wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          \r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x \"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>48th Annual IPA Convention and Festival **3 fun-filled days!!** September 2nd &#8211; 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