San Francisco, California: San Francisco Style Polka Hall of Fame (Gone)
The San Francisco Style Polka Hall of Fame consists of 3 display cases on the wall of a pizza parlor in the Castro district of San Francisco.
- Directions:
- Escape from New York Pizza, Castro Street (between 18th and 19th Sts).
- Hours:
- Gone since before 2005.
- Admission:
- Free.
- Status:
- Gone
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The San Francisco Style Polka Hall of Fame is as funky as it gets. It consists of 3 display cases on the wall of a pizza parlor in the Castro district of San Francisco.
Following in the grand tradition of local polka halls of fame, such as those in Cleveland and Chicago, 3 San Francisco bands got together and founded the San Francisco Polka Hall of Fame. Cleveland style polka derives from Slovenian tamburitz music, while Chicago style polka is Polish, with the lyrics often sung in Polish. San Francisco style polka throws tradition out the window. It drags in other musical styles, such as punk rock, blues, C&W, jazz, and anything else the practioners can think of. It is an impure musical form.
Founding members of the SFSPHOF are Polkacide, Big Lou's Polka Casserole and The Squeegees. 2003 inductees are Brave Combo from Denton Texas and the Polkaholics from Chicago.
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