Chmielewski Funtime Band

Since 1882, the Midwest’s most well known entertainers, the Chmielewski
Family, have been synonymous with polka music. Over 100 years later and into five succeeding generations, the Chmielewski Family music has never stopped.  In 1989, the “Chmielewski Family Funtime Band” swept the Minnesota Music Academy for three consecutive years by winning nine out of eleven awards in the polka field. They produced over 2000 television shows broadcast throughout the U.S. and Canada. The leader of the band, Florian Chmielewski was inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame (New Ulm, MN) in 1994, and into Ironworld Discovery Center Polka Hall of Fame (Chisholm, MN) in 1995.