The Leon Olsen Show LIVE!--Concordia Ballroom Sunday Social Dance

Name: The Leon Olsen Show LIVE!--Concordia Ballroom Sunday Social Dance
Start: 2025-11-16T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-11-16T16:00:00-06:00
Location: 1129 La Crosse Street, La Crosse, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54601

Schedule

Sun Nov 16 2025 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

1129 La Crosse Street, La Crosse, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54601 | La Crosse, WI

Bring your friends and family for an afternoon of fun entertainment! Public is welcome. Polka, two step, swing, fox trot, waltz, and other dances are popular. Or just come to enjoy the music and the atmosphere of this wonderful, historic ballroom.
$12 at the door. $10 for Concordia members. Cash bar and snacks available.
Leon is an accomplished concertina musician, playing classic concertina music: old time, polka, waltz, and country. Leon and his band have been honored multiple times for their high quality entertainment and they are one of La Crosse's favorite bands for polka and old time dancing. The Minnesota Ballroom Operators Association named the Leon Olsen Show as Band of the Year in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. Leon was inducted into the World Concertina Congress Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2013. He has multiple recordings and he has passed on his skills to dozens of students who have learned to play the concertina.