CURRENT 4 pc promotional poster Photo by Amanda K 2025, editing by Valina 2026

CURRENT 4 pc promotional poster Photo by Amanda K, editing by Valina 2025

Thank you for a great 2025 Oktoberfest / Wurstfest season!

Prost Y'all! is a registered trademark of Das ist Lustig LLC

CURRENT 4 pc promotional poster Photo and editing by Valina 2022

CURRENT 4 pc touring band Photo captured at KC Oktoberfest

CURRENT promotional use; Photos by Wim, Editing by Valina

CURRENT 3pc promotional use Photo by Wim. Editing by Valina

CURRENT 3 pc with dancers promotional poster; photo by Wim, editing by Valina

CURRENT 2 pc promotional poster Europe Trips or Duo performance Photo by Sam W 2017

CURRENT Duo promotional poster Photos and editing by Valina 2025

4 pc band playing at the Biergarten Pop Up at the Houston Saengerbund May 2026 Photo by Deborah H

Backyard parties with the Duo available by request. Photo by Peter Ray 2026

Playing for a Biergarten Pop Up at the Houston Saengerbund May 2026 Photo by Karen W

Playing at a Biergarten Pop Up at the Houston Saengerbund May 2026 Photo by Karen W

Children of several guests at the Houston Saengerbund Biergarten Pop Up playing in our bell choir. May 2026 Photo by Karen W

Students from Whitney HS German Club dancing to our music at their end of the year Polka Potluck Party. May 2026 Photo by Haley B

This little man has been coming to his older sibling's end of year German Club polka party since he was a baby! May 2026 Photo by Haley B

Playing for a fund raiser at Guadalupe Brewing in New Braunfels to send our missionary friend to Germany. May 2026 Photo by Sheryl S

50th high school reunion bell choir happened at Altstadt Brewery. May 2026 Photo by Sheryl S

Ross' view from the stage at Addison's Oktoberfest Sept 2024

Playing to a full house at the Bavarian Brauhaus in Bryan, TX, Sept 2024. So much Gemütlichkeit!

Michael is one of 4 drummers who work with the band - his view from the stage at Addison's Oktoberfest Sept 2024

Robert plays fiddle and guitar for the band - his view from the stage at Addison's Oktoberfest Sept 2024

Sometimes we offer a 3 piece German and Czechs Mix!

Fun Wurstfest crowd! Ross and Valina pictured with our late, great drummer, Jeff Ryder at the Stelzenplatz in November 2019. Photo by Mark Hiebert

Ross receiving applause for his Alphorn solo at 2019 Wurstfest in New Braunfels. Photo by Mark Hiebert.

getting photo bombed by the audience in New Orleans at the Deutsches Haus. Photo by Jeff R 2019

Ross playing Alphorn at KC Bier Company Oktoberfest in Kansas City, MO 2019; photo by Jeff R

Prost Y'all! with Valina at KC Bier Co Oktoberfest in Kansas City, MO 2019; photo by Jeff R

Leading a Grand March at Texas A&M 2019

Three ladies who have been following the band for 10+ years join in playing cowbells at Wurstfest 2018 Photo by Janice

The kids got to party before the grownups took over. Thanks to the NOLA Times Picayune for the photo!

It was a rambunctious and gemutlich crowd that night in August at Rudi Lechner's Photo by Valina 2018

Kiddos in the audience helping lead the Schunkeling at Brenham's Maifest. Photo by Major Henderson 2018

xylophoning and ponytailing at Brenham's Maifest. Photo by Gary E McKee of Texas Polka News 2018

Excited to have been at the Brenham Maifest again! Photo by Gary E McKee of Texas Polk News 2018

Waltzing across borders! Lustig Tours Holiday in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Photo by Patty W 2018

10 years after our first show at Wurstfest, Ross rockin' Amazing Grace on the Alphorn and accordion at the same time!

Adding some percussion at Wurstfest. Photo by Janice Aronson 2017

Some of my students, former students, my former students' students make up this photo representing 7 Houston area high school German Club folk dance groups.

Getting ready to get toasted together in Tomball 2017 Photo by Georgia D

Sometimes the three piece band sounds a little more like a four or five piece band... photo by Sheryl 2016

Valina's Dad sings a Dutch folk song. Photo by Janice Aronson

Sabine from Innsbruck and a couple of cute youngsters playing in the bell choir at Rudi Lechner's. Photo by Angeli June 2016

Birthday boy Jimmy plays cowbells with us. Photo by Angeli 2015

Making history... This photo is in Pearson's Texas History textbook.

Come see us sometime! Photo by Major Henderson 2017

A rollicking good time with a Japanese Chiropractor's convention at King's Biergarten. Photo by Major Henderson 2017

Fun with guests at Rudi Lechner's Restaurant. Photo by Angeli 2015

Bench Dance with the audience Saturday aftnoon at Oktoberfest Galveston

Katerina performing Csardas on her Saxophone at Oktoberfest Galveston

Chicken dance Friday night at Oktoberfest Galveston

Lots of Dancing on Friday night at Oktoberfest Galveston

Ross plays Amazing Grace for St John's Lutheran church Germanfest service 2014. Photo by Herman Huck.

Cowbell duet with Ginger, the honored hostess Ginger. San Leon, Texas 2014 Photo by Jacob D

Photo by Ginger G, San Leon, Texas 2014

Up close to the guests at Ginger's Campaign Watch Party. San Leon, Texas 2014 Photo by Jacob D

Das Ist Lustig at Angel Of Joy Oktoberfest in Lufkin 2013

PROST Y'ALL!!

Playing spoons with a couple of our younger guests.

Murphy's Law Pub and Brauhaus in Bryan, Texas October 2013

Katerina in action on her saxophone.

(no longer for promotional use) Four piece band plus special guest Katerina October 2013

quite the goofy lot

Playing the Holzern G'lachter (Bavarian Xylophone) at Deutsches Haus Oktoberfest in Kenner, Louisiana. Photo by Brett Duke from the New Orleans Times Picayune.

Ross and Glen play Jager Ruf at the Saint Arnold Brewery Oktoberfest 2013

Playing cowbells at King's Biergarten 2011

Entertaining at King's Biergarten

Mom selling Prost Y'all t-shirts on a hot day in the Woodlands

Cowbell duet with a guest at Charivari Specialty Restaurant

Entertaining at Charivari Specialty Restaurant

Guest singer joins us to sing "Those Were The Days" in Russian

The Tannenbaum joined the youngsters in rockin' around the Christmas tree. Tomball 2011

Grand Opening party at Bar Munich. What a fun crowd! Spring 2011

mmmm, lunchtime! Tomball 2011

high school students, teachers and a few audience members learn a folk dance with Das Ist Lustig in Tomball 2011

The Autoharp makes its debut in Tomball, spring 2011

The lullaby song... Tomball 2011

Performing Andorfer, Aug 2010

Das Ist Lustig with dancers performing Dreisteirer, Aug 2010

say "ah" Aug 2010

Three piece in action at a show promoting the HAPI studio in Pasadena, Aug 2010

O Tannenbaum... you know the rest. Tomball Christmas 2009

...that's why we drink it here... Prost Y'all! Woodlands 2009

No longer for promotional use; Our dancing frauleins at Woodlands Oktoberfest 2009

We were one of the house bands for the Sports Off Center show on Houston's channel 55 2008-2009

An der Nordseekusten x!x!x!x!... Tomball spring 2009

Ready to play Zirkus Renz on the Hölzernes G'lachter in Tomball spring 2009

Filming promotions for Addison's Oktoberfest 2008

Even Miss Westfest wanted to play the Boombas with us at Westfest 2008.

Performing at the Texas German Society, some, Texanischer Deutsch! Prost Y'all! spring 2008

Families who play bells together stay together! A 50th reunion bell choir Feb 2008

One of our many Latin Percussion Sections at Friesenhaus, fall 2007

backstage mischief 2007

ta-daa! 2007

Our first Wurstfest audience 2007

Wurstfest bell choir 2007

smile, you're on candid camera 2007

Promoting the Tomball German Heritage Festival, summer 2007

Entertaining our friends at Oasis, summer 2007

Interactive washboard playing, summer 2007

Guests in the audience join us for the Blacksmith, a traditional Bavarian folk dance at The Texas Folklife Festival 2007

Performing Kufstein on the Cowbells at the Texas Folklife Festival 2007

Retired 3pc promotional poster; photo by David L 2019, editing by Valina

Retired 3 pc promotional poster; Photo by Wim W 2014

Retired from promotional use; Photo by Anything But Typical Photography. Editing by VPDesigns

Retired from promotional use; Photo by Anything But Typical Photography 2012. Editing by VPDesigns

Retired from promotional use; photo by Wim 2009

Retired from Promotional use Photo by Anything But Typical Photography. Editing by VPDesigns

Retired from promotional use; photo by Wim 2009