11am – 12pm: Des Moines Festival Brass is a local Des Moines brass ensemble playing holiday brass music.

3pm – 5:30pm: New Jolly Germans Band, playing various types of German music including Polkas, Waltzes, Schottisch and Landlers.

11am – 1pm: Metro Brass Quintet plays a wide variety of high-quality brass music from all different genres and has performed for corporate events, weddings, and prior Christkindlmarket Des Moines markets. The group has a great variety of contemporary and classic Christmas music that will put you into the Christmas spirit!

2pm – 2:30pm: Schuhplattler Gruppe Edelweiss is the #1 award winning Bavarian Dance group in North America, founded in 1961. Members of Gauvervband Nordamerika. Upholding the culture and customs of Bavaria/Tirol, through dance, music and the traditional outfits worn.

4pm – 4:30pm: Schuhplattler Gruppe Edelweiss is the #1 award winning Bavarian Dance group in North America, founded in 1961. Members of Gauvervband Nordamerika. Upholding the culture and customs of Bavaria/Tirol, through dance, music and the traditional outfits worn.

5:30pm – 6pm: Schuhplattler Gruppe Edelweiss is the #1 award winning Bavarian Dance group in North America, founded in 1961. Members of Gauvervband Nordamerika. Upholding the culture and customs of Bavaria/Tirol, through dance, music and the traditional outfits worn.

6:30pm – 9pm: Barefoot Becky & the Ivanhoe Dutchmen Are you ready to get your polka on? Barefoot Becky & the band, from Mt Vernon, IA, will be playing your favorite polkas and a variety of music to get your toes tapping and the gemutlichkeit flowing! PROST!

11am – 12pm: Betruken Messing specializes in polkas and bombastic brass arrangements of any tunes we think will be fun. During the Christmas season we put our enthusiastic spin on countless holiday standards. Our audiences are especially lively during the holiday season at Christkindlmarket.

12:30pm – 12:50pm: Schuhplattler Gruppe Edelweiss is the #1 award winning Bavarian Dance group in North America, founded in 1961. Members of Gauvervband Nordamerika. Upholding the culture and customs of Bavaria/Tirol, through dance, music and the traditional outfits worn.

2pm – 2:20pm: Schuhplattler Gruppe Edelweiss is the #1 award winning Bavarian Dance group in North America, founded in 1961. Members of Gauvervband Nordamerika. Upholding the culture and customs of Bavaria/Tirol, through dance, music and the traditional outfits worn.

6pm – 9pm: Barefoot Becky & the Ivanhoe Dutchmen Are you ready to get your polka on? Barefoot Becky & the band, from Mt Vernon, IA, will be playing your favorite polkas and a variety of music to get your toes tapping and the gemutlichkeit flowing! PROST!

11:30pm – 2:30pm: Stu Ryan O’Brien plays fun Irish pub and traditional songs. There’s always a wee bit of clapping, sing along and lots of laughs too! It’s like sitting in your favorite Dublin pub.

6pm – 9pm: Malek’s Fishermen Band is an old time dance band that has been playing since 1932; started playing barn dances and moved on to the main ballrooms and dance halls. Now they play festivals and parties around the midwest. They love playing at the Christkindlmarket, what a fun Crowd!

11:30am – 1:30pm: Metro Brass Quintet plays a wide variety of high-quality brass music from all different genres and has performed for corporate events, weddings, and prior Christkindlmarket Des Moines markets. The group has a great variety of contemporary and classic Christmas music that will put you into the Christmas spirit!.

3pm – 4pm: Des Moines Festival Brass is a local Des Moines brass ensemble playing holiday brass music.

5pm – 5:30pm: Greater Des Moines Flute Choir features bass, alto, c flutes, and piccolo, and we play a variety of holiday music in addition to popular music people recognize.

6pm – 9pm: Jager and the Polkameisters is a fun Oktoberfest themed polka band. There’s fun music along with lots of toasts and laughs. It’s a touch of Munich right here in Des Moines!

11am – 1pm: Betruken Messing specializes in polkas and bombastic brass arrangements of any tunes we think will be fun. During the Christmas season we put our enthusiastic spin on countless holiday standards. Our audiences are especially lively during the holiday season at Christkindlmarket.

2pm – 5pm: Waxies Dargle plays all the favorite Irish songs from jigs to reels to heartbreaking ballads. You’ll want to sing along to the classics but you’ll also hear some newer tunes that you’re sure to want to learn. Our fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and accordion will transport you to the pubs of Ireland.