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Polka Pop Balloon Stop
Overview
I specialize in balloon art and accordion music for every occasion! Balloons are fantastic for people of all ages and the accordion can serenade any occasion at any venue!
I perform singing telegrams, live balloon twisting, roaming accordion playing, ambiance music, and balloon sculptures with delivery!
My goal is to brighten your day the Polka Pop Way and I guarantee I can add some extra pop to any event that you will love! The next time you want to celebrate or have a special message to deliver, call the Polka Pop Balloon Stop to add a new twist to your day!
Reviews
41 reviews
Reed B.
April 2, 2026Amazing
Josie is fantastic. Kids absolutely love it. Worth every penny.
Hired as: Balloon Twister
Jeanie
January 21, 2026Amazing
She was great with everyone there and the balloon twisting was top notch thank you again
Hired as: Balloon Twister
Sarah G.
April 22, 20255th Birthday Balloon Bonanza
Josie added a special touch to my son's 5th birthday party. She was very professional and communicative leading up to the event, and she was so gracious and nice to all of the guests during. The balloon twisting was a hit with all of the kids lining up for their personal balloon, and the balloons that Josie created were so creative and impressive. After the balloons, she played the accordion while we sang Happy Birthday. Thank you, Josie!
Hired as: Balloon Twister
Ted B.
April 21, 2025Thanks!
Thank You
Hired as: Balloon Decor, Balloon Twister, Singing Telegram
Lindsey B.
April 14, 2025Josie made the day!
Josie was so amazing all day! Obviously the star of the show, but so fast and kept coming up with more and more creative and thoughtful designs for all ages! Highly recommend. Can’t wait to have her again!
Hired as: Balloon Twister
Booking information
Price range: $200 – $800 per event
Languages: English
Gig length: 10 - 180 minutes
Insurance: $5,000 - Performers insurance
What to expect
Bottom Line: I want to make your event and everyone's day special and I will do my best to achieve this goal when you hire me!
Birthday Parties: include complex/large balloon sculpture for birthday person, balloons for party guests, accordion happy birthday serenade.
Singing Telegrams: choice of costume ( gorilla, chicken, teddy bear, or German dirndl) song of choice, personalized helium bouquet or balloon sculpture. Custom parodies upon request!
Accordion Music: Prepared to play ambiance music for luncheons, dinners, etc.
Ensembles such as polka bands or Balhinch Bunch family band are seasonal and/or need 4 week notice to prepare music.
About
Hello everyone, my name is Josie and I am from Crawfordsville IN and I have a little entrepreneurship business I call the Polka Pop Balloon Stop where I can put my God-given talents and creativity to use making other people happy!
I have loved music my entire life and I was lucky enough to begin piano lessons at the age of 4 and grow up in a family that loves to play music with me. I picked up the accordion at the age of 12 when my grandparents had no piano for me to play my piano Christmas music on. I sat on the couch with the bellows across my lap and strapped my feet to the bass with the piano end in my lap. My uncle strapped the accordion on upright to me and I went from there! I now take lessons from the amazing Betty Jo Simon.
When I was in the 7th grade my teacher said "Find something you don't know how to do, learn it, and show your skill to the class in a nonfiction presentation". Within those 3 weeks I mastered the balloon dog and a few other simple projects from a couple library books and good old "Youtube University" and made an A+ presentation. I am forever thankful I had Mrs. Taylor as a teacher! But it didn't stop there!
My uncle, Ron Lighty, is a ventriloquist and balloon artist himself and he got me motivated to learn more about balloon art.
In 2014 I got a call from Barb for a Birthday party! And my little balloon project suddenly became really fun AND profitable! Thus the creation of the Polka Pop Balloon Stop!
Since then I have done balloons and accordion music all over my town! I would be more than happy to make your day with an accordion serenade or balloon sculpture!
Additional booking notes
Cannot provide PA system, but rest assured, some indoor venues we can be loud enough if performing instrumental music only!
Services offered
Past booked events
March 2026
28
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
10:30am - 1:30pm
•
Bonita Springs, FL
January 2026
17
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
2:30pm - 5:00pm
•
Cape Coral, FL
17
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
2:30pm - 5:00pm
•
Cape Coral, FL
December 2025
20
Saturday
House Party
10:00am - 12:00pm
•
Bonita Springs, FL
05
Friday
Christmas Party
6:00pm - 8:30pm
•
Naples, FL
November 2025
15
Saturday
Festival
5:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Cape Coral, FL
15
Saturday
Festival
10:00am - 12:00pm
•
Cape Coral, FL
April 2025
19
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
3:30pm - 4:30pm
•
Cape Coral, FL
16
Wednesday
Birthday Party
12:00pm - 12:15pm
•
Bonita Springs, FL
12
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
3:00pm - 5:00pm
•
Naples, FL
October 2024
25
Friday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Fort Myers, FL
May 2024
26
Sunday
Nonprofit Event
12:00pm - 1:00pm
•
Orlando, FL
February 2024
16
Friday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Winter Garden, FL
October 2023
27
Friday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Winter Garden, FL
September 2022
24
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
1:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Sullivan, IN
June 2022
09
Thursday
Birthday Party
6:30pm - 7:00pm
•
Indianapolis, IN
April 2022
24
Sunday
Cultural Event
2:30pm - 4:30pm
•
West Lafayette, IN
March 2022
31
Thursday
Children’s Birthday Party
11:00am - 11:30am
•
Lafayette, IN
October 2021
30
Saturday
Halloween Party
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
West Lafayette, IN
August 2021
13
Friday
Indiana Fiddler's Gathering
All-day event
07
Saturday
Nonprofit Event
4:00pm - 6:00pm
•
Lafayette, IN
July 2021
19
Monday
Birthday Party
7:00pm - 7:15pm
•
Lafayette, IN
17
Saturday
Nonprofit Event
1:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Elmhurst, IL
04
Sunday
Festival
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Crawfordsville, IN
May 2021
15
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
2:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Crawfordsville, IN
01
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
5:00pm - 6:00pm
•
Fishers, IN
April 2021
24
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
5:30pm - 7:00pm
•
Monticello, IN
06
Tuesday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 6:15pm
•
West Lafayette, IN
March 2021
29
Monday
Birthday Party
2:00pm - 2:15pm
•
Greenwood, IN
February 2021
25
Thursday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 6:15pm
•
West Lafayette, IN
20
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
12:30pm - 2:00pm
•
Covington, IN
06
Saturday
Birthday Party
2:00pm - 2:15pm
•
West Lafayette, IN
October 2020
31
Saturday
Children’s Birthday Party
4:30pm - 5:30pm
•
West Lafayette, IN
July 2020
14
Tuesday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 6:15pm
•
Kokomo, IN
May 2020
12
Tuesday
Birthday Party
6:30pm - 6:45pm
•
Carmel, IN
April 2020
28
Tuesday
Birthday Party
2:00pm - 2:15pm
•
Carmel, IN
March 2020
12
Thursday
Retirement Party
10:30am - 10:45am
•
Lafayette, IN
February 2020
16
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
12:00pm - 1:00pm
•
West Lafayette, IN
09
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
5:30pm - 6:30pm
•
Lafayette, IN
January 2020
25
Saturday
Birthday Party
2:00pm - 2:15pm
•
Otterbein, IN
December 2019
21
Saturday
Children's Birthday Party
2:30pm - 3:15pm
•
Fishers, IN
October 2019
20
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
2:00pm - 5:30pm
•
Delphi, IN
19
Saturday
Grand Opening
10:00am - 1:00pm
•
Lafayette, IN
September 2019
20
Friday
Unavailable
12:00pm - 8:00pm (Sat)
August 2019
03
Saturday
Corporate Event
11:30am - 2:30pm
•
Crawfordsville, IN
03
Saturday
Donnely Day
11:00am - 4:00pm
July 2019
24
Wednesday
Out of Town
12:00pm - 12:00pm
07
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
12:30pm - 1:30pm
•
Kokomo, IN
June 2019
14
Friday
Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival
9:00am - 10:00pm
May 2019
18
Saturday
Family event ALL DAY
10:00am - 5:00pm
11
Saturday
Children's Birthday Party
4:30pm - 5:30pm
•
Lafayette, IN
05
Sunday
Indianpolis School of Deaf PTCO day
8:00am - 9:00pm
04
Saturday
Humans United for Equality in Crawfordsville
5:00pm - 8:00pm
April 2019
27
Saturday
Crawfordsville Farmers market grand opening
9:00am - 1:30pm
20
Saturday
Private Gigs
1:00pm - 6:00pm
March 2019
20
Wednesday
Birthday Party
1:00pm - 1:15pm
•
Lafayette, IN
February 2019
23
Saturday
Children's Birthday Party
6:00pm - 6:30pm
•
West Lafayette, IN
January 2019
20
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
2:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Lafayette, IN
December 2018
09
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
2:00pm - 2:30pm
•
Lafayette, IN
November 2018
11
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
3:30pm - 4:00pm
•
Lafayette, IN
September 2018
23
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
1:30pm - 2:30pm
•
West Lafayette, IN
August 2018
13
Monday
Unavailable
1:00pm - 2:00pm
July 2018
28
Saturday
Corporate Event
11:30am - 2:30pm
•
Crawfordsville, IN
01
Sunday
Unavailable
1:00pm - 1:00pm
June 2018
30
Saturday
Freedom Festival Covington
2:00pm - 4:00pm
30
Saturday
Maker's Festival Carnegie
1:00pm - 4:00pm
08
Friday
Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival
8:00am - 8:00pm
02
Saturday
Bunny
2:00pm - 4:00pm
02
Saturday
Nonprofit Event
12:30pm - 2:00pm
•
Lafayette, IN
May 2018
19
Saturday
Unavailable
1:00pm - 4:00pm
April 2018
29
Sunday
Children's Birthday Party
3:00pm - 4:00pm
•
Crawfordsville, IN
28
Saturday
Relay for LIfe
2:00pm - 4:00pm
15
Sunday
Lacie Bday
1:00pm - 3:00pm
04
Wednesday
Festival
6:00pm - 8:30pm
•
Hillsboro, IN
March 2018
24
Saturday
Wendy's Birthday Party
2:00pm - 4:00pm
23
Friday
Riley's Birthday Party
8:10am - 8:30am
19
Monday
Arrow ceremony for Boy/Cub Scouts
7:30pm - 8:30pm
18
Sunday
New Ross Firehouse
2:00pm - 3:00pm
11
Sunday
Balloons Under the Big Top
1:00pm - 3:00pm
04
Sunday
D&L Lubricants Gorilla Boogie Telegram
2:30pm - 2:40pm
Set list
Happy Birthday
Edelweiss
Reel de Beatrice
Polka Set (Reel Eugene, Julida Polka, Chicken Dance)
Fascination
Zacatecas
De Colores
Gratsvalsen
Talgoxen
Coleman's March
Fairie's Hornpipe
Mary of the Wild Moor
Emperor's Waltz
Oh! Suzanna
Viola's Favorite Schottice
Korobeiniki (Tetris A theme)
Rakes of Mallow
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Can Can
Song of Storms (Legend of Zelda)
Rosailna's Observatory ( Super Mario Galaxy)
Setup requirements
Balloons can be mobile or stationary. When Stationary, I would prefer to have a table or tent if the event is outside. With notice, I can provide them myself
Accordion Music: could be acoustic. If amplification is needed, 1 regular vocal microphone on an adjustable stand will do fine. If playing in an extremely large area, two mic would be better.
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