Merrymakers is home to professional entertainers of all ages and backgrounds with their own unique styles of performance.
Performers seeking information about their upcoming schedule can view their upcoming events on their profile page below. Any questions or feedback and be directed toward Sandy at 402.697.0205 or karen@merrymakers.org.
Antique Harmony is a Barbershop quartet with combined Barbershop experience of well over 100 years.
We sing a mix of the old songs and parodies about getting older, fatter, balder, ...
Accordionist / Vocalist
Barefoot Becky has been the leader of a polka/variety band since 1988. She has traveled the US playing for all kinds of events. She plays 15-20 gigs or more a month and within the last couple of ye...
Singer / Songwriter / Lecturer
Bill Connet is a graduate of Harvard College and has a Masters of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. He came to Iowa as a campus minister, and then worked in health care administration and heal...
Vocalist
Billy Troy has achieved an extensive and exciting career in the entertainment industry. Starting with his father, Bluegrass Hall of Fame member Uncle Josh Graves, who is the legendary dobro player ...
Creating his roots in music at the age of five, Joe has found a home in the Omaha music scene. Joe is the bassist/lead singer in local rock n' roll band "Gallivant," which was the start of...
Vocalist
Joe Taylor (aka Mr. Memories) has a vocal style that has been compared to that of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and Perry Como. His show of songs and stories will entertain you in the st...
Vocalist
Born in Fort Worth, Texas to a Baptist minister father and an English teacher mother, John Worsham began singing at a young age in church and school.
He began playing guitar at the age of te...
Vocalist
Retired from United Airlines after 36 years of service in 2005, including 4 yrs as a “stewardess” ( I was before flight attendants!). I love singing and began performing in front of audiences i...
Vocalist / Guitar
Singing all of her life, Julie Moss excels at old-time gospel and classic country music, but her musical talents seem to know no bounds. She has honed her skills at yodeling and now includes that i...
Vocalist / Guitar
Born and raised in Omaha, Kim comes from a musical family. Inspired by her brother, Kim got a guitar at age 11. At 14, she was in a band playing locally for 3 years. Kim hit the road as a single ac...
Vocal Performer
Pam Kragt is a multi-talented performer who has lived in the Omaha area for 25 years. She grew up on a northwest Iowa dairy f...
Pat Lydon’s fans refer to him as the “pianoman”. He crawled up on the piano bench at the age of four and has been playing ever since – for sixty years. Every Christmas he got a new harmonic...
Vocalist / Acoustic
For over 30 years, Paul Siebert’s quality blend of music all throughout the Midwest has delighted thousands with his unique style and a vast repertoire second to none! Along with wonderful vocals...
Guitarist / Singer / Songwriter
Rob received his musical education in the bars on Forest Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa. Rose Marie Webster, Luther Allison, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee were some of the musicians he bugged till t...
Vocals / Guitar / Keyboard
This musical duo is part of the music and comedy group “THE LINKS”. For years “THE LINKS” were based out of Reno, Nevada and performed in prestigious showrooms in Reno, Lake Tahoe and Las V...
Saxophone / Vocalist
Tim Javorsky is all about the numbers. His wife Dorothy calls him a triple threat: Saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. And not just alto or tenor, mind you, but soprano and baritone sax too. And n...
Tom Strohmyer, playing professionally for the last 20 years by the name “Woody”, first started performing in 1984 after graduating from Kearney State College in Dec 1983. He took his diploma an...