Reviews and News From York, NE

We are very proud of the 1000+ reviews we have accumulated over the years. Any of these clients will be happy to share their experiences with our company on & off stage.

Here is what people from York, NE and neighboring cities are saying about us

Wedding Reception

York, NE - Saturday, February 1st, 2020

Conference/Workshop

York, NE - Wednesday, June 12th, 2019

Customer Appreciation Event

York, NE - Friday, November 21st, 2014

Just wanted to drop you a line to tell you that the players did an outstanding job at our customer appreciation event. With a such a diverse crowd I was wondering how this would actually go, but in just a little bit they had the audience involved and they had many of them getting out of their comfort zone. As the show went on it was amazing to see how involved they got. Many customers came up to me as they were leaving that night to thank us for such a wonderful evening. On Saturday I received many e-mails, texts, calls, and some Facebook messages from others that were saying the same thing.

We will definitely have 176 Keys back for another customer event in the future.

Tim

Customer Appreciation Event
Plant Pioneer

Night on the Hill Fundraiser

McCook, NE - Saturday, February 15th, 2020

Valentine Event - REPEAT CLIENT

Omaha, NE - Friday, February 14th, 2020

Corporate Event (REPEAT CLIENT)

Norfolk, NE - Friday, February 7th, 2020

Fundraiser

Wolbach, NE - Saturday, February 1st, 2020

Corporate Event - 1-MAN PERFORMANCE

Beatrice, NE - Friday, January 31st, 2020

Corporate Holiday Party

Omaha, NE - Thursday, January 30th, 2020

Holiday Party

Omaha, NE - Friday, January 10th, 2020

Corporate Event - ONE MAN SHOW

Clay Center, NE - Saturday, January 4th, 2020

Wedding

Kearney, NE - Saturday, December 28th, 2019

Ticketed Event

Petersburg, NE - Monday, December 16th, 2019

Corporate Event

Omaha, NE - Saturday, December 7th, 2019

Corporate Event

Fairbury, NE - Friday, December 6th, 2019

Fundraiser

Bennington, NE - Friday, November 15th, 2019

Fundraiser

Chadron, NE - Saturday, November 2nd, 2019

Community Halloween Event

Howells, NE - Friday, November 1st, 2019

The show was a blast! Everyone had a great time and the Ballroom did really well on ticket and drink sales that night.

A huge thank you to all of your staff for their professionalism throughout the day and evening. They knew exactly what to do and how to read the crowd to maximize the “fun” of this event. We are considering making this an annual event so please send your 2020 schedule. Our board will discuss at our next meeting in January (or before).

Melissa

Community Halloween Event
Howells Ballroom

Community Fundraiser

David City, NE - Friday, October 25th, 2019

GREEN Fundraiser

North Platte, NE - Saturday, October 19th, 2019

Continuing Education Event

Nebraska City, NE - Saturday, August 17th, 2019

First off I want to say, WOW, what an exceptional event. We were blown away by how wonderful the whole evening turned out thanks to the amazingly talented entertainers!!!! How do they do it and for 2 hours straight! There energy was contagious and engaging through the whole event, and boy could they read a room and adjust!
We could not have asked for better entertainment. Please make sure the guys know how awesome they are and that people the next day were still talking about it.

If you want the fun of karaoke, the laughs of a comedy show, & the freedom of a juke box, these are your guys! Non stop & immersive, these two can zing up the room.

Thank you, Thank you!

Lara

Continuing Education Event
VCA Midwest Veterinary Referral & Emergency Center

County Fair

South Sioux City, NE - Friday, August 2nd, 2019

Fundraiser

Lincoln, NE - Friday, March 1st, 2019

Fundraiser

Albion, NE - Friday, February 15th, 2019

Family Concert

Central City, NE - Sunday, February 10th, 2019

Fundraiser

Pierce, NE - Saturday, February 9th, 2019

Corporate Event

Lincoln, NE - Saturday, February 2nd, 2019

Ticketed Community Event

Blair, NE - Friday, February 1st, 2019

Corporate Holiday Party

LaVista, NE - Saturday, January 26th, 2019

Corporate Event

Doniphan, NE - Friday, January 25th, 2019

Church Fundraiser

Hastings, NE - Saturday, January 12th, 2019

Fundraiser

Crofton, NE - Friday, December 28th, 2018

Corporate Holiday Party

Lincoln, NE - Saturday, December 15th, 2018

Corporate Holiday Party

Omaha, NE - Thursday, December 13th, 2018

Fundraiser

Kearney, NE - Monday, December 3rd, 2018

Fundraiser

Chadron, NE - Saturday, November 3rd, 2018

Officers' Council

Omaha, NE - Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

Ladies Night Out

Pender, NE - Friday, October 19th, 2018

The show was fabulous and I am sure that all of our ladies had a wonderful time! I have only heard good comments from our attendees. Many of them think this is the best entertainment we have had in the 10 years we have held Ladies Night Out for the library. Thank you for entertaining at our Ladies Night Out event! Sam & Matt are wonderful, talented performers. They know how to keep the party going! You’re whole group was great to work with.

Ann

Ladies Night Out
Pender Public Library

State Night

Omaha, NE - Monday, October 8th, 2018

Public Event

North Platte, NE - Saturday, July 21st, 2018

Wedding Reception

Lincoln, NE - Saturday, June 16th, 2018

Golf Tournament

Beatrice, NE - Thursday, June 7th, 2018

50th Birthday

Omaha, NE - Friday, May 18th, 2018

Fundraiser

Neligh, NE - Saturday, April 28th, 2018

The town is still a buzz about the Fun Piano event. The guys were so personable and read the crowd well. Somehow, they got the people on their feet participating. It did my heart well to see smiles on people’s faces. People commented on how Sam mentioned the one-room schoolhouse project when talking, and how he sang about Nebraska towns. The song, “ Green, Green Grass Grew All Around,” for those who had gone to a country school, was genius! (Where did he learn that? I figured he was too young to know it.) Fun Pianos brought all ages together for a night of laughter and pure joy. I was impressed that Sam went to see the schoolhouse. Please tell the dynamic duo how much we enjoyed working with them. They are excellent entertainers. Please share our accolades with the group.

Gloria

Fundraiser
Antelope County Historical Society

Fundraiser

McCool Junction, NE - Friday, April 13th, 2018

Annual Banquet

Sutton, NE - Saturday, March 24th, 2018

Fundraiser

Kearney, NE - Friday, March 23rd, 2018

Fundraiser

Ogallala, NE - Saturday, March 17th, 2018

Youth Sports Fundraiser

Valley, NE - Saturday, February 17th, 2018

I can’t say enough good things about the two performers. They were just absolutely phenomenal! The crowd engagement, dancing and money making they did for our group is just unreal. Still this week I have heard several people comment about how much fun they had and how they can’t wait to do it again. So much in fact that I am trying to get the high school fall football schedule and get a date in September or October to do it again! J

Thanks for everything!!

Jamie

Youth Sports Fundraiser

Community Fundraiser

Pierce, NE - Saturday, February 10th, 2018

Fundraiser

Oshkosh, NE - Saturday, February 3rd, 2018

Latest News from York, NE

Posted on 04/14/2017

Traveling dueling pianos by Fun Pianos back in swing next week

After a purposefully slow holiday week, the Fun Pianos! Dueling pianos show picks up again next week in a big way, when we hit all these places:

McAllen, Texas

Wichita, Kansas

Columbus, Indiana

Wheeling, West Virginia

Devils Lake, North Dakota

Kimball, Nebraska

Texarkana, Texas

Thompson, North Dakota

York, Pennsylvania

Talk about a traveling dueling pianos show…this is it!

Posted on 12/21/2016

December 2016: Oh What a Month!

What a month we had in December this year. If you can keep up, here’s where we entertained with Fun Pianos dueling pianos:

Kansas (Wichita [twice], Manhattan, Ottawa, Overland Park, Hutchinson)

Texas (San Antonio, Austin and San Angelo)

North Dakota (Two times each in Fargo and Bismarck)

West Virginia (Wheeling)

Nebraska (Kearney, Omaha [three times], Lincoln, Norfolk, York, Schuyler)

Illinois (Decatur)

South Dakota (Sioux Falls, Mitchell)

Minnesota (Jackson)

Iowa (Centerville, Cedar Rapids)

Colorado (Denver)

Dueling Pianos by Fun Pianos…if it isn’t Fun Pianos…it’s just a bunch of songs!

Posted on 09/26/2016

Last Week with Fun Pianos

What a week of entertainment with Fun Pianos! This week we continued our tradition of several shows for colleges: dueling pianos presented by Fun Pianos and our special interactive-based show means that families stay for the whole show as they did for “family weekend” events recently in Nebraska, New York, Texas, South Dakota just in the past couple weeks.

We also were fortunate to share our Fun Pianos dueling pianos in Iowa, Kansas City and Grand Forks all on a Wednesday night! Thursday we were in Auburn IN and Davenport IA as well.

Somehow we didn’t hit the mountain time zone last week, but we will be bringing the show to Colorado Springs next week. Like much of the country, Dueling pianos in Colorado is now the domain of Fun Pianos!

Have a FUN day!

Posted on 06/24/2016

A Great FUN PIANOS show comes to Arkansas City, KS

The nationally recognized FUN Pianos show presents their outstanding “Dinner and a FUN Pianos Show” event in Arkansas City, KS on Friday November 18, 2016 at the VFW Hall Post 1254. A portion of the proceeds go towards the Advanced Cheer Crew.

Do your friends, colleagues or family want to attend a legitimate dinner & a show without having to go to the big city to do it? Do you all wish something cool would “come to MY town”? Now it’s all here. And easy!

Fun Pianos! has been touring the country for over 13 years, bringing their show to events and cities both big and small, including the Super Bowl and USA military troops in Africa on the 4th of July.

Doors open at 6:30 for cocktails, dinner is at 7:00, the show begins when dinner ends, lasting about 2 hours. Attendees must be 21 years of age and older… not because the show is excessively dirty, but because this is an event for adults to be able to “have a few” without feeling handcuffed because kids are around.

Just under 200 tickets are available right now, running $43 – $49 per person ($5 more at the door… if any remain). Group rates are available online.

Dinner is included in your ticket price, and it isn’t just snacks or horderves: It’s a full meal provided by Williams Great Western Catering including

Honey Pecan Chicken
Landon Broil
Parsley Butter Potatoes
Whole Green Beans
Sweet Baby Carrots
Multi Grain Croissant
Spinach Salad with Dried Cranberries, Toasted Almonds, Feta, and Raspberry Vinaigrette
Dessert- New York Style Cheesecake w/ sauce and Layered Carrot Cake

A cash bar is available as soon as you come in!

Have questions? Contact us directly at or 888-539-7176

See you November 18 2016, and have a FUN day!

This show is sponsored by

Show is in VFW Hall Post 1254 Friday November 18^th, 2016

FUN moments from past shows

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Posted on 08/25/2015

Holiday party planning is in full swing!

Hope you are ready for the BEST and most FUN Party that you have seen Fun Pianos Dueling Pianos play… EVER! We are taking over for your Holiday Party planning. Leave all the stress and worry to us… all you have to do is bring some people, laugh and sing along. We take the frustration and work out of planning your “work” Holiday Party!

We play all over, but here are some of our shows in Nebraska this winter season:
Bladen NE
Lincoln NE (Special thanks to our Fun Sponsor: Crystal Sauna)
Broken Bow NE
Scottsbluff NE (Special thanks to our Fun Sponsor: Crystal Sauna)
Grand Island NE
South Sioux City NE
York NE
Beatrice NE
Seward NE (Special thanks to our Fun Sponsor: Kirby Roth Insurance)
Columbus NE
Fremont NE
Norfolk NE

Get your tickets and find out more info at www.FunPianos.com/Tickets

Posted on 02/05/2015

A Great Dinner and a FUN PIANOS show comes BACK to York, NE

SPONSOR THIS EVENT
The nationally recognized FUN Pianos show presents their outstanding “Dinner and a FUN Pianos Show” event, coming back to Chances R in York on Friday February 2, 2018.

Do your friends, colleagues or family want to attend a legitimate dinner & a show without having to go to the big city to do it? Do you all wish something cool would “come to MY town”? This event is a terrific, and EASY way to hold a big-deal holiday party for your staff, clients, or any other small to medium sized group that might not otherwise be able to celebrate with this kind of evening.

Fun Pianos! has played for 8 official Husker Huddle road tailgate parties, the Team Jack Gala, and military troops in Africa.
As much fun as those events have been, playing in Nebraska has been the MOST fun in our history, and why company owner Sam Ferguson moved here.

Doors open at 6:30 for cocktails, dinner is at 7:00, the show begins when dinner ends, lasting almost 2 hours. Attendees must be 21 years of age and older…not because the show is excessively dirty, but because this is an event for adults to be able to “have a few” without feeling handcuffed because kids are around.

ONLY 204 tickets are available, running $25-65 per person, depending where you want to sit, and how many tickets you buy to take advantage of our outstanding group rates. The more expensive the ticket, the closer you sit to the action, and the sooner you get to the food line!
Discounts of UP TO 28% are available to group purchases, the larger the group, the higher the discount. (The range depends on the price range of the tickets in the first place, and you will see your calculated total and savings before you click the purchase button.)

The delicious Chances R buffet will again consist of:

two entree options
a variety of potato and vegetable sides,
side salad
tasty roll
unlimited tea, water, and coffee

The cash bar is available as soon as you come in!
Have questions? Contact us directly at or 888-539-7176
See you in February, and have a FUN day!

Tickets will be available at will call, bring your picture ID

Show is in Chances R
Friday February 2^nd, 2018

FUN moments from FUN Pianos!

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Posted on 01/12/2015

Another successful weekend of FUN shows in Big Lake MN, York NE, Sioux Center IA, Lincoln NE, Finley ND, Virginia Beach VA, Tampa FL, Ogallala NE, Aberdeen SD, Sleepy Eye MN, and Sioux Falls SD.

We had a FUNtastic time in all the different places we performed last weekend. With 6 teams, we can cover a lot of ground. We would love to add your town to our list of “Played There” locations. Contact us to find out what great deals we have in your area.

Thanks to Big Lake MN, York NE, Sioux Center IA, Lincoln NE, Finley ND, Virginia Beach VA, Tampa FL, Ogallala NE, Aberdeen SD, Sleepy Eye MN, and Sioux Falls SD for helping make our dueling pianos show the most requested travelling piano show in the country! Our fans make our job even more FUN!

Posted on 12/30/2014

York NE and Seward NE Small Businesses: Treat your staff to an amazing night of food, entertainment and FUN!

If you are one of the many small businesses in the Midwest still recovering from the economic slump, you may be thinking that it is impossible for you to host any kind of holiday party this year. We have a solution that will not only provide a holiday party for your staff, but will also thank them for a great year while encouraging them to continue their hard work through the upcoming year.

We provide the venue, the entertainment and the food. You provide the people, along with many other small business owners and managers who will bring their people, and we have a Big Fun Pianos! Party for Your Small Business. It’s that easy. Tickets to the event are affordable, the food is delicious and you get an amazingly FUN show that will provide lasting memories for your entire office.

Holiday parties are important. Not only are they a great way to say thanks for a job well done, but they have the added benefit of being a great way to team build. Our Big Fun Pianos! Party is designed to get everyone involved. The hilarious dueling pianos show is completely request driven, so you determine what we play. Our players have one goal, to do whatever it takes to make the night the MOST FUN you have had. In order for that to happen, they will have you laughing, dancing and singing along. We have provided the perfect atmosphere for your staff to set work aside and just for a few hours, let loose and have FUN! You may be surprised at the team building that naturally occurs when your staff can eat, drink and have fun together. According to Deborah Sweeney, CEO of MyCorporation.com, “If there’s an element of friendship in the workplace, work doesn’t seem so much like work. Holiday parties are a great place to start building those relationships.”

If you are in or near York, NE… We will be at Chances R Restaurant on 1/9/2015.

Get your tickets HERE for York.

If you are in or near Seward, NE… We will be at the Lied Senior Center on 1/23/2015.

Get your tickets HERE for Seward.

Posted on 12/30/2014

We are ready to start off 2015 with a Big Fun Pianos Party for Your Small Business, in York NE!

We have less than 2 weeks to go until we take over the Chances R Restaurant for a night overflowing with FUN!

Bring your staff and treat them to a delicious dinner and a FUNtastic show. We can’t think of a better way to let your employees know how much you appreciate them. Laughter and fun will continue to resonate throughout the rest of the year when your staff remembers the great time they had at the show.

Make sure you and your staff are at the BEST dueling pianos show in the country, on January 9th, 2015 in York NE! Get your tickets now:

Get Tickets HERE

Posted on 12/19/2014

We are almost sold out for our Big Fun Pianos Party in York NE on 1/9/15!

The show is only 3 weeks away! We have less than 40 tickets left for you to see the nation’s outstanding dueling pianos show at “Chances R” in York NE. Don’t wait any longer! Get your tickets HERE

Posted on 12/13/2014

Looking for great gift ideas? How about a dueling pianos show?

Tickets make great holiday presents, and you get to relive it when you go to the event! Thank your employees, take your of-age family for a night of Fun Pianos!
The York & Seward shows include dinner, and the Ansley show is dirt cheap.

Don’t forget to get your tickets to one of our upcoming PUBLIC shows:
1/9/15 – York, NE (www.FunPianos.com/York)
1/23/15 – Seward, NE (www.FunPianos.com/Seward)
3/21/15 – Ansley, NE (www.FunPianos.com/Ansley)

Hope to see you there!

Posted on 12/01/2014

A little history lesson… New York, NY has the bragging rights for having the oldest “Pianoforte” in existence.

“The year 1709 is the one most sources give for the appearance of aninstrument which can truly be called a “Pianoforte.” The writer Scipione Maffei wrote an article that year about the pianoforte created by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1732), who had probably produced four “gravicembali col piano e forte” or harpsichords with soft and loud. This instrument featured the first real escapement mechanism and is often called a “hammer harpsichord.” The small hammers were leather covered. It had bichords throughout, and all the dampers were wedge-shaped. By 1726 he seems to have fitted a stop for the action to make the hammers strike only one of two strings. He had produced about twenty pianos by this time and then he is presumed to have gone back to making harpsichords, probably from the lack of interest in his pianos. Three of his pianos remain extant today: one with four octaves, dated 1720, is in NewYork; one with four and a half octaves, from 1726, is in Leipzig, Germany; and there is one in Rome from 1722. There are approximately ten plucked instruments surviving today with the name Cristofori on them.” – www.piano-tuners.org

I wonder if that piano can hold a tune? In all seriousness, though, the piano has been used to entertain and educate people for a very long time. At Fun Pianos by 176 Keys Dueling Pianos, we keep that tradition alive by giving our clients the most entertaining show possible. We love that we can share our joy of music and FUN with you!

Posted on 10/01/2014

Events and Tickets

The nation’s outstanding FUN pianos show comes to Nebraska this holiday season.

Does your staff deserve a big-deal office party, but you don’t have the money (or time) to get one together for them?
Does your family want to attend a legitimate dinner & a show without having to go to the big city to do it?
Do your friends wish something cool would “come to MY town”?

Now it’s all here. And easy!

Fun Pianos! has played for 7 official Husker Huddle road tailgate parties, the Team Jack Gala, and military troops in Africa.
As much fun as that was, playing the small towns in Nebraska has been THE most fun shows in our history (and why owner Sam Ferguson moved here).
Scores of corporations around the country have relied on Fun Pianos! by 176 Keys to put that special imprint on big evenings. Tell your employees “We are a team. We appreciate all your work. Let’s keep pursuing excellence.” by bringing them to the holiday blowout party Fun Pianos!

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