Kermis Jingles //top\\ Jun 2026

Production libraries like CPM Music offer Dutch/Belgian Folk Music which often includes the accordion-heavy background tracks used at traditional fairs.

These jingles were originally public domain folk songs or classical themes (Rossini’s William Tell Overture was a massive kermis hit), but they were played so fast and loud that they became unrecognizable as classical music. They were the first "mashups" of high and low culture. Kermis Jingles

Why do these songs stick in your head for weeks? Anthropologists and sound engineers point to three specific traits of the classic Kermis jingle: Production libraries like CPM Music offer Dutch/Belgian Folk