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PAST 10 EVENTS

  • May 4, 2025
    Montara, California
    Maifest (private party – SORRY!)
  • March 29, 2025
    Mountain View, California
    2pm Palo Alto Highschool – Fundraiser
  • October 31, 2024
    Ross, California, (private party)
    4pm Oktoberfest-Halloween (private party)
  • October 25, 2024
    Stanford (Palo Alto), California, (private party)
    7pm Oktoberfest (private party)
  • October 20, 2024
    Redwood City, California,
    3pm – Oktoberfest (private party – SORRY!)
  • October 19, 2024
    Redwood City, CA
    11:30am Oktoberfest at Segona’s Farmersmarket
  • October 18, 2024
    San Francisco, California
    Oktoberfest (School Fundraiser – private)
  • October 16, 2024
    San Francisco, California
    Oktoberfest (private party)
  • October 13, 2024
    Mountain View, California, (private party)
    Oktoberfest (private party)
  • October 12, 2024
    Pleasanton, California
    6pm Oktoberfest – Side Track Bar & Grill

The Band

E.J. Dieterle

EJ (‘E.J.’) is the bandleader, emcee, plays Accordion (eAccordion) & vocals and is from Germany’s Black Forest.

He grew up singing/singalong in the family, with friends (the soccer-club) and loves to sing and play music especially from Southern Germany and the Alps (Austria, Switzerland, Italy).

EJ’s first musical instrument was the Bariton Horn (Euphonium) with the Musikverein Egenhausen (Black Forest Oom-pah Band).

At Blacky’s Big Band, a German Big Band Orchestra (at the time in the style of James Last’ ‘Happy Polka’) he played also Alto-Sax and Clarinet.

At the SUNRISE Band and also a Black Forest Trio EJ also played additionally bass guitar (lots of local parties and wedding).

1996 and 1997 EJ was invited to perform on the main-stage at the Seoul International Festival (South Korea).

EJ has been at the Oktoberfest in Munich and also the Cannstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart many times.

 

Mike Young

Clarinet, Saxophone & Bagpipe

Michael started playing the clarinet at the age of 9 and picked up the saxophone at 13.  He was a member of the award-winning Aptos High School jazz band that performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival and in a European performance tour.

A Bay Area native since 1986, he has been an active in the local music scene and performs with the Ray Brown Great Big Band, the Fog City Stompers, the Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra, the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, and the Einsteinium Saxophone Quartet.He founded the MoodSwing Orchestra in 1997, a big band specializing the music of the swing era.

 

Tom Belmessieri

Tom began playing trumpet when he was 9 years old and has been involved with music ever since. He has also studied piano and guitar.

Tom grew up with an appreciation for the music of the ’20s, ’30s, & ’40s because his dad was always playing those records, particularly Bing Crosby, the early jazz of Bix Beiderbecke and Paul Whiteman, and the big swing bands.

In high school Tom sang in the music department’s barbershop quartet.

In 1985 he organized a group of musicians to play Dixieland and that was the birth Fog City Stompers. Tom is the bandleader of Fog City Stompers since then.

 

Mike Hart

Mike Hart, tuba helicon. Mike is a San Francisco native, growing up to the diverse musical sounds of the City.

Church choir, German music (his grandfather was one of the founders of the Deutscher Musikverein), and 1960’s rock and roll filled his early life.

Mike has been playing ragtime music with the Pacific Coast Ragtime Orchestra for over 35 years and legitimate music with the Coastside Community Orchestra.

Since retirement he plays traditional jazz with the Fog City Stompers and the Silicon Gulch Jazz Band, ,as well as also plays with the Deutscher Musikverein.

Mike still wants to be a rock star. (actually, he IS!)

 

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REFERENCES

SFO Airport

United Airlines inaugural direct-flight San Francisco to Munich at the International Terminal departure gate.

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San Jose

Next47 Fundraiser (a Siemens Company) Oktoberfest with Alphorn.

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Rocklin

Oktoberfest at Karthrins Biergarten, Rocklin, CA.

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Oakland

OAKToberfest in Oakland, CA (Diamond District)

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Palo Alto

Assisted Living Garden-Oktoberfest, Palo Alto, CA

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Brentwood City

Brentwood City, CA Downtown Oktoberfest.

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Avaya Stadium

Pre-Game Oktoberfest
San Jose Earthquakes
vs.
Galaxy, New York

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Campbell

Oktoberfest in Campbell, CA Downtown

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Hillsborough

Client Appreciation Party at a Lawfirm in Hillsborough, CA

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Menlo Park

Client appreciation and Octoberfest-Party at a Venture Capital Company in Menlo Park, CA.

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Redwood City

Annual Oktoberfest-Party at a Construction Company, Redwood City, CA (performance with the Germania Schuhplattler)

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Los Altos

Corporate Spring Fest at Esthers German Bakery, Los Altos, CA

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El Granada

Oktoberfest at the Hop Dogma Brewing Company, El Granada, CA

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Woodside

Woodside Elementary School Fundraiser, Woodside, CA

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Cupertino

Garden-Party at Community in Cupertino, CA

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San Jose

Staff Party at IBM, San Jose, CA

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San Francisco

Octoberfest themed Birthday-Party at Leopold’s in San Francisco, CA

Fremont

Octoberfest-Party at the Library in Fremont, CA

Sunnyvale

Corporate Staff-Appreciation Party in Sunnyvale, CA

San Francisco

Corporate Staff Party in San Francisco, CA

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PHOTOS / VIDEOS

GALLERY

  • ALPINESOUND MIX #1
  • Avaya Stadium
    Avaya Stadium
  • AVAYA STADIUM
  • Brentwood City
    Brentwood City
  • OAKtoberfest
    OAKtoberfest
  • ALPINESOUND MIX #2
  • Earthquakes vs. Galaxy
    Earthquakes vs. Galaxy
  • ALPINESOUND MIX #3

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