The Holzhackern Oktoberfest sound is built around high-energy arrangements of the traditional Bavarian songs, always with a full three-piece horn line --- trumpet, tenor sax, and trombone. Shows include English and German vocals, audience participation dancing and sing-along, plus lots of very danceable international music.

We picked up the style of leading Oktoberfest bands from Frankenmuth, Allentown, Milwaukee, and Helen, and first appeared as the Holzhackern for a 1983 New Year's Eve party at Veronika's German Restaurant in Winston-Salem. Over the past 26 years, we have performed for German-American clubs (Winston-Salem, Augusta, Charlotte, Clarksville, Spartanburg, Fayetteville), at civic Oktoberfests and Sommerfests (Columbus Ohio German Village, Savannah Riverfront, Augusta River Walk, Charlotte, Hickory, Raleigh, Myrtle Beach, Winston-Salem, Cookeville, Statesville, Ft. Bragg, Greer), at resorts and German restaurants (Grove Park Inn, The Homestead, Helen Festhalle, Weeping Radish, Waldhorn), and at private clubs throughout the Southeast.

On those rare occasions when someone shows up at our Oktoberfest and really doesn't know the Chicken Dance, nor when to shout "Hoi, Hoi, Hoi!", nor what to do as the first or last person on a polonaise line…well, our vocalist and Gemutlichkeit-specialist, Heidi, conducts a short training session in proper "Stimmung Im Zelt" behavior. An old-fashioned MarschWalzer is held every performance, and we're still trying to best the record set at Spartanburg during the late 1980s --- over 100 couples filled the dance floor!