By Lora Oehlberg

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Los Altos Arts and Wine Festival

Ingredients: eight musicians, retro costumes, choreographed dance moves and the cheesiest hits from the ’70s and ’80s.

Directions: Mix together and form into a ball.

Served at public events, private parties and dance clubs across the Bay Area, The Cheeseballs can be sampled by audiences at the Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival July 15.

The Cheeseballs is a San Francisco-based band that performs 10-20 times a month in the San Francisco Bay Area, delivering hits of the ’70s and ’80s to enthusiastic audiences.

The group frequently plays Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco, The Usual in San Jose and Mystic Theater in Petaluma.

The band plays its own renditions of popular retro hits, trading off vocals among band members named after popular cheeses: Donna Summer’s “Bad Girls” is performed by Fontina Fontinella, Manhattan Transfer’s “Boy from NYC” is sung by Cheesepuff, and Joe Fromaggio performs K.C. & the Sunshine Band’s “Get Down Tonight.”

With its cheesy attitude, a Cheeseballs concert entertains with more than the music; it is an ” event.”

The Cheeseballs is a funky group with an attitude that matches its music: light, groovy and with a touch of cheese.