Third Crazepretty much NOT a craze anymore and here to stay. It gets increasingly hard to keep up with all the ukulele clubs sprouting up around the world and get them listed her on LearningUkulele.com. There is bound to be a group up like-minded ukulele fans, players near you. A quick Internet search should yield some results.
Ukulele Club Listings for California
The Berkeley Ukulele Club is an active community of ukulele players, musicians and singers from all over the San Francisco Bay area. We have our big meetups on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month in Berkeley, California and smaller neighborhood jams throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in between. Whether you are a beginner or seasoned player, please join us twice a month to share songs, techniques and music and uke talk. There are no dues or membership. Just show up and have fun. Everyone is welcome. We love to play!
E Kanikapila KÄkou! means Let’s Play Music! We meet every Sunday from 5pm to 8pm in Dana Point, CA. We are a group of friends from Hawai’i who are committed to sharing our passion for the Hawaiian culture with the community through fellowship and encouragement. Bring your ukulele and strum along with us. No ukulele, no problem, come sing and talk story. All levels welcome.
We play only the best selection of music, from the 1920s to the 2020s. I’m talking GREAT songs. The hallmark of the Jumpin Fleas is that we provide FULLY NOTATED, ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENTS of all the songs we play. No chord boxes and lyric sheets here. You get the full score, plus more! We play at the advanced-beginner level and above, but even if you’re just starting, come see us and watch your playing and personality improve by LEAPS and BOUNDS!!!
KOLOHE ‘UKULELE CLUB was formed in 2000 & meets for practice at “ISLAND BAZAAR” in Surf City U.S.A. on the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th TuesNite of the month @ 7:pm. Under our Kumu UNCLE HENRY KAMAE, we play Hawaiian & Hapa Haole music and invites ALL levels of ‘UKULELE PLAYERS to jam with us Island Style. KOLOHE has performed at the Southern California Ukulele Festival, the Tiki Beach Fest in Belmont Shore, the Asian & Pacific Islander Councle Banquets, the San Dimas Ho‘Olaule‘a, Aloha-Cruz Island Beach Shows, for many‘a Lu`au, Halau performances, festivals, & other functions.
The Napa Valley Flea Jumpers (or “Wine Country” Flea Jumpers, depending on the day or week) is a loosely knit group of ukulele enthusiasts who get together once a month to drink wine, eat pupus, enjoy each other’s company, and play our ‘ukuleles. We meet anywhere they’ll have us, generally on the last Sunday of the month. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join us…if you can find us. Keep checking back for updates on where and when; we’d love to meet you.
Members meet every Thursday from 3:30 to 5, and perform at least once a week at convalescent homes, retirement communities, hospitals, schools, fairs, festivals and fund-raisers for non-profits. Led by Dan Scanlan, aka, Cool Hand Uke, since 2000. We have performed at the Northern California Uke Fest in Santa Cruz, the New York Ukulele Festival and the 38th Annual International Ukulele Festival in Honolulu. All ages are welcome and newcomers to the ukulele are treated to Scanlan’s famous first uke lesson.
Enjoy learning to play the ukulele (four strings, four fingers—what could be easier?) and have fun at Ukuleles of Paradise, an informal gathering of ukulele players and would-be ukulele players. Ukuleles of Paradise offers free lessons, loaner ukuleles for the meeting, a lending library of ukulele songbooks, DVDs and resources—and a welcoming group of folks who are happy to have new players or wannabe players join us. No prior musical experience needed!
Additional Club Listings & Resources
The Following Sites Might Have a Club In Your Area Listed:
- Flea Market Music – Players Directory has ukulele clubs listed.
- Uke Hunt – Ukulele Clubs and Groups page.
Checkout a Local Meetup Group
Meetup is the world's largest network of self-organized clubs and community groups. Here is the Ukulele Meetup ( ukulele.meetup.com ) and Ukulele Jam ( ukulele-jam.meetup.com ) page.