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The Las Cruces UkeFest is hosted by the Las Cruces Ukes, a non-profit community group of ukulele enthusiasts in southern New Mexico. The club formed in 2013 and has since given over 70 performances around the community, offered several quality workshops with instructors like Mark Baker and Jim D’Ville, and added both a kids and teen club. In 2017, they held their first full-scale festival to rave reviews and a sold-out venue! For 2018, they’ve arranged for a larger theatre to fit all the ukulele lovers we expect to host.
A family friendly weekend retreat for ukulele players of all skill levels! The mission of Ashokan Music and Dance is to support and promote preservation and innovation in traditional music and dance. Our goal is to help keep these traditions vital and accessible in a changing world by providing an environment that fosters the free exchange of ideas among passionate musicians and dancers of all ages. We produce music and dance-focused weekend and week-long educational camps, performance-oriented festivals and concerts, and social and traditional dances to live music.
An annual day of harmony when we host the Ukulele Harmonic Convergence. Bring your ukulele, limber up your voice, and share an afternoon of strumming, singing, and jamming. You'll be joined by clubs from East, South, and Central Pennsylvania as well as other states and individuals from all over. Sharing songs we all love and learn songs loved by others. All levels of play are welcome, and anyone with a voice is, too. There is no charge to enter.
The New England Ukulele Festival is a joyous music celebration featuring the top ukulele performers from across the region. This special event isn’t just about music-it’s about making a difference. All proceeds will support the Ukulele Kids Club (UKC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing music therapy to hospitalized children.
Bracklesham Ukulele Weekends are hosted by George & Mandi from the award-winning Opera-lele and take place by the sea, three times a year. Over the past 10 or so festivals, the gatherings have gone from strength to strength and have featured many performers including Andy Eastwood, Phil Doleman, Peter Moss, Andrea Cooke, Dead Man's Uke, The Mother Ukers, Matthew Quilliam, Plastic Jeezus, Zoë Bestel, Samantha Muir, The Decibelles,Paul Mansell, Ukulele Simon, Marc Gallagher, Phillipa Leigh, Alex Beds, The Mersey Belles, The Hedge Inspectors, Opera-lele, Tin Roof Strollers, Elisabeth Pfeiffer, Southern Beauty, Percy Copley, LunaBarge and many more! The events move between Shanklin on the Isle of Wight in March, Jersey in May and Eastbourne on the South East coast in October each year.
Founded in 1979, Swallow Hill Music is a Denver-based nonprofit organization that enriches the community by operating a music school seven days a week, providing music therapy, educating through community outreach, and producing concerts at three venues at its Broadway & Yale location. In addition, Swallow Hill produces events throughout the metro area including summer concert series at Denver Botanic Gardens and Four Mile Historic Park.
The Michigan Ukulele Extravaganza (MUE) is a new festival presented by Music is the Foundation in collaboration with the Ten Pound Fiddle Friday evening concert series to celebrate the aloha spirit of the ukulele during the doldrums of winter. The inaugural 2022 event will feature concerts and workshops by Heidi Swedberg, Daniel Ward, Lil’ Rev and others with group strums, open mic, and more!
The Kerrville Music Festivals are family oriented events which are held each year on the Quiet Valley Ranch, just 9 miles south of the resort town of Kerrville in the heart of the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Our two annual festivals are the Kerrville Folk Festival and the Kerrville Fall Music Festival.
Jake has played this festival and James Hill is scheduled in 2014.
Founded by Rod Kennedy, the Kerrville Folk Festival has run annually since 1972. It is the longest continuously running music festival of its kind in North America. For 18 straight days and nights each May and June, over 30,000 guests come from all over the world to experience the magic of what we simply call “Kerrvilleâ€. The Festival is known internationally as a Mecca for singer songwriters of varying musical style. It’s a place where those just developing their skills have the opportunity to play their music along- side master craftsmen.
Eighty-six hours of ukulele music, instruction, fun, camaraderie, and general ukulele mayhem! Five days and four nights of ukulele bliss at Asilomar on the Beautiful Monterey Peninsula in California. Featuring classes and workshops, jams sessions and jam slams. All ages and abilities are welcome, as are non-ukulele-playing spouses.
A Uke-A-Palooza is a reunion, a revival, an extravaganza to bring together people that have an interest in playing, owning or learning about ukuleles. In reality, it is about people that want to laugh, sing, listen, strum a little, lose their inhibitions and share some time with uke minded people.
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