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Ukulele Festivals: By Month

COVID Updates: Be sure to check with the individual festivals' to ensure they are still being held or have gone virtual.

Past years festival are show for historical purposes. And, you never know they might come back some day. ALL listings are FREE, just let me know and I'll updated or add a listings.

Sep 20, 2024 — Sep 22, 2024

Torrance Cultral Center, Torrance, CA USA. Whether you are an experienced ukulele player, an occasional strummer or simply a curious spectator, the festival offers lots of opportunities to jump in and be a part of the festivities.

Los Angeles International `Ukulele Festival Events

2024: Aldrine Guerrero, Bernadette Plazola, Boris Mogilevski, Cali Rose & CC Strummers, Danilo Vignola, Hi'ikua, Jeff Peterson, Melanie Kareem, Victoria Kolasinski (Viggy) & more TBA

Sep 8, 2023 — Sep 9, 2023

NJ Uke Fest - Home Edition. Concerts, Workshops, Dinner, Music, Sing-alongs & Ukuleles. Rockwaway, NJ.

New Jersey Uke Fest Events

The Folk Project’s NJ Uke Fest will present workshops, concerts, and sing-alongs in Rockaway, New Jersey. Tickets are $95 for the entire weekend of concerts, workshops, dinner, open stages, and sing-along/play-alongs. Attendance is limited to 50 guests. On Sunday we host our traditional outdoor sing-along/play-along on Morristown Green.

Sep 8, 2023 — Sep 9, 2023

The Hana Hou Music Festival will bring together music artists across genres from Pop, Jazz, World and Hawaiian to share center stage to help our Maui ohana recover, rebuild and heal through music.

Hana Hou Music Festival Festival

The Hana Hou Music Festival will bring together music artists across genres from Pop, Jazz, World and Hawaiian to share center stage to help our Maui ohana recover, rebuild and heal through music.

Sep 18, 2022

2022 is in person and online!

Boroondara Ukulele Festival (BUF) Festival

This year we're in person and online!

Sep 16, 2022 — Sep 18, 2022

Fullheart Productions, 206-697-0434, Melany@fullheartproductions.com

Tunes In The Dunes Events

This weekend event is dedicated to creating a community of ukulele players from the world famous to those just getting started.

Expand your musical universe with some of North America’s greatest musical talents and enjoy the wild ocean beaches at Westwind on the central Oregon coast.

Sep 11, 2022 — Sep 15, 2022

The second annual Holy Smokey Uke Fest. September 11-15, 2022 at the delightful Smokey Hollow Campground in Lodi, WI just 18 miles from Madison. No registration fee. Your choice of accommodations at off-season rates.

Holy Smokey Uke Fest Festival

The second annual Holy Smokey Uke Fest. September 11-15, 2022 at the delightful Smokey Hollow Campground in Lodi, WI just 18 miles from Madison. No registration fee. Your choice of accommodations at off-season rates.

Sep 9, 2022 — Sep 11, 2022

Downtown Lexington, Kentucky USA.

KYukefest Events

Postponed for 2021 due to COVID-19.

Sep 9, 2022 — Sep 11, 2022

Eno Memorial Hall, 754 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, CT USA

Nutmeg Ukulele Festival Festival

The idea of putting on a local ukulele festival was conceived two years ago at a rehearsal of the Kinetic Ukes, the area’s premier ukulele ensemble.

Sep 26, 2021

17th Annual Maui Ukulele Festival, September 2022, Canceled until further notice

Maui Ukulele Festival Events

The annual Maui Ukulele Festival is a full afternoon of ukulele music at the first-class venue, the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Bring your lawn chairs or roll out a blanket on the lawn and enjoy some of the islands’ favorite ukulele players. Since 2006, the Maui Ukulele Festival has featured Herb Ohta Sr. (Ohta-San), Jake Shimabukuro, Holunape, Raiatea Helm, Manoa DNA, Paula Fuga, Richard Ho'opi'i, Brittni Paiva, Kelly Boy Delima, Derek Sebastian and more, including local kupuna and keiki players! Ukulele door prizes, food booths, and more.

Sep 27, 2019

African American Performing Arts Center
310 San Pedro NE, Albuquerque, NM
on the grounds of Expo New Mexico

Albuquerque Ukekopelli Festival Events

Kicking off the first ever Albuquerque Ukekopelli Festival will be a concert featuring Lil’ Rev and Heidi Swedberg. These two nationally renowned ukulele musicians will also be conducting workshops the following day. The concert starts at 7:00pm on Friday, September 26, 2014 at the African American Performing Arts Center on the grounds of Expo New Mexico. Tickets are now available through Brown Paper Tickets. For more information email us at info@ukefun.com or call us at 505-974-0084

Sep 27, 2019 — Sep 29, 2019

African American Performing Arts Center
310 San Pedro NE, Albuquerque, NM
on the grounds of Expo New Mexico

Albuquerque Ukekopelli Festival Events

Kicking off the first ever Albuquerque Ukekopelli Festival will be a concert featuring Lil’ Rev and Heidi Swedberg. These two nationally renowned ukulele musicians will also be conducting workshops the following day. The concert starts at 7:00pm on Friday, September 26, 2014 at the African American Performing Arts Center on the grounds of Expo New Mexico. Tickets are now available through Brown Paper Tickets. For more information email us at info@ukefun.com or call us at 505-974-0084

Sep 27, 2019 — Sep 28, 2019

Royal City Uke Fest continues to pause...

Royal City Uke Fest Events

Royal City Uke Fest continues to pause in 2021. The Royal City Uke Fest will return in 2022.

Sep 21, 2019

Ukulele music and great songs are the stars at the 2nd annual CT Ukulele Festival. Enjoy a great day of workshops, concerts and family fun.

Connecticut Ukulele Festival Events

The Connecticut Ukulele Festival was created by ukulele enthusiasts who recognized the bottomless desire by the Uke community to meet, learn, strum, sing and enjoy all things Ukulele. Our September 29 event is our “beta.” Our goal is to learn how to throw the best possible Uke festival and to develop long relationships with our attendees.

Sep 20, 2019 — Sep 22, 2019

Dock Street Uke Camp
c/o Hal Brolund
Box 887
Shelburne, Nova Scotia
B0T 1W0 Canada

Dock Street Uke Camp Events

The Dock Street Uke Camp is dedicated to providing a unique quality ukulele instruction experience on the harbour front of beautiful Shelburne. The camp is held in conjuntion with the popular Whirlygig and Weathervane Festival.

Sep 28, 2018 — Oct 1, 2018

Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz - Hidden Valley Music Seminars Center in Carmel Valley

Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz - Burning Uke Events

Because of serious problems with our reservations at Little Basin, we are moving this year’s “Burning Uke” to a new venue: The Hidden Valley Music Seminars Center, located in the heart of beautiful Carmel Valley. It’s the same place that’s been our happy home for Smoldering Uke these past few years. We chose Hidden Valley because it’s a well-run facility with a friendly staff that provides us with a very comfortable place to stay, eat and play. Although it’s a slightly longer drive for most of us who live in the city of Santa Cruz, it’s a pleasant drive—and there are no windy mountain roads full of pot holes to navigate.

We also have a new date for Burning Uke - Thursday, September 10th to Sunday the 13th. This is about a week earlier than we’ve held the event in previous years, and may help us avoid the early-fall rain showers that have plagued us for the last two years!.

Sep 25, 2015 — Sep 27, 2015

Ohio Ukulele Campout Events

Sep 19, 2015

Ukulele Festival of Poros Events

Sep 19, 2015

Marthas Vineyard Ukulele Festival Events

Sep 10, 2015 — Sep 13, 2015

Wine Country Uke Fest Events

In California's beautiful Napa Valley!

There’s loads of ‘ukulele merriment coming your way at this year’s Wine Country ‘Ukulele Festival, starting with a camp-fire jam at Bothe State Park, Thursday evening, September 10, and ending with Heidi Swedberg and the Smoking Jackets at Velo Vino on Sunday afternoon, September 13…..not to mention all the fun in between!

Sep 21, 2013

Electric City Ukefest Events

Sep 24, 2011

Ukulele Hoopla Events

Mark ‘Spanky’ Gutierrez says... Why you ask? As a very famous rodent once said “because we love you”! I was privy to some great ‘ukulele festivals in the early 2000’s. During that time I met some uke players that were not only great players but they were also great teachers! They had a passion for playing, teaching and they are great people too! I have said it before and I will say it again “uke people are the most open sharing folks you will ever meet. Those early festivals revived a life long passion in me that drove me back to college to get a Music Degree at UNO. I have always felt like I some how owed the ‘ukulele community something back... well here we are!

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