Ukulele Festivals: By Month

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UPDATED:
17 September 2024

2025 & Beyond Festivals

Present and Past Festivals Listed by Month

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Mar 20, 2026 — Mar 22, 2026

The Orange County Ukulele Festival, commonly known as the OC Uke Fest, will hold its 2nd annual event over three days: March 21-23, 2025. Located in Southern California.

Orange County Ukulele Festival

The Orange County Ukulele Festival, commonly known as the OC Uke Fest, will hold its 2nd annual event over three days: March 21-23, 2025. Located in Southern California.

Mar 14, 2025 — Mar 16, 2025

The Melbourne Ukulele Festival has a long a dedicated history of bringing the sweet ukulele sounds to the people of Melbourne each year, based in Northcote 3070 in the inner north of the city.

Melbourne Ukulele Festival

Once upon a time, there was a fabulous Ukulele Festival. Beautiful princesses and handsome princes, evil stepmothers and all manner of ogres and beasts congregated in the enchanted suburbs of Melbourne’s inner north, playing their ukuleles and having a wondrous time.

Mar 7, 2025 — Jul 10, 2025

The Shanklin Hotel, Shanklin, Isle of Wight PO37 6DP. Andy Eastwood, Will Grove-White, Devil's Doorbell, Phillipa Leigh, The Ashen Keys & Opera-lele.

Bracklesham Ukulele Weekends (UK)

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.

Mar 19, 2022

Bundanoon, NSW Australia

Bundanoon Ukulele Festival

We realised that finding performers is easy and finding an audience is hard. Who wouldn’t want to turn up and play to a ready audience! So we decided we need to get our performers to also be a part of our audience and only offer a discount to performers.

Mar 11, 2022 — Mar 13, 2022

The Gaithersburg is not longer being held, 2022 was the last festival.

Gaithersburg Uke Fest

The Gaithersburg Uke Fest abruptly ended with its last fest 2023.

Mar 7, 2020

Kings’ Shops and Queens’ MarketPlace in Waikoloa Beach Resort

Great Waikoloa Ukulele Festival

The Waikoloa Beach Resort is home to the Great Waikoloa Ukulele Festival held annually in March. This event is a celebration of Hawaii's favorite instrument and music.

Mar 22, 2019 — Mar 24, 2019

The Vancouver Ukulele Festival is having a time out for 2020 and will be back 2021!

The Vancouver Ukulele Festival

Daphne Roubini, of Ruby's Ukes, is the Founder, Artistic Director and Producer of The Vancouver Ukulele Festival.

The Vancouver Ukulele Festival is having a time out for 2020 and will be back 2021!

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