Our Central Coast Ukulele festival is shaping up to be amazing!

For our Dinners Show with silver service 3 course meal
Guest acts include: – The Nukes from New Zealand with their Reunion show with original members, welcome back Snapper! Snapper is coming out of retirement to perform at our festival!  Also with a full 4-piece line up with, “Dave Fingers of Fire”, “Ben Country Boy Collier”, “Josh the amazing new talent” and out of retirement the one and only “Snapper” With new songs, new workshops and new CD.
Terry Murray, guitar and ukulele master is a treat with his contagious humour and incredible playing along with Gillian Eastoe the original rock chic
Paul Johnson from New Zealand, with new songs and new workshops
Cameron Murray will delight you with his new songs and frightening speed.
Connor Wink and Shawn O’friel,  have been busy writing new songs and these will not disappoint you. They are amazing.  Along with local band Mirrabooka and a host of other artist a fabulous exciting night awaits you all to kick off our festival. Seats are limited.

Saturday and Sunday mornings we will host a poets breakfast and then followed by an amazing array of talented groups, artists, collectives  internationally, nationally and local.

You are welcome to come and listen to all the live music or join in a sing-a-long or jam.

Open mics, songwriting competition and jams all planned for a terrific weekend.

Dinner Show Tickets

Link

https://bit.ly/DiggUke

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festival Tickets for 2 days

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https://www.trybooking.com/CRIVM

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More information and program coming soon

Cheers

Liz

CCUF

The Central Coast Ukulele Festival is on its way!

Watch this space.

Scheduled in for Late August /September and the date will be confirmed soon.

Where: Diggers at The Entrance

Friday, Saturday and Saturday night.

Watch this space for more information and confirmations of dates and times.

Very exciting

Cheers

Liz

Aloha wonderful ukulele players and enthusiasts

2023 has been a huge year full of events, turns, performances, and mishaps. We did, however, have an amazing year and you have all have come leaps and bounds with our weird and wonderful performances and lessons. Thankfully we will finish the year with the highs of the past 12 months, and we look forward to spending time with you in 2024 where we shall be back bigger and better.

My apologies for not updating you all of late but that is a good sign to show how busy we have been as a ukulele collective.

Welcome to all our new players and visitors.

We are looking forward to a fantastic year ahead.

All classes are back and there are just a few minor adjustments.

Monday from January 8^th

This Is usually our Lake Munmorah class however due to the council re-doing the floor boards we are temporarily moving to Mannering Park Community Hall. Dunvegan St, Mannering Park.all.

Tuesday 9^th January

Woy Woy  CWA Hall

6pm-8pm

Thursday 11^th

Lions Club Hall

East Gosford

10am-12pm

Then all classes will run weekly.

We will resume our beginners’ class at

Glengara on Monday 22nd January

From 2pm-3pm

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Happy New Year

Liz 😊 and Rob

Thank you Newcastle festival for a great ukulele festival in September 2022.

Three great ukulele festivals this year. The Blue Mountains, The Central Coast Ukulele Festival and Newcastle Festival. The ukulele has come full circle and there are some amazing ukulele groups out there now. Great singers and players I have witnessed at all these festivals.

It’s fun, it’s community its friendships and live music.

If you have a ukulele you will be guarantee to make a new friend in no time, get off your couch and come and join us. It’s easy, minimum fuss and you can make it simple or as complicated as you like. You will have a lifetime of fun.

We have started two new beginners or refresh classes.

Lake Munmorah Monday – beginners on Monday Morning from 9.30am-10.30am

Woy Woy Tuesday from 6pm – 8pm.

Plus we have our existing all levels classes. Mondays and Thursday see class details for addresses.

Come and join us and see what all the fuss is about. Enjoy your community and make wonderful music together.

Cheers x

It was a brilliant success and no reported covid cases! Brilliant in every way. Thank you.

Thank you to all who supported this great event.

All photos from the three days can be found on our photographers page.

James Beggs imaging and on his facebook page

https://photos.beggs.com.au/portfolio

Here are a few pictures for you

In less than a week the long awaited Central Coast Ukulele Festival will be here.

A brilliant fun and educational festival at Wangi Wangi RSL on the beautiful shores of Lake Macquarie.

Great music and artists, merchandise, gizmos, Pintxos and Paella, Barista Truck, luthiers Steve and Joanne, raffles and much much more.

Our workshops will host some great artists/masters

Rob Kitney – well know session drummer, audio engineer and producer (and ukulele player) – makes sense timing and Rhythm with the ukulele

Ross Ward Legendary Blues guitarist singer songwriter from the Sunday Drivers, Wards Express, The Defenders, is going to mentor you in some great Blues and on the uke too!

Glenn Ewing – Bass player and cool dude from Mirrabooka will offer practical advise, new skills that will be of instant use playing and learning bass.

Bring along your C harmonica for his Harmonica Workshop.

Miss Elm is travelling from afar to teach you how to be your own band with looping.

Adele will show and teach you the basics of the beautiful Hula. Bring along your sarong or grass skirts.

Ian Fisher Dip Op, Grad Dip Music will put the fun into the fundamentals of singing.

and there is so much more….

Check out our program and our website for further detail on this exciting event.

See you there!

Two week to go until we share our Central Coast Ukulele Festival with you.

Program and workshop information below.

See you there!