Ukulele Stage

The Paddle-Ucanukulele-Stage is a new feature for 2012.

We know how much you all love the humble Uke so we have teamed up with Brighton based Ukulele impresario Nicki Bloom and her company ucanukulele.

Check out the foot of this page for the “Paddle -Ucanukelele – Stage” timetable.
Ucanukulele is a Brighton based company delivering ukulele lessons and taster events to people of of all ages.

Nicki Bloom, founder, combines her love of teaching and the ukulele to inspire complete beginners into confident players;“the reason the ukulele is so popular is because it’s an easy instrument to learn, affordable, portable, fun and cool! With so many ukulele jams popping up around the country, there has never been a better time to learn!”for more details please visit the www.ucanukulele.co.uk website.
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THE pUKES

The pUKEs are a ukulele anti-society for punks based in London. We play songs by the likes of Dead Kennedys, Exploited, Xray Spex, The Damned, etc like you never heard ‘em before.
We first started meeting in January 2011 at our local pub, the Royal Sovereign, to have a few pints and bash out our favourite tunes on the ukulele. But we soon found ourselves in demand, playing gigs, festivals and punks picnics in London and beyond.

Around half the pUKEs were ‘non musicians’ before we learned the uke, the other half have been in bands such as UK Subs, Extreme Noise Terror, Rubella Ballet, PMT, Lost Cherrees, ATV, Rabies Babies, Social Schism and the Triads.

www.thepukes.co.uk
www.facebook.com/thepukes

Ukelele Lady

I am Sharon Lewis also known as Lady Ukulele, I sing all kinds of songs. Country songs, 1940,s, 1950′s especially Elvis tunes, through to modern day songs. I sometimes even write my own tunes. I sing for everyone…. the young, the old, the brave and bold.

“George Formby would be proud of her” Worthing Argus

http:// www.ladyukulele.com
http://www.youtube.com/msladyukulele

Southampton Ukulele Jam

Since forming in the summer of 2008, Southampton Ukulele Jam have been entertaining crowds across the south coast with their fast and furious blend of everything from folk to ska to disco to punk. Despite taking a perverse delight in pretending to be ramshackle, (they emblazon an early “review” – “there are too many of them and they don’t practice enough” – proudly across the front of their website), they have built up a reputation as an enjoyable and entertaining act for all ages and have made a number of appearances across local and national TV and radio.
Everyone in the Jam gives their time for free, but, by asking for charitable donations for private or funded events, the Jam have been able to raise thousands of pounds for charity since they started.
Adhering to the“everyone welcome, anyone can do it” ukulele ethos, they have a thriving beginners and improvers group and hold an open Jam every other Monday at The Talking Heads in Portswood, Southampton. With details of all their gigs and songs on their website, anyone can join in. The Jam can vary in size between 15 and 50 members depending on the gig so you never quite know what you are going to get when you see them. What is consistent though is that they have a great time playing and this infectious enthusiasm always rubs off on the audience.
This approach has lead to the flourishing of a healthy satellite scene around the Jam, with a number of bands forming, including The Slow Arrangers, The Ukofonics, The Skiffuleles, The Spiraltones (and many more) that reflect the diversity of the Jam’s membership and the unexpected directions that ukulele music can be taken in.
You can find out more about the Southampton Ukulele Jam and contact them via http://www.southamptonukulelejam.co.uk

The Martini Encounter

The Martini Encounter is a fresh, foot-tappingly feelgood ukulele & close harmony act. This all-singing, all-strumming trio, performs an intoxicating cocktail-lounge repertoire of swinging songs from the Andrews Sisters to Cab Calloway via the Muppets.
Kitsch but classy, with sublime harmonies and with its tongue always in its cheek, The Martini Encounter is available for cabaret spots, events, functions and parties.