MUK presents:
MUF - The Melbourne Ukulele Festival
Feb. 26th to March 2nd, 2010.
Yes! It's finally here!! And you can be a part of it!!!
The inaugural Melbourne Ukulele Festival will feature ukulele performers from around the country and special international guests. Be part of history!
Produced by the Melbourne Ukulele Kollective, the MUF promises to be everything Australian ukers have been waiting for. Ukulele virtuosos and thundering, unruly "uke mobs" will join together in five heady days of ukulele abandon! Members of the many ukulele groups that have sprung up all across the nation will descend on Melbourne for the greatest gathering of the ukulele clans ever seen in this country.
MUF 2010
Friday 26th Feb
Wesley Anne
www.wesleyanne.com.au
250 High St
Northcote, 3070
+61 3 9482 1333
Front Bar
Free
06:00-08:00pm
• Mysterious Mose
Main Room
8:30pm till 11pm
$20/$15 conc.
• 08:45-09:45pm Bosko & Honey Oz Uke Safari with special guests
Gensblue (Japan) and Yan Yalego (France)
• 09:50-10:10pm Rose Turtle Ertler
• 10:20-11:00pm A.J. Leonard’s Tropical Lounge
Saturday 27th Feb
Federation Square
12 noon
Ukulele Flash Mob
Birrarung Marr
12.30pm
Ukulele Picnic
+Jim D’Ville - Play Ukulele By Ear Jam: 3 Chords Hits Of The USA!
303
http://www.303.net.au/
303 High St
Northcote, 3070
+61 3 9482 4577
8:00 till 10:30pm
$20/$15 conc.
• 08:00-08:30pm Tyrone (Brisbane)
• 08:40-09:10pm Betty's Driving Force
• 09:15-09:45pm Uni and Her Ukulele (San Francisco)
& Meredith Axelrod (San Francisco)
• 09:50-10:30pm Old Spice Boys, featuring Azo Bell (Byron Bay)
Sunday 28th Feb
Edinburgh Castle Hotel
681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
+61 3 9386 7580
Kids Workshop and Performances
Outside Stage
12-2pm
Workshops:
Small Dining Room
1:00pm-4:30pm
$20/$15 conc.
1:00-2:00pm Anthony Leonard
2:15-3:15pm Jim D’Ville (Portland, Oregon USA)
3:30-4:30pm Azo Bell
Uke Makers Displays
Ohana
S&L Wise
Performances
Outside Stage
• 2:00-2:30 Spiderfish Stew (Fremantle)
• 2:40-3:20 Ukeleus (Canberra)
• 3:30-4:00 HUG (Hobart Ukulele Group) + CHUM (Channel & Huon Ukulele Mob)
• 4:10-4:40 Canberra Ukulele Meetup Group
• 4:45-5:25 BUMS (Brisbane Ukulele Musicians Society)
Front Bar • 5:45-6:25 SEGUE (Slightly Eclectic Guildford Ukulele Ensemble)
• 6:30-7:00 Cameron Murray (Sydney)
• 7:10-7:50 The Combs (Castlemaine)
• 8:00-8:40 MUK
• 8:50-9:30 The Ukeles (Sydney duo)
• 9:40-10:10 Azo Bell (Byron)
Monday 1st March
Open Studio
204 High St, Northcote
Free
• Tasman Fleming (Tas)
• Lucy Wise
• Ukulele Desperados (Bellingen)
• Benhur Helwend (East Timor/Byron Bay)
Tuesday 2nd March
MUF Closing Party
Klub MUK @ 303
www.303.net.au
303 High St
Northcote VIC 3070, Australia
+61 3 9482 4577
7:00-12:00pm Free
Open Uke Stage + Special Guests
• Maude Farrugia (Melb)
• Kenneth Smith (Syd)
• Rusty Springs
• TV Jones
More to be announced!
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M.U.K., the Melbourne Ukulele Kollective, was formed in April 2004 to provide a vehicle for the large number of ukulele players that reside in Melbourne, both amateur and professional, to perform and exchange ukulele related information, tunes, etc. Our aim has always been to be an open group, inclusive of all styles of music, age and experience and to be welcoming to all that wish to participate on any level.
The Big Ukulele Band (BUB), which began in August ’04, is indicative of these ideals, with over forty members ranging from eight years of age to the very senior with broad backgrounds of musical experience. Our songs range from the early years of uke and it’s home in the islands to folk, country, disco and rock.
The debut performance of the Big Ukulele Band was in Sept. ’04 as part of the Darebin Music Feast and in October ’04 performed at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, winning the award for Best Family Event. Since our first performances, many audience members have been drawn to the uke, often with little or no experience in playing a musical instrument and we have provided them with both instruction in how to play ukulele and basic music theory, as well as the opportunity to perform with the BUB.
We also run KLUB MUK, the first Tuesday of each month at 303 (303 High St. Northcote), where all ukers can get up and do their thang. 7-11pm, free.
Let There Be Uke!!!
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