2017 Program

Program - Saturday 10th June 2017

W: Workshop P: Participation C: Concert

TIME		DESCRIPTION	VENUE	COST
7:00am - 8:30am	W	Eat ‘n Strum Breakfast Workshop	The Coffee Club 92 Middle St Cleveland	$20.00
9:00am - 12:00pm	P,C	Saturday morning Big Jam with guest artists: Chrysalis Georgie Taylor Maleny Ukes David Hethorn All-in Jam Morning Tea included	Binary Studio, Shop 11 Cleveland Plaza 48 Bloomfield St Cleveland	$15.00
12:00 - 2:00pm	C	Lunch and concert: Tom Richter Adrian Board	La Bella Cafe 99 Bloomfield St Cleveland	$20.00
2:00pm - 2:55pm	W	Ukulele Bass: Karen Henderson	Binary Studio, Shop 11 Cleveland Plaza 48 Bloomfield St Cleveland	$10.00
3:00pm - 3:55pm	W	Ukestration: Tom Richter	Binary Studio, Shop 11 Cleveland Plaza 48 Bloomfield St Cleveland	$10.00
4:00pm - 4:55pm	W	Harmonica (cross-harp): Tom Richter	Binary Studio, Shop 11 Cleveland Plaza 48 Bloomfield St Cleveland	$10.00
5:00pm - 5:55pm	W	Backings for practice: Len Henderson	Binary Studio, Shop 11 Cleveland Plaza 48 Bloomfield St Cleveland	$10.00
6:30pm - 9:00pm	C	Dinner Concert: Georgie Taylor The Wild Women of Armidale	Sands Hotel, Middle St Cleveland	$50.00

Program - Sunday 11th June 2017

P: Participation C: Concert

School Groups: Birkdale State School, Redland Bay State School, Sheldon College, St. Rita's Primary School
Ukulele Clubs: The Dukes of Uke, GRUBS (Greater Redlands Ukulele Band), RCU's (Redland City Ukes)
Guest Artists: Ryo Montgomery, Gerard Haynes, Mama Juju & The Jam Tarts, Anything Goes, Archdukes

TIME		DESCRIPTION	VENUE	COST
10:00am - 4:00pm	C	Golden Cockerel Community Concert 10:00 Redland Bay State School 10:20 GRUBS 10:50 Birkdale State School 11:10 Dukes of Uke 11:40 St Rita's Primary 12:00 RCU's 12:30 Sheldon College 1:00 Gerard Haynes 1:30 Archdukes 2:00 Ryo Montgomery 3:00 Mama Juju & The Jam Tarts 3:30 Anything Goes 4:00 All-in Finale song!	Cleveland State School Hall, Queen St Cleveland	Adults $5 Children FREE
10:00am - 4:00pm	E P	Ukulele Trade Display Food Stalls (Pizza, Sausage Sizzle, Coffee, Sweets, Cold Drinks) Ukulele Decorating	Cleveland State School Hall, Queen St Cleveland

Platinum Sponsor:

RedArts would like to thank our patron Albert Benfer for his continuing support of the arts in the Redlands.

Major Sponsor:

Feedback from Previous Festivals

– I thought it was awesome and fantastic to see all those professional guys and girls up there having a go at their ukuleles and I think they’ve done a fantastic job. And to put this festival on it takes a lot of hard work for Karen and Len and the sponsors and that, to come up and actually have it in Cleveland, have it in the Redlands, because in my whole life I’ve never been to one, I used to live in Maryborough and they never had one up there. When I came to the Redlands I saw the road signs and found out about the festival. I enjoyed it and I hope there’s more to come like this. – Brad

On Thursday we had the ukulele group in the shopping centre performing and that was great to hear them and it was good for business for me. They all like to come down for lunch afterwards. On Saturday we had a busier Saturday than the last few Saturday and we were hoping that was because of the impact of the Ukulele Festival. – Kate

I found it helpful, good feedback from customers and it was a good trading day for me, and I think we should have more of these little festivals in Cleveland, and particularly in Bloomfield Street to help businesses improve more and more and get better exposure to the public. – Joseph

We really enjoyed it, I think the customers who weren’t even aware of the festival loved it as well. A lot of them came up and listened to the music too. It would be great if there were something like that all the time, actually, it’s fun but it needs to be a bit longer maybe if possible a whole day. A lot of customers who were sitting inside got up and listened to the music, it’s definitely something that needs to happen a lot more. – Lisa

Overall, I thought it was fabulous, it was really well organised. The artists were amazing, the crowd was great and it was just a really good two days worth of entertainment. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I highly recommend it, anyone who wants to come along next year should come along and have a listen. It’s fabulous! – Michelle

What a huge success the Uke Festival was. Congratulations to you and the organizers of the event. I enjoyed the workshops with Mike and Tom. You all did a fabulous job. Hope to see you next year.

The weekend was fantastic, I came here on Saturday for the open mic, geez there’s some talent there eg our young local student Georgie Taylor who won the bursary last year’s festival. She has really progressed this year and she’s going to grow up to be a very famous lady. Sunday was fantastic, the weather was inclement, but the alternative venue was good, Len and Karen and REDARTS did a fantastic job. – George

I enjoyed working at the Ukulele Festival, my husband and I enjoyed the concert and appreciated the work, time and effort that you and the RedArts committee contributed to such a successful event. Congratulations it certainly was a successful event.

On behalf of MUGS I wish to congratulate you on a wonderful event that was the Redlands Ukulele Festival. It was absolutely fabulous and you and the organizers deserve great credit for staging such a successful event. We were happy to be part of the event and know that it will only get better next year.