Workshops 2015

The Saturday Workshops will include the following sessions:

7:00am

Eat ‘n Strum Breakfast Workshop (sponsored by Redland City Bulletin)
Mystery Presenter

The Coffee Club
92 Middle St Cleveland

Main Workshop Session Times: 9am, 10:30am, 1:45pm, 3:00pm, 4:15pm
Venues:

Binary Studio – Shop 11 Cleveland Plaza, 48 Bloomfield St (Next to Binary Music)
The Red Place – Metro Arcade, 99 Bloomfield St (across the road from Cleveland Plaza)
Cleveland State School Hall – Queen St entrance (opposite 80 Queen St)

Time	Session	Description	Venue
9:00am	1A	Intro to Ukulele Bass Ryo Montgomery	Binary Studio
9:00am	1B	Right & Left Hand Classical Technique Paul Tyrrell	The Red Place
10:30am	2A	Samoan Island Style Bobby Alu	Binary Studio
10:30am	2B	Uke ‘n Sing Ann Bermingham & Straddie Singers	The Red Place
1:45pm	3A	Boppin’ the Blues Ryo Montgomery	Binary Studio
1:45pm	3B	Rockin’ the Ukulele Thom Jackson & Elisa Makisalo	The Red Place
1:45pm	3C	Makin’ it Up Len Henderson	Cleveland SS Hall
3:00pm	4A	The New Folk Ryo Montgomery	Binary Studio
3:00pm	4B	Uke ‘n Play Ukulele for First Timers Thom Jackson & Elisa Makisalo	The Red Place
3:00pm	4C	Uke Riffology Len Henderson	Cleveland SS Hall
4:15pm	5A	Basics of Cajon Drum Style Maru Nitor-Zammataro	Binary Studio
4:15pm	5B	Now Uke ‘n Play Ukulele – Forum Thom Jackson & Elisa Makisalo	The Red Place
4:15pm	5C	Chord Inversions – Life Past the 3rd Fret Trevor Gollagher	Cleveland SS Hall

Festival Workshop Bookings: Book Here
Festival Bundle – Any 5 Workshops plus Gala Concert Bookings: Book Here

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

The Ukulele festival was special to me because I did my first open mic on the street singing and playing ukulele at the La Bella Restaurant space organised by the festival. I had so much fun, people were singing along. I had tears in my eyes watching the talent of Ryo Montgomery, people danced in the hall as the MUGS played. Girls decorated ukes with coloured paints and Jewels. Everyone smiled, whether they were performers or in the audience, there was a light in people’s eyes, it’s about the joy. – Maree

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

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.

Thank you to Len and Karen from Binary Music for having us to the event again this year. Jet Music is always happy to get involved with the ukulele committees and festivals as we’re pretty heavily invested in the Uke scene. Really good show, excellent turnout, great venues and really good to see some excellent live performers and the talent each year increasing and the size of the whole event each year increasing. So, great job to Len and Karen from Binary Music and REDARTS team. – Eddie

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.

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

Thank you for your efforts in organising the 2014 Redlands Ukulele Festival. The venues, workshops and guest artist were spectacular. Thanks also for providing me with the opportunity to perform at the Sat. and Sun. concerts with the Dukes. I loved the Ukulele groups practice session prior to the event. Redland City was also a great winner I look forward to next years event.

I just want to congratulate you and the hard working team on such a wonderful, successful event over the week end. The children had an absolute fantastic time. They were so excited to perform and it was so lovely that the audience were so receptive and supportive of their efforts. I was so proud to see them performing and singing confidentially in front of a big audience at such a young age. I really enjoyed seeing the terrific Ukulele groups performing. It’s so nice to see people sharing their passion for music. Definitely count us in for next year.

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

Workshops 2015

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