£12.00
Uke Power 2025 will take place at Drax Social Club from the 23rd to the 25th of May 2025.
The weekend will focus on workshops, informal sessions and open mic concerts with a jam session and special guest spot on Saturday evening.
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14.00 onwards:
Ticket holders, and campers arrive. Tickets processed and allocated.
Open Mic Night: 19:30-23:00
Compere: Mary Cryan
Singers and groups can pre-book performance spots for this event and we also have some special guests performing. The evening will also feature our headline act ‘Spilt Milk’.
Workshops:
Session 1: 09:15-10:15
Dave Fisher
The Uke Power Songbook (part 1)
Dave will guide you through all the skills and techniques required to play the super songs in this year’s festival songbook.
Session 2: 10:30-11:30
Chris McShane
Ukulele Ensemble
Some ukulele instrumental arrangements to suit all abilities.
Lunch: 12:00 till 13:15
Session 3: 13.15-14.15
Dave Fisher
The Uke Power Songbook (part 2)
Afternoon concert: 14:30-16:30
Compere: Mary Cryan
Featuring:
Hornsea Ukulele Group 14.30
The Jolly Ukes 15.10
P.L.U.C. 15.50
Teatime: 16:30-18:45
Ukulele Thrash: 19:00-20:00
(Jam Session & Singaround )
Hosted by: Eileen Richardson
Eileen will lead an all fun easy going sing song. There will be some old favourites and a few surprises.
French Dance (Bal) 20:30-22:00
Lots of fun with dancing and music from Anita Carr (Caller) and the Uke Power Ceilidh Band. Anita will guide you through easy dances from the French Folk tradition. Everyone can join in!
Jam session-22.00 onwards
This is an easy going jam for anyone who wants to play till late.
Workshops:
Session 1: 09:30-10:30
Dave Fisher
The Uke Power Songbook (part 3)
Dave will guide you through all the skills and techniques required to play the awesome songs in this year’s festival songbook.
Session 2: 11:00-12:00
Chris McShane
Ukulele Ensemble (part 2)
We will continue to play and rehearse the ensemble pieces started yesterday.
Lunch: 12:00-13:00
Drax Sunday lunch is not to be missed!
You will need to book on Saturday.
Final Thrash 13:15-14:30
A last run through some of the music we have played over the weekend.
Born out of the Jampacked ukulele group at Drax this group of five multi-instrumentalists are here
to entertain you with a wide variety of music.
The Jolly Ukes of Cawood North Yorkshire meet at the Jolly Sailor Inn Cawood every Thursday for a singalong. Originally founded post-lockdown by two local characters Ron and Judith Maunder, the Jolly Ukes keep up their tradition of being an inclusive group, welcoming all levels of Ukulele players from absolute beginners to those more accomplished. The Jolly Ukes now perform at many local charity events, fetes and Jolly Sailor Inn theme nights – regularly expanding their repertoire to include songs that might be less familiar as ukulele numbers, as well as keeping up the more traditional sea shanties, rock, pop and country classics.
Hornsea Ukulele Group have been playing together for around 10 years. Folks have come and gone but there are still founding members in the group. We play a wide range of music: traditional, folk, country, chart hits… anything from Green Day to Green Green Grass of Home, or from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan – we will give it a go! Over the years we have raised many thousands of pounds for local charities by playing at fairs, fêtes, festivals and in residential homes. Our main aim is to enjoy playing together and sharing joy and musical ‘HUGS’ with others.
From quite possibly the second-best uke duo from north Sheffield, Pitsmoor Ladies Ukulele Chorale invite you into their world of sweet harmonies and tall stories.
