SPRUKE— Brisbane’s Ukulele Festival is on again with an exciting new program. SPRUKE 2022 will be a ten day festival of fun, with ticketed events around Brisbane, and a fabulous FREE event, SPRUKE on the Square, in the heart of Brisbane at King George Square. Save the dates! Friday 3 to Sunday 12 June 2022 SPRUKE 2022 opens with a cabaret ‘A Night in Paris’ at Coorparoo Bowls Club on Friday 3 June. Enjoy drinks[…]
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Due to the uncertainty created by growing interstate numbers of positive cases with the Delta variant, and the possibility of further lockdowns and other restrictions in Queensland, it appears increasingly unlikely that it will be safe for BUMS Inc to run SPRUKE on 18 September 2021. It’s our first priority to keep all our members and their families safe, healthy and worry-free. After much deliberation the BUMS Management Committee is postponing SPRUKE until we are[…]
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SPRUKE 2021 — Brisbane’s Ukulele Festival is very exited to announce the headline acts for this years festival. It’s a different event this year with one BIG uke day out culminating in the Spruketacular concert in a new venue at Seven Hills. We are so fortunate to have such talented and critically acclaimed acts right here in our own backyard! Tyrone & Lesley — Tyrone & Lesley[…]
Read More »Well that’s Spruke over again for another 2 years – but what a successful festival it was. The Spruke committee would like to thank all those who came from interstate and other places in the state to perform and participate in the festival with us. We go into hibernation again until early 2017, when we’ll be gearing up for another fabulous festival. If you came to Spruke and didn’t get to fill in a survey[…]
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Brisbane’s largest band of ukulele buskers captivated the South Bank crowds at the world record busk attempt this Valentine’s Day. The BUMS ukulele buskers were the largest contingent amongst the 387 performers who beat the previous Guinness Largest Busk World Record of 230 buskers. The Brisbane Ukulele Music Society Inc. had 78 members performing in the public celebration of art, love, culture and people. Proceeds of their busk were donated to Radio Lollipop, who do[…]
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Brisbane Ukulele Music Society Inc. (BUMS Inc.) has appointed David Hethorn as Festival Director for this year’s ukulele festival, SPRUKE 2015. David, a songwriter and musician, will bring a new vibe to the festival team as they tune up for the Brisbane’s biannual ukulele festival, a three-day event to be held in spring. David is no stranger to music festivals, having volunteered at many over the past few years. “There are countless highlights and I[…]
Read More »As they say in the trade – “That’s a wrap” – and indeed Spruke 2013 is over, and by all accounts it has been a success. We’ve had some positive feed back but more is better – so if you did attend and we have not contacted you with a survey invitation and you’d like to have your say – please click here to leave your feedback. This survey will be open until October 20,[…]
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Ukulele players, the uke-curious and their families will want to pencil in a visit to SPRUKE Brisbane’s Ukulele Festival this weekend 20-22 September at Southbank Institute of Technology. Brisbane Ukulele Musicians Society B.U.M.S. will host the three day event with a program consisting of performances, workshops, uke jams, open mics and two evening concerts. Headline acts include Canadian bluesman Manitoba Hal Brolund, with homegrown talent Leah Flanagan, Mic Conway (Captain Matchbox), Ukeologist Thom Jackson from Melbourne,[…]
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