The Festival Committee is absolutely thrilled to announce Aldrine Guerrero and Aaron Nakamura will headline SPRUKE 2015. Guerrero has travelled the world teaching, playing and performing with his ukulele. However this is his first time in Australia. Joining Guerrero for Brisbane City Sounds performances and a series of festival workshops and concert performances will be his Ukulele Underground partner, Aaron Nakamura. Aldrine is the head instructor at Ukulele Underground. With over a million hits each month, Ukulele[…]
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Applications to perform and present workshops at SPRUKE 2015 are now closed. Thank you to all the soloists, duos, groups , workshop presenters, and community groups who are keen to be a part of our festival. Our programming committee will be in contact very soon. The theme of SPRUKE 2015 is Uke’n Make Music! If you’ve missed out on applying to perform there will be many opportunities for you to showcase your talent at open mics through[…]
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Some people buy cars, some people sell everything to go sailing around the world but for my money you can’t beat picking up a uke for a mid-life crisis! I first decided to teach myself uke in July 2010, mainly because I was singing with two novice guitarists who kept changing chords at the wrong time – I needed to play some sort of instrument just to keep them on track! But one thing led[…]
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Handcraft your own ukulele with UKULELE KLASS EVENTS. Talented luthiers, Allen McFarlen of Barron River Guitars & Ukuleles and Micheal Connor of Localeles, will be holding a four-day ukulele-making Klass in the week preceding SPRUKE 2015, beginning Tuesday 29 September 2015. The workshop is for anybody at any skill level. Everything you need is included. After the course, show off your amazing woodworking skills and your musical talents at SPRUKE. Places are strictly limited in this[…]
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Applications to perform and present workshops at SPRUKE 2015 are now closed. The theme of SPRUKE 2015 is Uke’n Make Music! Applications from performers who are keen to involve their audiences in music making will be viewed most favourably. We’re looking for workshop suggestions about music making, performance skills and anything ukulele. Submit your performer or workshop presenter application online HERE. Applications close on Sunday 7, June 2015. SPRUKE Brisbane’s Ukulele Festival in 2015 will[…]
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Share your story and you could win! Brisbane Ukulele Musicians Society Inc (BUMS Inc) wants your story to inspire the uke-curious to take up the ukulele and join us for a celebration of making music with your ukulele at SPRUKE 2015. It’s quick and simple to enter online. You could win one of three music store gift vouchers for your story! Check out all the info you’ll need to know on our How Ukulele Changed[…]
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Hi I’m David Hethorn, – Festival Director for SPRUKE 2015, Brisbane’s Ukulele Festival. This short story explains “How ukulele changed my life”. Mum bought my first uke as a gift for me when I was three. I learned the basic uke chords quickly and took it to school with a book of songs that were easy and fun to play. I swapped the ukulele for trumpet in high school and played brass in a marching[…]
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Brisbane Ukulele Musicians Society Inc (BUMS Inc) are returning to TAFE Queensland Brisbane’s South Bank campus for Brisbane’s biannual ukulele festival, SPRUKE. This exciting three-day event is to be held over the weekend from Friday 2 October. David Hethorn, Festival Director, said, “We are extremely excited to secure this venue with outstanding facilities for SPRUKE 2015.” This year the festival theme is Uke’n Make Music. “The focus will be on giving participants many opportunities to[…]
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