What a great way to finish the holidays. The perfect day out for the whole family! Learn to play ukulele in a day … FREE. ENTRY to the festival precinct is FREE with many activities and performances that won’t cost you a cent! Be sure and get to the festival early so you can fit it all in! Early birds can kick off with Ukulele Boot Camp to stamp out those bad practice habits from 8:30[…]
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Where will all the BUMS, CHUMS, SCUM, WUPPIES and MUGs be 2-4 October 2015? Apart from a good acronym, ukulele players love making music, learning something new and chillin’ to live music. SPRUKE Brisbane’s Ukulele Festival on the long weekend in October is the place to be. You don’t have to play a ukulele but you might when you leave! SPRUKE 2015 is a three day event with live music, workshops, open mic, markets and two[…]
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Binary Music return to SPRUKE 2015 with a range of ukuleles, print music and uke accessories. For over 25 years they have been helping customers get the most from their music purchases, whether it is a ukulele, hi-tech gear or other musical instruments online and at their store in Cleveland. Ukulele brands on offer at SPRUKE will include Luna, Fender, Tiki, Mojo, Kala and Makai. Binary Music run weekly ukulele classes for all levels, helping[…]
Read More »Blues for Uke’n Harmonica It’s impossible to be blue with a ukulele but it IS possible to play blues on one! In this workshop you will learn introductory blues harmonica techniques and/or a basic blues riff on ukulele to accompany them. For this workshop you will need a harmonica in the key of F. A limited number of harmonicas (key of F) will available for sale at the Morris Brothers Music stall in the Music[…]
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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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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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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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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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