2018:
Unplugthewood
The Lion Brewery, Ash January 16th 8:15pm
http://www.unplugthewood.com/events/
Cavern Club Ukulele Festival –
Sunday 25th February
https://www.cavernclub.org/events/event/2nd-annual-cavern-ukulele-festival/
2017:
TOTALLY ACOUSTIC – The King & Queen, Foley St, LONDON
May 4th 7:30 – 9:30pm
This live performance will also be released as a podcast.
RISING SUN UKULELE FESTIVAL – Moseley Green, Lydney
May 27th
Ukulele Festival of Great Britain – Cheltenham
Window of Opportunity night – Friday 16th June 5:30pm
http://www.ukulelefestival.co.uk/line-up/window-of-opportunity/
INDIEFJORD FESTIVAL – Bjorke, NORWAY July 15 – 16
PARBULELE UKULELE FESTIVAL – Parbold, Lancashire
August 4 – 6
An evening of ukulele and guitar with
STEVEN SPROAT AND MATT STEAD & ROB ASH
Phoenix Theatre Ross-on-Wye Saturday August 12th
Following on from Matt’s sell out show last year at the Phoenix we present an entertaining evening of ukulele and guitar. Matt returns playing songs from his new album The Wend with bassist Rob Ash. This year we also present the incredibly talented Steven Sproat.
Steven Sproat is a singer/songwriter, guitarist, ukulele exponent and bestselling author. His recording career began in the ‘80s and on his musical journey so far he has released 5 albums with several songs from those albums garnering airplay on BBC Radio 2, noteably by Aled Jones and Jeremy Vine.
In 2011 he featured in Frank Skinner’s BBC4 TV documentary about George Formby – Steven being one of the UK’s leading ukulele players – and in 2012 Steven peformed on ITV’s Alan Titchmarsh Show.
In a 40 year plus musical journey Steven has also played numerous festivals (including the New York, Dublin and Scotland Ukulele Festivals) as well as clubs and theatres across the UK including the prestigious and iconic London venues Ronnie Scotts (by invitation of The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain) and the Mean Fiddler. He has also supported Jools Holland and opened selected UK shows on Jools’s 2012 UK tour including The Edinburgh Jazz Festival.
And this multi-talented artist is a bestselling author of 4 ukulele tutor books published Worldwide by Music Sales. He has taken workshops in schools, colleges and universities in UK, Singapore, Dublin and New York and he has also taught ukulele to many celebrity clients including comic Harry Hill, TV presenter Nicky Campbell, renowned actor Sir Tom Courtenay and the afore mentioned Frank Skinner.
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
Miner’s Arms – Whitecroft
October 20th w/Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee
We’re excited to welcome two of the very best ukulele performers on the planet to the Forest of Dean and Bristol as part of their UK Autumn Tour. We recently saw them headline the brilliant Ukulele Festival of Great Britain with Abe Lagrimas Jr and were completely blown away by their amazing playing and beautiful songs. We’re honoured to play as support at the Bristol and Forest of Dean concerts.
If you don’t already know about Sarah and Craig, here is everything you need to know (and don’t forget to check out their website at http://www.cheemaisel.com).
Uke Express! Minehead October 27-28th
We’re really excited to announce that we’ll be playing at the Uke Express Weekend October 27/28th.
Get your tickets here (details below):
http://worldofukes.co.uk/events-shop/the-uke-express-2017-minehead-1-train-300-ukes
The Uke Express 2017 – Minehead – 1 Train, 300 Ukes
For the fourth year in a row, the fantastic, fun-filled steam adventure that is The Uke Express is on the rails again! This year, a change of venue to keep things fresh, and we’ve chartered a private train on the West Somerset Railway on Saturday 28 October!
Scroll straight down to the bottom for tickets, or read on for details!
The West Somerset line is the longest heritage railway line in the UK, and our train will take to the tracks to steam through the beautiful Quantock Hills from the seaside town of Minehead. As we pass by this lovely countryside, playing from the provided songbooks, preparations will be afoot for something interesting when we arrive at our destination, Bishops Lydeard.
Near the station, we’ve lined up The Uke Express Beer Festival at the village’s Quantock brewery, with a marquee and hall available for us (with open mic stage!). The brewery will be selling various different local ales and ciders, including the specially commissioned Uke Express Ale – guaranteed to get you steaming! While you’re free to explore the village instead, there’s room for us all, and the venue will be selling wood fired pizzas and speciality hot-dogs throughout for lunch.
We’ll then board the train again and head back to Minehead on another tuneful journey, where you’re free to continue to strum away to your heart’s content at any of the list of ‘uke-friendly’ pubs we’ll list and send with tickets and songbooks, nearer the time.
There are two types of ticket, the day-only, which includes everything above – the train and beer festival. Then there’s the weekend ticket, with entertainment on the Friday and Saturday night too. There are two venues, and you choose one to be your ‘home venue’ for the weekend. You’ll go to that venue each evening, and we’ll change the line-up!
Hobby Horse Hotel Venue
Friday Night – Matt Stead & Rob Ash, followed by the Hedge Inspectors Saturday Night – The League of Ukulele Gentlemen and Dead Mans Uke
Beach Hotel Venue
Friday Night – The League of Ukulele Gentlemen and Dead Mans Uke Saturday Night – Matt Stead & Rob Ash, followed by the Hedge Inspectors
Ticket prices are – Day Only £45 and Full Weekend £65
Beer, steam and ukulele all in one fantastic event!
Cafe Kino – Bristol
November 1st w/Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee
We’re excited to welcome two of the very best ukulele performers on the planet to the Forest of Dean and Bristol as part of their UK Autumn Tour. We recently saw them headline the brilliant Ukulele Festival of Great Britain with Abe Lagrimas Jr and were completely blown away by their amazing playing and beautiful songs. We’re honoured to play as support at the Bristol and Forest of Dean concerts.
If you don’t already know about Sarah and Craig, here is everything you need to know (and don’t forget to check out their website at http://www.cheemaisel.com).
Matt Stead & Rob Ash 