Yes not long to go now folks for our 7th ukulele festival with a little bit of folk thrown in this year.

where?  Diggers RSL at The Entrance, Central Coast Hwy, Long Jetty New South Wales

When?  24 – 26th August 2018

Program will be out shortly

A little taste of whats to come……..

Friday 24th August – our fabulous Dinner show featuring the best of local and international talent. Bookings essential through the Diggers call (02) 4332 3399 door open 6pm show start at 6.30pm- A brilliant night of Entertainment including

The Nukes from New Zealand

Johnny Devilseed and Old Man Rubes

Connor Wink

with Shawn O’Friel

and amazing new, very talented young star

Ben Seymour

Mirrabooka will be your hosts

That’s just for starters everyone

Saturday 25th August full day of amazing acts and collectives plus workshops with the Nukes and Cameron Murray. More details soon.

Saturday night is party night: get ready to let your hair down and enjoy the fun and fiesta with the MBB….. Rex Goh, Leon Gaer, Gordon Rytmeister and much much more…

Sunday we present the schools and yet more workshops, collectives and special concerts.

email us at info@centralcoastukuleleclub.com  for more details

Application for Central Coast Ukulele and Folk Festival 2018

Applications to perform at our Central Coast Ukulele Folk Festival closing May 31st

Aloha!

if you are interested in learning the ukulele  then we have a new beginners class  at Woy Woy in the beautiful old CWA Hall, The Boulevarde, Woy Woy.

Class is from 5-6pm with an all levels class following from 6.30-8.30pm

All ages welcome.

cheers

Liz

Our 7^th Ukulele and folk festival will be held at The Diggers at the Entrance, Central Coast Hwy, Long Jetty.

Accommodation is available and is plentiful at the Ibis connected to the club or at the many accommodation hotels and motels around the Entrance. There is also brilliant camping and van parks and grounds to accommodate all your needs.

We will have several stages available within the club for your performances. Workshops available all weekend.

Our Dinner show is ticketed and is on Friday 24^th August in the Pavillion room. We have some brilliant acts on the bill to perform for you and we welcome back The Nukes, from New Zealand. Johnny Devilseed and old man Rubes are two brilliant local artist and are brilliant. These are just two of our brilliant line up of acts for the night.

Tickets are purchased at The Diggers by calling (02) 4332 3399 to book a table. The food is wonderful.

Long Jetty is 97.2 km from Sydney (1hr 24 min) on the M1 motorway. The nearest rail station is Tuggerah and the bus service runs regularly to and from The Entrance to Tuggerah station on the northern line. Long Jetty is one hour south of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.  Plenty of parking available.

The Central Coast is a beautiful coastal region snuggled between two big cities. It has rainforests, lakes (Tuggerah Lakes, Budgewoi, Lake Macquarie and Lake Munmorah) and beautiful beaches.  Come and enjoy the live music and the beautiful Central Coast.

For application forms to perform please contact E: info@centralcoastukuleleclub.com

or

Central Coast Ukulele Club

P.O. Box 65 Ourimbah NSW 2258

0412 837 008

E: info@centralcoastukuleleclub.com             www.centralcoastukuleleclub.com

The 7th Central Coast Ukulele festival 2018

23th – 26 August 2018

Diggers At The Entrance

Central Coast Hwy

Long Jetty

This year we will be holding our event all  indoors undercover at The wonderful Diggers at The Entrance with views over our beautiful Tuggerah Lakes.

Our festival this year has been moved to August as September is starting to be a very busy month and we are surrounded by other festivals and school holidays.  As August can be beautiful weather it can also unpredictable so we have decided to move this years festival indoors for your comfort and I am thinking about doing this every two years perhaps. We won’t have to worry about the weather and this gives us a chance to explore other things. Come and spend some time with us. You can enjoy our festival and enjoy our great area of The Entrance and other beaches and lakes across The Central Coast. Being out of school holidays makes it an ideal time for a break and prices.

Accommodation is plentiful around the Entrance from 5 star rating resorts and hotels to camping ground and caravans parks our on the beaches or lakes.

There is also accommodation at the Diggers (Ibis) however you will have to get in early as it gets booked out quickly

I am going to include a folk element into this year’s festival so please pass on the word. We’d love to hear from you

Our Saturday night has been  designated “Fiesta fun night”  so you can let out hair down, dress up in colours,  sing and dancing will be the fun as we have a great band booked for you.

The program so far and still in draft will run from

Thursday 23th (workshops)

Friday  24th (Day  – workshops)   (night – Dinner Show bookings essential)

Saturday 25th (workshops) (performances)

Saturday night (fiesta fun night)

Sunday 26th  (performances)

Workshops will include
* a singing workshop

* Ukulele work shop  – beginners and intermediate
* how to change strings and ukulele care
* bass workshop – how to play bass beginners and intermediate

* Song writing workshop

* Master class with riffs and lead lines

These are to name a few

We will have The Pavilion Room for a few hours – workshops

The Liquid Lounge – main performances

The Barrel Bar – solo and duo

The Cafe – solo and duo

All indoors and with food and drink ready available.

We may look at Ukes in cafes but will do something different from last year.

For applications to perform or any inquiries please contact

info@centralcoastukuleleclub.com

Cheers

Liz

The Nukes all the way from New Zealand will be performing at the Tall Timbers Hotel Ourimbah tonight.

Concert starts at 6.30pm and tickets are $20

Get ready for a great night of live music

A huge thank you to all who came and supported our 6th Central Coast Ukulele Festival 2017.

It was brilliant. Thank you to all the acts, clubs and collectives who came, supported and enjoyed our event.

Our photo’s will be available soon from various sources and a variety can be found at Long Story Short Photography.

A huge thank you to our masters Walt Keale and Bill Griffin for making our festival magic! Thank you to our new friends The Ukulele Death Squad for bringing the house down! You guys were awesome and we wish you luck in world domination!

To Cameron Murray, Mirrabooka, Ohana, The Cleaning Ladies, Jack N Jel. Thank you for your brilliant performance and amazing support.

Thank you to the Central Coast Ukulele Club for all your hard work from fundraising, volunteering, raffles, compare duties, everything to make this the success it was.

Thank you to The Coversheets, Little Black Ducks, Ukastle Ukestra, Swingalele’s, Z Chords, The Blue Mugs, Led Ukz, Ukelles, Flat Foot Floozy, Small Hat Big Country, The Verahdah Band, Island Style, Uke Box, Foggy Foggy Duo, Christina Green, Nick Paisley, Janwell Public School, St Patricks Public School, Tuggerah Public School, Nathan Parker, Elliot Mylchest, The Old School, Wolli Creakers, for your great performances.

Thank you to all our sponsors, Central Coast Ukulele Club, Central Coast Council, Diggers at The Entrance, Musical Central Gosford, Jacks Music Newcastle, 2GO-SeaFM, Blake James, Travel Managers, Buskuleles, Mr T Hyland. KoAloha Ukulele.

Thank you to all our volunteers.

A huge thank you to Rob Kitney supplying his expertise in audio engineering and sound to our festival it’s not an easy job and we all appreciate the huge hours you have put in to help make this a success. Thank you to your audio team Glenn, Blake and Brodie. Thank you to Glenn and Rosie always for your unbelievable support and kindness

We will be posting photo’s as we go. Pleas enjoy these few pics

Cheers

Liz

The 6th Annual Central Coast Ukulele Festival starts tomorrow Thursday 21st September 2017 – Sunday 24th September 2017, Memorial Park, The Entrance Foreshore  New South Wales

We have an exciting event ready for you to enjoy. Check out our program

This event is made possible due to the ongoing support from the following organizations and people

• Central Coast Ukulele Club
• Central Coast Council
• 2GO and Sea FM
• Diggers@The Entrance
• Jacks Music Newcastle
• Music Centre Gosford
• Koaloha Ukulele Hawaii
• Travel Managers – as individual as you are
• Mr T. Hyland
• Buskuleles
• Blake James
• The Old Bank Café
• Mi Cantina
• RFS Ourimbah
• ABC Radio – Scott Levi
• NBN news – Central Coast
• Lauren Kitney
• Callan Micallef
• Deb selby and Vickie Dean
• Liz Kitney, Rob Kitney
• LA Flowerland

SERVICES IN THE PARK

• RFS OURIMBAH
• Central Coast Community First Aid
• Public Toilets are located to the right of the stage at the end of the building
• Check out our fantastic stalls with amazing gifts and festival goodies
• Check out the delicious array of food vendors here today
• Want to buy a ukulele you can do that too

RAFFLE TICKET ARE AVAILABLE

We are selling 3 individual raffles with brilliant prizes.

The Big Raffle One. The Prizes are:-

Ken Done signed CCUF Print

Ron Macquarrie beautifully hand made ukulele tenor

Leho solid body UBass with case (Blue) 

(total prize package value over $2500)

Raffle Two. The Prize is

A beautufil Koaloha concert ukulele KCO-10 Opio concert from Hawaii

(value over $1000)

Raffle Three. The Prize is

A brilliant  ukulele package – A Cordoba Concert Ukulele with case and tuner

(value over $400)

for our RFS – Donations

FIREFIGHTERS CLIMB FOR MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE

On Sat 14^th October Angela who is part of the Ourimbah RFS will be climbing the iconic Sydney Tower along with hundreds of fire fighters as quickly as possible in full structural firefighting ensemble to raise money and awareness of Motor Neuron Disease (MND)

Teams of firefighters will race to climb all 1504 stairs (98 Floors) of the Sydney Tower Eye each carrying an additional 20KG of gear.

It will be a gruelling challenge but nothing comparison to the challenge patients with MND face everyday.

Anyone wishing to make a donation please see the RFS in the Memorial Park.

Cant wait to see you at The Central Coast Ukulele Festival

Memorial Park, The Entrance Foreshore  New South Wales

cheers

Liz