In less than a week the long awaited Central Coast Ukulele Festival will be here.
A brilliant fun and educational festival at Wangi Wangi RSL on the beautiful shores of Lake Macquarie.
Great music and artists, merchandise, gizmos, Pintxos and Paella, Barista Truck, luthiers Steve and Joanne, raffles and much much more.
Our workshops will host some great artists/masters
Rob Kitney – well know session drummer, audio engineer and producer (and ukulele player) – makes sense timing and Rhythm with the ukulele
Ross Ward Legendary Blues guitarist singer songwriter from the Sunday Drivers, Wards Express, The Defenders, is going to mentor you in some great Blues and on the uke too!
Glenn Ewing – Bass player and cool dude from Mirrabooka will offer practical advise, new skills that will be of instant use playing and learning bass.
Bring along your C harmonica for his Harmonica Workshop.
Miss Elm is travelling from afar to teach you how to be your own band with looping.
Adele will show and teach you the basics of the beautiful Hula. Bring along your sarong or grass skirts.
Ian Fisher Dip Op, Grad Dip Music will put the fun into the fundamentals of singing.
and there is so much more….
Check out our program and our website for further detail on this exciting event.
We are excited and ready for you! Only 5 weeks to go for the Central Coast Ukulele Festival (CCUF) 2022. A celebration of our 10th festival.
Over 300 performers and 50 acts will bring you a happy event only the ukulele can do. The program is ready and the workshop are set to intrigue, entertain, and educate. Our ukulele collectives come from far and wide and are ready to entertain you.
We have merchants, Luthiers, Markets, BBQ’s, Barista truck, Fabulous food and service from Wangi Wangi RSL, the club with a view!
Friday 13th starts at 3pm with Welcome to Country and then a super jam and BBQ for those wishing to start early in the beer garden overlooking the beautiful lake as we watch the sun set over Lake Macquarie we will begin our Showcase.
Friday night we Showcase of “The Ladies Of Uke” glamorous evening with a beautiful line up of Ladies to perform their songs for you. The restaurant will be open and dishing up some yummy food.
Saturday, 14 starts at 8.30am with the Bush Poets breakfast and BBQ serving up Bacon and eggs or sausage and eggs on rolls. The Barista truck will be ready for your coffee needs and an entire day of Entertainment awaits you.
Our workshops start at 9am at the Sailing Club right next to the RSL club.
Saturday night we will showcase the “Ladies of Rock”, the ever impeccable Cameron Murray and the unique style of Johnny Devilseed and Old Man Rubes.
Sunday 15th we invite you to breakfast at 8.30am with a Poets Breakfast, Coffee, and a Hula workshop to get those hips moving, and another full day of great entertainment and workshops.
So, tune up and get ready for a brilliant happy weekend!
The Central Coast Ukulele Festival is a free event and we would like to thank Wangi Wangi RSL for making this happen and all our artists who are our sponsors plus our corporate sponsors who we will name shortly.
We will be covid safe and we will follow all guidelines set out by NSW Health.
We are excited and ready for you! Only 5 weeks to go for the Central Coast Ukulele Festival (CCUF) 2022. A celebration of our 10th festival.
Over 300 performers and 50 acts will bring you a happy event only the ukulele can do. The program is ready and the workshop are set to intrigue, entertain, and educate. Our ukulele collectives come from far and wide and are ready to entertain you.
We have merchants, Luthiers, Markets, BBQ’s, Barista truck, Fabulous food and service from Wangi Wangi RSL, the club with a view!
Friday 13th starts at 3pm with Welcome to Country and then a super jam and BBQ for those wishing to start early in the beer garden overlooking the beautiful lake as we watch the sun set over Lake Macquarie we will begin our Showcase.
Friday night we Showcase of “The Ladies Of Uke” glamorous evening with a beautiful line up of Ladies to perform their songs for you. The restaurant will be open and dishing up some yummy food.
Saturday, 14 starts at 8.30am with the Bush Poets breakfast and BBQ serving up Bacon and eggs or sausage and eggs on rolls. The Barista truck will be ready for your coffee needs and an entire day of Entertainment awaits you.
Our workshops start at 9am at the Sailing Club right next to the RSL club.
Saturday night we will showcase the “Ladies of Rock”, the ever impeccable Cameron Murray and the unique style of Johnny Devilseed and Old Man Rubes.
Sunday 15th we invite you to breakfast at 8.30am with a Poets Breakfast, Coffee, and a Hula workshop to get those hips moving, and another full day of great entertainment and workshops.
So, tune up and get ready for a brilliant happy weekend!
The Central Coast Ukulele Festival is a free event and we would like to thank Wangi Wangi RSL for making this happen and all our artists who are our sponsors plus our corporate sponsors who we will name shortly.
We will be covid safe and we will follow all guidelines set out by NSW Health.
The Central Coast Ukulele Festival
I am happy to say we are all set to host our Central Coast Ukulele Festival May 13, 14 and 15, 2022
So if you would like to perform or have a stall, now is the time to apply
We have a wonderful festival planned and included for the first time a ukulele Poets breakfast for Sat/Sun, plus uke jams, open mic, workshops, a mobile barista cart, paella cart, merchandise stalls, luthiers and music music music from all you wonderful players and more.
A courtesy bus is available all weekend, the local bowling club has free camping for those who are self-sufficient. Accommodation is available around the Lake including Belmont and Swansea as the Ferry is now up and running to Wangi Wangi. I will send a timetable with the program once we have 100% guarantee.
Keep strumming, I look forward to seeing you in May
The Central Coast Ukulele club are in our tenth year and we would like to celebrate our 9th/10th Festival (would have been 10th however due to COVID-19 we had to cancel last year and 2020).
We are planning a fun and slightly different Central Coast Ukulele Festival this year adding a new venue who have kindly come forward and offered their entire club for our special event. More to come shortly.
The advice to me is they are slowly returning to normal and complying strictly to social distancing and hygiene. The Central Coast Ukulele Festival is welcome to go ahead as it has always been a popular community event with live music, workshops an all-in ukulele jam and sing-along, live ukulele groups and acts, raffles, merchandise tables, markets stalls and more.
Planning is in line with COVID restrictions and regulations.
When: March 4,5,6 2022
Where: Wangi Wangi RSL, suburb on Lake Macquarie
275 Watkins Rd, Wangi Wangi NSW
Accommodation is available at Wangi Wangi and surrounding areas of Lake Macquarie. There is brilliant camping, van parks and grounds in the area and around the Central Coast. If you have a boat Swansea, Belmont, Blacksmiths, Caves beach, Gwandalan are easy access as there is a boat ramp opposite the club.
Details of program will be advised once all applications are final.
Wangi Wangi is 30 minutes from Wyong, 1.5 hours from Sydney, 36 minutes from Ourimbah, 50 minutes from The Entrance, 50 minutes from Newcastle.
Along with event attendees all over the world, we’ve been watching the COVID-19 pandemic as it evolves. We recognize how stressful this particular situation is, and we share your concerns.
We stand with all of you and the broader event community during a time when our industry is being deeply affected. We have faith and are putting in place all safeguards to have a great festival.
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