Funky Frets Uke Fest News -2020
124 N. Chestnut St., Boyertown, PA 19512 USA
View TJ's video announcement regarding the 2020 Funky Frets Uke Fest going virtual.
The Virtual festival of 2020 will take place Saturday, October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2020.
NOTE: If you already have purchased your festival ticket it is good for 2021 Funky Frets Uke Fest without the price increase that is happening or 2021. You can also request a refund.
The 2020 Funky Frets "Virtual" Uke Fest will be managed using Curt's LearningUkulele.com site. LearningUkulele.com has been doing virtual lessons and content for many, many years and the site is techwise already setup to manage a virtual fest.
Our 6th Annual Ukulele will be held virtual this year.
We are having a fun Friday night welcome session with an oppurtunity to shop with our vendors. On Saturday we have a full day of workshops with two options at each time slot, artist Q&A round table disscussions, a ukulele jam, open mic and artist performances. This festival will be taking place on Zoom.
All donations will be split amoung our artists to help support them during a time of gigs being postponed and canceled. This virtual festival will showcase what these amazing artist have to offer in 2021. We don't want this years lineup to miss out on the special touches that Funky Frets Uke Fest has to offer in person, so we are excited to announce all of these artists are being invited back to join us in 2021 to strum and ride the rails with us next year.
A $25 donation get you access to the live Zoom sessions.
A $50 donations get you access to the live Zoom, a festival shirt, two weeks of the festival recording to rewatch and catch any sessions you missed. Also, a two week free Gold trial membership to www.learningukulele.com.
Any questions please email funkyfrets@gmail.com
AFTER TICKET PURCHASE: After you purchase your ticket(s). We will see it and set you up with a LearningUkulele.com member account with access to the festival Zoom links and schedule. The membership will go active whenwe notice your ticket purchase. The week before the festival you'll receive the password to access the actual Zoom sessions. You'll then have access till after the festival, depending on the donation you selected.
2020 & 2021 Artists
Jim D'Ville Ben Carr Bill Wynne The Aloha Boys Curt Sheller Christopher Davis-Shannon Petey Mack Debi Velasco Uncle Zac William Ernestburg
The 2019 Funky Frets Uke Fest had a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania theme with Ben Franklin making an appearance and some Philadelphia Mummers to kick off the Saturday night concert.
2019 Artists Included:
Danielle Ate the Sandwich Bryan Tolentino The Aloha Boys Curt Sheller Petey Mack Devin Scott Debi Velasco William Ernestburg
Each year we have all attendees, performers, workshop presenters and vendors sign our uke for the year. The autographed ukuleles are displayed in the Funky Frets Music Store concert hall.
Just browsing over both books, they look fantastic! I'm a guitarist and uke player for over 25 years and was thinking about writing a ukulele book but you've already written what I think are the best, most comprehensive and thorough books I've ever seen for the instrument. I just might end up buying every book you've written and I'll be giving my highest recommendation for your books to my friends and students. Thank you so much for taking the time to write such great books! — Peter Rhee
Aloha, Curt, All I can say is WOW! What you have accomplished is simply incredible! All the best — Glen Hirabayashi, The Aloha Boys
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