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.
Friday Schedule
Friday Night
Friday Night: We will have a fun session with Funky Frets and some vendor opportunities.
All times are USA East Coast (-4 UTC). Click on the icons to go to that Zoom Room
6pm-7pm
Sparrow Ukulele
The Sparrow Instrument Company is a small family owned business located in Richmond, Virginia. Our goal is to provide high quality (reasonably priced), USA built electric ukuleles . We want our instruments to be enjoyed by everybody.
7pm-8pm
Radical Artistic Treasures by Roy Cox
Rat ukes are constructed to make the best use of old, distinctive, sometimes broken, ukuleles. Wooden cigar boxes are employed to become uke bodies as they are generally well constructed of fine solid woods.
6pm-7pm
The Hug Strap, Melissa Nannen
Handmade, adjustable ukulele strap. The Hug Strap® is a ukulele strap that works without strap buttons on your waisted ukulele. The cinch strap is long enough to fit a soprano through baritone, and it comes in a kids size, a petite size, and an adult size.
7pm-8pm
Debihula, Hawaiian Style
Hawaiian style handicrafts, Leis by Debi - Beautiful Leis made from Ribbons and Mini Tassel Dolls, Books written by Debi Velasco and Julie Coleson.
Saturday Schhedule
Here is what the schedule will look like.
All times are USA East Coast (-4 UTC). Click on the icons to go to that Zoom Room
10am-10:30am
Welcome Session
10:30am-10:30am
Workshop ONE
11:30am-12:30pm
Artist Q&A (4 Artist Panel)
12:30pm-1:30pm
Lunch/Open Mic - *Last Name A-M
1:30pm-2:30pm
Performance - *Last Name A-M
2:30pm-3:30pm
Jim D'Ville "Jim's Play Ukulele By Ear" - All Levels
3:30pm-4:30pm
Jam Sesson
4:30pm-5:30pm
Evening Wind Down with Artist Performances - *Last Name A-M
5:30pm-6:30pm
Workshop FIVE
6:30pm-7:30pm
The Power of Triads - Curt Sheller
6:30pm-7:30pm
Festival Wrap-up • Perform Hula with Debi - *Last Name A-M
10am-10:30am
Welcome Session
10:30am-10:30am
Workshop TWO
11:30am-12:30pm
Artist Q&A (4 Artist Panel)
12:30pm-1:30pm
Lunch/Open Mic - *Last Name N-Z
1:30pm-2:30pm
Performance - *Last Name A-M
2:30pm-3:30pm
Workshop FOUR
3:30pm-4:30pm
Jam Sesson
4:30pm-5:30pm
Evening Wind Down with Artist Performances - *Last Name N-Z
5:30pm-6:30pm
Workshop SIX
6:30pm-7:30pm
Hula with Debi
6:30pm-7:30pm
Festival Wrap-up • Perform Hula with Debi - *Last Name N-Z
*Last Name A-N, M-Z?
Pick the room based on YOUR last name. The Open-Mic are two seperate sessions to allow for more open-mic participants.
Performances
Performances: - These are the same performances in each room. Again for a more managable ZOOM experience.
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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