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Music City Uke Fest
August 1-4, 2024 at Lane Music Store, The Factory at Franklin, and the Best Western Franklin Inn
ALOHA! E Komo Mai! Welcome to our inaugural Music City Uke Fest (MCUF)!
MCUF kicks off with Registration, Welcome, Jam Session/Play-Along/Open Mic at Lane Music Store on Thursday evening, 8/1.
The festival kicks into high gear all day and all night on Friday 8/2 & Saturday 8/3 at The Factory at Franklin with kickin' Artists: Lil' Rev, Dani Joy & Perry Stauffer, The Birdwatchers, Ukulele (Greg) Gent, Art Hopkins, and The Ukedelics. Concerts,Workshops, Jam Sessions, Open Mic, and a new feature…BandHui will delight and excite you to ‘play on’ with your ukulele! Enjoy shopping for everything ukulele from our Vendors and get your raffle tickets early for chances to win amazing prizes from our Sponsors & Vendors!
Feel good festival wrap-up on Sunday 8/4 morning with a Kanikapila-style Open Mic will be at the Best Western Franklin Inn, Meeting Room.
MCUF is dedicated to support the Maui Food Bank, with 10% of Raffle ticket sales and 100% of monetary donations collected at the festival, going directly to feed those in need. We want to let folks know that though we are about 4500 miles away, we continue to stand strong with Maui in efforts to rebuild. It will be a long road to recovery, Maui remains in our hearts, and we send our love and Aloha! (Please check out the Maui Food Bank Charity tab, we even have a QR code for your generous contributions!) MAHALO!
Update:
For BandHui (Band Group), after you buy your ticket…through emails…you can sign up to be put into a random band group at MCUF. The group will meet together to choose a song and perform at the Saturday night Concert. It's a great chance to mingle, make new uke friends, play and sing together!
4/30/24 Update:
Unfortunately, Tiki Dave has cancelled his appearance with MCUF 2024. We apologize for this, but wish him well in all of his endeavors.
6/6/24 Update:
Double Woohoo!! We have added The Birdwatchers to the lineup! They will perform at the Saturday night Concert at The Factory at Franklin! Check out their website and videos! They're hot!
6/20/24 Update:
We now have a Group Rate and Block at the Best Western Franklin Inn for those who need to make hotel reservations. Check out all the details under the Accommodations tab.
Also, the Schedule has been tweaked, so check that out. And, Workshops have been updated (Note: Perry switched out a couple of his Workshops). Workshop Handouts will be shared with attendees via email. Please print any handouts that you want to use or bring your own iPads/tablets/computers to view them.
Flash news! For those who bought or are buying Concert Tickets Only for guests, they now have access to both Friday and Saturday night Concerts for only $50! We wanted to treat them to see The Birdwatchers, so we added Saturday's Concert in with the purchase of a Concert Ticket!
7/2/24 Update:
Woohoo! MCUF was featured on WKRN Ch. 2, “Local on 2” show with Laura Schweizer. It is on YouTube: WKRN News 2 “Spread a little Aloha at the Music City Uke Fest”.
7/17/24 Update:
Tune in to City Cast Nashville on 7/18/24 to hear UkuMele's interview on the podcast with Grace Fuisz.
7/21/24 Update:
“Workshop handouts will not be available at the festival. All attendees have been emailed the link to print or download workshop handouts to bring with you or view on a tablet or iPad. If you have not received the email dated July 9, please check your Spam or Junk mail. If you still do not have it, please email Chris at chrisnwick@cox.net and you will receive an email with the link. Please enter her email address in your contact list so the email doesn’t go to Spam.”
7/22/24 Update:
The Concerts for Friday and Saturday night will now be held in the Turner Theater at The Factory. For those who are buying Concert Only tickets, remember, you are getting tickets for both concerts for the price of one, it's a BOGO free! Please invite more friends to the Concerts, it's a beautiful theater and the Artists will really shine there!
Please check FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page on this website for more information. Mahalo!
Contact:
Melanie Ching, aka "UkuMele"
Email: UkuMelePresents@gmail.com