‘Ukulele Resources – Boston Area & Beyond

Boston Area ‘Ukulele Groups

• Ukulele Union of Boston: (Facebook) Regular meetups in:
  • Boston
  • Watch City Ukers, Waltham (Facebook)
  • Uke in the Afternoon, Arlington
  • Strummerville, Somerville
  • Ukemania Plain, Jamaica Plain
  • Brookline
  • Newton City Hall Strummers, Newton
  • Chocoleles, Lower Mills, Dorchester
  • Boston West Ukulele Meetup, Stow
• Northshore Ukulele Players
  • Meets in Danvers, MA
• Swampscott Library Ukulele Group
  • Meets in Swampscott, MA
• Shukulele, Winchester, MA
• Unlikely Strummers: (Facebook)
  • Meets in Taunton and Plainville, MA
• UU Ukes
  • Meets in Littleton, MA
• Massapoag Ukulele Group
  • Meets in Sharon, MA
• Southern New Hampshire Ukulele Group (Facebook)
  • Meets in Brentwood, NH
• NH Ukeladies (Facebook)
  • Meets in Manchester, NH
• Cape Cod Ukulele Club
  • Meets in Harwich, MA
• Union Music Ukulele Club
  • Meets in Worcester, MA
• Grafton Ukulele Musicians
  • Meets in Grafton, MA

Local ‘Ukulele Group Performers

• The Vox Hunters
• A&W Ukulele Players
• The Unlikely Strummers
• The Chocoleles
• Shukulele
• Palm Court Serenaders

2020 Regional ‘Ukulele Festivals and Camps (within a day’s drive)

Note: for 2020, please check on current status of the festival, given COVID-19.

• Ukulele Melee, Massachusetts (Postponed)
• Allegheny Ukulele Soiree, Pennsylvania (Postponed to April 28-May 2, 2020)
• Somerlele, Massachusetts (May 17, 2020)
• Ashokan Uke Fest, New York (Postponed to 2021)
• Belfast Ukulele Festival, Maine (June 5-6, 2020)
• Battle of the Ukulele Bands, Massachusetts (June 13, 2020)
• Ukulele Zen Retreat, New York (June 28 – July 3, 2020)
• Mountain Uke Festival Camp, New Hampshire (July 12-19, 2020)
• New Jersey Uke Fest, New Jersey (August 28-30, 2020)
• Casco Bay Uke Fest, Maine (September)
• Connecticut Ukulele Festival (September)
• Funky Frets Uke Fest, Pennsylvania (October 2-4, 2020)
• Vermont Ukulele Harvest (October)
• North Adams Ukulele Festival (October)
• Sandwich Ukulele Festival, Massachusetts (December)

Local ‘Ukulele Teachers

• Danno Sullivan – Boston Area, MA
• Cindy Miller – Southeastern, MA
• Paul Sedgwick – Jamaica Plain, MA
• Charissa Hoffman, Boston, MA
• Anne Ku – Dorchester, MA
• Armond Aromin – Providence, RI

Local ‘Ukulele Solo Performers

• Charissa Hoffman
• Will McMillan
• Craig Robertson
• Tim Mann
• Amy Kucharik
• Ken Mattsson
• Anne Ku

‘Ukulele Online Education

• Ukulele Underground – Aldrine Guerrero
• Ukulelehunt.com – Alistair Wood
• One Music School – Katie DeNure
• Rock Class 101 – Andrew Hardel: Don’t be fooled, it’s all ‘ukulele! Seems to be best for those who want to play and not sing.
• The Ukulele Teacher – John Atkins
• Uke Like the Pros – Terry Carter
• Play It Daily Ukulele and Ukulele Cheat Sheets – Danno Sullivan
• ArtistWorks – Craig Chee & Sarah Maisel
• Live ‘Ukulele – Brad Bordessa
• Ukulele Tricks – Brett McQueen
• Ten Thumbs Productions

Music Theory for ‘Ukulele

• Uke Chords
• ChordU – chords for any song
• UkeBuddy Chord Namer: Find out what the chord name for that fingering is!
• UkeBuddy Ukulele Scales
• UkuChords
• All Ukulele Chord Fingerings (in GCEA tuning)
• Ukulele Chord Library

Other Online ‘Ukulele Resource Lists

I’m not the only one who has resource pages, so here are some others online that you can check out.

• The Ukulele Site

‘Ukulele Video Instruction

• Ukulele Underground – Aldrine Guerrero
• Ukulele Cheats – Vasco
• Ukulele Tricks – Brett McQueen
• Rock Class 101 – Andrew Hardel
• Ukulele Go
• Uke Like the Pros – Terry Carter
• Jim D’ville
• TenThumbs Productions – Tyler
• All for Uke – Kevin Presbrey
• The Ukulele Teacher – John Atkins
• Ukulele Zen – Stu Fuchs
• Ukulele Magazine

‘Ukulele Music Scripting Resources

• Song-a-Matic Editor – Ukulele Music Prettifier by UkeGeeks Scriptasaurus
• Ozboz Create Song Scripting
• ABC Music Converter (for using ABC music notation)
• MuseScore: Free Music Composition and Notation Software
• Lilypond: Free Music Engraving Program

Really Geeky Music Theory Video Channels

Want to really get behind how chords work and music? These three are my favorite YouTube channels to dig deep into the music theory.

• Jake Lizzio at Signals Music Studio – Really approachable intro to music theory. Great guitar player and explains things really clearly for beginners.
• Adam Neely – NYC bass player with degrees from Berklee and Manhattan School of Music.
• Rick Beato – Music producer and the highest level of theory. Former college music professor.

‘Ukulele Song Resources

• Songs – Ukulele Songs by Richard G – Australia
• Doctor Uke’s Waiting Room – Glastonbury, CT
• I Love Classical Ukulele | All things classical ukulele – Samantha Muir, Dorset, UK
• Ukulele Hunt
• Bytown Ukulele Group – Ottawa, Canada
• Jim’s Ukulele Songbook
• Stewart’s Ukulele Songbook – Freemantle, Australia
• Gloucester Strings Ukulele Club – Gloucester, UK
• UkuTabs.com
• Ukulele Cheats
• UkeBuddy
• UkeSociety – Seattle, WA
• Tabs4Ukulele

General Online Music Collections

• The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
• Library of Congress Sheet Music Collection
• International Music Score Library Project
• Free Music Archive
• The Golden Book of Favorite Songs (1915)
• The Mutopia Project: Free Sheet Music for Everyone
• John Chambers ABC Tune Finder: thousands of tunes in ABC format

‘Ukulele Performers Websites

• Jake Shimabukuro
• James Hill
• Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel
• The Quiet American
• Ralph Shaw
• Grace VanDerWaal
• Jim D’ville
• Cynthia Lin
• Lil’ Rev
• Danielle Ate The Sandwich
• Taimane
• Jim Beloff
• Ben Carr
• Charissa Hoffman
• Will McMillan
• Craig Robertson
• Tim Mann
• Amy Kucharik
• The Vox Hunters
• Ken Mattsson
• Anne Ku
  
  

‘Ukulele Performer Videos

• Nick Howarth: Nick is a local ukulele player, and he has some amazing videos. Especially the Macho Man video!
• Charissa Hoffman
• Craig Chee & Sarah Maisel
• The O’Pears
• Cynthia Lin Music
• Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq
• The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
• Garfunkel And Oates
• SamMuir Ukulele – Classical Music on the Ukulele
• Ukulele Abe
• Hawaii Music Supply
• The Naked Waiters
• Overdriver Duo
• The Quiet American
• Manitoba Hal
• Banana Cactus Ukulele
• Ukulele Magazine

‘Ukulele Blogs

• I Love Classical Ukulele – Samantha Muir
• Anne Ku Blog
• Renaissance Ukulele
• Wilfried Welti’s solo ukulele page
• Ukulele Notebook – Jerry Dallal
• 3 Questions Interviews with Jim D’Ville – Numerous ‘ukulele players from around the world
• UkuleleHunt
• Kamuke Ukulele Magazine Blog
• UkuleleMusicInfo.com

‘Ukulele Print Materials

• Ukulele Magazine
• Kamuke Ukulele Magazine (Australia)
• ‘Ukulele Chord Shapes Reference Book

‘Ukulele Podcasts

• Ukulele Abe
• Ukulele is the New Black
• OokTown
• Ukulele Underground

‘Ukulele Software and Apps

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