For the second year we are proud to introduce The New England Ukulele Festival— A joyous music celebration featuring the top ukulele performers and groups from across the New England region, with special guest Ray Cygrymus and hosted by Kimo Hussey..
The festival takes place from 11 am to 5 pm on Sunday, May 3 at the spacious American Legion Post 440 in Newton. It's free! The whole event is a fundraiser for the Ukulele Kids Club (theukc.org) - an awesome nonprofit that donates ukes to children's hospitals for music therapy - so donations of any amount are gratefully accepted, but not required.
There's going to be soooo much music! We'll be featuring 7 ukulele groups from across New England, plus our incredibly talented headliner, Ray Cygrymus, who'll be doing a multi-level workshop (suitable for beginners through advanced) and a solo performance - AND Kimo Hussey is flying over from Hawai'i to be our Master of Ceremonies! Uncle Kimo is ukulele OG, and will perform, talk story, and also be available to chat about your uke questions.
There'll be a big vendor room with artisans, a luthier for your repair questions and needs, a ukulele puppeteer, a caricature artist, food for purchase, and a cash bar.
The online auction has celebrity-autographed ukuleles (signed by folks like actor Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers, bluegrass great Del McCoury and his band, the Dropkick Murphys, members of the Boston Red Sox, Grammy-winner Tom Paxton, Tom Rush, and more), lessons from amazing instructors (Craig Chee and Sarah Maisell, Peter Moss, Neal Chin, Christopher Davis-Shannon, etc.), instruments, and more! You can find it at: https://airauctioneer.com/neuf2
If you like ukulele, you will love attending this FREE festival!