2021 PROGRAMME -

THURSDAY 21 JULY 2022

12pm: UKES IN CAFES

Take in a live performance while enjoying a meal in Geraldine’s popular eateries

3pm-4.30pm: PARTY STARTER UKEJAM with Shane McAlister

5.30pm-10pm: OPENING NIGHT: Strum, Strut & a Show

FRIDAY 22 JULY 2022

8.45am-10.15am: WORKSHOP 1

10.45am-12.15pm: WORKSHOP 2

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12.30: UKES IN CAFES

Take in a live performance in Geraldine’s popular eateries

2pm-4pm: AVAST! THAARRR BE PIRATES: Big Open Mic

Choose yer best two shanties and sign up to strut yer stuff on the big stage. Pirates McBoyle and Stumpfiddle will be awarding spot prizes for things like the best aaaarrr, best pirate gear, best shanty, best tattoo, et cetera. | MC: Kirsty Burnett | DOORS OPEN: 1.30pm | Performance Slots available by blackboard on the day
GERALDINE HIGH SCHOOL HALL 73 WILSON STREET : $15 adult; $10 child ≤14

4.30pm-7pm: CURRY & COCKTAILS: Dinner & a Pre-Concert Show

Enjoy a cocktail and a curry in the fine dining atmosphere of Geraldine’s Royal India Restaurant while Backyard Davey AKA Li’l Chuck The One Man Skiffle Machine entertains. | LIMITED NUMBERS | Food & beverage not included
ROYAL INDIA RESTAURANT, 7 TALBOT STREET : Cover charge $25

7.30pm-10.30pm: GUF22 BIG CONCERT

SATURDAY 23 JULY 2022

8.45am-10.15am: WORKSHOP 3

10.45am-12.15pm: WORKSHOP 4

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12.30pm: UKES IN CAFES

Take in a live performance in Geraldine’s popular eateries.

2pm-3.30pm: WORKSHOP 5

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4pm-5.30pm: THE BIG PIRATICAL STRUM

Join The Ukulele People (AKA Hugh & Fi McCafferty) for one of GUF’s most popular events, a 90 minute mass strum-along | chordsheets projected : dress-ups encouraged
GERALDINE HIGH SCHOOL HALL 93 McKENZIE STREET : FREE : tickets at checkout

7.30pm-10.30pm: GUF22 BIG PIRARRRTICAL CONCERT

Aarrr! It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for… three big pirate acts in one big concert to celebrate 10 years of Geraldine Ukefest | Stumpfiddle the Pirate | The Natural Magic Pirates | Captain Festus McBoyle and his Travelling Variety Show | MC: Lorina Harding | Unless you are performing, please no ukuleles | DOORS OPEN: 7pm | Unless you are performing, please no ukuleles | DOORS OPEN: 7pm
GERALDINE HIGH SCHOOL HALL 93 McKENZIE STREET : $45 adult; $20 child ≤14

SUNDAY 24 JULY 2022

10.30am-11.30am: UKES IN CHURCH

It’s church folks, but not as you know it | Hugh & Fi will lead you in the songs/hymns during the service | Bring GUF20 Songbook and music stand
ST MARY’S CHURCH 77 TALBOT STREET : FREE : limited tickets at checkout

11am-2pm: FINAL FLING STRUMALONG

It’s never too late for one more song – wrap up the festival with a and OpenMic led by Stumpfiddle and The Natural Magic Pirates | Bring GUF21 Songbook and music stand
VILLAGE INN SPORTS BAR 41 TALBOT STREET : FREE : limited tickets at checkout

ALL VENUES ARE WITHIN A FEW MINUTES WALKING DISTANCE OF EACH OTHER

Longest walk nine (9) minutes from centre of Geraldine along Wilson Street to the Primary School.