Events

EVENT: JOHN JANZEN in JUNE Come Play With Us!

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It is only a couple of weeks away!

EVENT  Saturday, June 1, 2019, 1:00 – 3:30.

WHERE?   John Janzen Nature Centre Compost Deck, 7000 143 St NW, Edmonton (Same parking lot as Fort Edmonton).

WHO?     Everyone is welcome. Players from groups all over the province are invited. Bring your friends and family! Make them sing!

HOW?     Groups provided song lists from the Beloff Daily Ukulele / Daily Ukulele Leap Year books, and each group will lead everyone to play together. You don’t need to be in a group to come and play!

It’s free! No cost to you.

MORE INFO?     Check the John Janzen Centre event page here on our site for more, including any changes or additions to the song lists. (Maybe even to add a list of some of our sweet door prizes!)

December Gigs 2019

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Want to come out and play?

If you plan to come and play, please let Janet know in advance. She would like to have an idea of headcount. Everyone is welcome!

Here are all the December gig opportunities

Glenrose Hospital

10230 – 111 Ave

DECEMBER
(patient social evening sing a long )
6  Thursday Glenrose Hospital singalong gig 5:30-7:00

– All players welcome

McConnell Place West
8720 165 St
McConnell Place is a secure living unit for patients with dementia. You will need to be buzzed in to enter the facility.

DECEMBER
8  Saturday McConnell Place gig 2:00-3:00

– All players welcome

Fort Edmonton Park Capitol Theatre Lobby

Park: 7000 143 Street
Capitol Theatre: Located on 1920s Street within the park

DECEMBER
13 Thursday Fort Edmonton Capitol Theatre Lobby gig 6:00-7:00
29 Saturday Fort Edmonton Capitol Theatre Lobby gig 12:30-2:00
– All players welcome

 

Event: Ukulele Jam Camp

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Join the ukulele community Sat/Sun October 13-14, 2018 for a weekend of workshops and music on the shores of beautiful Isle Lake!

It’s Ukulele Jam Camp time!

  • WHEN      Sat/Sun October 13-14, 2018
  • WHERE    Camp He Ho Ha
    Hwy 16, about 1 hr west of Edmonton, AB
  • REGISTRATION   $149.00

It’s the 3rd Annual Ukulele Jam Camp, presented by our good friends at the Northern Bluegrass Circle. Workshops led by multi-instrumentalist Barry Luft!

Your fee covers three one hour workshops, Saturday night accommodations, meals, snacks, and a mini festival. Jam until the wee hours. Or sleep. We won’t judge you. Did we mention that the food is excellent? It is.

Register and see schedules and more information at the Ukulele Jam Camp site.

It is excellent fun and a great way to meet other players (and ogle their ukuleles). You’ll meet Acoustic Music Workshop people too. Ogle their banjos!

Don’t be sad and regretful in the doldrums of winter when you overhear everyone lovingly reminiscing about their woodland musical adventures. JOIN THEM!

GIG: Valley Zoo “ZOO BREW” Friday, August 24

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Edmonton Valley Zoo: ZOO BREW Gig

Presented by The Ark Project, ZOO BREW is a fabulous adult evening out for drinking beverages, enjoying music, and visiting your favourite zoo creatures. This fundraiser helps support the initiatives and improvements being made at the Valley Zoo.

ALL PLAYERS WELCOME, and all ages welcome to play, but please note you must be eighteen or older if you plan to buy tickets to the event and enter the venue.

The event runs 6-11.

We play from 6:00 – 7:00 PM.

 

  • WHEN      Friday, August 24, 2018, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
  • WHERE    Edmonton Valley Zoo, Edmonton
  • DETAILS  Players, please meet at the main entrance at 5:45

 

Bring this:

  • Your ukulele, music stand, and books
  • Hat, water, sunscreen
  • Anything else you need to be comfortable playing outside

Seating is provided, and we will be playing under a canopy.

Players admitted to the zoo entrance area for the performance period at no cost. If you want to stay for the rest of the event, you will need to purchase event tickets (see link at top of this post).

 

GIG: Seba Beach Market, Saturday, August 25, 2019

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Saturday, August 25

It’s market day!

Come to the beach and drink lemonade while we entertain from 10:00 – noon this Saturday at the Seba Beach Market, 45 minutes west of Edmonton.

Weather should be nice. We encourage carpooling/ridesharing to the location. Please allow yourself an hour of travel time from the city to get there.

Players, please bring your own stand and books, or arrange to share. There is bench seating provided, or bring a chair. Meet outside the Seniors Centre, 109 1 St S, Seba Beach, AB.

10:00 – noon . If you’ve been to the market in previous years, please note the new location for 2018.

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GIG: Seba Beach Market, Saturday, July 28, 2018

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Saturday, July 28

It’s market day!

Come to the beach and drink lemonade while we entertain from 10:00 – noon this Saturday at the Seba Beach Market, 45 minutes west of Edmonton.

Weather should be nice. We encourage carpooling/ridesharing to the location. Please allow yourself an hour of travel time from the city to get there.

Players, please bring your own stand and books, or arrange to share. There is bench seating provided, or bring a chair. Meet outside the Seniors Centre, 109 1 St S, Seba Beach, AB.

10:00 – noon . If you’ve been to the market in previous years, please note the new location for 2018.

(Read on for the map, or to leave a comment.)

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GIG: Fort Edmonton July 21, 2018

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Fort Edmonton Park Gig

Travel back in time with us to a simpler and dustier time, with more ice cream and fewer space launches! (The number of mosquitoes will be roughly the same.) We play from 1 – 3.


  • WHEN       Saturday, July 21, 2018, 1 – 3 PM
  • WHERE    Fort Edmonton Park, 7000 143 Street, Edmonton
  • DETAILS   Players, please meet at the main entrance at 12:30

Led by Donna D! Thanks, Donna!

Bring this:

  • Your ukulele, music stand, and books
  • Hat, water, sunscreen
  • Anything else you need to be comfortable playing outside

Seating is provided, but if you’d rather bring a chair than sit on a bench, you may. Players admitted to the park at no cost.

Check out the Fort Edmonton Park site map here.

GIG: Valley Zoo “Arctic Sea Ice” Sunday, July 15

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Edmonton Valley Zoo Arctic Sea Ice Gig

Did you know the Edmonton Valley Zoo is a Polar Bears International Arctic Ambassador Centre? They help people learn about the threatened habitat of Arctic animals due to sea ice losses.  While you may not be able to visit a polar bear locally, you can certainly meet Snowy Owls, an Arctic Fox, Northern Fur Seals, and other creatures.

We play from 2:30 – 4.


  • WHEN      Sunday, July 15, 2018, 2:30 – 4 PM
  • WHERE    Edmonton Valley Zoo, Edmonton
  • DETAILS  Players, please meet at the main entrance at 2:15

 

Bring this:

  • Your ukulele, music stand, and books
  • Hat, water, sunscreen
  • Anything else you need to be comfortable playing outside

Seating is provided, and we will be playing under a canopy.

Players admitted to the zoo at no cost.

 

GIG: Ukrainian Cultural Village, Sunday, June 24

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Sunday, June 24

ALL 12 PLAYER SPOTS ARE FILLED

Come see our June Ukrainian Cultural Village gig from 3:30 – 4:45 on Sunday, June 24 at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, Highway 16, east of Edmonton, just east of Elk Island National Park.

RAIN OR SHINE, my dears. It’s vintage vehicle day! We encourage carpooling/ridesharing to the location. Please allow yourself an hour of travel time from the city to get there.

Players, please bring your own stand and books, or arrange to share. Meet outside the Visitor Centre (#1 on the site map).

3:30 – 4:45 .

PLEASE ARRIVE BY 3:00 PM.

(Read on for the map, or to leave a comment.)

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EVENT: Fort Edmonton Gig June 10, 2018

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Fort Edmonton Park Gig

Travel back in time with us to a simpler and dustier time, with more ice cream and fewer space launches! (The number of mosquitoes will be roughly the same.) We play from 1 – 3.


  • WHEN       Sunday, June 10, 2018, 1 – 3 PM
  • WHERE    Fort Edmonton Park, 7000 143 Street, Edmonton
  • DETAILS   Players, please meet at the main entrance at 12:30

Led by Donna D! Thanks, Donna!

Bring this:

  • Your ukulele, music stand, and books
  • Hat, water, sunscreen
  • Anything else you need to be comfortable playing outside

Seating is provided, but if you’d rather bring a chair than sit on a bench, you may. Players admitted to the park at no cost.

Check out the Fort Edmonton Park site map here.

EVENT: JOHN JANZEN in JUNE, 2018 Come Play With Us!

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It might sprinkle, but we’ll have a roof!

EVENT  Saturday, June 2, 2018, 1:30 – 3:30.

WHERE?   John Janzen Nature Centre Compost Deck, 7000 143 St NW, Edmonton (Same parking lot as Fort Edmonton).

WHO?     Everyone is welcome. Players from groups all over the province are invited. Bring your friends and family! Make them sing!

HOW?     Format change for this year: instead of pre-chosen song lists, we’ll be playing songs from the Beloff Daily Ukulele / Daily Ukulele Leap Year books, chosen on the spot (Player’s Choice, circle style) and the mass of ukulele players will play them together. You don’t need to be in a group to come and play!

It’s free! No cost to you.

MORE INFO?     See the John Janzen Centre event page here on our site for more, including a list of some of our sweet door prizes.

Friends: Pleasantview Music Swap May, 2018

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Musical Instrument Swap Meet at Pleasantview Hall

It’s Ukulele Jam Camp time!

  • WHEN      7 P. M. on Wednesday, May 30, 2018
  • WHERE    Pleasantview Hall
    10860 57 Avenue, Edmonton, AB
  • ADMISSION   $2.00

It’s time to clear out your music closet to make room for stuff from other people’s music closets!

The Music Swap Meet is presented by our good friends at the Northern Bluegrass Circle Society. There will be books, CDs, records, banjos, ukuleles, mandolins, PA equipment, and much more for sale. (Sometimes trade. Sometimes to give away.)

Free coffee and snacks. I hear there’s fried chicken and coleslaw, and a post-swap jam session too.

DATE CHANGE Event: James Hill Ukulele Workshop Now Feb 21, 2018

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Join the ukulele community February 21 (WEDNESDAY) for a workshop!

James Hill Ukulele Workshop

  • WHEN Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 5:00-6:30 P. M.
  • WHERE Festival Place (room number will be confirmed when you register)
    401 Festival Ln, Sherwood Park, AB
  • REGISTRATION $40.00 per participant. Call 780-464-2852 and ask for course #120694 .
    Or visit Festival Place online to register.

    • PLEASE NOTE: the WORKSHOP (Wednesday) and the CONCERT (Thursday) are SEPARATE REGISTRATIONS. If you want both, be sure you registered for both. Concert info here.

    Award-winning ukulele player and songwriter James Hill will be leading a ukulele workshop. Learn melodies, strumming and plucking techniques from one of the finest ukulele musicians in the world.
    There must be a sufficient number of registrations for the workshop to run. Register early.
    Registrants will be offered the option to purchase a discounted ticket to the James Hill & Anne Janelle show presented by Festival Place the next day on February 22.
    Discounts cannot be offered on previous purchases, but a second concert ticket is 50% off when you register for the workshop.

    Do Not Forget Your Ukulele. Oh, the embarrassment.

Touchmark Wedgewood GIG: Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018

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Wednesday, January 24

We’ll be performing at the Touchmark Wedgewood facility (Memory Care Unit) from 2:00-3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 24 at 18323 Lessard Rd NW. Memory Care is through the front entrance, and you will need to be buzzed in. We aim to set up at 1:45.

Any ukulele player is welcome to join us to perform with the group at this engagement. Chairs are provided, bring your own stand and at least your yellow book.

We’ll be playing songs selected from repertoire lists 8 and 9 (click to see them) and tunes chosen by the players who attend.

Hope to see you there!