Ukelist Brings You : Uke Teachers in the Santa Cruz Area and Beyond


SANTA CRUZ/MONTEREY BAY AREA All In Good Time Orchestra Rhan Wilson leads this weekly group that meets on Wednesdays from 6-8pm in Santa Cruz. There are currently 20-30 players meeting and learning the ins and outs of playing, arranging, and performing in a group. Please contact Rhan Wilson to discuss joining our group. Click here to email to Rhan Wilson Sons of the Beach Definitely THE way to start the weekend - rain or shine. http://sonsofthebeach-santacruz.com/ Don Hodges hodgesdon@hotmail.com Monterey Ukulele Club Meets most Sundays from 4-6pm at the "American Burger" in Monterey on Lighthouse Ave., just past Prescott. Checkout: www.montereyukuleleclub.com Or contact: myrfisher@comcast.net Gilroy Ukulele Jam Gilroy Ukulele meets 4th Tuesdays, 6-8pm Old City Hall Restaurant, 7400 Monterey Street, Gilroy. Jam songbook posted at gilroyukulelejam.com All skill levels welcome. Open Mic, too! SAN JOSE/SOUTH BAY AREA Peninsula Ukulele Group https://www.meetup.com/Peninsula-Ukulele-Group/ We are a Meetup with over 500 members, meeting twice monthly in Belmont and Woodside. We play a range of music from folk and oldies, to top 40 pop radio hits, and welcome players of all levels. Mountain View Library Uke Club Mountain View Public Library 585 Franklin St., Mountain View, CA Every 4th Monday of the month 6:30-8:00PM (6:30-7:30 lesson) Contact Chuck Monahan at: chuck.monahan@gmail.com Avenidas Senior Center Cubberly Community Center 4000 Middlefield Rd, Room M4 Palo Alto Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 2pm to about 4 pm. Visitors Welcome. $3 drop in fee Plenty of free parking. Contact is Edward Moore ukulele.ed@hotmail.com JapanTown Ukulele Club 588 North 4th Street San Jose, CA Meets at 6:30 on the 4th Friday of every month, 5.00 donation covers our room rental and copy costs. Michelle Kiba 831-334-8537 • Ukalady@cruzio.com San Jose Ukulele Club http://sanjoseukeclub.org For the 3rd Wednesday of the month Kanikapilas we will be playing/singing out of the He Mele Aloha: A Hawaiian Songbook. If you want songs not in the book, please bring copies to share. Kanikapila style in a go-around-the-circle format, unplugged and low-key. Let's just have some fun, bring your ohana(family) & friends. Here's the point... come for the drinks, the food, and the fun. Village Falafel 20010 Stevens Creek Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014 Info: les.maverick@gmail.com Uke Club Silicon Valley Every Monday morning in Portola Valley (Palo Alto area), just off 280 and Alpine Rd, from 10am till 11:30am. The 2nd Monday of the month at: Dana Street Roasting Company in Mountain View, from 7pm till 9pm, with a basic ukulele lesson of 4 chords and 3 songs in 30 minutes from 6:30pm till 7pm. Join Yahoo Groups UkeJam or contact DaveFichtner@yahoo.com. All music for the jam is available for download from UkeJam , 1 week prior to event. NORTH BAY The Petalukes 7-9 at: First Thursday at Maguire's Pub upstairs room, 135 Kentucky Street - downtown Petaluma, and Third Tuesday at Petaluma Estates. We have a Ukulele program for youth : Mentor Me Petaluma See our Yahoo Group, Petaluke. Clarice Stasz cstasz@comcast.net Ukulelians - Santa Rosa We meet on Wednesdays 1:00-2:30 at the Santa Rosa Senior Center 704 Bennett Valley Rd Santa Rosa, CA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOUTH SHORE - LAKE TAHOE We are the South Shore Ukulelians. Tuesday is South Lake Tahoe's ukulele jam night. We play at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course from 6-8. New players and beginners are encouraged to join in. We'll have song books and some ukuleles available for guests to play This is a great way to meet people and enjoy playing this fun, traditional, easy-to-learn, little four-stringed instrument. We play all genres from the '20s to the Beatles. Join us! Admission: Free Find the South Shore Ukulelians on Facebook for more information. https://www.facebook.com/southshoreukulelians Or check out our webpate at: www.ukulelesoftahoe.com. Karen Miner Karenminer@etahoe.com SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara Ukulele Club Paul Halula (805) 882 2495 PRHalula@Gmail.com The Happy Little Ukulele Club of Thousand Oaks Meets the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month 6:00 to 8:30 pm For more information and location email: tohappyuke@icloud.com High Desert Ukulele Club Lancaster, CA. We like to think of ourselves as a benign metastasis of UCSC! We meet every second and fourth Tuesday at Greenhouse Café, 1169 Commerce Center Drive, Lancaster from 5 p.m. to somewhat past 7. There is a $2 per person charge to cover reservation of the room and designated waitress. Our third songbook is currently under construction. Contact John Birsner at jbirsner@aol.com for details. Join us on Facebook at High Desert Ukes. Groovy Grover Strummers (GGS) We meet the Second Sunday of the month at a free venue! They let me use the wonderful building for free. Lots of chairs and a small stage. I teach free for 1 hour to newbies. 3 cords, 5ths, play by ear. That starts at 2:00 Intermediate and up starts at 3:00 and we play by our song books located online at: Yahoo Groups: groovy-grover-strummers.You have to join but it's free. Check it out! you may like some of the songs in our files. The Second Sunday of the month The address is: Spiritual Center for Creative Thought 555 13th ST, Grover Beach, CA 93433 Linda Rosenblatt 805-710-4428 EAST BAY AREA Berkeley Ukulele Club Click the link for more information: http://www.meetup.com/berkeley-ukulele-club Lamorinda Music Ukulele Club Meets Mondays 7PM - 9PM http://lamorindamusic.com/ukuleleclub.htm MODESTO Lorrie and the Funstrummers Modesto CA FunstrummersUke@aol.com www.funstrummersukulele.blogspot.com www.youtube.com/funstrummers www.Funstrummers.com (209) 505-3216 TURLOCK Turlock Sunshine Strummers Located in the central valley of Turlock www.turlockukejamz.org DISCOVERY BAY Delta Strummers Discovery Bay Ukulele Group in Discovery Bay www.deltastrummers.org wpinther@aol.com dotmckelar@aol.com (925) 516-0608. Meets weekly. HAWAII PUKA - (Puna Ukulele & Kanikapila Assn.) Saturdays at 2:30 every TWO weeks at Leilani Estates Community Center Andy Andrews andy@cruzio.com (808) 965-6125 Mele Ohana, Kailua-Kona The group is led by Jack Knight and meets Weds. evenings at 6 at the Hualalai Regency in Kailua-Kona. Mostly Hawaiian and some hapa haole and other songs from He Melel Aloha book and handouts. Jacks's email is jknight92106@yahoo.com OREGON PDX Ukulele News ( Portland OR ) Marianne Brogan (503) 679-0391 pua@pdxuke.com http://www.pdxuke.com

SANTA CRUZ/MONTEREY BAY AREA

All In Good Time Orchestra
Rhan Wilson leads this weekly group that meets on Wednesdays from 6-8pm in Santa Cruz.
There are currently 20-30 players meeting and learning the ins and outs of playing, arranging, and performing in a group.
Please contact Rhan Wilson to discuss joining our group.

Click here to email to Rhan Wilson

Sons of the Beach
Definitely THE way to start the weekend - rain or shine.
http://sonsofthebeach-santacruz.com/
Don Hodges
hodgesdon@hotmail.com

Monterey Ukulele Club
Meets most Sundays from 4-6pm
at the "American Burger" in Monterey on Lighthouse Ave., just past Prescott.
Checkout: www.montereyukuleleclub.com
Or contact: myrfisher@comcast.net

Gilroy Ukulele Jam
Gilroy Ukulele meets 4th Tuesdays, 6-8pm
Old City Hall Restaurant, 7400 Monterey Street, Gilroy.
Jam songbook posted at gilroyukulelejam.com All skill levels welcome. Open Mic, too!

SAN JOSE/SOUTH BAY AREA

Peninsula Ukulele Group

https://www.meetup.com/Peninsula-Ukulele-Group/

We are a Meetup with over 500 members, meeting twice monthly in Belmont and Woodside.
We play a range of music from folk and oldies, to top 40 pop radio hits, and welcome players of all levels.

Mountain View Library Uke Club

Mountain View Public Library
585 Franklin St., Mountain View, CA

Every 4th Monday of the month 6:30-8:00PM (6:30-7:30 lesson)

Contact Chuck Monahan at: chuck.monahan@gmail.com

Avenidas Senior Center
Cubberly Community Center 4000 Middlefield Rd, Room M4 Palo Alto
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 2pm to about 4 pm.
Visitors Welcome. $3 drop in fee Plenty of free parking.

Contact is Edward Moore ukulele.ed@hotmail.com

JapanTown Ukulele Club
588 North 4th Street
San Jose, CA

Meets at 6:30 on the 4th Friday of every month,
5.00 donation covers our room rental and copy costs.

Michelle Kiba
831-334-8537 • Ukalady@cruzio.com

San Jose Ukulele Club
http://sanjoseukeclub.org

For the 3rd Wednesday of the month
Kanikapilas we will be playing/singing out of the
He Mele Aloha: A Hawaiian Songbook.
If you want songs not in the book, please bring copies to share.
Kanikapila style in a go-around-the-circle format, unplugged and low-key.

Let's just have some fun, bring your ohana(family) & friends.

Here's the point... come for the drinks, the food, and the fun.

Village Falafel
20010 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014

Info: les.maverick@gmail.com

Uke Club Silicon Valley
Every Monday morning in Portola Valley (Palo Alto area),
just off 280 and Alpine Rd, from
10am till 11:30am.

The 2nd Monday of the month at:
Dana Street Roasting Company in Mountain View,
from 7pm till 9pm,
with a basic ukulele lesson of 4 chords and 3 songs in 30 minutes from 6:30pm till 7pm.
Join Yahoo Groups UkeJam or contact DaveFichtner@yahoo.com.
All music for the jam is available for download from UkeJam , 1 week prior to event.

NORTH BAY

The Petalukes
7-9 at: First Thursday at Maguire's Pub upstairs room, 135 Kentucky Street - downtown Petaluma, and Third Tuesday at Petaluma Estates.

We have a Ukulele program for youth : Mentor Me Petaluma
See our Yahoo Group, Petaluke.
Clarice Stasz
cstasz@comcast.net

Ukulelians
- Santa Rosa
We meet on Wednesdays 1:00-2:30
at the Santa Rosa Senior Center
704 Bennett Valley Rd Santa Rosa, CA

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
SOUTH SHORE - LAKE TAHOE

We are the South Shore Ukulelians. Tuesday is South Lake Tahoe's ukulele jam night.
We play at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course from 6-8. New players and beginners are encouraged to join in.
We'll have song books and some ukuleles available for guests to play
This is a great way to meet people and enjoy playing this fun, traditional, easy-to-learn, little four-stringed instrument.
We play all genres from the '20s to the Beatles. Join us!
Admission: Free

Find the South Shore Ukulelians on Facebook for more information.
https://www.facebook.com/southshoreukulelians

Or check out our webpate at: www.ukulelesoftahoe.com.

Karen Miner Karenminer@etahoe.com

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Santa Barbara Ukulele Club
Paul Halula
(805) 882 2495
PRHalula@Gmail.com

The Happy Little Ukulele Club of Thousand Oaks
Meets the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month 6:00 to 8:30 pm
For more information and location email:
tohappyuke@icloud.com

High Desert Ukulele Club
Lancaster, CA. We like to think of ourselves as a benign metastasis of UCSC! We meet every second and fourth Tuesday at Greenhouse Café, 1169 Commerce Center Drive, Lancaster from 5 p.m. to somewhat past 7. There is a $2 per person charge to cover reservation of the room and designated waitress. Our third songbook is currently under construction. Contact John Birsner at jbirsner@aol.com for details. Join us on Facebook at High Desert Ukes.

Groovy Grover Strummers (GGS)
We meet the Second Sunday of the month at a free venue! They let me use the wonderful building for free.
Lots of chairs and a small stage. I teach free for 1 hour to newbies. 3 cords, 5ths, play by ear. That starts at 2:00
Intermediate and up starts at 3:00 and we play by our song books located online at: Yahoo Groups: groovy-grover-strummers.You have to join but it's free. Check it out! you may like some of the songs in our files.
The Second Sunday of the month
The address is: Spiritual Center for Creative Thought
555 13th ST, Grover Beach, CA 93433
Linda Rosenblatt
805-710-4428

EAST BAY AREA
Berkeley Ukulele Club
Click the link for more information:
http://www.meetup.com/berkeley-ukulele-club

Lamorinda Music Ukulele Club
Meets Mondays 7PM - 9PM
http://lamorindamusic.com/ukuleleclub.htm

MODESTO
Lorrie and the Funstrummers Modesto CA
FunstrummersUke@aol.com
www.funstrummersukulele.blogspot.com
www.youtube.com/funstrummers
www.Funstrummers.com
(209) 505-3216

TURLOCK
Turlock Sunshine Strummers
Located in the central valley of Turlock
www.turlockukejamz.org

DISCOVERY BAY
Delta Strummers
Discovery Bay Ukulele Group
in Discovery Bay
www.deltastrummers.org
wpinther@aol.com
dotmckelar@aol.com
(925) 516-0608.
Meets weekly.

HAWAII

PUKA - (Puna Ukulele & Kanikapila Assn.)
Saturdays at 2:30 every TWO weeks at Leilani Estates Community Center
Andy Andrews
andy@cruzio.com
(808) 965-6125

Mele Ohana, Kailua-Kona
The group is led by Jack Knight and meets Weds. evenings at 6 at the Hualalai Regency in Kailua-Kona.
Mostly Hawaiian and some hapa haole and other songs from He Melel Aloha book and handouts.
Jacks's email is jknight92106@yahoo.com

OREGON

PDX Ukulele News
( Portland OR )
Marianne Brogan
(503) 679-0391
pua@pdxuke.com
http://www.pdxuke.com