SoapBox presents
The Norwich Ukulele Festival
Saturday 8 October : 10am- 1am
Free from 10am to 6pm
Evening performance £8.00 adv : £10.00 door (14+)
Workshops £5.00 each
A rather smashing day celebrating this extraordinary little instrument. With a ukulele themed fayre from 10am, workshops and lessons from Gemma Cullingford (to book your place on a workshop visit www.ukulele-lessons.co.uk), play-a-longs, games, open mic, comedy, DJ’s, dancing, stalls, special discounts and much more!
Tricity Vogue
Charming, offbeat musical cabaret from a vintage songstress with a repertoire of surprising tunes and a colourful history of romantic misadventure. Tricity Vogue presents her own blend of slink and sass – the music she likes to call “cheeky jazz”. Think Peggy Lee after a few too many cocktails. Dubbed ‘ukulele doyenne’ by Time Out London, Tricity has performed for Ravi Shankar, Hollywood director Joe Wright, and Anoushka Shankar, who she taught to play kazoo. She’s also the first person ever to play ukelele on Ronnie Scott’s stage. Tricity Vogue’s Ukulele Cabaret has gone on to become a hit show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
“A very special talent.” Time Out London
Uke Attack!! Uke Attack!!
Uke Attack!! Uke Attack!! have been on the London ukulele scene since 2007. First spreading their stunted wings as regulars at Tricity Vogue’s Ukelele Cabaret, they can now be found displaying their decidedly Ukeist rock n’ roll stylings at weddings, festivals and ukulele nights around the capital. Recently, they’ve joined the inestimable Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer at his Chap-hop Hoorah, supported Piney Gir and the Age of Reason at Highbury Garage and entertained 600 revellers in the main gallery at Tate Britain.
Tim Clare
Tim Clare is a poet, author and musician. He was born in 1981, and grew up in Portishead, in South-West England. In 2005 he presented the Channel 4 series How To Get A Book Deal. His first book, We Can’t All Be Astronauts, a memoir about jealousy and having one last shot at achieving your dreams, won Best Biography/Memoir at the East Anglian Book Awards. He has appeared on BBC 2, Radio 1, 2, 4 and 6, and has written for The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Big Issue and Writing magazine, amongst others.
‘the bumbling charm of Jon Ronson and the splenetic bile of Charlie Brooker’ – The Bookseller
Hello Sailor
Formed in the darkest days of 2011, Hello Sailor are an all-girl singing troupe from Norwich. Performing songs from ’30′s through to the ’60′s, the 7-strong line up mix shifting harmonies with some pretty cheery uke riffs. Oh, and they never miss a good scat/ kazoo opportunity!
Other Acts include the Norwich Ukulele Society, a rare solo Ukulele set from Hawaiian born local legend Noel Dashwood of Dumbfoundus, and a first Ukulele set from Richard Swift of Audio Mustard.
13:00 Doors Open
13:15 Gemma’s Kids’ workshop
13:30 Bar Programme Starts
14:00 Workshop 1 – Absolute Beginners – Main Hall
16:00 Workshop 2 – All Takers – Main Hall
18:55 – 19:00 – Workshop 2 Performance – Main Hall
19:05 – 19:25 – Emperor Norton
19:30 – 19:50 – Hello Sailor
20:00 – 20:30 – Noel Dashwood
20:45 – 21:30 – Ukulele Society
21:45 – 22:15 – Uke Attack!! Uke Attack!!
22:30 – 23:30 – Tricity Vogue
Bar Programme to include
13:30 – 18:00 – Open Mic
18:00 – 18:30 – Quiz
18:30 – 18:50 – Richard Swift
18:55 – 19:20 – Lucy Sampson
19:25 – 19:50 – Kate Hinksman
20:20 – 20:50 – Jade Murray
21:20 – 21:50 – Jess Bartlet
22:10 – 22:40 – Dan Buckland
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