2020 GMUG
Great Minnesota
​Uke Gathering - GMUG

www.GreatMinnesotaUkeGathering.com
On-Line GMUG - February 2021
Details coming soon! Here are the basics!

  • Katy Vernon - February 12 - about 7:30-8:30 CST 
  • Lil' Rev - February 19 - about 7:00-9:00 CST 
  • Stu Fuchs - February 26 - about 7:00-9:00 CST​

Online GoFundMe $30 recommended donation for all three events.  All funds collected will go the the performers. Event is free for those who are not able to donate. Donation info here soon!
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A Minnesota and Area Ukulele Celebration
An on-line Get Together for all area ukulele players (or want-to-be players) - Workshops and Concerts! GMUG is for all ukulele skill levels, and it embraces and features many styles of music
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The 2021 On-Line GMUG includes -
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​​Lil’ Rev 
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  • Ukulele workshop and concert!
  • "Listen to this! Lil Rev is great!" - Pete Seeger.
  • "A Ukulele and Harmonica Wizard" - Elderly Instruments.
  • Lil Rev is regarded as one of the most sought after ukulele performers in the country U.S. 

  • All NEW GMUG Lil Rev workshop!
Get to know Lil' Rev. ​
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Katy Vernon
  • Ukulele  concert!
  • One of the busiest musicians in Minnesota.
  • Combines melodic pop/folk songwriting with her twangy Americana band.
  • Won the Eric Stokes songwriting award and was also a finalist at the Kerrville Folk Festival.​
  • Appears at Festivals in the Midwest and UK.
  • Her newest record, ‘Suit Of hearts,’ was just named as a top ten record of the year by the Star Tribune. 
Get to know Katy. ​
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Stu Fuchs
  • Ukulele workshop and concert!
  • Stuart Fuchs is a Grammy-nominated multi instrumentalist, recording artist, and an innovative workshop facilitator.  He is a classically trained lifelong minstrel who plays a wide variety of styles of music on acoustic guitar and ukulele.  Stu has toured to three continents performing gypsy jazz guitar and meditative guitar styles with renowned sacred chant artist Snatam Kaur to audiences of 5,000 people.  For over eight years Stu worked as a professional artist-in-residence at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo NY where he offered healing music and different creative therapies for patients, families and hospital staff.  
Get to know Stu. ​
“Stu respectfully pushes the Ukulele to brave new heights, while keeping one foot rooted in a number of time honored traditions. He is definitely a part of the American Ukulele revival!”
— Lil' Rev, Author of the Hal Leonard Ukulele Method, Entertainer & Music Historian
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Information - Contact - greatmnukegathering@icloud.com

Twin Cities Ukulele Club Email List - Click here to be added to this email list, and you will receive information about all Twin Cities Ukulele Club events, including GMUG. Just add the subject "Add me to the Twin Cities Ukulele Club Email List." Be sure to add your first and last name.
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GMUG is Dedicated to Jim Whitney
From the beginning, Jim was a great supporter of GMUG, both from a planning and financial standpoint. Being modest, Jim insisted that he not be given the public credit he deserved, so most had no idea he was involved. When I needed some ideas about what we should do at GMUG or what he thought was a good idea and would work, I called or emailed Jim. He was my "behind the scenes" advisor.
 And, Jim was the one who funded a great deal of what we did. We had kind of an informal agreement that I would let him know what our financial needs were. Without any credit, he often came up with the money that made GMUG happen. Without Jim’s generosity and his support of the ukulele community, GMUG would not have happened. Jim passed away shortly after Thanksgiving in 2017. It is way overdue to publicly say, "thanks Jim! We miss you!" - Tony Anthonisen
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