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A Minnesota and Area Ukulele Weekend Celebration
A Get Together for all area ukulele players (or want-to-be players) - Workshops, Jams, Sing-Alongs, Food, Lodging - Beginner lessons! GMUG is for all ukulele skill levels, and it embraces and features many styles of music, not just bluegrass and old-time roots music.
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A Get Together for all area ukulele players (or want-to-be players) - Workshops, Jams, Sing-Alongs, Food, Lodging - Beginner lessons! GMUG is for all ukulele skill levels, and it embraces and features many styles of music, not just bluegrass and old-time roots music.
See bottom of this page to be added to email notification list.
TWO Festivals - One ticket! - The Great Minnesota Uke Gathering (GMUG) and the Minnesota Bluegrass Fall Jam (MBFJ) are included with one festival ticket! Held at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West in Plymouth, Minnesota.
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The Minnesota Bluegrass Fall Jam is a three-day indoor music festival featuring regional bands performing bluegrass, old-time stringband, and related forms of acoustic music.
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Click Logo for Minnesota Bluegrass Fall Jam Website
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The Great Minnesota Uke Gathering is part of the Minnesota Bluegrass Fall Festival. It is ukulele workshops, jams and concerts featuring Lil’ Rev, Katy Vernon, the UkuLadies and more!
Together, the "Great Minnesota Uke Gathering" and the “Minnesota Bluegrass Fall Jam" give beginner to advanced ukulele players a venue with top-notch facilities. Whether you are a ukulele, banjolele, banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, fiddle or other acoustic player, this is a musician's dream! Players, jammers and performers will keep the rooms ringing with music until the wee hours.
Together, the "Great Minnesota Uke Gathering" and the “Minnesota Bluegrass Fall Jam" give beginner to advanced ukulele players a venue with top-notch facilities. Whether you are a ukulele, banjolele, banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, fiddle or other acoustic player, this is a musician's dream! Players, jammers and performers will keep the rooms ringing with music until the wee hours.
The Great Minnesota Uke Gathering includes -
Lil’ Rev
- Ukulele workshops, jam 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 workshops!
Katy Vernon
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- 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.
UkuLadies
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- Their inspired set list includes original numbers and unique mashups, as well as creative new takes on current and past hits.
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.
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.
GMUG is Dedicated to Jim Whitney
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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.
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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