Just received an email from Jake’s PR person with the following news…

I don’t live in a big city and it’s rare to find a ukulele store within 100 miles radius of my town. For that reason, I was super excited when I learned about a new ukulele store opening up only 8 miles from my house! Mainland Ukes in Nashville, Indiana is run by Mike Hater [...]

Mickey Maguire has started an electronic ukulele related magazine called Ukulele Player. The first issue is   available in PDF format and features some interviews with notible players, as well as a couple instrument reviews and more. Check it out and let him know what you think.

“Night of 100 Ukes” — Thursday, Oct. 16 at New York’s favorite tiki bar, Otto’s Shrunken Head (538 E. 14th Street, between Ave. A & B). This will be a great night of uke excitement, with five fun acts and best of all, no cover.

One of my favorite sites Ukulele Underground is offering live streaming lessons with Aldrine every week for FREE starting  9/17, Wednesday at 2pm HST (5 pm PST, 8pm EST) Here’s the page you all need to be on Wednesday: http://ukuleleunderground.com/live-l…-with-aldrine/ Aldrine is one of my fave players, so this is a great opportunity! There’s more [...]

Nate Melcher performs a solo musical comedy improv show called “The Uncle Ukulele Show.” You may remember him from his “play it forward” contest entry, “Improvising Lyrics.” In a response to a post that wrote asking about the ukulele scene in San Francisco, CA, he sent me an email to let me know that he [...]

“The Best Ukulele Experience in the Midwest” http://www.windycityukefest.com When: August 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2008 VIP Reception on July 31st at 9 PM Where: The Tiki Terrace (http://www.thetikiterrace.com)

Don’t forget to check out the contest at Ukulelehunt.com to win a Kala Pineapple ukulele. All you have to do for a chance at the prize is to review your uke. The contest closes on midnight Hawaii time on 7/6/08. Learn all the details here.

I’ve just chosen the winner for the Ukulele Review Logo Contest. It was really tough narrowing down the more than 100 (I didn’t actually count them all, but I bet it’s over 100) individual logo entries to just one winner. But after much thought, I have chosen…

My friend Al Woodshed who runs Ukulelehunt.com and HowToPlayUkulele.com is taking a little blogger’s  vacation and in his absence, he is running a very cool contest to win a Kala Pineapple ukulele. All you have to do for a chance at the prize is to review your uke. Learn all the details here.