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A Ukulele Festival in the Heart of Scotland SOLD OUT !
Braveuke is a Ukulele Festival to be held in the heart of Scotland with the aim of raising funds for local and national charities.
The festival is a BYOB affair and as such there will be no licenced bar so anyone who wants alcohol, feel free to bring your own!
There will, however, be tea, coffee and soft drinks for sale.
With donating in mind, all guests attending the festival are invited to bring along an item of tinned or packaged food to be donated to StartUp Stirling (this is of course, optional, not a condition of entry).
Schedule
BraveUke 2026 will run from Friday 1st May until Sunday the 3rd May 2026.
Please see the schedule below.
Friday 1st May
From 17.30 Registration
From 19.00 Welcome to BraveUke
Mass Strum with Ukulele Saz
Clackmannan Ukulele Group
Phil Doleman
Interval
Zoe Bestel
Ukulele Simon
Performers
Ukulele Saz
Clackmannan Ukulele Group
Phil Dolman
Zoe Bestel
Ukulele Simon
Saturday 2nd May
10.15 - 11.00 Workshop
With Phil Doleman
(Free - Main Hall - Included in Festival ticket)
Jamming Essentials - Discover the secrets of jamming and ditch the song sheets! Learn common progressions, what to do if everyone is playing in a different key to the one you know the song in, and loads of tips, tricks and shortcuts that’ll have you playing loads of great songs without having to go searching for the chords on the Internet.
11.15 - 12.00 Workshop
With Ukulele Simon
(Free - Main Hall - included in Festival ticket)
Breaking Out of the Island Strum - Tired of the same old down, down, up, up, down, up? Let your ukulele transport you across the globe as we explore rhythms from Jamaica, the USA and Latin America. Ready to break free and elevate your strumming game? Let’s go!
12.30 - 13.30 Outdoor Mass Strum
With Ukulele Saz - Weather permitting if weather bad, this will be held in Main Hall.
13.30 - 14.45 Lunch Break
15.00 - 16.40 Joanie’s Music Open Mic
Main Hall. Your chance to shine, and an opportunity for someone to perform on the main stage on Saturday night.
16.45 - 17.00 Michael Gradwell
17.00 - 17.05 Announcement
Joanie’s Music Open Mic Winner
Saturday Night
From 19.00
Doune Ukulele Group
Joanie’s Music Open Mic Winner
Mark Stivvy
Ukulele Saz
Interval
Matthew Quilliam
The Mersey Belles
Warehouse of Thieves
Performers
Phil Dolman
Ukulele Simon
Michael Gradwell
Doune Ukulele Group
Mark Stivvy
Ukulele Saz
Matthew Quilliam
The Mersey Belles
Warehouse of Thieves
Sunday 3rd May
09.45 - 10.30 Workshop
With Matthew Quilliam
(Free - Main Hall - Included in Festival ticket)
Party Tricks - Learn how the great masters show off their amazing skills by picking up a few of their showboating tricks. Great for impressing your friends!
Something fun and accessible for all levels.
10.45 - 11.30 Workshop
With Ukulele Saz
(Free - Main Hall - Included in Festival ticket)
Learn, Rehearse, PERFORM! - Playing every song the same way with the same rhythm?
Feeling like all songs sound kind of the same?
In this workshop we’ll take a song, rip it apart, and piece it together, playing with melody, chords, rhythm and dynamics to take the song from simple to SHOWSTOPPER!
We’re going to do Psycho Killer! We are going to learn it all off book and it’ll work out nicely for us all to perform at the end with The Southside Strummers in the Farewell Mass Strum.
11.40 - 12.00 Raffle!
12.15 - 14:15 Ukulele Band Showcase
14.15 - 14:30 Farewell Mass Strum
Ukulele Saz and the Southside Strummers
Performers
Matthew Quilliam
Ukulele Saz
Southside Strummers
Find Us
Address
Victoria Hall
Stirling Road
Dunblane
FK15 9EX
Contact
Festival Dates
Fri 1st May
Sat 2nd May
Sun 3rd May
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