Welcome to your rehearsal page for the performance of the Ukastle Ukestra at the 2026 Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival which is on the weekend of 13-15 February 2026.

The Ukastle Ukestra are performing on Saturday 14 February at 3:30pm.

Ukestral Voices perform at 6:30pm and there are quite a few other Newcastle-related ukulele groups performing throughout the day as well, including Jack, Jel, Mac n Wal at 4:30pm.

At the bottom of the page will be the recordings of the songs as rehearsed. We’ll also (soon!) add some tuition videos for parts and rhythms for the songs.

Rehearsal Schedule

We will have four rehearsals with a flat rehearsal fee of $25 (whether you are online or do 1 or all rehearsals). Some will be at the Cricketers Arms Hotel, with the first and final ones at the Bowlo.

First Rehearsal – Tuesday evening – 9 December 2025 – 6-8pm – Cricketers Arms Hotel

Second Rehearsal – Tuesday 6th January 2026 6:30-8pm – Cricketers Arms Hotel

Third Rehearsal – Sunday morning 18th January 2026 10am – midday – Carrington Bowlo

Fourth and final rehearsal – Sunday morning 8 February 2026 10am-midday Carrington Bowling Club

Repertoire Music

Music and Song Order

Supplementary Tuition Videos

If there is tuition at a ukestra, it is usually in the first weeks of introducing a song. After that, try to pick it up from your fellow ukestrans. When we include a song in a performance, we usually post some tuition videos about riff or rhythms. We will put them in this section.