The Newcastle Fringe Festival has invited the Ukastle Ukestra to perform on the opening weekend of the Festival!
The festival is on from 14 to 29 March 2026.
Our 60 minute performance is at 3pm on Sunday 15 March in the wonderful band room of the Exchange Hotel in Hamilton.
Get more info on the Fringe’s program here. And Get Along!
We will have four rehearsals. Rehearsal fee is $20 (whether you do 2 or all rehearsals).
- 17th February (Tuesday) evening, 6-8pm at The Cricketer’s Arms Hotel
- Sunday morning 22nd February, 10-11:30am/midday at Carrington Bowling Club
- Sunday morning 1st March 10am-midday at Carrington Bowling Club
- CANCELLED – 3rd March (Tuesday) evening, 6-7:30pm at The Cricketer’s Arms
- REHEARSAL #4 IS NOW ON SUNDAY 8 March at the Carro Bowlo – 10am,
Repertoire
Here are the lyric/chord sheets and riff sheets for the songs, as well as an example video (not necessarily in the right key).
- Heroes_David_Bowie Heroes-riffs.pdf Video tutorials of the riffs for this are below.
- Booster Seat – Spacey Jane and Booster Seat Riff
- I-Dont-Miss-You-.pdf
- Common-People-with-notes.pdf | Common-People-riff.pdf
- Kashmir ||| Kashmir hard riffs ||| Kashmir easy riffs
- Time after time Cyndi Lauper ||| Time-after-Time-riffs.pdf
Tutorial Videos
1. Heroes
Mick Ronson’s e-bow riff
We’d like a lot of people doing this, even if it is dodgy. We think it still might give the required effect. Mick Ronson was a guitarist who worked a lot with Bowie. This video shows him at work with an e-bow in his right hand. Weird.
Pick as fast as you can (using two fingers on the E and A strings), then go from the 5th fret to the 7th (rather than bending, as Ronson does).
Heroes Riff 1
Heroes Riff 2 with Bends (‘Chorus’)
Heroes Riff 2 with Bends (‘Chorus’)
2. Time after Time
3. Booster Seat Riffs
4. Kashmir Riffs