What we’re about
The Philadelphia Main Line Ukulele Group is one of the largest and most active ukulele groups in the country. Established in 2011 we have grown to over 800 members strong and have provided our members with, on average 20 opportunities per month to play ukulele in a group setting.
We have weekly jam sessions at multiple locations in the tri-state area and monthly jam sessions at our flagship locations, Steel City Coffee House, Green Fork Restaurant and Main Stage Center for the Arts. We also offer other opportunities each and every week to get together and jam with fellow ukulele players. The Philadelphia Main Line Ukulele Group also holds four "Premier Events" each year. Our Premier Events give members the opportunity to play in a festival like setting with, on average over 50 players all sharing the love that only the ukulele can bring!
Our group caters to beginners so if you're new to the uke please come to one of our events and let us help you start your journey. We play a wide variety of music from old standards from the 20's and 30's, Hawaiian Music, Classic Rock, Folk, Modern Pop, Country, Punk, Reggae and anything and everything else!
Hope to see you soon!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Anne’s 4th Sunday Round Robin Strum-AlongLink visible for attendees
Monthly Gathering
PDFs for this event:
to be announced...Sticking to our ukulele round robin/open mic format. Send us your favorite songs to lead. Plan on two songs, but be prepared for one or two additional if time permits. Please be sure to get your songs to Betsy as soon as you know you plan to lead. Thanks.
PDFs or links to:
UkuleleBetsy@gmail.comPlease also sign up in the comments in case your PDFs get lost in Gmail-land.
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Log on info will be changed from time to time. - West Chester Ukulele Group444 N Walnut St, West Chester, PA
Look in our Songs for This Week to see the songs we'll be playing! We have some great ones!
Join us to sing, play ukulele and have fun! We play starting at 5:30pm until 7:00pm at the Hickman Jeanes Building. Arrive when you can, stay as long as you're able!
Put digital copies of Songs for This Week in our folder, only need to bring 5-7 physical copies. If this doesn't work for you, just bring printed copies.
Optional Ukulele Skills 5:00-5:20pm. For those interested, we'll have one of us volunteer for the week to lead a session on ukulele tips. ***Put in the Comments if you'll offer the skills for that week. We'll take turns with one person a week. If nobody had volunteered Ukulele Tips, we'll just chat and catch up!
When you arrive, enter the Jeanes Building of The Hickman. Our room is to the right as you enter, so sign in at the reception desk and walk on in!
Come early, come late, we'll be happy to see you whenever you arrive.
Here are some great sites where you can get song sheets to share with the group:
Our OWN West Chester Songbook, with many songsheets by Mal.
https://ozbcoz.com
https://scorpexuke.com/songs/
https://www.doctoruke.com/
https://www.sanjoseukeclub.org/song_book.htmlLots of folks bring songs to share.
If you'd like to share a song with the group bring song sheet copies to hand out. Expect folks to share song sheets so you don't need to print too many.
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Age range is adult: high school onward. We welcome all levels of ability in playing and singing. If you're just starting and have played 3 chords, you'll fit right in. If you're more advanced, you'll fit in too.
- Indian Valley Luau Rehearsal 2 of 3Link visible for attendees
In preparation for the Indian Valley Luau Performance Jam that Randall is organizing, we'll meet online to go over the music.
This will be a very short performance, but we want to do as many Hawaiian songs (and one not Hawaiian) in the 15 minutes we've been allotted.The link to the PDFs are here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ndv7eBHrNcxwjIX1geYyUdgOe2kIPQuz?usp=sharingNote that there is a booklet with LYRICS only.
The book with the chords will be the one you will need to bring to the performance. The booklet with the lyrics is for the audience.We hope to get in at least 3 rehearsals before the event. The songs are arranged with easy chords.