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Main Ukulele jam on the second Tuesday of every month 7.30pm till 9.30pm at the Sussex Yacht Club, Shoreham-by-Sea.

Mini Jam on the fourth Tuesday of each month 7.30pm till 9.30pm

Beginners welcome at both jams.
Sussex Yacht Club photo

We started off as Uke at the Duke in January 2011 in response to a request to run an evening jam. The Worthing jam known as Wukulele (which has now become Lancing Ukulele Village Club) was our model and we remain close to our sister jam which is a Sunday lunchtime event. Many ukulele players attend both jams. In 2018 we became Quayside Ukes.

Quayside Ukes has its own songbooks and invites players to submit their favourites for inclusion, songs range from traditional to punk classics, there are even a few originals.

The jam meets at “The Sussex Yacht Club”, 85/89 Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RF on the second Tuesday of each month 7.30pm till 9.30pm.

There is a mini jam on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the same time and venue.

Occasional away fixtures are played in local venues and the jam organises its own festival in September of each year at The Ropetackle Arts Centre. Many groups have formed out of the jam.

All abilities are welcome. Just come along, or if you want more information email ukeattheduke@outlook.com

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Jams are led by many players and are an independent non-profit collective. There is no charge for attending our jams and no formalities, just turn up and play with us.

Wednesday, 2 September 2015

8th September Jam at 7.30pm

Here's the latest update from Lawrie:

Lots of interesting news this month.

For our meeting on Tuesday 8th we will be using books 3, 4 and 5.

This will be our last meeting before the Festival which is just around the corner. The line up can be found at ukulelefestivalsussex.co.uk

Bookings for our workshops are coming in, but because we have the use of the mezzanine floor upstairs we can still fit more of you in. If you would like to attend please send me an email or see me on Tuesday.

I know the people performing have been practising hard so please come along to support.

Wukulele, Sundowners, Ukeladies, LUSH,and Bad Ukes are all bringing music to give out so you can join in with them so it is going to be a very hands on festival.

Finally I have received a great deal of information about the project "A band anyone can join" which I will send out after next week, however the dates for your diary are:

  • Tue 13th October  Uke at the Duke meeting with launch of book 12.
  • Wed 14th October  Meet up with the group Hope and Social at the Duke of Wellington to run through the songs that they will teach us. By that time I will have sent out music and in some cases videos for you to look at. The songs are originals not covers.
  • Sat 17th October  Perform the songs with Hope and Social in a Marquee on Coronation Green Shoreham, as well as play a few songs on our own.

It's going to be great fun. Tell your friends and bring them along.

Think that's enough for now.

Lawrie and Sally

Here's another video from Martin of one of our previous jams. If you would like to see more videos like this, take a look on YouTube here.