Coastal Uke Fest in Cohasset 2025

Coastal Uke Fest in Cohasset is a FREE ukulele festival on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 5, 2025 — featuring Anne Ku, Ken Mattsson, Clark Wanat, Jim D'Ville, and more!

A relaxed supportive festival for people playing at all different levels, with beginner-friendly (and kid-friendly) programming from 1:00 to 2:30. We’re here to make music together, listen to music together, learn together, have fun together. Find us at: https://cohassetukulele.org/fall-uke-festival/

Workshops
1:00-1:30 — “Uke for Absolute Beginners” — Learn 4 basic chords (C-F-G-Am) and the basic strum
1:00-1:30 — “Know Your Ukulele” — How to buy a uke, tune your uke, and more...try soprano, concert, and tenor sizes...get all your questions answered
1:30-2:30 — “Fun with Ukulele” with Anne Ku — Learn the 20% of what you need to know to play 80% of what you want to play
2:00-2:30 — "Play by Ear" with Jim D'Ville — Jim's famous workshop to get you off the paper, and play music by ear.
2:30-3:30 — “Banjo Rolls and Open Strings” with Clark Wanat — Spice up your fingerpicking by using banjo rolls and open strings
3:30-4:30 — “Ukulele off the Page” with Ken Mattsson — Learn how to play without song sheets

Strum-alongs
One person leads songs using song sheets, and everyone strums along.
1:30-2:00 — Familiar songs with C-F-G-Am — with Mary Beth Courtright and Mike Nakashima of Cohasset Uke Circle
2:30-3:00 — Songs of Hawai’i — with Mike Nakashima of Cohasset Uke Circle
3:00-3:30 — Eric’s Choice — with Eric Eldering Cornetta of Hingham Ceilidh
3:30-4:30 — Pop and rock strum-along — with Bryan Jones of Plymouth Uke Circle

Jam Session
2:30 to 4:30 — Jam session with Glenn Rivard and Sharon Casual Jam (all instruments)

Drop-in activities for kids
1:00-2:30 — Kid-friendly and family-friendly activities for kids who don't play ukulele, led by Dr. Kate Sullivan

Luthier in residence
EVENT CANCELED ... sorry our luthier had to cancel.

Concert
Starting at 4:30
Ken Mattsson
Anne Ku and special guests
Clark Wanat and the Gwiggles

To reserve a loaner ukulele, or
To reserve a place in a workshop...
Optional registration is available at our website: https://cohassetukulele.org/fall-uke-festival/

More info
See our website: https://cohassetukulele.org/fall-uke-festival/