What we’re about
The Ukulele Rebellion has begun! Join us at our various monthly meetings (and other events).
We are an educational group, seeking to teach beginners and beyond to play the ukulele. Our primary songbooks are The Daily Ukulele (the Yellow Book) and The Daily Ukulele Leap Year Edition (the Blue Book) published by Flea Market Music.
We also play some songs from chord/lyric sheets that can be downloaded (see below).
We ask for a $5 donation per meeting to pay for Meetup.com site maintenance and other expenses.
If you can print out your own copies of the "alternate" songs from the Files section of the group (Under "More" above), that would be fabulous! The songs for each meetup that have been requested (both new and old) are in a file with the meetup's date. The whole book is under "Rebellious Songbook." The Xmas songs are under "Rebellious Xmas Songs."
Thanks, and we hope to see you strumming along with us.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Virtual Ukulele Rebellion #100! Celebrating our Virtual Centennial!Link visible for attendees
This is our 100th Virtual meetup! Let's celebrate by recalling your fondest memories of meeting on Zoom by playing songs that you loved bringing to our virtual meetings, a song you love but might never have heard but for our virtual jams, or any other song that reminds you of our Virtual meetings. We'll also celebrate our 100 virtual meeting by bringing back an early tradition: Bring cake or some other celebrative pastry or other food, and we'll have "social time" for eating and chatting after we finish playing. We'll play music from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time, followed by a "social time" Centennial party!
To address some Zoom-bombing at our March 2025 Zoom meetup, I will be looking at and implementing additional security procedures for access to Zoom. The Zoom link will appear on this page when you RSVP. If Zoom asks for a passcode, the passcode is Rebellion. The passcode is case-sensitive.
If you'd like to lead a song, please let me know, either by posting here in the comments or by email, which song(s) you would like to lead. The cut-off time for requesting to lead a song is THE TUESDAY BEFORE THE MEETING (for this meeting, Tuesday September 16), even if you're going to be leading a song from one of the Daily Ukulele books or the Groovy Songbook. I'll post a songlist here in advance of our meeting.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEAD A SONG USING SHEET MUSIC OR A CHORD CHART THAT ISN'T IN THE YELLOW BOOK, THE BLUE BOOK, OR THE GROOVY SONGBOOK, PLEASE EMAIL THE DOCUMENT TO ME IN DIGITAL FORMAT IN ADVANCE SO THAT I CAN UPLOAD IT TO DROPBOX AND POST IT ON THE SCREEN FOR OTHERS.
PLEASE NOTE: To accommodate all first song requests, we may not have time to get to all second (or third) song requests. When asking to lead more than one song, please indicate your first and second choices to ensure that, if we can't get to your second request, the song you'd most like to lead is included in that evening's song list. Thank you in advance for your willingness to lead songs and your understanding about how the song list for each meeting is prepared.
You can reach me by email at sfukerebellion@yahoo.com*******************************************************************
Song requestsFirst Song Requests
I Wanna Be Sedated (pdf) - Cindy
Our House (pdf) - Mary H.
When You Wish Upon A Star (pdf) - Disney MarkSecond Song Requests
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (pdf) - Mary H.
Feed The Birds (pdf) - Disney Mark
Life Goes On (pdf) - CindyTribute song
Happy Together [Mark Volman] (pdf) - Mark
Last Train To Clarksville [Bobbt Hart] Yellow, p. 144 - Mark*******************************************************************
I'll be sharing all song charts onscreen, but you can download digital copies of the Daily Ukulele books and the pdfs for tonight's songs by following links that will be posted in the comments.The dropbox link to The Daily Ukulele.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ln4hr6ir3caqs5s/DAILY%20UKULELE%20-%20BOOK%20ONE.pdf?dl=0The dropbox link to the Daily Ukulele - Leap Year Edition:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z6mz62rzg8smyj/Daily_Ukulele_Leap_Year.pdf?dl=0The Dropbox link to the Groovy Song Book used in the Bronco Billy Zoom jams:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ezywmwbck8229gu/2021-05-22_v9_Official%20BBJ%20Virtual%20Song%20Packet.pdf?dl=0I hope to see you online!
- Second Saturday of the Month - Live and In Person #25 -- YELLOW BOOK!Needs location
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETUP!
This month, we will begin a rotation of all three Daily Ukulele Books. We'll play from only one of the books each month, which will save you from shlepping all three books to each meeting and will allow us to concentrate on one group of 365 (or 366) songs at a time. If you'd like to play a song that isn't in any of the Daily Ukulele Books, please let me know in advance so I can post access to the chart on our meetup page, and please bring additional copies with you.
October: The original Daily Ukulele (Yellow Book)
November: The Daily Ukulele Leap Year Edition (Blue Book)
December: The San Francisco Ukulele Rebellion Holiday SongbookIf you don’t have the Yellow, Blue, or Purple Books yet, you can purchase them from Jim Beloff’s website [https://www.fleamarketmusic.com/store/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=24].
You can also find them on amazon.com and other online bookstores, on eBay, and at local music shops and bookstores. Please bring your instrument(s), a floor or table music stand, your singing voices, and your fabulous ukulele spirit!If you'd like to play a song that isn't in any of the Daily Ukulele Books, please let me know in advance so I can post access to the chart on our meetup page, and please bring additional copies with you.
We'll play music from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm, with a short intermission.
We'll go around the room so that everyone can pick songs to play. If you pick a song, you will be encouraged (but not required) to lead it. If you'd like to let the group know in advance which songs you plan to select, please post the songs you choose in the comments, and we'll play one of those songs each time it's your turn to pick a song.
The dropbox link to The Daily Ukulele.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ln4hr6ir3caqs5s/DAILY%20UKULELE%20-%20BOOK%20ONE.pdf?dl=0
The dropbox link to the Daily Ukulele - Leap Year Edition:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z6mz62rzg8smyj/Daily_Ukulele_Leap_Year.pdf?dl=0
The Dropbox link to the Groovy Song Book used in the Bronco Billy Zoom jams:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ezywmwbck8229gu/2021-05-22_v9_Official%20BBJ%20Virtual%20Song%20Packet.pdf?dl=0A voluntary donation of $5 to defray Meetup website costs and to tip our hosts is appreciated. San Francisco Ukulele Rebellion logo kazoos will be available for purchase.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
I do not disclose the location of our in-person jams on the Meetup website. While the date and time of these in-person meetups will still be posted here, I'll be notifying people of the location of these meetups using an email distribution list. If you'd like to be on this list, please email me at sfukerebellion@yahoo.com from the email address you'd like me to add to the distribution list.COVID UPDATE: Covid has been surging again, and we're heading into flu season. I think it's safe for us to meet, but I strongly encourage people to observe social distancing and other measures, like masking, that have been shown to inhibit the spread of Covid. For the safety of others in the group, please don't attend this meetup if you are not feeling well or if you are experiencing Covid-like symptoms. I won't require people to test for Covid, but I strongly encourage you to test for Covid on Saturday afternoon. From what I understand, most of the people I know who have gotten Covid recently got it from someone who didn't even know they had it at the time of exposure. Thank you in advance for your thoughtfulness.
