Steel City Ukuleles

LEADER: AMBER

We have a new city locale— New Amsterdam! Still on Butler St but closer to the central part of Lawrenceville—go upstairs to find us!

Come at 6:45 pm to tune-up and talk and grab food and drink!
We play from 7 to 8:30 pm, starting with the playlist below, followed by requests. No experience required! All levels are welcome, from beginners to professionals. If you don't know the chords... just sing louder. If you don’t have the music, someone will share their music with you.

Steel City Ukuleles at the Butler Airport!

SCU Butler Jams are held in the first-floor conference room of the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport main building (right below Serventi's Restaurant).

Players of all ages, skill levels, and styles are welcome! Whether you just want to listen, sing, or play a lead line, we'd love to have you there.

Songs will be shown on the screen in the conference room, but if you prefer, you can bring your own music stand or tablet. $4.00 per person donation requested.

Hi Music Lovers! Come join our group to sing and jam some good songs. Any instrument…no experience needed. All ages are welcome. If you don’t know all the chords, just sing louder. If you don’t have the music, someone will share with you. If you just want to watch, that’s great, too.

We have a great indoor venue to play and meet. Arrive at 3:30 or earlier to set up, order drinks or food, and talk. We stared playing promptly at 3:345 and end promptly at 5:30.

Great coffee and food available. Or BYOB.

FREE RAFFLE: Greenery!

If you want to lead a song or two in the future, please contact Kathy with your songs that you would like to perform. If you want back up or someone to sing with you, just ask! It’s scary and fun.

$3.00 voluntary contribution
(used by Steel City Ukuleles for parties, rentals, to pay for Meet Up, guest instructors, and insurance, etc.)

All Songs Are For Educational Purposes Only.

Join us for our first workshop of 2026!

Learn to Play Fingerstyle Ukulele- Deep River Blues: This workshop will carry the player from the very basics of chords and melody to an impressive fingerstyle arrangement of Doc Watson’s Deep River Blues. We’ll take it stage by stage together, covering chord shapes and patterns that you can carry beyond this song and into your next jam.

Ukulele player and songwriter Charissa Hoffman is known for her intricate jazz arrangements and heart-wrenching alt-folk originals, rich with introspective lyrics and floating melodies, creating dreamy, ethereal worlds for her listeners.

A 6th-generation musician raised in Nashville, TN, Charissa’s path to music seemed inevitable, but her choice of instrument- the ukulele- came out of nowhere. A celebrated instrumentalist and songwriter, her musical journeys have carried her everywhere from festivals and rock halls to recording a children’s album with Kenny Werner and Béla Fleck. In her solo and original work, Charissa is influenced by artists ranging from Joni Mitchell to Duke Ellington; she draws on singer-songwriter roots and jazz training in her music, creating dreamy, ethereal worlds for her listeners.