About
The Dandenong Ranges Ukulele Festival offers lots of opportunity to strum your stuff in front of a fabulous audience, any must maybe walk away with a wonderful prize from one of our Sponsors, including our main Competition Day sponsors Maton, Hans Music and Upwey Community Bank Branch – Bendigo Bank!
Categories and Times
Sunday May 31
Section 1 – Schools 11.00am
Section 2 – Solo U15 11.30am
Section 3 - Community 12.00pm
Section 4 - Open Solo 12.30pm
Section 5 – Song Writing 1.00pm
How does it work?
Each contestant has up to 3 minutes to perform a songWhat can we win?
Lots of accolades and credos to all for getting up and playing first off!!And then, some fabulous Prizes kindly donated by our generous Sponsors:
$100 Voucher from Hans Music in Croydon
The opportunity for the school selected by judges to perform at the Festival Finale Concert later on Sunday!
Full 1.5 hour workshop with Maton endorsed Ukulele Player Matthew Fagan
Solo U15: 100 watt Battery Powered Speaker with inbuilt mixer & wireless mic for busking – valued at $620! From Hans Music in Croydon
Runners Up: Re-string Voucher from Hans Music in Croydon , Uke Stand from RNS
Guitars and Ukuleles, Uke Wheel from Rainbow Music
Community: 2 x $100 Cash Encouragement Prizes from Upwey Community Bank – Bendigo Bank
$100 Voucher from Hans Music in Croydon
Open Solo: Maton Concert Ukulele – a fabulous instrument to treasure!
Runners Up: Set up for Ukulele from Benedict Stewart, Uke Wheel from Rainbow Music
Song Writing: Presonus Recording Package (USB interface, Mic & Headphones) – valued at $450 from Hans Music in Croydon
Runners Up: Restring Voucher from Hans Music in Croydon, Uke Strap form David
Aumann Ukuleles, Uke Wheel from Rainbow Music
Entry Fees:
$10 per Entry Solo (U15 and Open)
$5 per Participant Community / School Groups
Conditions
1. Festival Ticket Holders wishing to compete still need to register and pay the Competition Entry Fees.
2. Solo and Community group members wishing to compete must be festival attendees. They will need to purchase either a Sunday-only ticket or a Festival Pass as well as register and pay the entry fee. Ticketing information is here [put in Link]
3. Schools: We have a special invitation and pass for schools to compete. If you’re an interested School Group please contact us directly. Note that Friends and Family wishing to attend will still need to purchase entry.
Remember too that there is whole lot of fabulous Ukulele action all day Sunday as well as the Competitions; workshops, performances, ‘Women in Uke’ and open stage!
How to Enter
Online registration via Burrinja online booking
Online entries close Thursday May 28.
People can register at the box office during the Festival. You must register at least ONE HOUR before your competition on competition day.
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Dandenong Ranges Ukelele Festival
Adult $90
Included in 3 Day DRUKE Festival Ticket
