VIDEO ABOVE-Scenes from the Alabama Ukulele Festival
Members of the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob attended the yearly ukulele festival held in September at the Riverview Campground, on beautiful Lake Guntersville, Alabama.
MEMPHIS UKULELE FLASH MOB HOSTS MEMPHIS UKE-N-ROLL FESTIVAL
UPDATE: UKE FESTIVAL POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS-THE FESTIVAL WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. STAY TUNED….RETURNING IN 2021
Pete McCarty invites everyone to the Memphis Uke N Roll Festival in April of 2020. Come join the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob as we have a four day party in Memphis that celebrates everything wonderful about the ukulele. For tickets go to www.memphisukenroll.com
What started out as a small group of friends getting together to jam has grown into a wonderful ukulele community in Memphis. The Memphis Ukulele Flash mob meets each week at Central BBQ on Summer Avenue in Memphis on Tuesday evenings from 6-8pm for a standing room only sing-a-long led Pete McCarty.
Memphis Magazine recently did a story on Pete and the Flash Mob calling them the Pied Piers of Happiness who “bring joy to the world.”
https://memphismagazine.com/culture/the-pied-pipers-of-happiness/
The all volunteer group also spend their time and talent spreading love around the community, playing for nursing homes, children’s hospitals, farmers markets and even holiday parades.
The festival will showcase talent from around the country, there will be workshops, open mic opportunities, sing-a-longs, fun and fellowship in the south main neighborhood in downtown Memphis.
Enjoy this photo gallery which will get you a sense of our city, Memphis, the city we love so much. You can also see some of the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob members spreading some love. (Photos by Karen Pulfer Focht ©)
To see other videos and photos of the Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob look under “Ukulele Fun” Category on my blog.
Now, ya’ll come!
The Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob
The Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob is a ukulele club in Memphis, Tennessee that meets on Tuesday evenings at Central BBQ on Summer Ave between 6-8. The leader of the club is a colorful Memphis character named Pete McCarty, AKA Petey Mack. Everyone is welcome. We have members as young as 5 and visitors as old as 92. On occasion people passing through town stop in and play and sing along.
On occasion we get out in to the community to play for children, the elderly and parades.
Please refer to our Facebook page for current status. We meet most every week, but on occasion, we miss one for a variety of reasons.
While our weekly play-a-longs are free, we ask for voluntary donations and put any money raised towards a ukulele festival we hope to host in 2019.
Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob Entertains Runners 2017 St. Jude Marathon
The Memphis Ukulele Flash Mob entertains runners during the 2017 St Jude Marathon in Memphis, Tennessee Dec. 2nd. The event raised over $11,000,000 in the fight against childhood cancer.