Workshops
The core of our ukulele festival is learning opportunities with talented instructors. While there are other fun activities such as open mics, jam sessions, a ukulele swap meet and marketplace, and our traditional Gospel According to Uke with Gorton Smith, we know you’re really excited about what you can learn while you’re here. Until we post the 2027 schedule, you can get an idea of what we offer on the 2026 schedule below. We use color-coded dots to identify the workshop difficulty (green is beginner, yellow is intermediate, and red is advanced).
Workshop Materials
Registered full festival attendees will be emailed a link to a Google Drive folder containing the workshop materials about a month before the festival. We ask participants to download and print them (or load them to a tablet) to bring along. It saves our little nonprofit hundreds of dollars in printing costs, so we appreciate … Continue reading Workshop Materials
Schedule
We’ll update the schedule soon, but in the meantime, you can find below the schedule for the 2026 Las Cruces UkeFest. It is filled with lots of fun ukulele workshops with our four fantastic instructors. We’re using color coding this year to identify the difficulty levels of the classes: Green: BeginnerYellow: IntermediateRed: Advanced Ukulele Marketplace … Continue reading Schedule
Classes
Until we select the workshops for the 2027 festival, you can check out what we offered in 2026. Amy Kucharik Making the Song Work for You (and Uke!) (All levels) Playing solo, working with a small ensemble, or leading a local uke group, most uke musicians encounter songs they’d like to play but feel limited by … Continue reading Classes
