Last weekend I attended and thoroughly enjoyed the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival (GNUF) which was held in Huddersfield. There were workshops and the opportunity to join in with a variety of ukulele jams and singalongs. On the main stage there were world-class performances from professional ukulele artists and groups. If you are interested in playing the ukulele I would fully recommend attending next year’s festival which will be held on 10th/12th May 2019.
One of the artists was Petey Mack who had come over from Memphis and he led some ukulele jams. Here’s a video of one of those jams which took place in the bar of the Lawrence Batley Theatre where the Festival is held. It’s interesting to note that Petey Mack’s approach to the ukulele follows his own “kiss” theory. This is “keep it simple and strum” which means make everything as simple as you can and most importantly enjoy yourself. His number one rule is ” Yah gotta have FUN!”