Cobb County’s Sensational Marietta Ukulele Group has groups at three Cobb County libraries, and they’ve just published their calendars through the end of August.
Their locations are:
Download their calendars (suitable for printing, posting, or framing) here:
There are a lot of ukulele events this week in Atlanta!
The West Georgia Ukulele Ensemble is participating in Douglas County’s first Festival of the Arts on April 18, so they won’t be meeting at Sweetwater Valley Library this week.
After a break for Easter, the Sunday Strum at Waikikie Hawaiian Barbecue on Briarcliff Rd. in Atlanta, resumes this Sunday, April 19th, from 2 – 4 p.m.
SMUG is on the road on Monday, performing at Kennesaw State University as part of an “Adopt-a-Stream Jam” on the Green at 5 p.m. Check the group’s Facebook page for specifics.
UUkers will practice as usual on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
Finally, SMUG will be at their Switzer Library location on Friday from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
West-siders! Jackson Green will be doing a six-week beginner course through the Douglas County/Douglasville Cultural Arts Coalition starting March 24th, and running through April 28th.
It’s a group course, and the only requirement is to bring a ukulele. Some used ukuleles may be available.
Diane Weiglein shares an updated songbook from the Facebook Tiki Nation group, including two versions of “Crazy”, one following the Patsy Cline version in B, and one following the Willie Nelson version in C.
These song sheets look great — they include chord diagrams (for standard GCEA tuning), and often include insets outlining riffs or solos.
Facebook | Atlanta Ukulele Workshop, Performance, and Group Strum with Kirk Jones
Kirk Jones is a Huntsville-based ukulele performer and teacher, who will be headlining the first Uke Republic event in a new space at the Austell Threadmill Complex (where Uke Republic is located).
It’s Saturday, March 7th. Here’s the preliminary schedule from the event’s Facebook page:
2:00 pre workshop group strum
2:30pm Workshop $20
3:30 short Break
3:45pm Short Performance
4:15pm Short Break
4:30pm Group Strum
5:30pm Dinner????
With the changing of the calendar, a ukulele player’s mind naturally turns to one thing — the new year’s ukulele festival schedule!
If you’re looking for a little ukulele tourism this year, I’ve collected a few resources that can help you find the fest for you.
Cynthia Landon keeps a pretty complete Uke Festivals Google Sheet with a tab for US and international festivals that tracks events from Orlando to Hawaii, and covering the calendar from next weekend through almost the end of October. Cynthia’s also tracking a few events that happened in 2025 that haven’t yet announced 2026 dates.
Some other calendars to review:
See you on the road!
There are fresh flyers from the Sensational Marietta Ukulele Group, covering sessions through the winter.
These are great to share on social media, or to print out and post on public bulletin boards in the real world, to find new members who might be interested in joining the group. Give somebody a reason to bring out their new Christmas uke!
There’s one each for:
Our main calendar should include all these sessions.
If you’re on Facebook, you can find the Sensational Marietta Ukulele Group here.
Feng E is a YouTube superstar, who’s been posting his ukulele videos for around 8 years, and has 760,000 subscribers. He’s coming to Eddie’s Attic in Decatur February 8th at 4 p.m., and tickets are still available.
The Anarchy in the UK YouTube channel has posted their 2025 awards show, The Ukies, with awards for best new ukuleles of 2025, best ukulele podcast, and more.
First Waikikie session of the year is this Sunday, January 4th, from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. I hope you’ll join me; I’m putting together a playlist of musicians who died in 2025 (it was quite a list, including Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, Roberta Flack, and Steve Cropper). Depending on who shows and what they feel like, we can also play from ozbcoz.com or one of the Beloff books if you’ve got them.
The week between Christmas and New Year’s is very quiet for local ukulele groups. We’ll be playing at Waikikie Hawaiian Barbecue on Saturday the 27th from 2 to 4 p.m., and I believe UUkers will meet on Tuesday as usual.
If you’ve got a new uke or accessory, bring it out! I’ll be bringing a new Kala Light Tone soprano and a tabletop music stand I got for Christmas. Hope to see you there!
Update: John Thomas at SMUG emailed that they’ll be doing a “Final Sunday of the Year Jam” at Schoolhouse Brewing in Marietta December 28th. It will start between 1:30 and 2 and last until the place closes down (6:30ish).
The Sensational Marietta Ukulele Group has taken over the libraries of East Cobb, and they’ve got two Christmas concerts scheduled to perform and entertain.
The shows are:
Saturday, December 13th at 2 p.m.
Sewell Mill Library
2051 Lower Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30068
Thursday, December 18th at 3:45 p.m.
Gritters Library
880 Shaw Park Road
Marietta, GA 30066
They’ll be part of each library’s Winter Festival.
