Flea Street Band

A Beatles Workshop
2024-05-22 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St, San Carlos, CA, 94070
Please join the Flea Street Band as we provide A Beatles Workshop to teach the June Meetup songs for “All The Beatles”. You will learn how to take the playing of these songs to the next level by learning vocal harmonies and how to play the intro and riffs and become more confident playing the songs at the June Meetup. Linda/Astrid (singing), Patter (percussion) and Glenn(Blackbird/riffs) will be our instructors.
You will learn to sing in harmony to:
*Norwegian Wood
*If I Fell
You will learn how to play the intro and riffs to:
*Blackbird
*And other Beatles songs such as Act Naturally, Norwegian Wood, Let It Be, Something and Here Comes the Sun.
You will learn to play percussion using drums to these songs. Some loaner drums will be available to use, or bring your own.
We will have a mini jam session to play some of these songs at the end of the workshop. This workshop is sure to be informative and fun! We hope you can join us for this unique learning opportunity!
Links to the materials and songs that will be covered are included below. We encourage you to view the videos beforehand.
Spotify Playlist

Motown Magic!!
2024-04-24 18:00 - 20:00 | San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St, San Carlos, CA, 94070
Join the Peninsula Ukulele Group for as we revisit the Motown Sound with our April Meetup, Motown Magic!! We’ll play many of the top 10 hits of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, the Temptations and MORE!! Glenn Lew and the Flea Street Band will lead us through this great group of songs at the San Carlos Public Library.

PUGs 10 Year Anniversary Celebration!
2024-03-27 18:00 - 20:00 | San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St, San Carlos, CA, 94070
Ten years ago, April 16, 2014, the Peninsula Ukulele Group was created and our first Meetup occurred at the Redwood Shores Library.
We will start our tenth year together at our new venue, the San Carlos Library. Please join the PUGs and the Flea Street Band as we celebrate our 10 year anniversary! Over the years we have built a strong community through playing music together and have had a lot of fun along the way. We’ve met new music loving people, made friends, learned a few tips and tricks about playing our ukuleles and created some joyful and fun music over the past 10 years. We have much to be grateful for.
So let’s celebrate, play some of our favorite, fun songs and ring in 2024 and celebrate our 10th year together!

Golden Gate Ukulele Jam with Aloha Uke Squad, PUGs and SF Uke Rebellion
2024-03-17 12:00 - 14:30 | Stonestown Galleria, San Francisco, 3251 20th Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94132
Come jam with the hottest ukulele groups on the San Francisco Peninsula! The Aloha Uke Squad, The Peninsula Ukulele Group and San Francisco Ukulele Rebellion are super excited to share happy strumming and singing with you at the Sports Basement in Stonestown Galleria.
This is a free event. Bring your ukulele, your music stand and a smile :)
All ukulele levels and abilities are welcome!
A packet of all ukulele chords charts will be available for download prior to the event.

60 Year Anniversary of the British Invasion
2024-02-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Foster City Library, 1000 E Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City, CA, 94404, United States
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Zombies, the Kinks, the Dave Clark Five, and so many more groups and solo artists from Great Britain changed the course of popular music sixty years ago. The British Invasion brought us the songs that dominated the Billboard Top 40 Charts of the sixties. Those songs excited the pop music world with new sounds, inventive rhythms, fun chord changes, and great lyrics.
Please join us and take the “Ferry Cross to Mersey” and to Liverpool and relive these great songs from 1964-1966.

Playing Chords Up The Neck - Workshop and Jam with Steve Kritzer
2024-01-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Foster City Library, 1000 E Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City, CA, 94404, United States
Steve Kritzer, who’s musical talents include guitar, mandolin, banjo, and songwriting, has developed a special passion for ukulele over the years. He’s performed and taught ukulele to everyone from toddlers to seniors, and particularly enjoys sharing the simple joy of making music and playing together on ukulele. Let’s join Steve as he leads the PUGs in a fun and informative learning and jam session!
Spice up your playing by learning chord substitutions up the neck of your ukulele. You will learn different ways of playing chords to vary your sound as well as a bit of music theory. Steve will be providing an in person workshop for the PUGs at the Foster City Library. We will also be playing songs to reinforce the content from the workshop.
Let’s join Steve as he leads the PUGs in a fun and informative ukulele workshop to spice up our songs. Sure to be a great session, don’t miss it!

Luncheon at ACC
2024-01-12 12:15 - 13:15 | Adult Community Center San Carlos, 601 Chestnut Street, San Carlos, CA, 94070

Rehearsal
2024-01-02 17:30 - 19:30 | Calvary Church, 3254 Lori Drive, Belmont, CA, 94002

Meetup - Holiday
2023-12-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002

Rehearsal - Holiday
2023-12-12 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-12-05 17:30 - 20:30 | Calvary Church, 3254 Lori Drive, Belmont, CA, 94002

Meetup - Glenn
2023-11-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002

San Carlos Elms
2023-10-21 13:30 - 15:30 | San Carlos Elms, 707 Elm Street, San Carlos, CA, 94070
Bringing joy to our senior community – the second time at the Elms.

Meetup - Hula
2023-10-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002

Rehearsal - Hawaiian and Hula
2023-10-10 17:30 - 20:30 | Calvary Church, 3254 Lori Drive, Belmont, CA, 94002

Uke University
2023-09-27 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-09-13 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-09-06 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-08-30 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-08-23 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-08-09 18:00 - 19:30 | Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002
Have you ever wanted to play ukulele? Signed up as a member of PUGs but don’t feel ready to jam with a group yet? Got a new ukulele and don’t know where to start? Would you like to meet new friends from the ever growing ukulele community? Well, we’ve got you covered with “Uke University”, a one month weekly intensive ukulele school sponsored by the Peninsula Ukulele Group and Belmont Library.
These classes are geared for a new beginner with 4 weekly 90 minute free classes. You will learn everything from how to tune your uke, strum, play chords and will play your first song at the end of lesson one! Fast paced, hands on and fun with ukulele instructors available to assist you. All ages are welcome.
You will end the series playing in your first Jam Session with the PUGs accompanied by an instructor. No worries!
So bring your ukulele or check one out at any San Mateo Library for free. Classes start Aug 2 at the Belmont Library, Oracle room. Join the fun and sign up now!
Class size is limited to 12. All classes will be held on Wednesdays, 6-7:30pm on Aug 2, Aug 9, Aug 23 and 30. Sign up by August 1, 2023.
Uke University materialsUke University Youtube tutorials

San Carlos Farmers Market
2023-09-24 09:00 - 13:00 | San Carlos Farmers Market, 600 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA, 94070

Meetup - Ukulenny
2023-09-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002
Please join the PUGs as we create some ukulele magic while playing songs on Zoom with the uber talented ukulele performer Ukulenny in March!
Ukulenny is a local ukulele teacher and performer, and sponsored Kala Brand artist based in Oakland. He does his ukulele thing, teaching and performing, all over the Bay Area and beyond.
We are grateful for his support of local ukulele groups, including the PUGs. For more info- www.ukulenny.com
Sure to be a fun session, don’t miss it!

Rehearsal - San Carlos Farmers Market rehearsal
2023-09-12 17:30 - 20:30 | Calvary Church, 3254 Lori Drive, Belmont, CA, 94002

Kiwanis Farmers Market
2023-09-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Kiwanis Farmers Market, 500 Arguello St, Redwood City, CA, 94063

Burlingame Multicultural Festival
2023-09-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Burlingame, Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame, CA, 94010

Rehearsal - Burlingame Multicultural Festival
2023-08-25 17:30 - 20:00 | Astrid’s house, Belmont, 94002

Rehearsal - Burlingame Multicultural Festival
2023-08-22 17:30 - 20:00 | Calvary Church, 3254 Lori Drive, Belmont, CA, 94002

Meetup - The Great Folk Scare of the 60’s
2023-08-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002
Join PUG Meetup Leader Glenn Lew and the Flea Street Band on August 16th at 6 PM at the Belmont Public Library as we explore the Folk Music Scene of the 50’s and 60’s in the latest Peninsula Ukulele Group Meetup- “The Great Folk Scare of the 60’s”.
The Carter Family in the 20’s, Woody Guthrie in the 30’s, and Pete Seeger & the Weavers in the 40’s and 50’s laid the foundations for many musicians all over the USA and the world to take popular folk music in a new direction. Playing guitars and banjos became all the rage and all of a sudden new songs were being written for the most part using just a few simple chords. So began the Great Folk Scare of the 1960’s or the American Folk Music Revival. It was a “Scare” due to the fact that the 50’s was a time of the Red Scare when many people were blacklisted as Communists including Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and his Weavers. Their music was not allowed on TV or radio well into the 60’s. But a whole crop of new artists came out of the coffee houses from Greenwich Village in NYC to North Beach in San Francisco and filled in the void. They included the Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, the New Christy Minstrels, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Ian & Sylvia. They started to write and perform fresh, creative, artistic, intellectually and politically relevant songs. We’ll sample some of these great songs in this Meetup for August.

Boat Ride + Concert in Foster City
2023-08-11 16:00 - 20:00 | Larry’s house, Foster City, CA
