Rehearsal
2023-04-12 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002

Take Me To The Tiki Bar
2023-04-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Aloha and Happy New Year! Please join the PUGs and our very special guest host, Tiki Dave, for a super fun ukulele Zoom session as he leads songs from his specialty genre- tropical, caribbean and hawaiian songs! Start the new year with songs including Bob Marley, Jimmy Buffett, Don Ho, Beach Boys… it’ll be so much fun! So get your favorite tropical drink and ukulele ready to be transported to our “Tiki Bar” for an awesome evening with Tiki Dave!

Doo Wop Uke
2023-05-02 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-05-09 17:30 - 20:30 | Calvary Church, 3254 Lori Drive, Belmont, CA, 94002

San Carlos Elms
2023-05-13 13:30 - 15:30 | San Carlos Elms, 707 Elm Street, San Carlos, CA, 94070
Bringing joy to our senior community – our first gig.

Doo Wop Uke
2023-05-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002
RSVP‘SHOO BOP !!! SHOO BOP !!! RAMA LAMA DING DONG! “
On Wednesday May 17, 2023 the Peninsula Ukulele Group will present “Doo Wop Uke”, our latest Meetup at the Belmont Public Library at 6 PM. Glenn and the Flea Street Band will lead us through Doo Wop Classics from the 50’s and 60’s and we’ll add in a few Doo Wop influenced songs from the 60’s and 70’s like “The Longest Time” by Billy Joel.
Doo wop is a music style of rhythm and blues which was a big part of early rock an roll music in the mid 50’s to the early 60’s. The Doo Wop groups played mostly love songs with simple chord progressions, engaging melodies and great harmonies.
So join us. It will be a lot of fun. This will be an excellent Meetup for players of all skill levels. This is a great one for ukulele beginners as we’ll be playing a lot of 4-8 chord songs this evening.

Workshop with Steve Kritzer
2023-06-17 14:30 - 16:30 | Foster City Library, 1000 E Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City, CA, 94404, United States
Let’s learn new ukulele strumming techniques, live, with Steve Kritzer! Steve will be providing an in person workshop for the PUGs at the Foster City Library. Last year’s Zoom strum workshop was very well received, so don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Steve in person. His 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 ukulele strumming and fingerpicking workshop as he shares techniques to spice up our songs. Sure to be a great session, don’t miss it!

The Best Songs Ever
2023-06-20 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-06-27 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-07-11 17:30 - 20:30 | Calvary Church, 3254 Lori Drive, Belmont, CA, 94002

San Carlos Elms
2023-07-15 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.

The Best Songs Ever
2023-07-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002
Please join the Flea St Band and the PUGs as we sing some of our favorite songs! The Flea St Band is starting to perform this year. And we’ve selected our Best Songs to perform at the San Carlos Farmers Market Sunday, July 30th, 9a-1pm. We hope you can join us there, but if you can’t, here’s your chance to have your own private jam session with the Fleas to play our favorite songs with the PUGs! So join your uke friends for an evening of fun, friendship, music and laughter. Don’t miss this!

The Great Folk Scare of the 60’s
2023-07-25 17:30 - 20:30 | Larry’s house, Foster City, CA

San Carlos Farmers Market
2023-07-30 09:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-24 09:00 - 13:00 | San Carlos Farmers Market, 600 Laurel St, San Carlos, CA, 94070

Uke University
2023-08-02 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-08-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-08-23 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-08-30 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-09-06 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-09-13 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

Rehearsal - The Great Folk Scare of the 60’s
2023-08-08 17:30 - 20:30 | Calvary Church, 3254 Lori Drive, Belmont, CA, 94002

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!
