The Brown County Ukulele Festival is January 22-23th, 2027. 

Visit BCUF Ukulele Family Facebook page for information leading up to the event. Follow the link and ask to join if you are not a part of the group. All details are on the group page.

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We strongly encourage everyone attending BCUF to Avoid crowds the week before the festival. If you have a fever or other symptoms of COVID 19, please do not attend. Take any precautions you feel necessary to stay safe and healthy and prevent transmission to others.

Location

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The Brown County Inn has been a mainstay in scenic Brown County, Indiana since it opened in 1974.  The 65,000 square foot hotel, restaurant, and bar became a gathering place for visitors and local families alike.

Book your room now!
call 1-800-772-5249

Other Nearby Hotels

Salt Creek Inn

Quality Inn

Tickets

Your ticket will include access to all concerts, open mics, and workshops.

Spouses and children DO NOT get in for free.

Sorry no refunds

 Tickets for BCUF 2027 will go on sale July 11th, 2026.

Click here to buy tickets. 

 

Bios

Aldrine Guerrero and Aaaron Nakamura 

 

Aldrine Guerrero is an award winning musician, ‘ukulele player, music teacher, and head instructor at the AG ‘Ukulele Academy on the island of Kaua‘i.

Born in Manila, Aldrine moved at the age of 7 to the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i where he was introduced to the ‘ukulele at a church song practice. 

"There was a lady there who had an ‘ukulele. 
I asked her if I could play it and she taught me my first song
[“Surf” by the Ka’au Crater Boys].
From that very first chord, I was hooked."

By middle school, he began performing around the island and in high school he met fellow Kaua‘i musicians Ryan Esaki and Aaron Nakamura.  In 2007, the three started Ukulele Underground as a website and forum, eventually teaching the ‘ukulele to hundreds of thousands of students all over the world through live video instruction, tutorials, Play-Alongs, and in-person workshops.

Since then, Aldrine has held ‘ukulele workshops and performances in countries all over the globe including the US, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, China, Australia, the Czech Republic, UK, Italy, and France.  He has released 4 full-length studio albums and 3 EPs.  His music has been featured in film and television including Adam Sandler’s Hotel Transylvania, the film A Short History of Decay, and a crossover episode between the FOX hit series The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers.

After over 20 years of performing and 15 years of teaching ‘ukulele to players and students all around the world, Aldrine is focusing his knowledge and expertise into creating an ‘Ukulele Academy for the island of Kaua‘i. To find out more info, check out the Learn ‘Ukulele page.

 

Devin Scott and Ally McNatt

 

Devin Scott is a high-energy ukulele performer bringing joy through classic and modern tunes. Joined by Ally McNatt on bass and harmonies, they create a rich, feel-good sound that’s fun, inclusive, and engaging for all. 


Amy Kucharik

Amy Kucharik  [/kuh-CHAR-ick/] has played ukulele as her primary instrument for more than a decade. In addition to teaching private lessons and weekly classes, Amy teaches and performs at ukulele workshops throughout the Eastern US including Rochester’s Flower City Ukulele Festival in 2019 and the Gaithersburg Ukefest (MD) in 2022 and 2023. As a performer, Amy energizes swing dances, festivals and listening rooms alike. Amy performs as a one-woman band with ukulele, tenor guitar, foot percussion, mouth trumpet and harmonica, or with bands featuring top New England musicians. Combining poignant lyrics and a danceable swing, Amy’s music has drawn comparisons to Maria Muldaur, Lake Street Dive, and Anais Mitchell. She draws from blues and Vaudeville traditions, musical theatre, 80s pop and contemporary folk music with a street-smart stagecraft honed in the subways of Boston. Amy was a winner of the prestigious Kerrville New Folk songwriting competition and a formal showcase artist at SWRFA in 2015, a NERFA DJ showcase artist in 2016, and a Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist for 2018. Her second full-length album of original music was released in 2018. She is a Mi-Si Electronics performing artist.


 

Brow county Family Band

ShrutiNadisBioMusic from the heart. We follow our paths by listening to each other as we throw melody’s to each other to chase. This journey started by a chance viewing of a street busker in Belgium while we were on tour with the Flea Bitten Dawgs. We heard this man playing a Shruti Box. The sound haunted Thom till we returned stateside and he could find one. With both Lee and Thom having a strong foundation in improvisational music helped us find our musical path. The results are Shruti Nadis! Our main focus is doing music for yoga sessions, meditation, and ecstatic dance. The instruments we use are, shruti box, ukulele, dulcimer, bells, hand percussion, overtone singing, chanting, djemba, tri-bongo’s, cymbal, agogo’s, cowbells, and many other rhythm instruments.



Schedule

 

BCUF Schedule for 2026.

FRIDAY:

  • 3:30pm  Meet and greet in the pool area.
  • 3:30pm Community Sing and Vocal Jam session with Angela Gabriel in the Woodland Room.
  • 4:30pm Strum along with Kirk Jones in the Banquet room.
  • 6:45pm Evening concerts start in the Banquet room.
  • 8:00pm Ukulele performances start in the Corn Crib Lounge.
  • 8:45pm Open mic in the Banquet room after the concerts.

SATURDAY:

  • 9:30am Yoga with Shruti Nadas in the Woodland room.
  • 11:00am Strum Along with Kirk Jones in the Banquet room.
  • 11:00am  Amber Rozel workshop, “Turning a lead sheet into Ensemble Gold” in Woodland room.
  • 12:30pm  “Ukulele Zen” with Stu Fuchs, in Banquet room
  • 2:00pm “Spicing up your Chord Progressions” in banquet room with Tyler Donkoh- Halm
  • 3:00pm Beginner ukulele workshop with Meghan Cristeen Martin in the Woodland Room
  • 3:30pm  Stu Fuchs “Vaudevillian ukulele stunts ala Roy Smeck:  Four string circus tricks” in the banquet room.
  • 4:30- 6:30pm Dinner break
  • 6:45pm Concerts begin in the Banquet room
  • 8:00pm Ukulele performances begin in the Corn Crib Lounge
  • 9:30pm Open jam following concerts in the Banquet room.

CONCERT SCHEDULE:

 FRIDAY:  

  • 6:45pm – Amber Rozel
  • 7:30pm – Miss Jubilee
  • 8:45pm – Open Mic with Wendy and Marcia in Banquet room

SATURDAY: 

  • 6:45pm  – Tyler Donkoh-Halm and Onya Menil
  • 7:30pm  – Stu Fuchs
  • 8:15pm  – Brown County Family Band
  • 9:30pm  – Open jam after concerts in Banquet room

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