Shrewkfest - The Shrewsbury Ukulele Festival

30/07/2026

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The road between Pontesbury and Habberley is now open - yay !!!

29/07/2026

The Shrewkfest songbook can be downloaded from this link:

26/07/2026

4 days to go the first day of Shrewkfest 2026 🙂
2025's line-up won us The Best Ukulele Festival Ukie, can we do it again?
What an amazing line-up we have for 2026, some old friends, some new friends to be, some of the greatest Ukulele acts and tutors in the UK and of course you without whom we couldn't do it at all !!!
2 stages, Workshops Marquee, Ukulele Trade Marquee (including stalls from Kala and Southern Ukulele Store and specialist luthiers), Craft Fair, Food vendors all set on Eastridge Farm in the beautiful Shropshire countryside.
Jams - strum-a-longs - busking - open mics and this year we even have a Rave! (courtesy of Ukulele Simon ...)
Camping and Glamping still available.
A few tickets remain - if you haven't got yours yet don't leave it too late
A big thankyou to our sponsors Kala Music UK and CGI
We can't wait to see you all there!
more info on our website here:
https://www.shroprock.co.uk/shrewkfest.html
and here's a download link for the festival songbook which you'll need for the Meet & Greet on Friday and The Grand Finale on Sunday 🙂
https://www.shroprock.co.uk/Shrewkfest/2026/Shrewkfest2026songbook.pdf

26/07/2026

Unfortunately we have some more bad news - Alan from The Quaynotes has damaged his shoulder and will be unable to perform at Shrewkfest this year 🙁
We send him all our best wishes for a speedy recovery.
The Sunday 16.15 slot in The Paddocks Marquee will now be available for jamming/open mic etc
Our apologies if this messes up your viewing schedules 😉
We look forward to welcoming you all in just over 4 days to Shrewkfest 2026 🙂

23/07/2026

We have some bad news - AD Cooke has had to go into hospital and will be unable to perform at Shrewkfest this year 🙁
We send her all our best wishes for a speedy recovery.
The Friday 19.30 slot will now be taken by 'The Rhubarb Thieves' and the Friday 15.30 slot will now be taken by 'Follow The Dolphin'

Our apologies if this messes up your viewing schedules 😉

We look forward to welcoming you all in just over a week to Shrewkfest 2026 🙂

21/07/2026

Coughy Chills Crash and Wrong and the Hebden Bridge Ukuleles Commune would love for you all to come and play, sing, dance, freak out and have a fab time.
They are in the Paddocks Marquee Saturday 1st August 2026 at 19.15.
The set is entirely Woodstock Festival anthems, Summer Of Love hits and we'll all be in hippie gear too.
We're really looking forward to performing and hoping it will be a packed Paddocks Stage with a great atmosphere!
See you there, Peace and Love

You can download the songbook for this set here:
https://www.shroprock.co.uk/Shrewkfest/2026/Coughy%20Chills%20Crash%20&%20Wrong%207.15pm%20Saturday%20on%20Paddocks%20Stage.pdf

16/07/2026

2Ukes aka Kev & Kev will be running a jam session in the Paddocks Marquee at 12:15 to 13.00 on Saturday 1st August. Always a great fun experience so do pop along if you can and join in the fun!! - the songbook for this session can be downloaded here:-

https://www.shroprock.co.uk/Shrewkfest/2026/2ukes_15_07_2026.pdf

10/07/2026

Workshops tickets are flying off the shelf and some workshops are approaching max capacity ... if you are thinking of attending a particular workshop please don't leave it too late - workshops can be pre-booked here:-

https://www.shroprock.co.uk/Shrewkfest%202026%20workshops.html

Ukulele Saz Workshop 1 is now sold out

We have a dedicated Workshop Marquee with a fantastic range of Ukulele workshops from some of the best tutors around...

Entry price for each workshop is £7.50 per person

Currently only a few tickets left for:

Alex Beds Workshop 1 (4 tickets left)
Matthew Quilliam Workshop 1 (8 tickets left)
Ukulele Simon Workshop 2 (2 tickets left)
Marc Gallagher Workshop 1 (8 tickets left)
Will Grove-White Workshop 1 (12 tickets left)
Peter Moss Workshop 3 (13 tickets left)

Places are limited so pre-booking is recommended. To book a workshop place please send us an email to [email protected] We will reply with BACS details if you can pay by bank transfer, or We will reserve your place(s) and you can pay at Festival Control when you arrive.

03/07/2026

28 days - that's exactly 4 weeks - to the first day of Shrewkfest 2026 🙂
2025's line-up won us The Best Ukulele Festival Ukie, can we do it again?

What an amazing line-up we have for 2026, some old friends, some new friends to be, some of the greatest Ukulele acts and tutors in the UK and of course you without whom we couldn't do it at all !!!

2 stages, Workshops Marquee, Ukulele Trade Marquee (including stalls from Kala and Southern Ukulele Store and specialist luthiers), Craft Fair, Food vendors all set on Eastridge Farm in the beautiful Shropshire countryside.

Jams - strum-a-longs - busking - open mics and this year we even have a Rave! (courtesy of Ukulele Simon ...)

Camping and Glamping still available.
A few tickets remain - if you haven't got yours yet don't leave it too late
A big thankyou to our sponsors Kala Music UK and CGI
We can't wait to see you all there!

more info on our website here:
https://www.shroprock.co.uk/shrewkfest.html

and here's a download link for the festival songbook which you'll need for the Meet & Greet on Friday and The Grand Finale on Sunday :)
https://www.shroprock.co.uk/Shrewkfest/2026/Shrewkfest2026songbook.pdf

01/07/2026

It's getting close now - 30 days to go !!!
Time slots for both stages and workshops are now finalised, the programme has gone to the printers and we're all raring to go 😉

Here's the full timings so you can plan ahead for what you want to see:-

Main stage:
Friday 31st July:
12:00 Meet & Greet
14:15 Introductions
14:30 2Ukes
15:30 The Rhubarb Thieves
16:30 Ukulele Saz
17:30 Gaudy Orde
18:30 Marc Gallagher
19:30 A.D. Cooke
20:30 Peter Moss
22:00 Not Quite Dead Yet

Saturday 1st August:
09:30 Uke Tok play along
11:15 Introductions
11:30 Ukaladies
12:30 Ukumaniacs
13:30 Hullabaloo
14:30 Lunabarge
15:30 Fragile Lucy
16:30 Plastic Jeezus
17:30 Ukulele Simon
18:15 Ukulele Simon/Matthew Quilliam
18:30 Matthew Quilliam
19:30 The F'Uke Fighters
20:30 Will Grove-White
22:00 The Mighty Lemons

Sunday 2nd August:
09:30 Uke Tok play along
11:15 Introductions
11:30 The Travelling Wannabes
12:30 Alex Beds
13:30 Kit Luc
14:30 Lobsters
15:30 UkeCan
16:30 Sputnik Weazel
17:30 StrumBowLele
18:30 Shropshire Ukulele Massive/GRAND FINALE/The Wind Down

Paddocks Marquee:

Friday 31st July:

available for jamming etc until 15.00
15:00 changeover/set up
15:15 The Village Strummers
16:15 Betws-y-Coed Ukulele Group
17:15 Pink Champagne
18:15 High & Mighty
19:15 The Celtic Ukulele Collective
20:15 Sad Ken
21:15 Follow The Dolphin
22:15 Bubbleuke - open mic

Saturday 1st August:
available for jamming etc until 11.00
11:00 changeover/set up
11:15 Me and Paul
12:15 2Ukes jam
13:15 Tabitha Wild
14:15 Lauralele
15:15 AB Ukes
16:15 Shaun Keddy
17:00 changeover/set up
17:15 Shifnal Ukulele Group
18:15 Besides Ukeletica
19:15 Coughy, Chills, Crash and Wrong
20:15 The Renegades
21:15 Tony & Friends
22:15 Ukulele Simon Rave!

Sunday 2nd August:
available for jamming etc until 11.00
11:00 changeover/set up
11:15 Alive & Plucking
12:15 Jerry Hatrick and Friends
13:15 Ute Brech
14:15 John Tribe
15:15 Ozukes
16:15 The Quaynotes
17:15 available for jamming etc

WORKSHOPS MARQUEE:

FRIDAY 31st July:
available for jamming until 10.00
10:00 set up
10:30 Uke Tok play along
11:45 changeover/set up
12:15 available for jamming etc
14:15 The F'uke Fighters wksp 01
15:30 Marc Gallagher wksp 01
16:45 Peter Moss wksp 01
18:00 Will Grove-White wksp 01
19:15 Ukulele Saz wksp 01
20:30 Lunabarge wksp 01
21:45 available for jamming etc

SATURDAY 1st August:
available for jamming etc until 10.00
10:00 set up
10:30 Ukulele Simon wksp 01
11:45 Ukulele Simon wksp 02
13:00 Matthew Quilliam wksp 01
14:15 AD Cooke wksp 01
15:30 Will Grove-White wksp 02
16:45 John Tribe Blues wksp
18:00 Rachel Webley Bass workshop
19:15 Peter Moss wksp 02
20:30 Jeff Japers wksp
21:45 Bubbleuke - open mic

Sunday 2nd August:
available for jamming etc until 10.00
10:00 set up
10:30 Alex Beds wksp 01
11:45 Matthew Quilliam wksp 02
13:00 Marc Gallagher wksp 02
14:15 Sputnik Weazel wksp
15:30 Ukulele Saz wksp 02
16:45 Peter Moss wksp 03
18:00 available for jamming etc

Workshop tickets can be pre-ordered from the website here:

https://www.shroprock.co.uk/Shrewkfest%202026%20workshops.html