Ukulele Hooley

01/09/2026

31/08/2026

The dust has settled on this years Ukulele Hooley. We hope you enjoyed this year as much as we did!

We couldn’t do it without all your support.

Special thanks to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for its sponsorship; to the Eblana Club for its warm welcome as our Festival Hub, IADT Carnegie Library for hosting our workshops and the People’s Park for facilitating our Sunday Concert in its beautiful surrounds.

Huge thanks to each of our performers; to those who led fantastic events and to all who generously volunteered your time to promote the Festival and help out over the weekend.

Big shout out also to An Cathaoirleach, Councillor Barry Saul; Two Foxes bar; Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel; 64 Wines; Cavistons; ZeroZero Pizza; Gourmet Cafe, Sushida, Whelehans Wines and all the DLR Volunteers.

Thanks to Peter Dawson for his fabulous designs, and to Tony O’Brien and Valerie Robinson for their help with PR.

Lastly, thank you to those who donated as Festival Friends and through buying raffle tickets, QR code donating and merchandise. We could not run the festival without your kind support.

DLR Tourism
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27/08/2026

A huge thanks to Everest Music for their generous donation to the Ukulele Hooley raffle prizes.

27/08/2026

A huge thanks to X Music for their generous donation to the Ukulele Hooley raffle prizes.

27/08/2026

A huge thanks to Music Maker for their generous donation to the Ukulele Hooley raffle prizes.

Musicmaker

27/08/2026

A huge thanks to luthier Niall Kavanagh of Kingston Ukes for his generous donation to the Ukulele Hooley raffle prizes. What an amazing instrument!

25/08/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 Ukefactor winners who performed on the UkuleleHooley mainstage on Sunday.

14-16 Winner - Sean Tobin - instrumental

U14 runner up - Muireann Dean - playing ‘From the start’ by Laufey

U14 winner - Treasa 'Connell - playing "Boston" Stella Lefty

Fabulous, talented young musicians.

We are looking forward to your future performances!

23/08/2026

Ukulele Hooley with Zoe Bestel

23/08/2026

Don’t forget to come down to the Hooley merchandise stall where you can meet our fabulous volunteers and buy some great souvenirs to support the Festival.