6th Annual Northwoods Ukulele Festival
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Northwoods Ukulele Festival
Join us for our 6th celebration!
The 6th Annual Northwoods Ukulele Festival will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at the Shell Lake Arts Center in Shell Lake, Wisconsin.
The event is FREE!
It features live music, interactive jam sessions for all skill levels, an evening beachside jam and sing-along, and vendors featuring all a ukulele aficionado could want.
Event Schedule (may be adjusted)
9:30-9:45 Welcome
9:45-10:15 Uke On!: Opening Jam & Singalong
10:30-11:30 Instructional Sessions #1
Lil Rev – Learning to Improvise with the Pentatonic Scale
Ukester Brown – Efficient Chord Building: Tips to Eliminate Hand Gymnastics
Nan Hendry – Beginner Class
11:45-12:45 Instructional Sessions #2
Lil Rev – Discovering Clawhammer Ukulele: An Intro to Clawhammer
Ukester Brown – Music Box: A Fun Way to Learn to Play Arpeggios
Victoria Vox – TBD
12:45-2:15 Lunch (Food Trucks – Cafeteria)
2:30-3:15 Lil Rev – Performance w/ Singalong Component
3:30-4:30 Instructional Sessions #3
Lil Rev – Chords, Chords, Chords: Improving Your Chord Vocabulary
Ukester Brown – Beyond the Ups and Downs of Strums: Getting Past DDUUD and Incessant Strumming
Victoria Vox – TBD
4:45-5:45 Victoria Vox Concert – Headliner
5:45-7:00 Dinner At the Beach (SAYHA Fundraiser) OR On Your Own
7:00-8:00 Lil Rev – Closing Jam Session at Shell Lake Beach Pavilion
Donate to the Fest
The Northwoods Ukulele Festival is always free and open to everyone, and your support helps keep it that way. Donations allow us to bring top-notch entertainers and educators to the Festival. If you’d like to contribute, please mail a check payable to Spooner Memorial Library, 421 High Street, Spooner, WI, with “Northwoods Ukulele Festival” in the memo. Thank you for helping us spread the joy of the ukulele!
2026 Performers
Victoria Vox
Victoria Vox is an award-winning songwriter and ukulele innovator whose music blends chanson, jazz-infused pop, and indie folk. Known for her playful “mouth trumpet” and evocative songwriting, she captivates audiences with performances that are both heartfelt and inventive.
Lil' Rev
2003 Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee Lil’ Rev grew up in the shadows of American Motors Corp, Briggs N Stratton, and A.O. Smith in Milwaukee, WI (where he still resides today), so was inspired by the sights and sounds of an industrial powerhouse in flux. While Lil’ Rev is well-known for his ukulele and harmonica stylings, he is also a seasoned multi-instrumentalist equally adept at old time banjo, flat-pick guitar, and blues mandolin.
Photos from Previous Festivals
