Tue April 28 @ 7:30 pm
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM
From Lensic Performing Arts Center
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain returns to the Lensic by popular demand. Formed in 1985 as the antidote to mindless pop, egocentric rock, and the indulgent bluster of the music business, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain donned black tuxedos and began giving ‘concerts’ in tiny rooms above old pubs.
Four decades later, they’re still thrilling audiences with their off-beat humor and four-stringed virtuosity. There are no drums, pianos, backing tracks, guitars, or banjos, no pitch shifters or electronic trickery, just an astonishing revelation of the rich palette of orchestration afforded by ukuleles and a menagerie of voices in a collision of post-punk performance and old classics.
Come and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this much-loved institution on a white-knuckle shopping-trolley dash through every kind of musical genre. From ABBA to ZZ Top, Tchaikovsky to Nirvana, bluegrass to Broadway, all played on the ‘bonsai guitar.”
@ The El Rey Theater Sat April 18, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad Sun April 19, 10:30 am
@ Chatter Sun April 19, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad Mon April 20, 7:30 pm
@ Lensic Mon April 20, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad Mon April 20, 8:00 pm
@ The Sunshine Theater Tue April 21, 7:30 pm
@ The Sunshine Theater Thu April 23, 6:00 pm
@ The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Thu April 23, 7:00 pm
@ Launchpad Fri April 24, 6:00 pm
@ Launchpad Fri April 24, 8:00 pm
@ The Sunshine Theater Sat April 25, 10:30 am
@ Chatter North Sat April 25, 3:00 pm
@ Chatter Sat April 25, 7:00 pm
@ Chatter Sat April 25, 8:00 pm
@ Meow Wolf Santa Fe Sat April 25, 8:00 pm
@ The El Rey Theater Sat April 25, 8:00 pm
@ The Sunshine Theater Sat April 25, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad Sun April 26, 7:30 pm
@ The Sunshine Theater Mon April 27, 8:00 pm
@ The El Rey Theater Mon April 27, 8:00 pm
@ The Sunshine Theater Tue April 28, 7:00 pm
@ Sister Tue April 28, 7:00 pm
@ The Sunshine Theater Tue April 28, 7:30 pm
@ KiMo Theater Tue April 28, 7:30 pm
@ San Miguel Chapel Tue April 28, 7:30 pm
@ Lensic Tue April 28, 8:00 pm
@ The El Rey Theater Tue April 28, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad Thu April 30, 7:00 pm
@ Guild Thu April 30, 7:30 pm
@ KiMo Theater Thu April 30, 8:00 pm
@ The Sunshine Theater Thu April 30, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad Fri May 1, 7:30 pm
@ KiMo Theater Fri May 1, 7:30 pm
@ Tumbleroot Fri May 1, 8:00 pm
@ Meow Wolf Santa Fe Fri May 1, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad Fri May 1, 9:00 pm
@ Chatter Sat May 2, 7:30 pm
@ The Sunshine Theater Sat May 2, 7:30 pm
@ Paradiso Sun May 3, 4:45 pm
@ The El Rey Theater Sun May 3, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad Sun May 3, 8:00 pm
@ Meow Wolf Santa Fe Mon May 4, 8:00 pm
@ The El Rey Theater Mon May 4, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad Tue May 5, 8:00 pm
@ Launchpad