Sycamore Ranch Ukulele Campout

Sycamore Ranch Ukulele Campout, June 1-4, Marysville, CA

Location : Schedule : Events : Provided : What to Bring : Tickets

LOCATION

We will be in the group campground at beautiful Sycamore Ranch located 15 minutes outside of Marysville, CA. The campground is at the confluence of Dry Creek and Yuba River.

NEWS FLASH! Due to popular demand, the festival has been extended to begin on Thursday, June 1st. You have the option to sign of for 4days/3nights starting on Thursday or 3days/2nights starting on Friday

SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 1st

1:00PM  –  Camp sites open

1:00-4:00PM – Music with friends, hiking, relaxing, napping

4:00PM  –  Happy Hour Welcome (soft/hard beverages provided)

5:30PM  –  Potluck dinner, details TBD

7:00PM  –  Campfire sing-along focusing on 3-4 chord standards

Friday, June 2nd

6:00AM  –  Coffee available!

8:00AM  –  Vegetarian Biscuits and Gravy

9:00AM-10:00AM  –  Ukulele Workshop: Songs with a little something extra

10:00AM-Noon  –  Music with friends, hiking, relaxing, napping

Noon-1:00PM   –  Bring your own lunch

1:00-4:00PM – Music with friends, hiking, relaxing, napping

4:00PM  –  Happy Hour Welcome (soft/hard beverages provided)

5:30PM  –   Potluck dinner, details TBD

7:00PM-8:00PM  –  Campfire sing-along focusing on 3-4 chord standards

8:00PM-?  –  Song Circle

Saturday, June 3rd

6:00AM  –  Coffee available!

Breakfast  –  Bagels and shmear provided

8:00-10:00AM –  Music with friends, hiking, relaxing, napping

10:00AM  –  Seminar: Explore the world of ukulele resources

11:00AM-Noon  –  Music with friends, hiking, relaxing, napping

Noon-1:00PM  –  Bring your own lunch

1:00-3:00PM  –  Music with friends, hiking, relaxing, napping

3:00PM  –  Workshop: Blues Tricks, Tips, and Turn-arounds

4:00-5:00PM  – Music with friends, hiking, relaxing, napping

5:00PM  –  Potluck wine-time with nibbles

6:30PM  –  Potluck dinner, details TBD

7:30-8:30ishPM  –  Open mic

8:30ishPM – ???   Play-along

Sunday, June 4th

6:00AM  –  Coffee available!

Breakfast on your own

9:00AM – Happy songs goodbye strum

11:00AM – Aloha until next year

EVENT DESCRIPTIONS

Don’t let the busy schedule fool you! The Ukulele Campout is built around relaxing, spontaneous music playing, and enjoying the company of our uke community.

Music with Friends: We will have a screen, projector, and access to thousands of songs. Bring your own club’s music books or your favorite electronic device. We will play together with a leader(s), in small groups, or on your own as the muse moves you. We will sprinkle in themed play-along sets throughout the festival.

Happy Hour: Uke Jams will provide beverages  to say, “Welcome!”

Potluck Dinners: All registered participants will receive info on potlucks about 2 weeks in advance of the event.

Campfire Singalong: We’ll sit around the campfire – if permitted – and play simple, well known songs to encourage people to play without music. Relaxed, no pressure. Song PDFs will be sent out in advance for those who prefer.

Breakfast: Coffee, Tea, and water will be available throughout the morning, starting at 6AM. Friday we will provide vegetarian biscuits and gravy. Feel free to bring some fruit to share. Saturday we will provide bagels and shmear. Sunday you are own your own for breakfast.

Seminar: Explore the world of ukulele resources. This non-playing event will be a review of some of the best uke resources available, from quality song chart sources to display software, on-the-fly transposers to chord diagrams you can use.

Workshop: Songs with a little something extra. This workshop will involve play-alongs with a little bit of tutorial for each song. Each song has a chord-based (not melody picking) riff that will take it to the next level! This workshop is targeted at standard tuning.

Workshop: Blues Tricks, Tips, and Turn-arounds. This workshop will define the basic 12-bar blues structure and then explore variations. We will go over rock-a-billy and then the full blues shuffle. We will end with some examples of turn-arounds. Built around standard tuning, but the examples and fingerings all work for baritones, just the chord names would change.

Song Circle – We will go around the circle. We’d love to hear whatever you want to share. Originals, classics, new and different music, whatever. You can solo, lead the group, or sit back, relax and take a pass when your turn comes.

Potluck wine time: Bring a beverage and nibble to share.

Open Mic: Everyone is encouraged to perform their one of the favorite songs for the group. Group-performances or skits encouraged. During the campfire we will identify a few volunteers who will join you onstage if you’d like to get up but prefer not to do it alone. We want everyone to use this intimate, welcoming setting to participate.

WHAT IS PROVIDED

PLEASE bring your own plate, bowl, mug, glass, silverware, napkin, etc. We will have disposables for those who need them, but we want to have as small a footprint as possible. Washing up station will be provided.

Coffea, tea, and water will be available throughout the event.

Friday happy hour, campfire smores, Friday breakfast biscuits and gravy and Saturday breakfast bagels provided. If attendance figures allow, additional goodies will be provided.

Ice and coolers will be available

WHAT TO BRING

Music stand and instrument(s). Non-ukes permitted

Any device you might use to display your PDFs.

Any ukulele songbooks you would like to play from.

Anything you would like to drink other than coffee, tea, and water

Adult beverages as desired

Snacks, veggies, fruit, wine, beer to share are always welcome.

Your ukulele attitude!

TICKETS

The campout is $100 per campsite for 1-2 people for Fri-Sun and $140 for Thur-Sun. Additional people per campsite $20 each.

Payment will be via Check, Paypal, or Venmo.

Contact “leonard @ ukejams.com” to reserve your spot and get detailed payment information!

THRUSDAY!!   Thursday has been added!