Turn up on August 18, 2024 for Uke Day! Join us for our second year in celebrating <br/>everything ukulele!<br/><br/>The event will be held at Hopkins Park in DeKalb, in both the community room downstairs and the Terrace room. We open the doors at noon and end at 5 p.m., in the lower-level community room at Hopkins Park.<br/><br/>Admission is $5, and the first 40 people get a free lei. Admission includes three uke workshops,<br/>a concert with the Wild Blue Ukulele Orchestra, and a fantastic strum and sing. Maybe you need a new ukulele or want to take lessons? There will be local music shop vendors, including Ax-in Hand, Ukulele Station of America, and Aurora Music Company. We are excited to welcome Wild Carrot food truck to our event, and are bringing back swap and sell, awesome raffle items (ukuleles!), crafts and much more.<br/><br/>Uke Day is sponsored by the Illinois Ukulele Society and Wild Blue Ukulele Orchestra. The<br/>uku
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Get out and enjoy the last bit of summer at Grayslake Summer Days, Naper Nights, Little Bear Ribfest in Vernon Hills, the Chicago Air and Water Show, the Wine and Art Walk at the Morton Arboretum, Ray Bradbury s Dandelion Wine Fine Arts Festival in Waukegan, Aurora Uke Fest and many more.