WAGF 2021 - Swingin' Uke

Name: WAGF 2021 - Swingin' Uke
Start: 2021-10-09T16:00:00+0800
End: 2021-10-09T16:45:00+0800
Location: Margaret River HEART

Sat, 9 Oct 2021, 4pm - 4:45pm AWST

Margaret River HEART

Margaret River WA, Australia

The West Australian Guitar Festival Inc.

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Event description

Swingin' Uke - Workshop

Presented by Charlie Mgee (Formidable Vegetable/Not Just Charlie)

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The Main Theatre, Margaret River HEART

With only three fingers, it's a wonder Django Reinhardt didn't pick up ukulele. Just because it's a guitar that's short two strings, doesn't mean you can't make it swing! Come join Formidable Vegetable's Charlie Mgee and learn a few tricks you might not have thought possible on the uke that will help jazz up your tunes a thousand percent!

BYO instrument!

Please arrive 15 minutes before the event and be seated before the advertised start time to avoid interrupting the performers and other attendees.

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CHARLIE MGEE

Charlie Mgee is the ukulele strumming front-muppet for the world-renowned ecological funk/swing band, Formidable Vegetable. Growing up in a tin shed in Pemberton with a veggie garden, a composting toilet and one solar panel for power, Charlie lived the low-impact lifestyle from a young age and realised early on that you don’t need a lot to be happy in life.

In 2011, Charlie went off to study permaculture and soon after, formed Formidable Vegetable – a new kind of band based entirely around principles of sustainable living with the hope of inspiring people everywhere to grow regenerative gardens/lives/communities and generally make the world a better place.

More recently, Charlie and the band have performed at many Australian and international festivals, including Glastonbury (UK), Secret Garden Party (UK), BOOM (Portugal), Shambhala (Canada), Symbiosis (USA), Woodford (QLD) and Rainbow Serpent (VIC) to delightfully packed dance floors and venues.