Performing styles of music to suit all tastes with great vocals and plenty of humour, D’Ukes is the band to get you singing, dancing and smiling!
Book your place in the free pre-show workshop. Before the show, members of D’Ukes will be giving a free (to evening show ticket holders) Ukulele Workshop for both beginners who have never played the instrument to learn the basics of ukulele playing (tuning, strumming and chords) and for Advanced players who already know the basics and want to develop their playing. Book your place in the Beginners free workshop here, or Advanced free workshop here.
Formed in Chelmsford 14 years ago, D’Ukes are a highly entertaining 6-piece electric ukulele covers band and are one of the longer lasting ukulele bands in Essex. D’Ukes skill in reinterpreting songs using only the ukulele (with a hint of percussion and plenty of humour) amazes audiences. Their repertoire suits all tastes and ages and with their great vocals, slick solos and exciting rhythms they will get the audience singing, dancing and smiling.
They have sold out theatres, played major festivals, performed on both BBC and local community radio, made TV appearances, performed at music festivals in both the Czech Republic and Poland and performed alongside some of the bigger names in the international ukulele world! D’Ukes are Brian Smith; Dave Warren; Hazel Smith; Jo Kerr; John Mattock and Martin Burdikin.
