Ukulele Hooley 2025

The Ukulele Hooley is Ireland's international ukulele festival in the lovely seaside town of Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin over a weekend in August.

The Ukulele Hooley is Ireland's international ukulele festival in the lovely seaside town of Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin and will take place over the weekend of 23rd and 24th August.

It’s our 14th Ukulele Hooley, and we’re really excited to bring you a fun filled musical weekend.

Here’s where you will find an overview of what you can expect over the weekend at the Ukulele Hooley. As we are busy planning the festival many of the following details may change, so keep an eye on the website and social media for updates.

Friday 22nd August @ the Ukulele Hooley 2025

Friday Night Jam
If you’re around on the Friday night, come join the fun at the Lighthouse Bar. The folks from Ukulele Tuesday will host a jam upstairs at the Lighthouse Bar, Dún Laoghaire. The fun starts at 8pm.

A super opportunity to meet other ukulele players and kick the weekend off.

Saturday 23rd August @ the Ukulele Hooley 2025

Doors open at 10am, and Saturday morning kicks off with a selection of workshops with amazing ukulele musicians.

2025 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE – { below is 2024 workshops – 2025 updated soon }

10:30am 

Spirit of Aloha – Ukulelezaza – Lighthouse Bar

The Magic of Roy Smeck – Charlotte Pelgen – Assembly Hall in the Old Town Hall

12 noon

The Endless Possibilities of Three Chords – Daniel Ho – Assembly Hall in the Old Town Hall

Swingin’ Singin’: a Jazz Uke Workshop – Sage Harrington – Lighthouse Bar

1:30pm

The 12th Street Rag – Ukulele Uffe – Lighthouse Bar

Kids & Beginners Workshop – Sheilagh Fox – Assembly Hall in the Old Town Hall

Kids & Beginners Workshop
Sheilagh Fox of RUGs’ kids & beginners workshop is on at 1:30pm in the Assembly Hall in the Old Town Hall. There is no need to register, download & print the songbook and come along. Bring your ukulele with you, or if you’re new to the ukulele come along and we should have some available to play during the workshop. You can download the 2025 Kids Workshop Songbook here.

Join the Ukulele Hooley Flashmob
Again this year the Harbour Ukuleles are going to lead a flashmob and we’d love you to take part.

Pat Byrne of the Harbour Ukuleles will walk you through the plan and lead a rehearsal of the tune in the Eblana Festival Club at 1pm on Saturday 23rd.

After rehearsing the tune you will be guided to the flashmob location which will take place at 2pm.

The flashmob tune will be I’m Into Something Good / Bye Bye Love and you can Download Flashmob song sheet here

Saturday Stage
We’re excited this year to be continuing the new Saturday Stage introduced in 2022 at the Ukulele Hooley, the Eblana Cabana, hosted by Eoin Killeen of the Dublin Ukulele Collective. For the last two years the Eblana Cabana has been a huge success and we hope you get to join us for this years line-up of super performers.

Kicking off at 2:30pm, we will have amazing ukulele performers to entertain you at the Eblana Avenue Festival HQ until 5pm.

Bus Busk
Afternoon (3pm) the Bus Busk departs, for a trip through South County Dublin via an open top double-decker bus, for a super fun time of ukulele playing and refreshments. Busk hosts Pat Connolly, Kieran & Conor Rock of RUGs lead music and fun filled afternoon.

Bus Busk registration will be on Saturday 23rd August at the Eblana Avenue Festival HQ, (@ 2.40pm for those that have a ticket). You’ll get a stamp which will confirm you’re checked in to take part in the busk.

During the Bus Busk we will be singing songs from the Hooley song books. These can be downloaded from the website or you can get a copy on Saturday morning, at the festival hub in the Eblana Club.

2025 Bus Busk UkuleleHooley
Open Mic
On the Saturday night we have an Open Mic event, doors (and the list) open at 7pm, with kickoff at 7:30pm. Come along, bring your ukulele and song, and we’ll provide the audience.

All are welcome, just put your name on the list and we’ll call you up when it’s time to perform. Delighted to welcome back to MCing, our compere, the fabulous Keith White.

After the open mic portion of the evening ends, some of the ukulele artists give a taste of what to expect on at the Sunday Ukulele Hooley concert in the People’s Park.

There is an admission charge of €15 for the Open Mic Night.

The Open Mic Night takes place upstairs at the Lighthouse Bar.

Sunday 24th August @ the Ukulele Hooley 2025

The main concert event kicks off in the People’s Park, Dun Laoghaire at 11:30am. We have an amazing lineup of ukulele artists local and international, both new faces to the festival, and some old friends joining us for what promises to be a memorable experience. All times are approximate.

The Ukulele Hooley Big Jam with this years theme of dance related songs will take place during the afternoon.

The Sunday concert comes to an end with the Hooley Raffle final results and the Finale Closing Performance.

2025 UkuleleHooley poster
Ukulele Hooley Concert RUNNING ORDER 2024

Hooley Afterparty
The concert ends around 6pm, but the fun continues back at the Eblana Avenue Festival HQ at the Eblana, for those looking to continue the ukulele party.