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Uke Night Method

The fastest way to play the songs you love on ukulele.

We put the song first.

Built on a method that’s had over a thousand complete beginners playing popular songs at a live Uke Night, in under two hours. Whether it’s your first ukulele or you’re looking for more to play, there’s a path here for you.

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Course rated 4.7 out of 5

Dave teaching a room of beginners at a live Uke Night

This method is proven.

98%of our reviewers say they’ll keep playing.
1,000+complete beginners have played popular songs at a live Uke Night, in under two hours.
100%of our reviewers rated the course good or excellent value.

Three ways to start

Find the one that fits where you are.

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Play Your Favorite Songs in 3 Days

Play Songs You Already Know and Love in Only 3 Days

4.7 out of 5 average customer rating

For you ifYou’ve always wanted to play, or your ukulele is collecting dust in the corner.

  • The 3-Day Fast Track: three one-hour sessions
  • 200+ popular songs to keep you playing after
  • Play a song or you don’t pay

$97 USD, once.Yours for life. No subscription.

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The Uke Night Songbook

Somebody asks if you know a song, and you always do.

For you ifYou already know some chords, and you’ve played the same six songs for six months.

  • 340+ popular songs, from the 1930s to now
  • Rated by how hard they are to play
  • Print any song

$37 USD, once.About 10 cents a song. Yours for life.

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The Honolua Starter Course

Playing popular songs within days of opening the case.

For you ifYou own a Honolua Ukulele, or you’re choosing your first one.

  • The same 3-Day Fast Track as the paid course
  • Sixteen play-along songs, with Dave on every one
  • Yours for life

Freewith every Honolua Ukulele.

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Uke Night Live · Calgary & Alberta

Or learn it live, in a room full of people.

A fun, relaxed evening where complete beginners play popular songs on the ukulele together, guided by Dave, with instruments provided. Public events, private parties and corporate team-building.

By the end of the night, the room has played about a dozen popular songs together.

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People really like the Uke Night Method.

★★★★★

“I was using ukulele books and You Tube videos, but was trying to learn all over the place and had no consistent learning method… The Uke Night course is providing me with the path and confidence to play and really enjoy the ukulele.”
Karen N., 55-64Course

★★★★★

“It is never too late and Uke Night is the BEST way to learn. No pressure! ALL fun and great results!”
Barbara K., 75+Course

★★★★★

“Before the Songbook, finding a new song to play meant purchasing a lead sheet somewhere and then adapting it for my purposes. Now, everything is in one place.”
Cheryl A.Songbook
Dave Simpson playing a Honolua Ukulele by the river

Meet the person who built it

Hi, I’m Dave.

“I spent twenty years watching aspiring players quit in the boring part, before the song. So I put the song first.”

Dave Simpson is a professional musician with over twenty years in the music industry and the founder of Honolua Ukuleles. He started Uke Night Live in Calgary over five years ago and has since taught more than a thousand complete beginners to play popular songs, often in under two hours. The online courses are built on the same method, with more time, more songs and lifetime access.

Dave SimpsonCreator of the Uke Night Method

Built on Honolua

Every Uke Night course is made by the team behind Honolua Ukuleles, instruments designed for exactly this kind of playing. Five trees planted for every ukulele sold.

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The Uke Night Sampler · Free

20 songs you could be playing within days.

A free list of songs you already know and love, from Let It Be to Riptide. Pick the one you’d play first.

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