For twenty years the Ukulele Cabaret has provided a stage for musicians, artists and performers from New York's underground ukulele scene.
Ted and Jason of Sonic Uke started the cabaret in May 2005 in the back of Julius bar in West Village. After outgrowing our stage there we settled in for a residency at legendary East Village gastropub Jimmy's 43, with cameos at Barbes, The Zipper Factory and Banjo Jim's before moving to The Red Room at the KGB Bar -- an East Village speakeasy that in 1914 was the headquarters of Emma Goldman's Secret Society of anarchists.
We've now taken up residence at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, by the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.
"The uke scene is developing around here. It's quietly simmering": The New York Sun
Most-recent cabaret:
Celebrating two decades of songs, costumes and shennigans.
Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse
165 2nd St, Brooklyn
Featuring: Alan Drogin and Steve Swartz,Amie Amis, Angus Loten, Anthony Rev Wills III, Carol Wierzbicki, Dana McCoy, Gio Gaynor, Jamie Scandal, Les Chauds Lapins, Lloyd United, Pete Sturman, Rush Kress, Saint and Sinners, Uke Goldberg, Uke Skywalker and Ukelinda hosted by Sonic Uke.
6pm: Saturday May 31st, 2025
