George Hinchcliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has stumbled upon international and critical acclaim as the most entertaining pluckers. Dancing somewhere between sincerity and insanity; punk rock sensibilities and restrained British humour; the not-too-silly and the not-too-serious. A 37-year-long career has taken them to Carnegie Hall, Glastonbury festival, the North Pole, and from China to Estonia via Japan, Australia and The Isle of Man, garnering hordes of fans and imitators along the way.

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George Hinchcliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Midland Center for the Arts

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has stumbled upon international and critical acclaim as the most entertaining pluckers. Dancing somewhere between sincerity and insanity; punk rock sensibilities and restrained British humour; the not-too-silly and the not-too-serious, A 37-year-long career has taken them to Carnegie Hall, Glastonbury festival, the North Pole, and from China to Estonia via Japan, Australia and The Isle of Man, garnering hordes of fans and imitators along the way.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts

A runaway hit of our 2021-22 season, Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain scored with audiences with its unique, energetic blend of arrangements from pop to classical, humor, and, of course, lots and lots of expert strumming. This ensemble of a dozen-plus plucky artists are “the best musical entertainment in the country,” according to the Independent. “Nothing is spoof proof,” added The Times.

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

A runaway hit of our 2021-22 season, George Hinchliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain scored with audiences with its unique, energetic blend of arrangements from pop to classical, humor, and, of course, lots and lots of expert strumming. This ensemble of a dozen-plus plucky artists are “the best musical entertainment in the country,” according to the Independent. “Nothing is spoof proof,” added The Times.

George Hinchliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is an all-singing, all-strumming ukulele ensemble, which believes that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they are played on the ukulele! Funny, virtuosic, twanging, and awesome, the Orchestra offers an astonishing revelation of the rich palette of orchestration afforded by ukuleles and singing (and a bit of whistling). From Tchaikovsky to Nirvana to Spaghetti Western soundtracks, the Orchestra takes us on “a world tour with only hand luggage” and gives the listener “One Plucking Thing After Another”.

La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church

As soon as The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain walks on stage you are in safe hands. Witty, quirky and irreverent - praised by Bowie and Eno, promoted by the BBC and raved about by the New York Times, you can expect “an evening of sheer entertainment” from this eccentric group of seasoned performers. Playful, virtuosic and wickedly amusing, both fun and actually funny, these genre-bending rebels have lasted longer than Led Zeppelin, played more gigs than the Rolling Stones and rocked harder than Dwayne Johnson.

McCallum Theatre

As soon as The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain walk on stage you are in safe hands. Witty, quirky and irreverant - praised by Bowie and Eno, promoted by the BBC and raved about by the New York Times, you can expect “an evening of sheer entertainment” from this eccentric group of seasoned performers.

George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Irvine Barclay Theatre

Returning to Orange County with crowd-pleasing, stomping, poignant, rocking, thought-provoking, swinging music; groovy plucking, heartfelt singing, virtuosic whistling, and an irreverent deflation of pomposity all served up in the Orchestra’s fine-tuned and integrated entertainment will surely be “a complete hoot” for performers and audiences whatever their ages or individual musical tastes.

Lady Gaga? Of course. Terry Riley? Sure. The Sex Pistols? Why not?! Wagner? Bring it! No repertoire is safe from the crackerjack lasses and lads of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. The eight-piece band of expert strummers and singers has been charming audiences the world over, from Carnegie Hall to London’s Royal Albert Hall, since its first gig in 1985. Devilishly irreverent and shockingly eclectic, the orchestra is a bona fide UK national treasure and has inspired an international love affair with its humble four-string namesake, delivering fans “an oversized dose of unexpected happiness” (The New York Times).

University of California, Berkeley

Formed in 1985 as the antidote to mindless pop, egocentric rock, and the indulgent, bluster of the music business, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain donned black tuxedos, and began giving ‘concerts’ in tiny rooms above old pubs.

George Hinchliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain 2025

Dorking Halls

The rock-star strummers of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain have won legions of fans with their quicksilver arrangements (spanning pop to classical) and dry British humor. Now in its 40th year, the 12-member ensemble provides “superbly tuneful fun” (The New York Times) where “nothing is spoof-proof” (Chicago Tribune).

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

It’s 1985 – Wham are topping charts and everyone has enormous hair. The first ever mobile phone (the size of a brick) is on sale and scientists locate the site of the sunken Titanic. Microsoft Windows is launched, and Bob Geldof persuades just about everyone to appear in the biggest line up we’ve ever seen to raise millions for Live Aid. Back to the Future is on our screens, the first episode of Eastenders is beamed into British homes, and what’s THAT coming over the hill? Why, it’s the sixteen-handed, all-singing, all-plucking Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, and they’re coming this way…

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