With great excitement the Cairns Ukulele Festival announces its first headliner of the 2016 Cairns Ukulele Festival: Taimane Gardner.
“Hawaiian ukulele star Taimane is one of the most exciting ukulele performers today”, festival director Gaby Thomasz said. “I have been following Taimane online for years, but last year I finally had the opportunity to see her live in Hawaii. While her YouTube videos are great, seeing her perform live with her band is something else!”.
Blending musical styles, theatre and dance seamlessly into a breathtaking performance, “[audiences] can expect to get their socks blown off by either talent or volume, or both!” Taimane said jokingly. “Kidding aside, they’ll see the ukulele played unconventionally and as a serious instrument. I like to call it visual music. I like to dance when I play and my original music is written to stories and images in my head”, she said.
Taimane is looking forward to her first ever performance in Australia with her band members Jazz (guitar) and Jonathan (cajon) and can’t wait to do some sightseeing in and around Cairns. “I’ve heard its one of the biggest ukulele festivals in Australia and it’s a whole lotta fun!”
To read more about Taimane, head over to our friends at Ukulele Magazine for a great article. At the bottom of this blog post there’s one of Taimane’s wonderful videos, enjoy!
The Cairns Ukulele Festival core dates are 25 – 28 August. Among others, festival events this year include: Songwriters on the Waterfront, Opening NIght Concert, a Ukulele Mystery Tour, Dinner and Show, Ukulele Building Workshop, Community Concert Day, lots of playing workshops and of course a spectacular Finale Concert.
Cairns Ukulele Festival 
Dear Gaby and all the other wonderful people who are organising this year¹s festival, Thank You many times over ! That is fabulous news. I have often watched Tamaine on YouTube but never dreamed I¹d see her perform live in Cairns. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. My friends from Central Victoria, NSW and I have our accommodation booked and are eagerly counting down the weeks until the 2016 Cairns Ukulele Festival begins. Kind Regards, Linda Cusack
On 1/03/2016, 1:18 PM, “Cairns Ukulele Festival” wrote:
> cairnsukulelefestival posted: “With great excitement the Cairns Ukulele > Festival announces its first headliner of the 2016 Cairns Ukulele Festival: > Taimane Gardner. “Hawaiian ukulele star Taimane is one of the most exciting > ukulele performers today”, festival director Gaby Thomasz sai” >
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We always do Ian! Thank you. The application form is on our web site (under “Participate”)
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