Imagine getting ukulele lessons while on a flight to Hawaii. That’s what passengers aboard a Boeing 737-800 Southwest Airlines flight from Long Beach to Honolulu experienced last week. Surprise!

Its frisky four strings are the sound of Elvis’ "Blue Hawaii," of Tiny Tim tiptoeing through the tulips and lately, beyond all reason, of a popular "Bohemian Rhapsody" cover. Above all, the humble ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Ukulele Festival Hawaii presented a live stream of international artists for its International Day on Sunday, June 13 ahead of next month’s 51st annual Ukulele Festival Hawaii.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In the bustling business district of Kaimuki, the sounds of keiki strumming their ukulele fill the halls of a concrete building that houses a tiny music studio. Walk inside ...

Hawaii ukulele virtuoso Taimane Gardner plays at Kakaako Makai Gateway Park. Gardner will perform at this year’s Ukulele Picnic in Hawaii. Twelve-year-old Usaburo Mendenhall, a student at Kaimuki ...

Honolulu (KHON2) – The Ukulele All-Stars Christmas show will premiere at Blue Note in Honolulu! This special, one-night-only event is set to bring together four of Hawaii’s most talented ukulele ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Duke’s Waikiki opened auditions for young ukulele players until Sept. 19, 2024 in the annual Duke’s Ukes competition at Kahala Mall on Oct. 12. Duke’s Ukes will be from 11 ...

Four or five times a year, Mike Upton closes the door in Petaluma, Calif., and flies to China to check an operation that’s making several hundred-thousand Hawaii-inspired ukuleles a year. Originally ...