...will be the event Hosts and performers  Jim and Cheryl Ravoira have been performing since 2007 in a skiffle jazz style while playing blues, ragtime, standards and folk music.  

They have been hosting Festivals since 2010 including the Little David Music festival (3), Blackwater Ukulele Festival (8), Uketoberfest, Ukeoween (3) , and Cukeout. 

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It's our favorite Lil Uke Band performing at the festival!!The “Lil Ukulele Band” consists of Monica Hernandez-Kenemuth and Pierre Leblanc.  They will be covering a wide range of songs and are a real treat to have at the Festival.  

Nathan will perform for our lunch concert.  He is a wonderfully talented, multifaceted musician.  He is an embodiment of what the latest wave of ukulele popularity is all about.

From strumming, picking, tapping to harmonics, Nathan makes his ukulele speak in ways you dreamed you could.  Selected by the Charleston City Paper as one of five nominees for the Best Musician in Charleston!  This is one performance you don't want to miss.

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The Blue Poodle are back this year with a fine selection of your favorites!  Mary and Olli Wendelin 

Promoting ukulele and other instrument playing and players in the Horry County, South Carolina area.   The PUUGS will be at the festival this year to entertain us with their music. 

Noodle will be teaching our advanced Ukulele Class.  Noodle McDoodle has performed with his ukulele for over 20 years. He has taught workshops at the North Carolina Ukulele Academy, the Augusta Heritage Swing Week music camp, at the Flea Fest is Shelby, NC, at the Hungry Monk School of Music, and at previous Blackwater Ukulele Festivals. Noodle has a broad knowledge of music but specializes in 1920s and 30s Swing. His band, the V-Tones of Charleston, plays Swing dances regularly. 

Multi-instrumentalist and educator Dolly Lynn Paul has performed throughout the Midwest, Ontario Canada, Austria, and Ireland. She has studied and worked in classical, sacred, jazz, and folk music genres. Paul currently teaches piano, ukulele, mountain dulcimer, and music theory to children and adults in both online and in-person sessions. She earned her master degree from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and holds memberships in; the Music Teachers National Association, the National Federation of Music Clubs, and the National Guild of Piano Teachers. To learn more please visit dollypaul.com or LowCountryStudios.com.