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Play Your Ukulele Day

Hobby · February 2

A day for picking up the ukulele, the small four-string instrument with a bright sound, and playing a few chords for fun.

Play Your Ukulele Day

Play Your Ukulele Day falls on Tuesday, February 2, 2027. That is 98 days away.

The ukulele is a small, four-string instrument from the guitar family, best known for its bright, cheerful sound. It grew up in Hawaii, and it has since found its way into living rooms, classrooms and back porches all over the country.

Part of its charm is how approachable it is. The strings are usually nylon, which is gentler on fingertips than steel. With only four strings, many beginners can play a simple song after learning a handful of chord shapes. The instrument is light enough to carry anywhere and quiet enough that the neighbors rarely notice.

Ukuleles come in a few sizes. The soprano is the smallest and the most familiar, and the concert and tenor models are a little larger, with a fuller tone. The baritone is the biggest and is tuned differently from the others, closer to the top four strings of a guitar.

Marking the day mostly means playing. Players dust off an instrument that has been sitting in a closet, learn a new strum pattern, or gather with friends to play the same three chords together until it sounds like a song. Many towns have ukulele groups that meet to play, and newcomers are often welcome.

The most common tuning on a soprano, concert or tenor is G, C, E, A. On many of these, the G string is tuned higher than you might expect, which gives the ukulele that sweet, ringing sound people recognize in the first strum.

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Dates

YearDate
2026Monday, February 2
2027Tuesday, February 2
2028Wednesday, February 2
2029Friday, February 2
2030Saturday, February 2

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