Pics from Stockholm International Ukulele Festival 2008

 

It can only go up from here....

Haagel and Ukulelerud pointing in the direction they hope that their playing skills and musical tastes will go.


Legal aliens in Stockholm.

Phil, Rufus, Lecky and Brian (Pop Monkey) fail to see that Jeanette steals a uke.


Hot in Hats

Cajon is the new shit!


How many of them are there?

 


A well deserved rest

Robert's lovely wife, Karin puts her feet up and enjoys the music in a break from feeding the crowds and generally organising things.

 


Overseeing things

Rolf in a rare break from running between video cameras


Shake it

With Remco joining them they really put the place in motion


With her father on bass

 


Marcus Roos

 


Luthiers at large

Sven and Ingvar Tropp showing varying degrees of happiness 


Do as I tell you!

Yan Yalego workshopping the blues.


More hothats

   I wonder how hot they'd be without hats


Ah, that many.

 


A, well..., deserved rest

Gösta chooses a more unorthodox style of gathering his strengths


Bastardos Sympaticos

Johnny and Juha, the lineup for the day, rocked the bongos and uke.


Elvira Bira

The ukulele queen of punk - or the punk queen of ukulele


 and a class mate on drums

 



Eric Bradford

 


Robert Hultman

 


Lecky

 


Brian Pop Monkey

 


...with Martin Bergstrand...

 


Fredrik & Bosse

 


Phil

 


Rufus

 


The boys of the speakeasy

 


"Pastor" Bengt Nordfors...

 


...who doubles on bass and BU

      Pun accidentally intended



Remco (ukulelezaza)...

 


Yan Yalego

 


...strumming fast

 


Playing the blues, and more

 



Scheidenbach

 


Pavel and Gleb

 


Alexei

 


Alexander

 



Night jam. Juha, Johnny, Phil

 


Jeanette

 


Julia, Lecky

 


Phil found the big uke