We’re currently enjoying meeting outdoors at the bandstand and also in a big barn. Maybe one day we’ll return to our cafe and pub venues when we feel we can!
Ver Players meeting at the Barn.
Ver Players at the Clarence Park Bandstand, St Albans.
Ver Players summer garden practise session.
During the lockdown’s we held regular zoom meetings and made these videos:
Ver Players is open to all ukulele players, from beginners to expert!
Have a look at the events calendar on the right to find out when our next get together is…
Ver Players is a community ukulele group based in St Albans. Founded in 2012, the group has grown to around eighty members of all ages, who meet once a fortnight to sing, play and unleash their inner creativity. The group alternates between small, focused practise sessions in St Albans’ The Courtyard Cafe and larger old-fashioned singalongs in the Hare & Hounds, a local pub open to all. It’s a fantastic opportunity for people to get together and experience live music.
Members typically join as complete beginners before quickly gaining confidence as they realise they can start to produce real music. The open, collaborative spirit ensures a fun and friendly atmosphere to learn, laugh – and ‘lose yourself in the ukulele’!
We also run a programme of ukelele workshops and can provide one-to-one teaching. To join us, take a look at the membership page.
February marks our return to The Hare and Hounds on Sunday 9th with another epic Ver Players’ special, playing ‘Bridge Over Trouble Water’ album, 50 years on!
50 years on, Ver Players will be recreating the Beatles’ Abbey Road in full on ukulele at this free music event. Join in, sing-along, all welcome!
Very pleased to announce we raised £1500 at the concert for our chosen charity, Sustainable St Albans!
Our annual big night down in St Michael’s, the last song…
We’re delighted that Peter Luongo is visiting us on May 14th. We saw him in action last year and he’s got to be the best teacher of performing on the uke around, and he’s spent his career at the amazing Langley School in Canada teaching the likes of James Hill.
Peter writes: “My aim is to have the group play 2 or 3 arrangements that I’ll put together with them by the end of the session. I’ll be demonstrating vocal, instrumental, and picking techniques throughout…”
To book your place email: uke@verplayers.org.uk
Tickets: £20.00
