Welcome to the "Ukus du Roc" website

Ukulele and songs

La section les "Ukus du Roc" a été crée en septembre 2020 par Françoise et Jean-Pierre Godard ,ex professeurs de musique et de chant.
Cette section fait partie de l'Association Loisirs et culture des Issambres (A.L.C.I.) présidée par Corinne Rigaud.
Les "Ukus du Roc" se réunissent tous les mardis à 20H30 à la salle de la Batterie aux Issambres (83) et se produisent régulièrement dans les manifestations de la commune (Roquebrune sur Argens) ainsi que dans les différents festivals de ukulélé organisés en France.
Aujourd'hui nous sommes près de 60 adhérents et donc un des plus gros clubs en France de ukulélé.
{{trans:36df9908a52d60c4427f70b6c85ad018_1}} image

Friday April 18, 2025

19:00 - 23:00
Open Mic
Location: Restaurant "l'Abricotier" port of Issambres

Meal reservations directly at the restaurant price: 23 euros main course and dessert Please register for the open stage by email: jpgzik@gmail.com

Saturday April 19, 2025

08:45 - 09:15
Home coffee
Location: Battery Room

Welcoming festival-goers

09:15 - 10:15
Beginner level ukulele workshop
Location: Battery Room

Introductory workshop with Framboize Ukulele loan possible on request

09:15 - 10:15
Intermediate level ukulele workshop
Location: Battery Room

Workshop with Jipi

10:30 - 11:30
Cajon workshop for beginners/intermediates
Location: Battery Room

Workshop with Alexis Possibility of loan of cajon on request

10:30 - 11:30
Body percussion workshop
Location: Battery Room

Workshop with Marie

11:45 - 12:15
Flashmobs rehearsal
Location: Battery Room

rehearsal of songs from the St Tropez repertoire

12:15 - 13:15
Aperitif concert with the "Waikikis Playboys"
Location: Battery room

Songs and dances

13:15
Tahitian Meal
Location: Battery room

Tahitian meal subject to change 15 euros with drinks

13:45 - 14:30
Concert with "Anne and the Wolves"
Location: Battery room


14:30 - 18:00
open stage
Location: Battery room

Please register in advance

18:30 - 20:00
Aperitif dinner concert with Yann Yalego trio
Location: Robert Manuel room


20:30 - 23:00
Concert with the "Kaila Sisters" and the "Ukuléléboboys"
Location: Robert Manuel room


Sunday April 20, 2025

10:30 - 18:00
St Tropez boat trip
Location: Les Issambres-Saint Tropez

9:15 a.m. Flashmob in Les Issambres (shops) 10:30 a.m. Port des Issambres departure for Saint Tropez 12 p.m. Picnic on La Ponche beach 2 p.m. Flashmobs in front of the police station and the Portalet tower 6 p.m. return to Les Issambres Round trip fare: 18 euros

19:00 - 23:30
Open Mic
Location: Restaurant "l'Ocean Drive" large beach of St Aygulf

Meal reservations directly at the restaurant Price: 20 euros main course, dessert and a non-alcoholic drink Please register for the open stage by email: jpgzik@gmail.com

Monday April 21, 2025

09:15 - 10:15
Intermediate ukulele workshop
Location: Battery Room

Workshop with Yann

09:15 - 10:15
Intermediate/advanced cajon workshop
Location: Battery Room


10:30 - 11:30
Workshop confirmed
Location:

Workshop with Adrien

10:30 - 11:30
Construction workshop and introduction to the Double Bassine
Location: Battery Room

Workshop with Julien

10:45 - 11:30
Musical egg hunt for children
Location: Battery Garden


11:30 - 12:00
Percussion entertainment (spoons) for all audiences
Location: Battery Room


12:00 - 13:30
Aperitif concert with "Uke@" (Adrien Janiak and Charly Baruz)
Location: Battery Room


13:30
Meal
Location:

Buffet or barbecue Cheese Dessert 15 euros drinks included

14:00
Raffle draw
Location:


14:30 - 19:00
open stage
Location: Battery Room

Please register

"Ukuleleboboys"

Rediscover cult songs to the sound of two ukuleles, four boots, a sampler and a few effects. Caramba! With Ukuleleboboys it's not just about mariachis, it's not just about the ukulele. It's about Sancho y Diego, two brothers from Mexico to whom we are sure to become attached. For their sharp, complicit, sincere, generous musicality and their sense of cover. For their whimsical, energetic, eccentric, comical personality and their sense of improvisation. With Ukuleleboboys, we dive into a musical world that exudes an absurd warmth that carries the audience into a collective fever that is conducive to smiles. The choice of songs (from Britney Spears to David Bowie, including Joe Dassin and Serge Gainsbourg), the beauty of the voices in harmony, the demands of the arrangements, the rhythmic energy, and the lightness constitute the basis of a crazy and joyful rock performance. Body and soul, Sancho y Diego, mariachis from father to son for generations, draw from the infinite world heritage of pop music. Sancho Rodriguez: ukulele, vocals, percussion

Read More  

"Kaila Sisters"

The Kaïla Sisters group was born from a dream, that of reviving Hawaiian music from the beginning of the 20th century. With the ukulele and the lap steel whose timbres immediately evoke the Pacific islands, the quartet also takes the paths of the Blues and, with the presence of the mandolin, adds an original folk note for stopovers in New Orleans land. Through the texts and lyrics of the hits of the time, it is the very contrasting layers of American society that appear, from Sunset Beach to 46th Avenue, the upper middle class on vacation in Hawaii and the unemployed at the end of their rope form the kaleidoscope of this music, like so many small fragments of a larger human fresco. The emotions follow one another, going from the melancholy of a blues to the lascivious mood of a Hawaiian melody, from the invigorating energy of a swing to the passion of a love ballad.

Read More  

"Uke@" (Adrien and Charly)

UKE@ is a duo formed by Adrien Janiak on tenor ukulele and Charly Baruz on bass ukulele. The ukulele is a traditional Hawaiian instrument. There are two ways of looking at music with a ukulele: what can you play with this instrument or how can you play this piece on the ukulele. Adrien and Charly have chosen to take the ukulele into all styles of music. From compositions to arrangements, Uke@ will take you on a journey through styles and eras. Uke'n'roll'n'jazz'n'musette'n'pop'n'etc. Uke@ will present their new album Sawaï. Ten tracks that will take you from the beaches of Hawaii to the mountains of Savoie. On sale at concerts. From compositions to arrangements, Adrien Janiak (tenor ukulele) and Charly Baruz (bass ukulele) demonstrate that if the instrument is discreet, the interpretation can be grandiose. No musical style is avoided, and no limits are set in the good humor either. As a result, the musical cocktail doesn't always have the same color, but the desire to play more is always present.

Read More  

"Baron Gabriel" Blues Trio

Blues-folk-swing trio composed of Hélène Pagliari on double bass, Elie Coquard on harmonicas and Yan Yalego on ukulele, vocals and foot percussion. The repertoire oscillates between traditional Blues, Folk, Swing and original Rock'n'Roll, interspersed with a few rather offbeat covers of more well-known standards. The trio draws most of its references from the New Orleans musical melting pot.

Read More  

"The Waikiki's Playboys"

"Hawaiian Apéro Swing Party" with 3 talented musicians from the Paca region!!!

Read More  

"Anne and the Wolves"

Read More  

To register: jpgzik@gmail.com

Friday evening

"Dassassins" (Valbonne) "Chemical Sisters" (Valbonne) "Karine and Jim" (Valbonne) "UkeOhana" (77) "Cool jazz Uke" (Valbonne) "les Comètes Pailletées" "Pocket concert" "Andreas" (Germany) "Les ukus du roc" "Anne and Pascalou" "Les Bas Varois" "Seb ukulele" FULL

Saturday Afternoon

"Family Thom" (Romagnat 63) "Lola and Elvire" (Montpellier) Emmanuelle B (Montpellier) "Starky and Hutch" (Montpellier) "Maria and Juana" (Montpellier) "The Hummingbirds" (Montpellier) "Chemicals and Glam Girls" (Valbonne) "Karine and Jim" (Valbonne) "Marjorie and Dorothée" (Finistère) "Toulon ukulele" "the Padayuke" (Marseille) "Sergio and Co" (Marseille) FULL

Sunday evening

"Lola et Elvire" (Montpellier) Emmanuelle B (Montpellier) "Pink Uk" (Montpellier) "Maria y Juana" (Montpellier) "les Dalton" (Montpellier) "Les Colibris" (Montpellier) "Chemical Sisters" (Valbonne) "Dassassins" (Valbonne) "Uke the force massacre" (Toulon) "I love ukulele" (Toulon) "Les much" (Marseille) "UkeOhana" (77) SOLD OUT

Monday Afternoon

"Fl'âmes roses" (Montpellier) "Family Thom" (Romagnat 63) "Miam Uk" (Montpellier) "Sebukulele" (Paris) "Toulon ukulele" "the ukus of the rock" "Anne and Pascalou" "The Bas Varois" "The Glittering Comets" "Jean-Louis" "The Trumpeters" FULL

Let it last

Let it last

Patrick Sébastien

Read More  
You are the sun of my life

You are the sun of my life

You are the sunshine of my life (Brigitte Bardot and Sacha Distel)

Read More  
So go get a tan

So go get a tan

Sacha Distel

Read More  
Naked in the sun

Naked in the sun

Naked in the sun

Read More  

"Vaiana Passion"

Shop of Polynesian products, jewelry with Tahitian pearls, monoi, pareo, caps, etc.

Johan Perruche luthier

Johan will be exhibiting his superb ukuleles, lovingly crafted in his workshops in Savoie!

Accommodation

Our venue is located in Les Issambres near the port of Les Issambres and opposite the Spar store. It is also from the port of Les Issambres that we will take the boat on the Sunday of the festival. Les Issambres is a seaside resort and there are hundreds of accommodations near our venue. Please note that the Saturday evening concert is at the Robert Manuel hall, 3 km away. We will organize carpooling and our minibus service.

Transportation

The nearest train station to Les Issambres is Saint Raphaël Valescure (Ouigo/Tgv/Ter) From Paris Gare de Lyon there are direct trains (Paris-Nice) From Marne la Vallée Chessy there is a mandatory change either in Marseille or in Toulon or in Aix en Provence To reach our venue from St Raphael station there are two bus lines: -Line 876 (St Raphael-St Tropez line) the most practical -Line 23 (St Raphael-La chênaie Roquebrune sur Argens line less practical These two bus lines are financed by the region and the agglomeration and the price is around 2.5 euros We have also rented a 9-seater bus to shuttle from the station to our festival venue If you wish to benefit from this service, you will need to tell us a little in advance and give us your timetable so that we can organize ourselves.

 Remerciements à la municipalité de Roquebrune sur Argens pour: -le prêt de la salle la Batterie -le prêt de la salle Robert Manuel -son aide technique -le soutien moral et financier Merci aux élus qui viennent nous voir régulièrement sur nos manifestations et qui nous font confiance! 

Town hall of Roquebrune sur Argens:

 Remerciements à FCER pour son aide financière FCER vous accompagne dans les études et réalisations de vos projets de travaux d’intérieur en tous corps d’état, notamment climatisation et réfection complète de salle de bain. Site Web : www.FCER.fr Contact : Th. Hustache 09 83 21 69 46 - contact@fcer38.com 

 Remerciements à l'association dont on fait partie pour son soutien moral et financier, en particulier à sa Président Corinne Rigaud 

Leisure and culture association of Les Issambres

 Merci au Crédit mutuel pour son soutien aux associations et son aide financière. 

Credit Mutuel

 Location de box à Roquebrune-sur-Argens sur Argens (Zone d'activité des Garillans) 

To each his own box

the "Uke's House" Oléron (17310)

Manufacturer of ukuleles called "Motu", invented and patented by Sylvain Enjoubault. The "Motu" are handcrafted plywood instruments. Thanks to Sylvain for the ukuleles offered.

"The Ukulele House" Vitry sur Seine (94400)

"Casa de ukulele" is the only store in France specializing in ukuleles. Thanks to Jérôme for the many lots offered. Jérôme will be present at our festival with, as usual, a stand particularly well stocked with ukuleles, accessories, scores...

"Full throttle" Fréjus (83370)

"Plein gaz" is a model making and scale model store. Thanks to Fabrice and Véronique for the lots offered

"Karukera Shop" Saint Aygulf (83370)

Clothing and board sports equipment store: surfing, skateboarding, stand up paddle, snow....... Thanks to Cédric and Brice for the lots offered

"Sand flower" Les Issambres (83380)

In this wonderful store you will find pretty flowers, pretty plants and orchids, gift and decoration ideas, a small grocery store and ......ukuleles. Thanks to Carole for the lots offered.

"Riviera Beer" in Saint Raphaël (83118)

Located in St Raphael, this brewery run by young and friendly entrepreneurs (François and Maud) offers you superb soft, aromatic and thirst-quenching beers. To quench your thirst, there is only one solution: Riviera beer!!! Thanks to Riviera Beer for providing the beer taps!!!

"NéoNalya" in Roquebrune sur Argens (83520)

Aesthetic medicine laser center

"IKS" Les Issambres (83380)

Kitesurfing, kite foiling, wing foiling, and e-foiling school in Les Issambres. A 2-hour course session is up for grabs in the raffle. Depending on weather conditions, IKS will offer e-foiling introductory sessions.

"Radio Esterel" in Fréjus St Raphael

Local radio near you!

“L’Arpillon” les Issambres (83380)

Bar/Beach/Pub Terrace with sea view in Les Issambres

"The Bohemian Cabin" Les Issambres (83380)

Dress shop

"Sea and holidays" Les Issambres (83380)

Beach, fishing and souvenir shop in Les Issambres

  • Battery room les Issambres (83)