{"id":156677,"date":"2026-04-03T21:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/156677\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:43:05","slug":"ukulele-orchestra-of-great-britain-to-celebrate-40-years-with-offbeat-genre-hopping-show-in-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/156677\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain to celebrate 40 years with offbeat, genre-hopping show in Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"622\" data-start=\"486\">The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will bring its 40th anniversary tour to Penn Live Arts\u2019 Zellerbach Theatre on Saturday, April 11.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"968\" data-start=\"624\">The eight-member ensemble is known for performing a wide range of music using only ukuleles and vocals, with setlists that can move from pop and rock to classical pieces. Their shows often lean into the contrast between the small, four-string instrument and the scale of the songs, mixing straightforward arrangements with a dry sense of humor.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1097\" data-start=\"970\">Founded in 1985, the group has built an international following for its genre-spanning approach and stripped-down performances.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1164\" data-start=\"1099\">The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices vary based on seating.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pennlivearts.org\/event\/UkuleleOrchestra\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1164\" data-start=\"1099\">Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.<br \/>The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts<br \/>Zellerbach Theatre<br \/>3680 Walnut Street<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19104<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1164\" data-start=\"1099\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will bring its 40th anniversary tour to Penn Live Arts\u2019 Zellerbach Theatre&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4877,71004,13517,69,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-156677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-penn-live-arts","10":"tag-performances","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","13":"tag-philadelphia-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}