Ukulele Death Squad return to Sydney for a performance of their genre-bending no-holds-barred studio EP, taking you through Australiana disco, grungy blues and ukulele punk chaos.
Leave dignity at the door as they transport you to dancehalls around the world with their trademark unhinged musical virtuosity. Prepare to sing, laugh and be amazed at a show where the fourth wall doesn’t stand a chance.
Ukulele Death Squad is the band no-one can define, but everyone wants to see live. This 8-piece band’s raunchy stage antics and heart-stopping ballads have mesmerised audiences around Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Catch a whiff of Brazilian-style ukulele, a thunderous horn fanfare or sing along to a sea shanty favourite. Do yourself a favour. Become the silliest and boldest version of yourself, for one night only.
“Essentially My Life Is A Disaster” is Ukulele Death Squad’s latest musical offering, recorded and mixed at Rolling Stock Studios over 2025. Featuring some of U.D.S.’s newest compositions as well signature festival favourites, these recordings showcase a stylistic and instrumental breadth from their newest band members, taking you through Australiana disco, to grungy blues, latin surf-rock and back to U.D.S.’s signature balkan inspired ukulele brass and vocal mania.
Supported by Ashkan Shafiei and Shanty Club:
Drawing from Iranian folk traditions and the sounds of 1960s and ’70s Tehran, Ashkan Shafiei blends nostalgia with experimentation. Raised on smuggled pre-revolution cassette tapes and later shaped by Western influences, his groovy sound—driven by hypnotic rubab melodies and inventive rhythms—leads audiences into a trance-like experience.
Shanty Club has been bringing friends and strangers together to sing in Sydney bars for over a decade. With an infectious energy and a wide repertoire of shanties, work songs, and folk music, they create an atmosphere where everyone can join in, no matter their singing ability!