...will be the event Hosts and performers  Jim and Cheryl Ravoira have been performing since 2007 in a skiffle jazz style while playing blues, ragtime, standards and folk music.  

They have been hosting Festivals since 2010 including the Little David Music festival (3), Blackwater Ukulele Festival (11), Uketoberfest, Ukeoween (3) , and Cukeout. 

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The Blue Poodles are back this year with a fine selection of your favorites!  They have been playing at the BlackWater Festival since 2022, Mary on U-bass, and Olli on the baritone uke.  This year we are honored to have Cheryl and Jim Ravoira joining us on soprano uke and banjolele.

It's our favorite Lil Uke Band performing at the festival!!The “Lil Ukulele Band” consists of Monica Hernandez-Kenemuth and Pierre Leblanc.  They will be covering a wide range of songs and are a real treat to have at the Festival.  

Nathan will perform for our lunch concert.  He is a wonderfully talented, multifaceted musician.  He is an embodiment of what the latest wave of ukulele popularity is all about.

From strumming, picking, tapping to harmonics, Nathan makes his ukulele speak in ways you dreamed you could.  Selected by the Charleston City Paper as one of five nominees for the Best Musician in Charleston!  This is one performance you don't want to miss.

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Noodle McDoodle has performed with his ukulele for over 25 years. He has taught workshops at the North Carolina Ukulele Academy, the Augusta Heritage Swing Week music camp, at the Flea Fest is Shelby, NC, at the Hungry Monk School of Music, and at previous Blackwater Ukulele Festivals. Noodle has a broad knowledge of music but specializes in 1920s and 30s Swing. His band, the V-Tones of Charleston, plays Swing dances regularly.   See Noodle for some tips. 

Old Time Cover Band features Lee Arnold on fiddle accompanied by Marie Arnold on banjolele and Kim Carter on guitar.  Their performance of old time fiddle tunes is rounded out with covers of folk songs from times gone by.  

Mountain Dulcimer players that love their unique  instrument.   Meet Cheryl, Alexis, Marie, CherylD, Dwight, Cathy and Jim.