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Jazz & Blues
Star performer

Jake Shimabukuro

November 8 at 7:30pm

At Birchmere

Potomac West, Alexandria

Reviewers note that seating assignments depend on your arrival order, so consider arriving early if seat placement is important to you.
Tickets can be purchased online or at the venue box office on show nights.

Four steel strings reshape familiar melodies as Jake Shimabukuro takes the stage at The Birchmere for a single evening concert.

Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro

Honolulu ukulele virtuoso blending jazz, rock, classical, blues and Hawaiian music

Headliner


Jake Shimabukuro is a world‑renowned ukulele virtuoso from Honolulu who stretches the instrument across jazz, rock, classical, blues and traditional Hawaiian styles. He gained global fame with his viral 2006 rendition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and has since released acclaimed albums, collaborated with artists such as Bette Midler, Yo‑Yo Ma and Jimmy Buffett, and performed at venues like the Kennedy Center and the Birchmere Music Hall.

What are you into?

  • Four-string ukulele
  • Virtuoso technique
  • Concert performance
  • Birchmere
  • Potomac West
  • Alexandria

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