Jake Shimabukuro

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Sienna Morales

Jake Shimabukuro and ukulele.

Jake Shimabukuro

media release: This is a Reserved Seat Show. All ticketing is through Ticketmaster. Doors 7PM | Show 8PM.

Jake Shimabukuro has been captivating audiences around the world with his unique and dynamic style for the past two decades. He will be performing in Madison at Barrymore Theatre on Friday, August 9. He will be performing songs off his newest album, Blues Experience, set to release this fall and songs from his last released album, Grateful. 

This new album, Blues Experience, is a combo of the best - Shimabukuro and Mick Fleetwood who breathe new life into classic blues tunes, resulting in an exhilarating and unique reinterpretation of some of the genre's greatest hits. Grateful is his most personal album to date, featuring Hawaiian music royalty such as Henry Kapono, John Cruz, Raiatea Helm, Brother Noland, Kimié Miner and many more - all kanikapila style in a return to Jake’s roots. 

Over the past two decades, Jake Shimabukuro has proved that there isn’t a style of music that he can’t play. While versatility for any musician is impressive, Jake showcases his transcendent skills as he explores his seemingly limitless vocabulary – whether it’s jazz, rock, blues, bluegrass, folk, or even classical – on perhaps the unlikeliest of instruments: the ‘ukulele. Called “one of the hottest axemen of the past few years [who] doesn’t actually play guitar” (Rolling Stone), Jake Shimabukuro has become one of the most exceptional and innovative ‘ukulele players in the history of the instrument—an artist who has drawn comparisons to musical titans such as Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis.