Dining Options

On-site Options

Saturday Dining Package

We're offering a buffet package option this year if you don't want to order from the Altoona Grand's ala carte menus. For one price, eat from a delicious buffet lunch and dinner. Click here for more info!

Hot & Ready

The Altoona Grand Hotel will offer alá carte food for purchase during our meal breaks. Items offered will be chef's choice.

Jam Leader's Guidelines

Your Role Before the Jam

  • Prepare a set list - consider what your theme will be!
    • You will responsible for putting together your Jam's songbook into a Word or PDF document.
    • You will work closely with Amy to select the ideal songs for your jam. 
  • Have a range of songs from easy to intermediate so everyone can enjoy
  • Put them in play order with a Table of Contents

Cancellation/Refund Policy

For the 2025 Allegheny Ukulele Soirée, our cancellation/refund schedule is as follows:

Before February 1, 2025: Full registration fee refund minus $15 cancellation fee (and any fees through our registration platform, RegFox)
February 1 – March 1: 50% registration fee refund
March 2– April 1: 25% registration fee refund
April 2 - April 28: No registration fee refund

Dining package is fully refundable until April 2.

2023 Allegheny Ukulele Soirée Thanks

Mahalo to Everyone!

I want to thank all of our attendees, artists, sponsors, and vendors who helped to make our 10th annual Soirée such a smashing success. It's hard to believe that the Soirée has been going on for an entire decade - from our humble beginnings at our local Penn State branch campus to the nadir of the COVID-19 pandemic, to today! We have so much to be grateful for and it's all because of our wonderful attendees whose smiling faces keep us going!

About the Soirée

The Allegheny Ukulele Soirée is Pennsylvania's longest running Ukulele festival, located in central Pennsylvania in the foothills of the Alleghenies. Dedicated to sharing the ukulele with both the local and ukulele communities, the Soirée blends practical workshops with cultural exploration.

Each year we bring top talent from the Ukulele World to our festival, right here in Altoona, PA. We pride ourselves on providing an intense and immersive experience to all of our festival attendees.