Updates from Viggy HQ ~ February '26

Hi friends! 👋🏻

It’s February! I had a bit of radio silence in January due to getting all my wisdom teeth pulled (really dating myself here…) but I am now feeling much better. Tooth pain is no joke! The good news is they gave me my teeth in a jar, so that’s awesome 🦷🦷🦷🦷

👩🏻‍🦱 Viggytopia Happenings!

This month in Viggytopia, we’re feeling the love from the Wasteland! If you’re a fan of the Fallout TV series or video game series, this month on Patreon we’ll be playing classic chart toppers from the 1950s, as featured in the Fallout franchise! Get ready to play chord melody versions of tunes by The Ink Spots, The Andrews Sisters, Marty Robbins, and more! Here’s our February schedge for Patreon this month:

Monday, Feb 9th @ 6pm EST: Songs on the Fly! 🪰

SOTF returns! Want to learn how to arrange your own chord melodies? In this live workshop, we’ll arrange a song together and in real time on Zoom.

Monday, Feb 23rd @ 6pm EST: Skills Workshop (VOTE!)

This month, Viggytopians can vote on the workshop topic of their choosing. Make sure to join Viggytopia to vote on what you want to learn! I am at your service 🙂‍↕️

📅 Monthly Recap: Tabs & Workshops for January

ICYMI - Here's all the goodies that were added to the drive last month. New fingerstyle tabs are added every single Friday, so there's plenty of tunes for you to get jiggy with!

New tabs! with annotations and audio files at 3 different speeds (50/75/100%)

❄️ High G - Happy by Pharrell Williams

❄️ High G - Call Me by Blondie

❄️ High D - Mary by Black Country, New Road

❄️ Low G - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot

❄️ Baritone - The Bannered Mare from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

New workshops!

3-Day Course: Triplets, Rolls, and Flares... OH MY!

This is a multi-day strumming technique bootcamp for intermediate + players. Each day focuses on a new skill (Day 1: Triplets, Day 2: Rolls, Day 3: Flares) with each day expanding on the previous day's technique. All video replays now available!

🎶 2026 Live Schedule

4/30 - 5/4: Port Townsend, WA - Centrum Ukulele Week

5/8 - 5/10: Lansing, MI - Mighty Uke Day (MUD) (registration is open!)

TBD: Akron, OH - UkeHouse Workshop + Performance

5/29 - 5/31: Las Cruces, NM - Las Cruces Uke Fest (registration is open!)

7/11 - Bristol, UK - Bristol Ukulele Festival (save the date!)

7/24 - 7/25: Kure Beach, NC - First ever Ukecation! (save the date!)

Got a uke group, organization, festival, or gathering looking to get jiggy? Reply to this very newsletter to get in touch with me about booking inquiries!

🤓 Lessons with Viggy!

Did you know I teach private lessons on Zoom? If group workshops aren’t your thing, or you’re looking for a more personalized form of study, I have some lesson openings available for one one one Zoom lessons! All levels welcome, if you’re interested in learning more feel free to reply to this email to get in touch!

🍿 Other Stuff

• Like I mentioned before, a pretty crazy January! Spent a lot of time prepping for uke travels (getting workshop materials designed, coordinating flights, planning Patreon workshops) all while doing my best to not do any of that and rest post wisdom teeth removal…

• I’ve been watching a lot of shows in my downtime! I recently finished up Twin Peaks, and just watched Fire Walk with Me last night. I love my Special Agent Dale Cooper, he is so charming and I too enjoy a damn fine cup of coffee! I’m really excited to check out Snoqualmie WA after Port Townsend Uke Fest in May to see some of the Twin Peaks filming locations. I’ve also been watching The Traitors (very happy they finally got rid of Michael Rappaport, why does he eat food like that??) and, because I love Lisa Rinna, I started watching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I’m caught up on Salt Lake City, and I’m starting Potomac now that Karen is out of jail. My guilty pleasure shows…

• Vic’s movie corner! I of course went to the movies as well. Here’s some stuff I’ve seen recently:

  The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) - Been on a Coen Brothers kick lately, and this is a really underrated comedy that’s co-written by Evil Dead mastermind Sam Raimi! Super funny, very creative, and totally bonkers. (5/5 stars)

  No Country for Old Men (2007) - I hadn’t seen this one surprisingly! What’s not a surprise is how good this film is. Stunning and scary and suspenseful and truly masterful. I’m late to the party I KNOW THAT (5/5 stars)

  No Other Choice (2025) - Based off the Donald Westlake novel “The Ax",” this film is by Korean filmmaker Park Chan-Wook who directed one of my fav movies from 2022, Decision to Leave. No Other Choice is one of the best films of 2025, about a guy who gets fired from his job and makes sure that people know he’s upset. (4.5/5 stars)

  Is This Thing On? (2025) - loved this movie so much! About a guy (Will Arnett) who splits from his wife and gets into stand up comedy to help him cope with all the changes in his life. Really sweet movie about finding a community to help you when you need it. (4/5 stars)

  28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2025) - Sequel to last year’s 28 Years Later, this was a fun watch but pretty intense and gory at times. There was one scene that really made my skin crawl and I did hide behind my hands (not ashamed) but once that passed I really thought it was fun. I think I prefer 28 Years Later though. (3.5/5 stars)

  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me / The Missing Pieces (1992)

  Last night I went to a double feature! Hence my Twin Peaks TV show pregame, we had the tickets for a week or two and I wanted to watch the show beforehand. Both of these were really sad, very downer of a movie, but so so good. Poor Laura ☹️ I do think The Missing Pieces serves as a mandatory addendum to Fire Walk with Me, I’m not sure why some of the stuff was cut because it seems really important. (masterpiece/5)

🖥️ Social Links

Here’s a quick lil dump of all the places you can find me on the internet:

Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and Youtube all as @jiggywithviggy

Jiggywithviggy.com for live events, lesson sign ups, booking info, merch, and more

Patreon.com/jiggywithviggy for Viggytopia membership (weekly annotated ukulele tabs and monthly workshops)

and of course, my newsletter, VIGGY NEWS! Thank you for subscribing and following along 😊

That’ll be all for this update! Thank you for your support and interest, it means the world to me. I hope you are well and have fun strumming wherever you are, and always stay jiggy!

xoxo Viggy