Ukulele goodness Wel­ling­ton Pub­lic Lib­rary is get­ting into the spir­it of NZ Music Month with a series of free con­certs of the course of this week.

Our pick of the bunch is the Wel­ling­ton Inter­na­tion­al Ukulele Orches­tra, fea­tur­ing the tal­ents of Flight of the Conchords Bret McK­en­zie and loc­al song­s­mith Age Pry­or, as well as an ever-expand­ing num­ber of equally tal­en­ted ukulele-wield­ing play­ers.

They’re play­ing on the mezzan­ine level in the Young Adult area at the Cent­ral Lib­rary from 1pm on Fri­day. Their reg­u­lar Thursday-morn­ing practice/concert at Deluxe Cafe has seen a few clas­sic kiwi num­bers being rehearsed (Strait­jack­et Fits on uke? It can be done), so it should be good fun.

The Lib­rar­y’s also going a bit Willy Wonka, with 20 ‘Secret CDs’ being hid­den in the Cent­ral Lib­rar­y’s New Zea­l­and CDs col­lec­tion. Bor­row one, and you can win a $20 music vouch­er from Real­Groovy or Music Works. Choice.