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Tengu Taiko Drummers, based in York, North Yorkshire, provide entertaining and energetic Japanese style drumming performances throughout the UK,
for a variety of events and festivals. We also have an active teaching programme, through the Tengu School of Taiko, providing regular courses and workshops for both adults and children, as well as bringing this exciting performing art to schools, festivals and corporate events in many areas.

Click on one of the images below to find out more about us, or scroll down for the latest news!

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BOOK A WORKSHOP FOR YOUR SCHOOL, EVENT, SOCIAL GROUP,
CORPORATE / TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY,
OR JUST FOR FUN WITH FRIENDS.

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News

Upcoming courses in November 2024 06/10/2024
Next set of courses courses starting in November!

LEEDS Monday evening course starts on 4th November. Click here for full details
PICKERING Tuesday evening course starts on 5th November. Click for full details
YORK Friday evening course starts on 8th November. Click for full details

Places need to be booked in advance, and can go very fast!
To book your place, please email: [email protected]

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Performances in June - August 12/06/2024
We have a busy couple of months ahead with 7 performances in June and August. These include local gigs at the Woodthorpe festival and Fulford Show in York, as well as further afield for Tattooed Planet convention in Manchester, Summer Matsuri Japanese festival in Liverpool and at Conwy Castle in North Wales to celebrate the twinning with Himeji Castle in Japan. For a full list of our performances this year, see our performance page HERE

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Full day workshop in York on Sat 25th May 15/03/2024
A full day workshop, suitable for beginners through to intermediate,
covering 2 styles of playing - Odaiko and Miyake.
The day runs from 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch at Sheriff Hutton village hall, just outside York.
Click here for full details.

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First performance of 2024  08/12/2023
We are already getting bookings for 2024 in Liverpool, Guernsey, York and Manchester, 
but first will be kicking off with one in London on Saturday 13th January at Tian Tian Oriental supermarket in Ealing, for their Japanese New Year  (正月 Shōgatsu) celebrations.
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Check out our performance schedule HERE
​(more will be added as they come in).

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Cogito Ergo Drum  10/05/2023
We were proud to be part of a recent project put together by Jonathan Kirby of Kagemusha Taiko, called 'Cogito Ergo Drum' (a play on the phrase Cogito Ergo Sum, "I think therefore I am", written by René Descartes in 1637).
It involved over 100 players from 17 different European Taiko groups in 8 different countries, each with their own creative contributions.

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Behind the scenes footage from Doctor Strange film   10/06/2022
Some behind the scenes footage has surfaced, of us practicing the patterns we had to play for our scene in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. You get to see more of the drums in this, than the actual film, which is a pity since they had amazing detail on them.

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Look out for us in 'Doctor Strange 2' Marvel film   06/05/2022
We're really excited about appearing in the new Marvel film 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'.
In January 2021, some of us were involved in production for the film, along with a couple of members from Joji Hirota’s team and Tamashii Daiko!
We traveled down to Longcross film studios in Surrey on a few occasions, and filmed drumming scenes during a battle against the scarlet witch, at the Kamar Taj temple (a Tibetan style temple). Although days could be long, the experience of being on set, and also being involved in consultation with props department for the building of of the huge drums we used, was awesome. The drumming patterns we played were written by Danny Elfman too!

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Performances in Guernsey and Birmingham   30/03/2022
We had a great time in March with performances in Guernsey for the 'Kabuki charity ball'
and in Birmingham for the Cherry Blossom festival. A big thanks to Evoke photography and Arta Gailuma photography for some fantastic pictures from both events, some of which you can see below.

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Chinese New Year at Grantley Hall in Ripon  02/02/2022
This week, we had a great time at Grantley Hall, providing a performance for their Chinese New Year celebrations! Here's some pics, including our Shishimai lion, who got a little carried away with the party atmosphere.