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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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News

Upcoming courses in November 2023  07/11/2023
A great opportunity for beginners to give Taiko a try at a cheaper price than usual, and also for improvers and more experienced to try out some different techniques and styles each week.

PICKERING Tuesday evening course starts on 21st November. Click for full details
YORK Friday evening course starts on 24th November. Click for full details
LEEDS Monday evening course in starts on 27th November. Click here for full details

Places need to be booked in advance, and can go very fast!
To book your place, please email: tengutaiko@hotmail.com

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Performances through the summer  21/06/2023
We have lots of upcoming performances throughout the summer and beyond, both local and further afield.
Check out our performance schedule HERE

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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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Taiko workshop in York, October 2022   24/09/2022
Experience the power of the Odaiko, the biggest drum of the Taiko ensemble.
3 hour workshop on Sunday 23rd October at Sheriff Hutton hall, York.
Full details HERE

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Taiko workshop in the Wirral, Cheshire   31/08/2022
We are excited to announce that we are returning to the Wirral to hold a 3 hour Taiko workshop
on Sunday 18th September!
The workshop will be held from 12pm - 3pm at Claremount Rd church hall in Wallasey.
Places are limited, so don't delay booking your place! Full details HERE

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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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Birmingham cherry blossom festival   23/02/2022
We are performing at the Red Brick Market in Birmingham, on Sat 26th March,
as part of the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival.
Performance times will be at 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm.
Lots of other Japanese themed things to see and do throughout the day.
Full details for the day at: japanfestbrum.co.uk/

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Taiko taster workshops at Pocklington Arts Centre  05/02/2022
PAC, near York, are hosting 2 introductory workshops later this month, for kids and adults.
FRIDAY 25th FEB - Kids workshop. (ages 8 - 15) 10.30am - 11.30am
SATURDAY 26th FEB - Adult workshop (ages 13 and up) 10.30am - 12pm

Both workshops are £5 per person and should be booked directly with the arts centre.
Full details HERE.

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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.