Tengu Taiko Drummers

Available for performance across the UK. We provide an exciting, dynamic and visual form of Japanese drumming which is great for many types of event.

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We have a new Taiko Dojo in York! And we need your help to kit it out acoustically. Full details in the video. Any help sharing of donating will be very much appreciated. You can donate at: https://t.co/hC0jDhuFx6
Many thanks, the Tengu Taiko Team

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Takuya Taniguchi & Tengu Taiko Drummers concert tickets for Saturday 24th May are now on sale!
To book, visit: https://t.co/bacqX6PQtp

Plus a workshop with Takuya on Sunday 25th May at 12.30pm in York. Full details for and booking for this at
https://t.co/pvSIYgZDu8

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Tickets will be going live this week, for our concert in York with Takuya Taniguchi on Sat 24th May! We will be posting full details very soon! :)

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We are very excited and proud to announce that we will be performing our very first theatre show in York, along with Top Taiko soloist, Taiko-ist Takuya Taniguchi on Saturday 24th May 2025.

Full details for the performance and also a workshop with Takuya will be released soon!

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We are looking forward to performing at Whitby Krampus Run this Sunday 8th Dec, at the Whitby Brewery. We will be on at 2pm & 6pm with the fantastic Westerna playing a set in between.

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We had an awesome time last weekend, doing 6 performances and a 'have a go session' over 2 days for the Japan Matsuri in Liverpool and at Conwy Castle in North Wales.
Photos by Andrew Clay and Combat Wombat Inc.

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Catch us performing tomorrow (Sunday) at the Woodthorpe festival in Acomb, York. It’s a free festival and we will be onstage at 1.15pm.

More details at: https://t.co/kSCGk9uKsp

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We have a busy couple of months ahead with 7 performances in July and August. Local gigs at the Woodthorpe festival and Fulford Show, and further afield at Tattooed Planet in Manchester, Summer Matsuri in Liverpool and at Conwy Castle in North Wales. https://t.co/6YlUdSUNya

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We had an awesome time at Poppleton Beer Festival last weekend. There was a great audience, but a young boy called George got a little scared of our Shishi Lion, so he drew this fantastic picture of him to make it all ok. 😃

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Playing to a great audience at Papplewick Pumping station in Nottingham.

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Happy 2024 to everyone! It’s the year of the Dragon, and we wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous year ahead.

Our thoughts go out to everyone experiencing the recent earthquakes in Japan, and we wish you all a safe path through this frightening and dangerous time. 🙏

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Some great pics from our last performance at @DokiDokiFest

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We will be performing this Bank Holiday Monday (28th Aug) at the Fulford Show in York. Catch us at 2pm & 3pm with a chance to have a go yourself.
The Fulford show is held in the playing fields, just off School lane.

Hope to see you there. :)

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Some nice pics from a recent private party we performed at in Warrington.

Photos by https://t.co/bNOcEDv4Ko

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Tengu Taiko drummers, along with our Shishi lion, would like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy year of the Rabbit! Best wishes for 2023!

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We are starting 2023 off with a FREE beginners introductory session in York on Friday 6th January.

Places need to be booked in advance, as spaces are limited!
To book your place, please email: [email protected]

More info can be found at https://t.co/6YlUdSUNya

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Wishing all our friends, students and followers a fantastic time over the festive season and a happy and healthy 2023!

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@jjjj86 @Yoko0301Wales @EisakuYanagita @Wales_in_Japan We would interested in coming along to perform at some point, if Japanese Taiko drumming is something you might like on the itinerary?
You can find out more about us at https://t.co/6YlUdSVlnI

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We had a great day in the studios at York Uni, filming some promo material yesterday.