Hans popped into the shop recently and walked away with “Bucky” – this beautiful 15.5″ heartwood Lenke djembe from Guinea …we put a nice medium Malian goat skin on Bucky and he sure has some BASS frequency. It’s Han’s first drum and he is PUMPED! 😄
Our full range of djembes can be found here
A new weekly series showcasing a different instrument available in-store and online 
This week: Mike & Frank play the guiro (Mike, right) and thumb bells (Frank, left)
Anna bought our 12 year old refurbished djembe last week. She saw our Facebook post and immediately rushed to our store to snag it! Thanks Anna, hope you’re loving this beauty! 😊
Our full range of djembes can be found here
New dunun classes, Good Vibes, Bali… Simon discusses African Drumming’s upcoming news & events direct from AD HQ.
Event dates below 😃
Dunu Teke shows – February 22nd & March 15th 2019
Drum making workshop – February 23rd 2019
Good Vibes retreat – March 1st – 3rd 2019
Dunun workshop series (with Laura Kirkwood) – March 24th, 31st & April 4th 2019
Bali drum camp – May 19th – 29th 2019
A new weekly series showcasing a different instrument available in-store and online
This week: Simone and Mike play the small djembe cajon (Simone on the left) and the classic cajon (Mike on the right) – A cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front face with the hands.
New friend to AD, Adam picked up a monster 15.5″ Master series Guinea lenke djembe last week. Originally a darbuka player, he wanted a drum with sharp slaps and a big bass. The master series are our top line djembes, boasting immaculate, faultless shells, pure tonal range and formidable projection. Check them out here.
A new weekly series showcasing a different instrument available in-store and online 🎵
This week: Mike and Franky play the tongue drum – a small acoustic drum (also known as a contemporary West African log drum). Easy for anyone to play this drum produces a warm melodic sound.
Community classes, drum making workshops, summer jams, retreats… Simon discusses African Drumming’s upcoming news & events direct from Ghana.
Event dates below.
Community classes – from January 15th 2019
Community summer jam – January 20th 2019
Drum making workshop – February 23rd 2019
Good Vibes retreat – March 1st – 3rd 2019
Bali drum camp – May 19th – 29th 2019
Only a few more sleeps until our annual trip to Ghana, and we can’t wait! It’s our 14th tour this year and we’re excited to see old friends, each with a unique story to tell. One of our beloved past times in Ghana is visiting our favourite drum makers and watching them work, joining in the traditional song and dance. It’s such a lively community of artists, musicians and creatives and we’re looking forward to immersing ourselves in the culture once again. Watch this space for photos & videos of our 2018/19 summer in Ghana.
Location: Accra and Volta Region, Ghana West Africa
Dates: December 30th 2018 – January 26th 2019
Here’s the run down – join us for our 9th Camp in beautiful Bali! http://bit.ly/BaliDrumCamp19
For over ten years we’ve been working with the team at Counterpart – supporting woman with breast cancer through the power of African Drumming. We love our annual visit and always come away uplifted by the happy faces.
Here’s some more research on the benefits
http://bit.ly/DrummingForBreastCancer
One of the globes hottest properties in Djembe, Bassidi Koné is joining us in August for an advanced level master class weekend. A few spots still left.
Inquiries to [email protected]
A special weekend Master Class for Advanced / Pro level drummers with Malian Djembefola BASSIDI KONE
Recognised as one of the world’s hottest djembe players right now, Bassidi will be challenging Advanced & Pro level players through an 8 hr intensive guaranteed to push your playing limits.
Bassidi will share his Griot knowledge and incredible djembe skills in this exploration of Malinke rhythms.
The Weekend is by invitation or expression of interest only and strictly for Adv/ Pro level players.
WHEN: Sat Aug 11 1.30 -6pm & Sun Aug 12th 1 -5pm
WHERE: African Drumming Headquarters, 252 St Kilda Rd, St Kilda
RATE $160 with $50 deposit due on booking to secure your place (Limited to 20pax)
It was Hamish’s birthday last weekend. All he wanted was a drumming party and a djembe … well his cool Mum Emily made it all happen – that’s one happy Djembefola right there!
Be sure not to miss out on our amazing African Drumming kids parties, you can find out more about the packages we offer here.
African Drumming is proud to have led the Melbourne Walk against Family Violence through the city – a great turn out for a great cause.
On average, at least one woman a week is killed by a partner or former partner in Australia. We all need to unite to help eliminate this heinous crime and to support those whose lives have been affected.
The summer edition of our legendary high voltage drum & dance event is moving outdoors to enjoy the sun while pumping non-stop tribal music guaranteed to make you dance.
This student performance event brings all of our classes from around Melbourne together to perform their ensembles’ traditional and contemporary West African rhythms.
This Tribalism will also celebrate our end of year jam – so BYO everything to make you happy – Food, drinks & friends!
Everyone is welcome!
Time: 2:30pm
Where: The Post Hotel St Kilda: 304-306 St Kilda Rd
Drumming takes you places! We were out at Jundah Racecourse (1300km’s west of Brisbane) this weekend for the Channel Country Ladies Day celebrations. Awesome place, awesome people, great times!
Big ups to Gabriel Otu for taking the music and dance to the Red Earth!
Rich from the good vibes and happiness that was shared last year, we cannot wait for this new Bali Drum Camp to happen. It is the perfect occasion if you wish to expand your knowledge of West African music at a heavenly location, no matter what your level is !
For more information check out our brochure and sign up form. You can also visit the Bali Drum Camp Facebook page or our FB event page.
We’ve been supporting the great work of a Ghanaian NGO called Dream Big Ghana for a decade now. Recently they have really stepped up their diversity of projects in the local Volta Region communities. When we first started helping, it was directed to their awesome sanitation / toilet block building project, and now they have expanded into a Learning centre and Football academy.
Through the directive efforts of Dougal Croudace and the team at Meet Me There African Home Lodge and this years force of Josie Scott and Graeme Ramsey things are rollicking along in 2017. The local school is now receiving a new toilet block and the learning centre has two sets of drums (to keep the traditional music alive), books in several languages and even a few laptops!
We’ll be leading a group of 25 students right into the heart of this community in 7 weeks time and we can’t wait to help things grow just that little bit more with our physical support and funds raised via the African Drumming community !!
After the success of our inaugural world percussion extravaganza last July, we’re thrilled to bring another weekend of superb
workshops & performances. If you have workshop requests we’d love to hear from you
