We all are made of Earth, Water, Fire and Air. This session is a taste of the ceremonial music of Zimbabwe.  The Shona people in particular use drums, dance, songs and stories. Their music links them with their ancestors and helps maintain a strong understanding of the connection between the Heavens and Earth.



Come together with performers and workshop facilitators for a big jam.  A chance to practice new skills. Drum, dance, sing, play in a diverse co-creative expression session.


Improvisation is a fun, interactive, creative way of expressing yourself musically. In these workshops, you will explore ways to free yourself from your inhibitions with simple devices to help develop improvisation skills and extend confidence on your given instrument. Throughout the workshop you will be guided to find your own..

Workshops will be facilitated by various International & Local artists.

Take a peek into the mind of a producer and see a snippet of what it takes to make music in the 21st century.

This workshop is a step-by-step progression for beginners and advanced players in learning new rhythms on the didgeridoo. All participants will get the opportunity to learn new techniques and to discover the anatomical perfection of each. This session will give everyone present the opportunity to improve playing for ..

The intense level of joy, which can be experienced from playing the djembe can be of the same intensity, whether you are a novice or an African master drummer, provided the core elements of rhythm are followed. In this aspect, the drum does not discriminate.

Evolving Rhythms: Non traditional "Groove" drumming workshops and a crash course to fluency in the ancient and universal language of rhythm. Participants will learn to listen to each other,  reach out with their senses and super fine tune their telepathy. By the end of the workshop, their intuition and telepathy..

This workshop is an introduction to accompaniment and tune playing on this instrument demonstrating some chord shapes, strumming techniques and counter melody patterns. You must bring your own instrument but if you don't have one, feel free to attend to listen, absorb and share in my knowledge.

This workshop, will demonstrate the techniques of playing tunes on the irish tin whistle and the low whistle. Some knowledge of melody playing and tunes are needed. The workshops will deal with the composition of tunes on the whistle and the fingering styles used. You should bring a tin whistle to the festival if you wish to particpate.

Mbira is an instrument used in ceremonies in Zimbabwe as a way of contacting the Ancestral Spirits. In this workshop, we shall learn how the notes are arranged in an easy way and learn to play a simple tune and song together. Some instruments provided.

Open your heart and clear your head with “kirtan”. Join Anahata Yoga Retreat and special guest Chakradhyan every evening 7-8pm for joyful singing and dancing in this uplifting Yoga practice of call-and-response singing of mantras.

Suitable for all ages, children welcome.

In this workshop, Carolina will teach how to gently warm up the voice, overview body basics, and move into some body rhythms with vocal overlay. She’ll take you through some basic information, earwork and Indianisation of the sounds, joining everyone in a sound circle for glorious singing with freedom.

A workshop to play with creative self expression through music, voice and extroversion...

Karen has been working with song creation for many years in different situations ranging from lecturing at Auckland University..