Drumming workshops

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Drumming workshops are a popular local attraction.

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Drumming workshops offer participants the opportunity to get together with like-minded souls and enjoy a few hours pounding away on African drums.  There are a number of private companies who will organise drumming workshops for groups, usually at an outdoor location.

These drumming workshops in South Africa work around the theme of raising one's vibration by pounding away at a djembe or a variety of different African drums.  The facilitators of these workshops will guide you in the basics of drummings – so it's not quite a free for all – and then as a group you will make a unified sound. Generally, drumming circles take place in the outdoors and are especially enjoyable on warm summer evenings.

South African drumming workshops are spread out in different areas. The Klitsgras Drumming circle hosts regular drumming events around the country. Their homebase is in Pretoria and you can book to participate in a day-long drumming workshop facilitated by musician Andries Bruyns. 

In Cape Town, you can enjoy interactive drumming workshops with brother and sister team, Julie and Johnny Blundell through their company, The Rhythm workshop. Groups can be anything from 10 to 3000 people and Johnny and Julie believe in the unifying power of music to bring people together.

There are branches of Drum Cafe in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Knysna. This experiential company offers interactive and group drumming around the country. The mentors at Drum Cafe offer various styles of drumming including Zulu drumming, fusion drumming and gumboot dancing. The Drum Cafe will also teach participants to gumboot dance, if required.

Drumming SA organises drumming events nationwide and specialises in team-building drumming sessions. They'll also throw in a fire-eating display as an added extra. For something a little different, Chris Tokalon (aka The Soundman) offers therapeutic sound workshops where one can utilise the healing power of drumming to create meaningful healing and change.