Tribe Of Doris

Specialties

The UK’s foremost participatory worldwide music event bringing people from all cultural backgrounds together through drum, dance, song and ceremony. For the last 19 years tribe of Doris had held ground-​breaking events with top musicians sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm for their culture with students of all ages and from all walks of life. If you want to try drumming from Senegal, Brasilian Samba, singing from Tibet or West Papua, dance from South Africa or Sufi whirling or are curious about the healing ceremony of the Moroccan Gnawa or many other musical styles this is the place to come and try them out. Fun, friendly, encouraging for beginners and advanced alike! See www​.tribe​of​doris​.co​.uk for more information.

History

Established in 1991.

We started out as a ‘drumming convention’ because we felt hand drumming had a bit of a bad name and we knew some fantastic West African drummers who were teachi9ng locally. We all had such a good time that we did it again and gradually we began to grow from 75 people the first year to our current size of 1200. Over the years we have expanded from our initial focus on west African drum and dance to include musical formas from all over the world. We have Australian aborigines, Cherokee Indians, Mexican Aztecs, Javanese ritual dancers, Inuit throat singers and drum dance song and ceremony from all corners of the globe. The main emphasis is participation and it is this that sets us aside from other festivals. We have all the fun of a festival but its the participants creating it! We became a Company Limited by Guarantee in 2002 and have a loyal Management Committee.