TukaTuka 2020

Tuka Tuka 2020 in a bird’s-eye view: an all-inclusive African music weekend. Several workshops:  djembe, ngoni, dundun, balafon, singing, afropop and dance. Fun nights with music, drinks and good company. Fee € 139,– including accommodation, breakfast/lunch/dinner on Saturday, breakfast/lunch on Sunday and all drinks during the weekend (coffee and tea during the day and a selection of juices, sodas and alcoholic beverages during the festivities), excluding extra’s if required, like instrument rental and linen.

Tuka Tuka African Weekend new style

This year, we’ll be doing things completely different! Different in a way that suits how we view the world and enables us to make this world a little bit better. The best feedback we’ve got from our visitors over the years has been about the Tuka Tuka feeling. That coming to the Tuka Tuka weekend felt like a warm hug. ‘Our Tuka family’ they would call us. We felt and feel that’s the biggest compliment anyone could ever give us. But we also heard that coming to our weekend wasn’t doable for everyone, financially. And that news, we liked less.

African workshop weekend with donation system

That’s why we have decided to radically change the Tuka concept and make reachable for more people. To achieve that we are going to use a donation system. That means that Tuka visitors will pay a basic amount for being at the weekend. This amount is fixed because they cover the costs that we have to pay for your accommodation, food and stuff, There’s no avoiding that one. For that amount every paying visitor can stay with us over the weekend and make and/or listen to music. As usual, we have several spaces at our disposal. Some of those will be reserved for workshops and some for people who want to make music together. The latter will be divided into categories, so the louder instruments will not drown out the softer ones.

So this year you can chose to do several different things. You could, for instance, enter both a ngoni and a balafon workshop and also jam with your fellow Tuka visitors or go for a walk part of the day. Please note that you’re to register for some of the workshops beforehand. You can do this the registration form.

Workshops by renowned teachers

In the spaces reserved for workshops, renowned teacher will be offering musical workshops. The teachers involved are entering into this adventure with us and will not get paid for their effort. It’s up to those who enter the workshops to remunerate them and thus show their appreciation. The idea behind this is that those with the larger means will pay a bit more and those who have lesser funds, give what they can. This way, the workshops will be affordable for more people and it will be fairer. In each workshop space there will be a bucket or pot in which you can put your contribution. You can register for more than one type of workshop and therefore do different things over the weekend.

Workshop Program

Saturday

• 10.00-11.30, Djembe Beginner, Sebastiaan de Vries, reservation through registration form
• 10.00 – 11.30, Ngoni Introduction, 8 Ngoni’s available, no registration needed
• 10.00 – 12.30, African Dance, Serge Badoue, reservation through registration form
• 10.00 -12.30, Balafon with Percussion, Paul Nas, reservation through registration form
• 10.00 – 12.30, Djembe Advanced, Eef Bresser, reservation through registration form
• 10.00 – 16.30, Afropop, Paulus Kock, reservation through registration form
• 14.30 – 17.00, African Dance, Serge Badoue, reservation through registration form
• 14.30 – 17.00, Ngoni Advanced, Michiel Moerkerk, no registration needed
• 14.30 – 16.00, African Singing with Balafon and Percussion, Paul Nas, no registration needed
• 14.30 – 17.00, DounDoun Advanced, Sebastiaan de Vries, reservation through registration form

Sunday

• 10.00-11.30, Djembe Beginner, Eef Bresser, no registration needed
• 10.00 – 12.30, African Dance, Serge Badoue,no registration needed
• 10.00 – 12.30, Ngoni Advanced, Michiel Moerkerk, reservation through registration form
• 10.00 -12.30, Balafon with Percussion, Paul Nas, no registration needed
• 10.00 – 12.30, Djembe Advanced, Sebastiaan de Vries, reservation through registration form
• 10.00 – 16.30, Afropop, Paulus Kock, reservation through registration form
• 14.00 – 15.30, Ngoni Introduction, 8 Ngoni’s Available, no registration needed
• 14.00 – 16.30, Doundoun Beginner / Slightly Advanced, Eef Bresser, reservation through registration form

Tuka Tuka Afrikan musical weekend also open to guests

What is also new this year, is that Tuka Tuka 2020 is open to guests of our participants who do not want to enter workshops or jam sessions, but just want to have a fun weekend with African influences. Many spaces will therefore be open to an audience. Our location also offers splendid walking opportunities and is close to the wonderful city of Eindhoven. So, if you just want to have a nice weekend with fun people in an exciting environment, you are very welcome to join us. If you’ve always wanted to bring, for instance, your partner or sister, now is your chance.

Even our famous Tuka nights will be interactive

And just when you thought it wouldn’t get any better, there’s more… During the Friday and Saturday night timeslots will be available for you to show all of us what you can do, as long as it’s related to African or world music. It has to fit the weekend. If you (and your group) want to fill a slot, please get in touch with us. When there are no performances, we will play music that will also be interactive as much as possible.

In short, it will be a weekend for Tuka visitors by Tuka visitors! We are really looking forward to and hope to see as many of you as possible. Want to help us? Please share the existence of this weekend with as many people as possible. Share it on social media, via e-mail or just plain word of mouth. Thanks a lot in advance