Welcome to San Diego Taiko
Thank you for visiting. We are a community group passionate about performing Japanese Taiko drumming for the San Diego Community. We perform widely for community, private and corporate events. Feel free to explore our site and contact us for more information or if you are interested in a performance or workshop for your organization.Please join our mailing list to receive the latest news on upcoming events. In particular, we will soon announce the schedule of upcoming beginners workshops, to be held Saturday mornings at the World Beat Center in Balboa Park...
San Diego Taiko on TV
San Diego Taiko recently performed at a fund raiser for Fresh Start Surgical Gifts. They auctioned off a private taiko concert and two hour workshop!We were invited by Fresh Start to promote their event on local TV recently. Tune in for some background on taiko and a short performance!
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*NEW* video from our recent DrumSTRONG II concert!
We had a hugely successful second DrumSTRONG concert this March--two sell out shows at the World Beat Center, with special guests Super Sonic Samba School. Thanks to everyone for supporting Taiko and drumming in San Diego!Video edited by Yasuo Umemura. Looks great full-screen: Try clicking the black square near the right of the video player toolbar. Only some browsers support this.
2008 Asian Heritage Awards
San Diego Taiko was recently honored with a nomination for the 2008 Asian Heritage Awards in Performing Arts. Thanks to everyone for your show of support! We opened the Awards ceremony in style with a performance. The award went to East West Players, the nations oldest Asian-American theater organization. This was well deserved and we congratulate them for their long service to the community.Video of San Diego Taiko's first DrumSTRONG concert
February, 2007. We shared the stage with Sene Africa. Check out the amazing finale.Video edited by Eric Franchomme.
