1st UK Taiko Festival – 2005
Friday 8th July
Exeter Northcott – National Youth Taiko Concert, featuring: Budehaven College, Charmouth Primary School, Exmouth Community College, Huish Episcopi Taiko, Kagemusha Junior Taiko, Mounts Bay Taiko, Oku Nojo Daiko
Saturday 9th July
Exeter Northcott – Taiko Meantime (matinee); Kagemusha Taiko & Taiko Meantime (evening)
Sunday 10th July
Exeter Northcott – Tamashii School of Taiko (matinee); Kagemusha Taiko & Joji Hirota and the Taiko Drummers (evening)
Daytime, Saturday & Sunday
Guildhall Shopping Centre – Free Taiko performances and “have-a-go” workshops
featuring Tano Taiko, Callington Taiko, Q.E. Crediton Taiko, Woodroffe School Taiko, the Taiko Rangers and Oliver & Katja from Yo Bachi Daiko, Hamburg.
Youth Taiko Concert
The first concert at the first UK Taiko Festival was given by a range of youth taiko groups from the south-west of England, and featuring Kagemusha Junior Taiko Group. Watch this highlights reel from the concert to get a sense of what it was like.
See also: 2nd UKTF; 3rd UKTF; 4th UKTF; 5th UKTF; 6th UKTF; 7th UKTF; 8th UKTF; 9th UKTF; 10th UKTF; 11th UKTF; 12th UKTF; 13th UKTF.