Hand Pan Festival 2015

Hand Pan Festival 2015

Saturday 29th to Sunday 30th August 2015
The Overstone Scout Grounds, Overstone, Northamptonshire, NN6 0PF, England MAP
£35 for adults, children10-17 £15
Daily capacity: 499
Last updated: Wed 19th Aug 2015

The fifth annual Northampton Community Drum Healing Music Festival Summer Retreat now called Hand Pan Festival, takes place at The Overstone Scout Grounds, Northamptonshire, and offers a weekend for helping the mind, body and soul and also your health and well being over three days on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th August 2015.

Line-up

Frankie C, Mad Is Me, Orbital Kaos, Soul Mo Funk, Esme Eva, Jet Black Blues, Silver Tongue Bandaleros, Peter NightEagle, and more to be added soon.

There will be two full days of music across both stages. Everything is intended to be low key and easy going with lots of little workshops, jamming and talking. There will be no large PA systems or laser lit stages, its just a nice and easy gathering of people, with a small PA and lots of acoustic stuff.

Activities

The activities include such things as native American flute playing and workshops, African drum workshops, didgeridoo workshops and all types of holistic therapies such as sound baths, reiki, massage, health and well being therapies and talks plus lots more etc.

Tickets

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This is a ticket only event, there will be no tickets available on the gate.

Tickets are priced at £35 for adults, £15 for children aged 10-17 years, and free for the under 10s.

More info

The weekend is for relaxing or taking part and learning a few new skills coupled with the option of simply stopping and doing nothing at all should you wish. Venues include the Grassland Stage covering all music genres, and the Portable Stage with acoustic and public open mic slots. There are also Healing Practitioners including Complimentary Therapies, Healing Sound-Reiki-Massage-etc, Drumming Workshops, Drum Circles, Soundscapes, and Gong Baths. Plus workshops, circus skills, woodland walks, poetry, comedy, demonstrations, as well as many other activities including Reiki, massage, health and well being therapies and lots of alternative workshops on offer.

There are come wooden lodges on site with bunk beds onsite for £5 extra per person for the whole weekend

The location offers grassy fields and woodlands. The venue is secure and children friendly, it also has proper brick built toilet and shower block facilities onsite! No dogs allowed under any circumstances!

More information will be here when available.




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