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What is the value of a live taiko performance at your event?

Live taiko drumming brings significance and importance to any event. The presence of the beautiful and primitive taiko drums and the uniformed drummers lends power and culture to any event or ritual. The powerful movements, sounds, and vibrations of our taiko performance excites and arouses visceral responses in the audience.

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Festivals

Taiko Performances Excite your crowd, Demonstrate traditional Japanese drumming, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Multiple performances throughout the day.

Fushu Daiko has been a crowd favorite at many festivals throughout the years. Hatsume Fair, Asian Cultural Festival, Asia Fest, Lantern Festival, Oshogatsu, and more

Corporate Events

Live taiko adds significance to auspicious events and award ceremonies. Group performances are an engaging and dramatic way to excite your group and focus their attention. Our performance can be woven into presentations and media productions.

Taiko drummers can collaborate with your other live artists and performers to create synergy. VIP guests can be put in traditional garb and shown how to hit the taiko on stage in front of their audience.

A Fushu Daiko performance is always a great session opener or closer. We have performed for great companies like Sony, American Express, L’Oreal, FPL, Boar’s Head, and more!

Weddings

Live taiko drumming can add power, excitement, ritual, Japanese culture, and drama to weddings.
Taiko drumming can greet your guests as they arrive. Taiko drumming, conch shell blasts, and gongs can herald the arrival of the new couple.

Taiko drumming, Koto (Japanese harp), and Fue (Japanese flute) can be incorporated into the ceremony as processional music.

Live taiko drumming can entertain your guests during cocktail hour or dinner. Taiko drummers can collaborate with DJ’s and bands to create exciting cross-culture synergy!

Fushu Daiko has performed at countless weddings over the years and has been featured on “Four Weddings” TV program on TLC in 2013.

Private Parties

Fushu Daiko performances at private parties are an intimate way for your audience to see taiko drumming up close. Multiple short performance sets spaced throughout the event will demonstrate a variety of styles and moods.

Fushu Daiko has often been featured entertainment for the Consul General of Japan in Miami at his private gatherings.

School Edu-Tainment

Entertainment and education brought together in an engaging high energy performance. We teach the students about the art form and its history in between exciting performances that demonstrate a variety of styles.

We engage the students in rhythmic clapping and vocal exercises that synchronize with our drumming.

We can bring a teacher or principal on stage in a traditional taiko costume and teach them in front of the students. Fushu Daiko performances are great for multi-culture days, music days, pep rally, and field days.

Taiko Team-Building Workshops

Bring your team together for taiko drumming workshops that will improve their communication and listening skills, enliven their vitality, and strengthen their bonds all while learning about taiko.

Sporting Events

Bringing Fushu Daiko to your sporting event lends power, drama, ritual, and resounding rhythm to your opening ceremonies or your closing events.

Fushu Daiko has performed opening ceremonies for the Miami Heat NBA team, the Ericsson Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, the Miami Marathon, and many important martial arts competitions.

Frequently Asked Questions

How far are you willing to travel to perform at en event?

We love to bring our performances to new places. Under the right conditions, we are willing to travel internationally.

If we stay within the three Florida counties of Broward, Palm Beach, & Miami-Dade we consider that a local event. If we are needed further away travel logistics become more expensive. We prefer to ship equipment by a truck that is packed and driven by our own people. If flights are necessary we can sometimes secure the necessary equipment from our extensive network of taiko contacts.

Besides taiko drums, what other instruments may be included in a performance?

Although taiko drums are the mainstay of our performances we also include other instruments. Besides drums, our performance can include gongs, bells, conch shells, woodblocks, and vocal calls. Also, we have a wind instrument called Shinobue that is a traditional bamboo flute from Japan. There is also the Koto which is a traditional Japanese harp.

When we are collaborating with art forms beyond Japanese traditions we utilize instruments from many different cultures from around the world.

How far in advance should I book?

Our availability is based on a first come first serve basis. Our busiest time of year is from October through April so the calendar can get tight. The more lead time you can give us the better.

How long do you usually perform?

That depends on the needs of the event. We are committed to making the event as successful as possible by adjusting our performances accordingly. Our performance fee is not based solely on the duration of the sets.

What forms of payment options do you accept?

We prefer to receive checks by mail if time allows.

We can also invoice through email so our client can pay instantly by credit card.

Can I set up a payment arrangement with you?

Our standard process is to collect 50% at the time of the booking, which secures the calendar and then to collect the remaining 50% upon arrival at the event. Some clients prefer to pay 100% at the time of the booking. If you need other arrangements please inquire and we will find amenable terms.

What does it mean to be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization?

As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization we are partially supported by public and private foundations. We depend on the support of our community to continue our mission. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to our organization.

How much space do you need?

For a team of four performers, we need a minimum area of approximately 18 ft by 24 ft. Performers and instruments can be separated within the same room if they remain in visual contact.

Do you need a sound system?

We do not typically need to be amplified if it is only percussion instruments. If the fue or koto are included they will need to be amplified. If we are playing in a very large venue or collaborating with other musicians, amplification is necessary.

Am I permitted to photograph or videotape your performance?

Yes, we love for you to photograph and video our appearances. Please spread the word about Fushu Daiko and South Florida Taiko Dojo on your social media platforms.

Would you help me promote the event if it is a public function?

Yes, anytime we appear in public we post to our website’s event calendar and to our social media platforms.

Do you participate in creative collaborations with other artists?

Yes, we love to collaborate. We have collaborated with numerous artists and cultural art-forms over the years.

We have created synergy with Brazilian Voices, Indian dancers & drummers, African dancers & drummers, jazz, rock, techno, flamenco, martial arts, gospel, marching band, Polynesian fire dancers, and more.