There are a number of great gatherings of Hand Pan, Hang ® and Pantam Enthusiasts around the world.
The following is a list of events organized by month.
PanSiam Thailand Handpan Gathering
Dates yet to be announced
PanOz Festival
Typically in January. Dates yet to be announced
This event is organized by two world class handpan players, Jeremy Diffey and Adrian Portia. It is held in Sugarloaf, Australia, near Apollo Bay, which is an absolutely epic location! Our main tuner, Josh Rivera attended the first three years and offered tuning services. He has had nothing but great reviews of the people and his time at the event. Mark is very excited to be joining Josh at the event in 2019. Both of them will be offering tuning services. More information about the event can be found on their Facebook Page.
Pantasia Handpan Gathering
Typically in February, Dates not yet announced
This event is organized by Hamsa Handpan creator Stevan Morris and is held in Joshua Tree, California, USA. The event is in its 5th year and attracts a number of talented builders, tuners, and players. Mark and Josh attended the first two years and had a great time. More information about the event can be found on their Facebook Page.
Portugal Handpan Gathering
Dates not yet announced
In its first year in Santarem, confirmed artist include:
Khayalan ~ Meru ~ Moksha Sound Journeys ~ Kabeção ~ Mayuko ~ Rodrik ~ ~Baltazar Molina ~ Bruno Teixeira ~ Gil n White ~ Luis o Brito + Sunil Pariyar ~ KIor ~ Planeta Azul ~Yemadas ~Duarte Salgado ~ Daniel Reis
For more information, email portugalhandpanfestival@gmail.com
Sydney Handpan Festival
April 1-3, 2022
Located in the beautiful retreat center, Karuna Sanctuary in the Blue Mountains near Katoomba (around 1hr 45mins from Sydney). The weekend will be packed with jams, workshops and handpan performances. We are very lucky to have our friends Tim Tom (Celestial Handpan) and Adrian Portia (PanOz) joining us.
more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/525878588748445
Super Bloom Women’s Handpan Gathering
May 13th -15th, 2022, Upstate NY, USA
We invite you to expand your musical voice through handpan play, in an intimate, safe space to explore creativity and nature. Relaxation with a re-steep — pockets of free-time are intuitively woven into the weekend for relaxation and reflection.
https://superbloomgathering.com/
Tokyo Handpan Festival
Dates yet to be announced
Line-Up
Kabecao Rodoriges (Portugal), MATSUMOTO ZOKU (Japan), Angus Lee (Taiwan), Cho Lai & Taka (Hongkong & Japan), Andrey Tanz (Russia), Maoom as Yuki Koshimoto (Japan), Takao Minemoto (Japan), Ryohei Kubota (Japan), Osamu Morita (Japan)
Organized by Tokyo HandPan Lab.
Contact : tokyohandpanlab@gmail.com
Official Web : https://tokyohandpanlab.com/
FB Page : Tokyo HandPan Lab
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tokyohandpanlab
Twitter : https://twitter.com/tokyohandpanlab
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-4E7LzDKfRYngSocNiQNJg/featured?view_as=subscriber
Hona HangOut Naxos, Greece
May 27th – 31st, 2022
The venue is on the beach in Naxos, which is a beautiful island with amazing coast lines, great food and age old history.
We have heard excellent reviews from numerous people that have attended the festival.
Handpan World klMusic Festival
Dates yet to be announced
This event is held at Parc Bellevue in Valras-Plage, France. Now in its 5th year, the event offers Handpan Performances as well as master classes and various workshops. More information about the event can be found on their Facebook Page.
HangUut – The Netherlands
June 16th-19th 2022 Wapserveen, Netherlands
“Hang Uut The Netherlands” is an international event of handpan players and musicians which are organized every year at the Artilier of Rob Verheul & Rosa Rozendal. There is also a public concert at a nearby church each year in Wapserveen. Mark attend HangUut in 2012. It was a great event hosted by great people!! Rob and Rosa are incredibly sweet and wonderful people!
HangaOut France
June 17th- 19th 2022
more info at:
https://www.facebook.com/HANGAOUT
Hang Out USA
Dates yet to be announced
HangOut, USA is an opportunity for players, builders, and enthusiasts of the handpan to deepen their knowledge and experience of this instrument and its global family. We gather to share our stories, talent, experience and most of all, our love for this beautiful and inspiring art form. Being in the Asheville, NC, USA area, we have attended every HangOut USA and it’s predecessor, Handpangea. This is always a wonderful event!
Swiss Handpan Festival
July 1st – 3rd, 2022
Enjoy with us three wonderful days dedicated to handpan music…sharing, listening, learning, laughing, chilling in the heart of wonderful Zurich oberland in the area of the Kulturfabrik Wetzikon.
Our headliners:
Manu Delago , Patrizio Castrovinci, Waagal, Quentin Kayser, Marcel Hutter and much more…
TICKETS SOON!
Overnight stays must be booked by yourself, we look forward to seeing you!
ETE NOMADE – Convention “Hang & Didg” (France)
July 1st – 3rd 2022
ETE NOMADE – Convention “Hang & Didg” is a gathering of Didgeridoo and Hang enthusiasts, respectful of the environment, the territory of the Regional Natural Park of the Forêt d’Orient and its reception structures.
HUG – Hungarian Handpan Festival
July 27th – 30th, 2022
More Info:
WNY Handpan Summer Academy
August 6th – 12th, 2022
You want to dive deep with some of the world best handpan players? You feel the call to listen every evening to incredible handpan music, to move your body, connect to your roots and you feel the longing to connect with an open minded community from all over the world? YES? We do!
We are excited to announce our HANDPAN TEACHERS:
ALEXANDRE LORA, DAVID KUCKHERMANN, NADISHANA, MEA, YATAO, AMIN VARKONYI, AMALUA ANDREA HUFNAGL, ARCHER & TRIPP, Kabecao, FLORIAN BETZ
SPEcIAL TEACHERS:
NICOYA – PSYCHADELIC BREATH &YOGA
ANTONIO – TAKETINA
KERSTIN – BEYONDMORROW YOGA
PABLITO – PERCUSSION
BERNADETTE – WILD NAYA YOGA
MARTINA – WILDERNESS
KIM – WEAVING BASKETS
SIMONE – SUSTAINABILITY
CONRADO – DJEMBE/PERCUSSION
JOHANNA – SOUND/VOICE
Our Instructors will teach a whole week of handpan, soundhealing, create unique concerts in the woods. We combine, Handpan – Wilderness – Movement – Sound in one whole week! For men, women, children & everyone.
It will take place @Retzhof – Leibnitz (Austria) Styria- castle like.
We are very happy to see you there and spend a whole week of handpan community and nourishing time with each other.
For question write: bernadette.schwarz@hotmail.com
More Information:
https://www.wildnaya.com/about-1-10
https://www.facebook.com/events/418784959673330
Griasdi Handpan, World Musik and Sound Healing Gathering
August 12th – 15th 2022
“Free Flow HANDPAN & MUSIC GATHERING” held in Austria. This will take place at the already proven location at BÖLLERBAUER in Austria. “Free Flow Gathering” means that there is no given and organized program. No organized concerts or workshops. As said, the GRIASEICH is a pure. Free Flow Gathering and NOT a festival! What we offer to you is camping area, a beautiful and wide area to jam, make camp fire, large indoor areas, drinking water, running water (but no showers), toilets, open stage, an info board to organize yourself (workshops). In order to be able to provide all this, there is a compensation of 40 euros for the participants (in total, for all three days) payable locally. Furthermore, as usual, there will be food stalls and of course drinks at fair prices, as well as at the GRIASDI Festival.
We look forward to seeing you – and wonderful FREE FLOW days full of magical jams
To know approximately how many of you will come, I ask you to mail us at griaseich@paniverse.org
Use the “GRIASEICH Facebook Event” to organize yourself. More information about the event can be found on their Facebook Page.
Turtle Beach Handpan Gathering, Switzerland
August 19th – 21st, 2022
Pan Tribe Belgium
August 25th – 28th, 2022
More Info:
Steel Mountain Handpan Gathering
August 25th-29th, 2022
Located in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado during the late summer season for 4 days, 3 nights of handpan music, food, fun, concerts, workshops, handpan re-tunes and raffles, games, hikes, treks, fresh mountain air, adventures, open-mics, endless jam sessions, stargazing, meditation/sound baths, and the ever-pleasant company of the handpan community! Their event space in 2018 was absolutely outstanding! Mark, Josh, and Jason attended the event and had a really great time! It was one of the best handpan gatherings we have experienced!
Hang Out UK
September 9th – 11th 2022
This is the first Handpan Gathering created. In its 13th year, it is still organized by two truly wonderful and proper gentleman, Kelly and Rob. We have been to this gathering multiple years and performed in 2015. It is also one of the biggest and most popular gatherings that attracts numerous handpan builders and world class players every year. After a few years of tickets selling out in less than a minute, they are now sold by lottery. More information about the event can be found on their Facebook Page.
Sing A Ding Barcelona Handpan Gathering
September 22th – 25th, 2022
Singading is an annual meeting for hang, handpan and pantam lovers to share, learn and enjoy the magic of this instrument. Singading takes place in a silent and natural environment around 60 km away from Barcelona. There are plenty of rooms for everyone, 5 rooms for activities, an open stage, bar, swimming pool, forest, and labyrinth. The nearest village, Manresa, has a train station directly connected with Barcelona. Contact them on their Facebook Group to organize pick up from the station to Singaville.
Do you know about another handpan event that you would like listed on this page?
Please CONTACT us. We would be happy to add it to the list.
