Austin Taiko

Just received the official photos for ACE Tournament back in April. Such a great event to perform taiko at.

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Austin Taiko was honored to be invited back to Laura Bush Community Library for the Summer Music Celebration.

Come celebrate the sister city relationship between Oita and Austin with the roaring beats of Austin Taiko!

Come celebrate the beautiful bond between Austin & Oita, Japan at the 2026 Festival! 🎊 Amazing performances, incredible vendors, and a whole lot of culture awaits!

The Long Center, August 30th.
Doors open 11am, Performances 12-5 pm.

Buy your tickets here: https://my.thelongcenter.org/4325

Having fun with Rosedale students and staff. Rosedale has been our favorite place to perform in that there’re always many dancers in the audience shaking to the rhythm.

Thank you, Rosedale! Have a great summer!

PC: Tina Schumacher

Austin Taiko is performing at Laura Bush Community Library this coming Sunday, 5/24, at noon. There will be Q/A and photo ops after the performance. Come join us for a fun afternoon!

Austin Taiko Performance @ Laura's (2026-05-24) During this drum performance, Austin Taiko will perform original, made-for-Austin set pieces as well as traditional Japanese compositions. Because this performance will be loud, it is recommended that small children have their ears protected. A limited number of earplugs will be provided by the l

Such a fun afternoon at Daryl Howard’s ranch. In between our performances, we get to enjoy her Japanese woodblock prints, mingle with her collectors and guests and have some amazing foods prepared by Hayes High School students.

And we get to feed several longhorns at the ranch! Their horns are massive and scary but they seem to care more about their foods than anything else.

Austin to Lubbock, in the rain.

The trip was off to a rocky start. Seats of the 15-person passenger van don’t fold down so we had to somehow manage to shuffle the drums in without getting wet. Lubbock was surprisingly dry and cool.

Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail is such a cool event. This is the 2nd time Austin Taiko came to perform and we just LOVE coming here. It’s definitely worth the 6-hour boring drive.

We had a lot of fun performing for Austin Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, even though it’s a hot and humid day. Then we head to Bob Bullock Museum for its 25th anniversary (and it’s strong AC). Long but a joyful day.

It’s been a very busy couple of months for Austin Taiko. We had performed at Highland Park Elementary, Hill Country Middle School, ACE Tournament and Belmont Village Senior Living. Very different groups of audience but with same enthusiasm for taiko beat.

We’re grateful for all that invite us and we love to share this beautiful art form with y’all.

Austin Taiko will be performing at Austin Dragon Boat Festival this Sunday, 4/25, at 12:30pm. Come feel the beats and cheer for the racers.