Drum Africa classes on Tuesday evenings from 7:30pm:
Beginners’ class 7:30-8:15pm
Community band rehearsal (int/adv) 8:15pm-9:30pm
Greenwich West Community Centre, 141 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8JA
We are in Room 4
COME AND TRY IT OUT – FIRST SESSION £5 or sign-up for our HALF-TERMLY MEMBERSHIPS!
Welcome to our website for African Drumming classes in south-east London. We provide drumming workshops for schools, businesses and institutions in London and the south-east as well as our beginner djembe and Drum Africa Community Band classes, which have been running since 2010 in Greenwich.
If you’re a keen and interested Londoner looking for a drumming class or band rehearsal to attend, well done you’ve found us! You can learn more about our beginners’ class and community band rehearsals here.
Attendees of our weekly classes and rehearsals can access videos and song lyrics for all the material we learn in our password-protected ‘Members‘ area, and even hire djembes to practise on for just £3 per week!
We also offer weekend workshops for drummers from beginner to advanced level, check our weekend workshops page to find out when the next workshop is.
Alternatively, if you’re just keen and interested (but not a Londoner), please check out our interesting articles, subscribe to our YouTube channel, or be inspired by our videos of Ghanaian drumming and dance troupe Noko Ye Dzen.
**NEWS** 04/09/25 TUESDAY SESSIONS ARE BACK! We will return from our summer break this Tuesday 9th September 2025! It is a great time of year for new drummers to join our beginners class or intermediate/advanced community band. Send us an email if you’re interested in joining us, or just turn up at Greenwich West Community Centre from 7:30pm! We provide all the drums for free.
**NEWS** 24/04/25 WEEKEND WORKSHOP Join us for our weekend workshop this Saturday 26th April! Places available for beginners, intermediates and advanced drummers. 1-hour workshops for less experienced drummers run throughout the morning from 10:15-1:30pm, with a longer advanced workshop running after lunch from 2:15-4:30pm. Email now to book your place!
**NEWS** 10/09/2025 NEW BEGINNERS’ CLASS BEGINS! Calling all beginner drummers, you are invited to join us for our brand new beginners’ class from 7:30pm-8:15pm at Greenwich West Community Centre. Email for more details!
**NEWS** 01/02/2024 SUMMER BREAK! Tonight is our final session before we take our summer break. Well done to everyone on your amazing performances throughout the summer including Hither Green Festival, Lambeth Country Show, Shrewsbury Parksfest and Bexley Eco Festival.
**NEWS** 15/01/24 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Sessions begin again tomorrow at Greenwich West Community Centre when we will start on some brand new West African rhythms. Join our beginners’ class at 7:30pm or our intermediate/advanced community band rehearsals at 8:15pm every Tuesday! See our sessions dates page for the most up-to-date information.
**NEWS** 18/09/23 NEW BEGINNERS’ DJEMBE CLASS – *FREE TASTER*! Our Community Band have been progressing from strength to strength over the past couple of years – so now it’s time to start up a new beginner djembe class for those who’d like to start drumming for the first time! The class begins with a FREE TASTER on Tuesday 31st October 2023. Email africandrumming@hotmail.co.uk if you’d like to sign up!
African drumming is a great skill to learn, and a fun way to meet friendly and like-minded people! It is accessible to anyone and everyone with a sense of rhythm and a willingness to learn, a truly enjoyable way to spend an evening!
Visit The Classes page to learn more about our sessions.