Performance and Workshop Schedule

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Performances run from 6:30pm - midnight each evening

Friday August 7

6:30 – 7:30 Lewis Burns

Lewis Burns is a Tubba-Gah Wiradjuri man born and living in Dubbo, NSW Australia. He has been learning about his Aboriginal culture for as long as he can remember. He continues to practice and respect these life skills each day and still learns and grows from this ancient knowledge. Lewis’ love of his heritage is evident when you speak with him, and depicted even more in his Aboriginal crafts, traditional dancing, didgeridoo performances, mural paintings and teaching. He is very dedicated to sharing what he knows with others to help keep these customs alive.

7:45 – 8:45 SoRIAH

The world-renowned throat singer Enrique Ugalde (SoRIAH) has accumulated over 20 years of teaching experience and has been singing Tuvan-style throat singing (Khöömei) since 1998. Inspired by a live performance of Throat SingingMasters, Huun Huur Tu, he has gone on to tour the world with his own project Soriah and has traveled to the Central Asian Republic of Tuva 11 times to perform, collaborate and compete as a Khöömeigie. With over two decades of firsthand training from Khöömei masters, Enrique Ugalde has honed his craft under the guidance of distinguished throat singers such as Monguun-ool Ondar, Aldyn-ool Sevek, Igor Koshkendey, Aldar Tamdyn, Vladimir Ouidupaa, and Nachyn Choduu. Additionally, he has worked as a studio engineer at the Tuvan Cultural Center, creating a comprehensive database of recordings by master musicians from Tuva. 

He achieved third place at the 2008 ThroatSinging Symposium in Tuva, the highest ranking attained by a non-Tuvan participant in the Symposium's history. He was also the recipient of the award for best foreigner at the 2008 Ustuu-Khuree Festival in Chadanaa, Tuva. In 2014, he secured second place in the Tuvan National Kargyraa Competition. His innovative contributions to the art of Tuvan Throat Singing were recognized in 2016. In 2019, he received the award for Best Kargyraa Performance at the Khöömei in the Center of Asia International Competition in Kyzyl, Tuva. In August 2020, he was awarded the title of Foreign Wizard of Khöömei. In 2021, he received the award for Best Kargyraa Performance.

9 – 10 Starwater & Sol

United by a deep connection through sound, Bodhi Starwater and Christopher Sol create immersive, transformational journeys that transcend boundaries and take the listener into a deep and relaxing healing space. Their work weaves primordial acoustic instruments and ethereal soundscapes into a natural tapestry that bridges earth and sky. With over 40 years as a sound healer and musician, Bodhi draws from ancient South American traditions and formal music training. His mastery of diverse instruments, combined with his intuitive artistry, creates deep, transformative resonance that reaches the soul. Drawing on over a decade of experience of sound healing, Christopher channels the primal power of the didgeridoo, rhythmic instruments and radiant harmonics of the handpan, grounding listeners in the earth’s pulse while lifting them toward the spiritual plane. Together they merge ancient tones, modern frequencies, and intuitive wisdom. Their music is not performance but invocation—a mythic remembering.
Silver Medal Winner, Global Music Awards 2026. Starwater & Sol, Sonic Travelers, World

10:15 - 11:15 Stephen Kent

Stephen Kent has played the Didjeridu since the early 1980's when, working in Australia as musical director of Australia's Circus Oz, he was enthused by their commitment to Aboriginal land rights and social justice issues. After visiting Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory he began playing the Didj, and was an early pioneer of the instrument in a contemporary context bringing it back to Europe in 1983 and to North America in 1991. His career involves performing & recording the Didjeridu in countless situations worldwide and in collaborations with artists from many global cultures/musical genres – from Herbie Hancock to The Dalai Lama, Tuvan Throat Singers to Rave Culture - Stephen has profound experience of how this extraordinary instrument works in multiple and diverse musical
contexts. His groundbreaking band projects Lights in a Fat City, Trance Mission, Baraka Moon and many other collaborative ventures including playing and recording the music of Australia's greatest composer of the 20th Century, Peter Sculthorpe, with string quartets and orchestras have garnered worldwide attention and continue to break new ground. In a parallel solo career he has released 8 solo albums, the most recent being The Sky is in Love With You "Lahaina Story".

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Saturday August 8

6:30 – 7:30 Lighthawk

With an energetic atmosphere, Lighthawk blends his style with a compelling rhythmic drive, percussive animation and deep rooted articulation in fusions of organic and electronic materials. Hailing from northern California and dwelling in the Nevada City region of the Sierra foothills, you would most likely find this mystic bird figure wandering river trails or making magic in a humble forest abode.

7:45 – 8:45 Sundsaga

Sundsaga can be described as an eclectic neo-folk group with esoteric content, but is best experienced for yourself.  The name is inspired from old languages and loosely translates to "sound story."  Founding members Zach Bainter and Annalisee (aka Fox) Syncrow decided on this name to describe realistically the kind of music they would play together now and for many years to come. 

‍ ‍9 – 10 Tyler Spencer

Tyler Spencer is a Didgeridoo player and producer with over 25 years experience performing, teaching and making Didgeridoo. He has performed internationally, and has collaborated with a variety of musical and performing acts. His music has also been showcased on movie and television work, most notably the HBO series “Dexter”. His solo performances incorporate live didgeridoo with self produced beats and have been described as rhythmic, otherworldly and capable of transforming a captivated crowd into a dance party.

10:15 – 11:15 Ondrej Smeykal

A one-man Didgeridoo orchestra is perhaps the best way of describing the extraordinary music of phenomenal Didgeridoo player Ondrej Smeykal. His highly original style of playing is the result of a life completely devoted to his instrument. For well over two decades and with ever increasing intensity, Ondrej has been developing and redefining his own unique approach to the Didgeridoo. His predominant use of unusually long Didges of up to 4 metres in length enables him to play incredibly deep tones and to produce a much wider range of sounds and overtones than are possible on regular didgeridoos. Each composition, or song, as he refers to it, is very different in style, ranging from break-beat and organic Didgeridoo techno, to trance, ambient and anything in between.

In the last years Ondrej has shared and taught his contemporary Didgeridoo style and philosophy on Didgeridoo festivals all around the world. But mainly, Ondrej records his Didgeridoo solo CDs, and performs in clubs and venues in many countries: Japan, Australia, Canada, USA, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Eastern Europe countries - Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Ukraine.
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Sunday August 9

6:30 – 7:00 Adoni Tegner

For the past 13 years, he has been a familiar face at this didgeridoo gathering, returning each year as a passionate player and dedicated craftsman. Known for creating one-of-a-kind didgeridoos with short handles, extraordinary colors, glowing finishes, and intricate inlays, each instrument is a unique work of art. He is especially recognized for crafting his signature "Didge Guns"—symbolic spiritual weaponry created to fight for peace through music, creativity, and positive intention. Now, he is honored to contribute to the festival not only as a maker but also through his distinctive style of didgeridoo music, sharing his artistry, craftsmanship, and passion with the community.

7:15 – 8:15 Mama Emma

Emma Salahuddin, fondly known as "Mama Emma" in the performing arts community, is a retired art teacher, offset lithographer in graphic arts, and travel consultant who is now fully engaged in the performing arts. She is a member of ConunDrums, a diverse all-women's percussion ensemble that performs West African rhythms throughout the Atlanta, Georgia, area. She is also a graduate of the Egbe Sekere Intensive and a member of Egbe Sekere of Atlanta. In addition, Emma is an independent didgeridoo musician who also plays the shekere and other percussion instruments. She professionally offers healing sound presentations, tutorials, and performances. The didgeridoo has become such an intrinsic part of Emma's life that she is dedicated to sharing its history, cultural significance, and healing potential with all who are willing to listen. She is passionate about educating others about the instrument and the rich culture from which it originates. Emma also views the didgeridoo as a powerful teaching tool that promotes greater peace, understanding, unity, and love among humanity throughout the world.

8:30 – 9:00 Dan Flynn

Dan Flynn is one of the most avant-garde Didgeridoo players you could listen to on the internet nowadays, famous for his unique playing style, and he is perhaps the biggest advocate of Didgeridoos that have special features such as multiple trumpets calculated to specific scales or chords, special aircode tuning, enhanced wobbliness and more features whose technical names will only give you a headache. But if you like that kind of rabbit hole, dive in here: https://www.didgeridoo-physik.de/. With Socks Diablo the Battle Cat as his Buddyguard, Flynn pilots the Space Caravan through the most intense Overkill they can handle--for the sake of getting down. And there is plenty of getting down--from brassy highs to underground lows. But mostly, Dan just likes to toot his own horn, and el Diablo tolerates.

9:15 – 10:15 Pamela Mortensen

Pamela Mortensen is an educator and performer who brings over 50 years of experience and wisdom to share her knowledge of making music, musicianship and practice.  She is also a multi-instrumentalist, award winning composer, and producer based in the Pacific Northwest. Renowned for her innovative fusion of didgeridoo, voice, and synthesizer, she crafts immersive soundscapes that blend ambient textures with rhythmic world fusion. Her gentle approach and expertise in practice techniques to develop and embrace the inner musician has made her a favorite teacher both inside and outside the world of didgeridoo.

10:30 – 11:30 William Thoren

William Edwards Thoren is a photographer, musician, and didgeridoo crafter based in Los Angeles, California. William started playing the didgeridoo at the age of 11 in in the United States. The instrument became a more serious pursuit for him after a life changing trip to Australia. He traveled as a photographer and musical student with one of Australia’s most well known players, William Barton. Barton connected him with a master of the Yidaki (one of the traditional words for Didgeridoo) and his family in Arnhem Land, Northern Australia. Here he learned more about the living traditional practices of the instrument. The trip inspired William to explore the instrument more deeply, and to find new ways of playing it. He is now best known for developing the Multidrone Didgeridoo, which combines didgeridoo technique with that of brass instruments to achieve playable scales. This is facilitated by shaping the instrument in ways that produce western musical scales.

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