Drum Camp Traders

Wooden Roots has the finest quality, traditional West African drums and is a one stop shop for all your West African drumming needs. With a huge variety of hand carved, pre-built pieces from Guinea & Mali, they also provide bespoke drum building & customisations, building supplies & repairs.

They will have a large selection of drums (djembe & dunun) at the Summer Camp alongside djembe shells, accessories & apparel. There will be some building supplies available eg. skins, rope etc. and items can always be pre-ordered and shipped to you if not in stock. Payment plans are available and they also take cash & all major credit cards.

Lalita and her playmates work up the dreamiest designs with tailors in Rajasthan India to bring you a series of one off wonders, each for a different scene of play. Blending her mixed heritage into each contemporary design. She seeks antique recycled sari fabrics as her treasure and champions the revival of traditional hand crafted textile printing techniques known as Block Print.

She creates shape for contemporary audiences whilst honouring tradition and craft. Her mission is to inspire more kindness, community and sustainability into the hands of all who cross her path. Lalita is an emerging independent designer and curators of slow fashion. Spreading fresh, vibrant colour palettes, hypnotic pattern and 100% positive vibes across the globe.

In a unique setting of it's own, 'The Middle East Camp' will be a must to explore.

Arabic and Middle East percussion tutor Chas Whitaker, along with Michelle Pender will be setting up shop, where you can browse through a range of exotic Arabic dance clothing, accessories and apparell, to selecting one of Chas's finest Darabuka's, Daff, Zills, or other Arabic instruments on sale.

The Middle East Camp will also become a venue to listen to expert musicians playing percussion, flutes and Oud. Look up the timetable for their dance, percussion and music workshops over the weekend.

Afrocentric805 is a smart casuals brand. They are inspired by everything bold, bright and beautiful hence they use the gorgeous African Prints in everything they make. They love to share their pieces with everyone from all walks of life and last year we even launched a pet fashion collection.

They are always diversifying their range, creating new pieces for lovely customers. They love to take their wares all over the UK including London, Essex, Suffolk and Norwich.From dresses, skirts, mens shorts to T- shirts and hair accessories they make them all!. Pretty much something for the whole family.

Fany Bah will connect with you through one-to-one intuitive massage in her Tipi Tent as well as sound therapy using didgeridoo, shamanic drum, native American flute, hangpan, voice and percussion. She will have a range of items in her stall including digeridoos, jewellery and other crafts and designs.

Catch Fany also in her traditional Bulgarian dance workshops over the weekend.

Ben Lawrence has run his Ghana Goods stall for as long as we can remember. Here you will find a massive range of tradtional Ghanaian drums, shakers, bells, talking drums and of course Xylophones, which come in all sizes.

In addition Ghana Goods sell a number of handmade artisan products such as baskets, hats and other trinkets and goodies. Ben will be running Xylophone workshops over the weekend too - a must to attend.

Malika's Shop has brought tradtional artisan products to UK public for over three decades. A regular at all the best cultural festivals Malika's dazzling range of Fair Trade items include; Ali Baba Baskets, Tin ornaments and Toys, beads and jewellery, Mali cloth designs and throws, basketware, rainsticks and shakers and much more.

Something in her shop for everyone's budget, so do take time to browse around and snap up a unique item from Mali, Senegal and beyond.

Amazing handcrafted and bespoke jewellery is amongst many items you will find at the Baobab Boutique. Led by top Silversmith Rosie Colvin, three very talented craftspeople will be joining forces to display their bespoke crafts and wares.

If you are looking for something that little bit extra special, then you will probably find it at this stall. Silverware items are crafted with natural resources such as fossils, pebbles and seaglass. There are also ranges of jewellery made using cowrie shells, stones and textures.

Visiting this emporium is like stepping into a museum or some amazing brick-brack shop - but with a difference. Run by veteran Kit drummer and avid percussion collector, Les Chappell, you will find all manner of percussion from Ghanaian ceremonial drums, to bongos, shakers and clay pot drums. Amongst all of this there are beautiful carvings, ornamental objects and furniture. Well worth an explore!

Lovely and affordable hand-crafted jewellery and beadwork created by local artisans. Bee-Beautiful donate 10% of proceeds to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, of which they are a benefactor. So check them out and at the same time help our little bees who are so important to our countryside and gardens.

Korazon Music is run by Robin Van Creveld, a maker and player of West African Instruments. He is based in Lewes, East Sussex and specialises in making Kora and Kamala Ngoni.

Robin uses fairly traded calabash from Mail and Niger and reclaimed or upcycled british hard woods. He also makes and refurbishes hand drums. Robin will have a selection of Kora and Kamale Ngoni for sale as well as a few unique Zabumba, Sabar and frame drums.

You can find out more about KoraZon music here: www.korazonmusic.com or on instagram here: @korazon_music

Amnesty International will be present at this year's event represented by their local Suffolk/Norfolk supporter group based in Diss. Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights.

Through Amnesty's detailed research and determined campaigning, they help fight abuses of human rights worldwide. Amnesty International bring torturers to justice. Change oppressive laws. And free people jailed just for voicing their opinion.

The Diss Group's stall will be selling a wide variety of second hand books to raise money for Amnesty International and will have information about their current campaigns.