We are excited to announce a new event at the Golden Drum! Kirtan is a devotional singing practice that originated in India and is now practiced around the world. It involves chanting or singing mantras, sacred phrases, or bhajans in a call-and-response style. 

Heart & Mind Festival Presents a Spring Equinox Celebration: Masters of the Waterways: A tribute to the Canarsie People of Brooklyn with Algonquin Author Evan Pritchard. As the seasons turn and the light of spring awakens the earth, we invite you to gather in harmony, peace, and unity for the Spring Equinox Celebration.

We are excited to announce a new event at the Golden Drum! Kirtan is a devotional singing practice that originated in India and is now practiced around the world. It involves chanting or singing mantras, sacred phrases, or bhajans in a call-and-response style. 

This Valentine’s Day, join Dream Seed for a sacred cacao ceremony to celebrate the transcendental nature of Love! We will gather to connect our hearts and experience new life through the healing qualities of cacao.

Join Matt and Hillary Canale for an evening of original music, mantra, meditative sounds, and a herbal winter infusion. We’ll share songs that uplift the spirit and celebrate the beauty of life, creating a warm space to spend a winter evening together.

Join Matt & Hillary as they guide us in creating our own ceremonial hand drum & mallet, & teach us a unique drum-tying technique!

Join Matt and Hillary Canale on January 12th at Sun Stone Sanctuary for an evening of original music, mantra and meditative sounds. We’ll share songs that uplift the spirit and celebrate the beauty of life, creating a warm space to spend a winter evening together.

Golden Drum presents Solstice Celebration of Light: A Sacred Cacao Ceremony. Special Musical Guests include Kevin Nathaniel, Matt & Hillary Canale, Moshe Weisz, Dream Seed and beats by Moon. 

The drum is a sacred instrument that carries the gift of vibration and rhythm, connecting our hearts with the heartbeat of the Earth and the elements. Central to ceremonies of traditions worldwide, it holds a powerful medicine for healing, meditation, celebration, and prayer…

Hillary and I will be Celebrating my birthday on December 5th in Albany, NY for a very special benefit show to support the rebuilding effort in North Carolina. We’ll be playing with Jeffy Becker, Ryan Montbleau and Evolving Stardust. We’ll have a small band bringing our songs to life in a way we’ve never done before. Hope to see you there!

The cacao ceremony is a sacred gathering created to bring peace and open the heart. It is an ancient practice and a plant deeply revered by the indigenous people of Central America. For the Mayans, cacao is utilized as a rebirthing medicine, helping people release negative emotions and connect to universal love…