GATHERINGS
Sing with us
Community gatherings & Kirtans
Song Keepers hosts regular devotional music gatherings rooted in participation and shared presence. These are not performances, but invitations — spaces where all voices are welcome and the music belongs to the circle.
What to expect:
Sacred and devotional songs from multiple traditions
Simple melodies and call-and-response formats
Instruments and voices woven together
A welcoming, substance-free, respectful environment
Accessibility
Song Keepers gatherings are offered either for a modest fee or on a donation basis, with pricing shared transparently and agreed upon in advance with the artists involved.
When appropriate, opportunities for exchange — including set-up and clean-up, musical contributions, or support with photography and sound — help ensure that all who wish to participate are able to do so.
“I woke up today with a deep sense of ease in my heart. Yesterday’s event mystically invoked a primordial feeling like an ancient memory of gathering around fire and singing and dancing to powerful sounds and invocations in the valleys, deserts, forests, by the rivers, oceans in many forms that we lived, calling upon the unknown gazing at the stars! That whole shared space turned naturally into elevated sacred energy !”
Bharani K. (referring to Song Keepers event with Adam Kandel on 4/24/26)
UPCOMING
22
JUL 2026
Govind Das and Jacqueline
Philladelphia, PA
More info and tickets available soon
PAST GATHERINGS
28 march, 2026
On March 28th, 2026 Song Keepers held its first public kirtan in Philadelphia with Angela Hassan. Angela took us on a journey that night. Her music carries something that goes straight to the heart. There is a celestial quality and an essence of deep devotion that can be felt but not explained in words. While her musical abilities are tremendous, Angela is as humble and heart-centered as anyone I have met on this path. She is not chasing anything, but expressing something beyond herself. You can feel it in your bones. It is not only the technical skill, though that is certainly there, but the ineffable quality of what is being shared, something that reaches inward and connects you to a deeper place. Dare I call it the soul.
24 april, 2026
The night of April 24th at Summit Church is not easy to describe in words. From the first moments, something palpable hung in the air, a quiet knowing that something real was about to happen. Adam’s music is grounded, rhythmic, deep, and soulful; he builds slowly and patiently, listening to the room, letting the songs breathe. Not performing for an audience, but sharing and creating together. And so the night unfolded: the dancing, the chanting, the chai, the drums, everything finding its place in a ceremony of communal joy and remembrance. When we sang Open I to Grace, the opening to grace became a felt reality. Not just words, but something we touched together and realized as true.
“I've had the honor to attend several Song Keepers events and will continue to return again and again. The integrity with which the events are held along with the sacred intentions set the foundation for joyous, heart-centric gatherings that uplift us all. Song Keepers tends the fires of individual and collective healing and I've experienced both firsthand. From tears to laughter to connecting and sharing stories to dancing and playing instruments, the community is invited to co-create these vital experiences and individuals are welcomed to show up just as they are.”
Megan S.