Artists are paid
Performance is work. Every artist on our stage is credited by name and treated as a professional.
About us
A community organisation, run by the community.
Tamil Arts UK started in TBC_FOUNDED_YEAR with no funding and no venue, only a conviction that Tamil arts deserved a proper stage in Britain. Ten years on we are still volunteer-led, and still doing the same thing on a larger scale.
Our story
Culture is only preserved by being performed.
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A second generation is growing up here fluent in English and less certain in Tamil. Everything we programme is built around that fact. When a child sees a full hall applaud a Bharatanatyam performance, the language stops being homework and starts being something to be proud of.
We work with artists from across the UK and from Tamil Nadu, with venues, schools and community groups, and with sponsors who want to reach a British Tamil audience honestly rather than through advertising.
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Ten years
What we have actually done.
The short version of a decade. Sponsors ask this question first, so it lives here rather than buried in a PDF.
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The first event
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2026
London Sangamam launches
Our flagship festival, the largest thing we have attempted. See the festival →
What we stand for
Three things we will not compromise on.
Open to everyone
Tamil arts are not only for Tamil audiences. Our events are built so anyone can walk in and follow along.
Run transparently
Volunteer-led, with money accounted for and sponsors told exactly where their support went.
The team
The people behind it.
Everyone here does this alongside a full-time job.
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Want to be part of the next ten years?
Perform, volunteer, sponsor or simply come along. Start with a message.