Happy International Handpan Day!

Handpan Day is an annual celebration of the instrument we love — and the growing culture that surrounds it. Each year, on the first Saturday of October, we gather across the world to honor the young history of the handpan — an instrument still finding its voice, still shaping its story, still guiding us toward the generations yet to come who will carry its sound forward.

Today, we invite you to share your love of the handpan with everyone you know.
If you have a handpan, play it.
Play for your friends.
Play for your parents.
Play for your neighbors — even for your enemies.
Play to spark joy.
Play to console a broken heart.
Play to create harmony.
Play to find peace.

In a world that too often forgets how to listen, music remains a bridge — a reminder of what connects us. Time and again, history has revealed music’s quiet power to unite, to heal, and to inspire change.

And we, the players of this instrument, know that power intimately. We’ve felt it in our own lives; we’ve seen it reflected in the faces of those who stop to listen.

So keep playing.
Keep sharing.
And let’s fill this world with sound and kindness — one note at a time.

Happy Handpan Day!