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Adult Music Workshops in Woking

Yes — the Junior Academy runs adult-only sessions! You play a bit. You've got no one to play with. JAMM Adults puts you in a band with other grown-ups at a real Woking studio, works up a set over the term, and ends it on a stage in front of an actual audience.
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18+ Only
Evenings, Wed & Sat
Backline provided
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Free parking
The honest bit, first

Is this for me?

The question everyone asks and nobody asks out loud is whether they'll be the worst person in the room. So here's the bar, plainly — it's about what you can do, not what grade you got.
You can hold down a song
Start to finish, without stopping. It doesn't have to be tidy and it doesn't have to be fast.
You can learn / practiSe a part at home
From a chart, a tab or just the record. We send the material out in advance and you turn up having had a go.
You can keep time with other people
The hardest one, and the one you can only really practise in a room with a drummer. That's rather the point of coming.
Not there yet?
Then this isn't the right room — yet — and we'd rather say so now than have you spend a term feeling behind.

Private lessons first. A tutor gets the fundamentals in place and tells you when the time's right to join a band. Most of our private students are in one within a term or two.
"I haven't played properly since my twenties"
That's most of the room. People who did it at school, did it at uni, then work and children and a mortgage happened and the guitar went in the loft. The muscle memory comes back faster than you'd think — it's the confidence that takes a few weeks, not the hands.
Two rooms, two different evenings

Wednesday or Saturday?

Wednesday is a jam for people already practising regularly. Saturday is longer, with a tutor coaching you on your instrument as well as the band, and you're done by eight, so the evening's still yours.
Wednesday
What it is
A facilitated jam. You turn up having learned the material and you play.
Time
7:30–9pm
Length
90 minutes
Best if
You already practise regularly and want a band to play with.
Prep
Charts go out in advance — arrive having practised and ready for the band
Cost
£92.50 a month or
£370 a term
Saturday
What it is
A band workshop. Coaching on your instrument, then putting it together as a band.
Time
6–8pm
Length
2 hours
Best if
You want to come out of the term playing noticeably better, not just playing.
Prep
Material worked on during the session as well as at home
Cost
£110 a month or
£440 a term
Ends with
The same gig. Both strands play the end-of-term show.
You're more than welcome to do both. If you're not sure which suits you, book the taster on either — we'll tell you honestly which session you'd get more from.
No Surprises

What an evening actually looks like

You've probably not been in a rehearsal room for a while. Here's the whole thing.
1
Turn Up
Park on site, walk in, get a drink. Nobody auditions you at the door and nobody asks what grade you are.
2
Get set up
Backline's already there — amps, kit, PA. Bring your own guitar, bass, or sticks, and that's the only thing you need to carry.
3
Play
Straight into the material. A tutor runs the room, sorts out the bits that aren't landing, and keeps it moving. It's loud and it's meant to be.
4
Go Home
Out by nine, or eight on a Saturday. Some people go for a pint afterwards :)
Where the term goes

Every term ends on the stage

Every term finishes with a live show at a proper Woking venue — soundcheck, setlist, lights, a room with people in it.
Next performance: Sunday 6th December
For most adults who come through here that's the first time they've played to an audience since school, and a fair few have never done it at all. It's the reason people stay for a second term... and a third...

Bring whoever you like. Everyone does.
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The money bit

What it costs

Same rates as everything else we run. Monthly or by the term — they come to the same over a year.
Saturday Membership
£110
A month rolling or £440 a term
Two hours a week, ten weeks a term
Small-group instrument or vocal coaching plus band skills
Best value per hour
Your place held automatically each term
Everything in the list below
Wednesday Membership
£92.50
A month rolling or £370 a term
90 minutes a week, nine weeks a term
A jam. You bring the parts, the room brings the band
Your place held automatically each term
Everything in the list below
Included either way
Full band workshop every week
Instruments provided if you need them
Practice tracks, tab and sheet music
End-of-term review with your tutor
A live show at a real Woking venue
The taster is free
For adults too, not just the children's sessions. Come to one, play, decide afterwards. No card details and no sales call.
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From our students

What the adults say

"I simply had to write a review after picking my daughter up from JAMM this week. She was absolutely buzzing and could not wait to tell me what she had achieved. I've noticed a significant and positive change in her mental health, self confidence and self belief. She loves going to JAMM and never misses a session."
Julia
Parent, Saturday group
"Everyone at JAMM is simply awesome — passionate in their own areas as well as about teaching children. My son was a bit nervous to start with, but they absolutely reach down to his level and worked with us to help him settle. Now he wants to learn drums and piano as well as sing."
Sanjida
Parent, Saturday group
Getting here

Finding us on a weeknight

WaterRat Music Studios
Unit 1, 16 Monument Way East
Woking, Surrey, GU21 5LY
Parking
Free, on site, and there's always space in the evening. Lit car park right by the door.
By Bus
Three minutes from the Woking Business Park stop.
By train
Twenty minutes' walk, or five in a taxi.
By Bike
Covered shelter by the entrance.
Access
Accessible toilet and parking. Wheelchair lift.
What to bring
Your instrument or drumsticks. Everything else is here.
2026 / 27

Term Dates

Now on

Autumn Term 2026

Term starts: 19th September

Performance day: 6th December

Spring Term 2027

Term starts: 9th January

Performance day: 27th March

Summer Term 2027

Term starts: 24th April

Performance day: 10th July

Autumn Term 2027

Term starts: 18th September

Performance day: 4th December

Before you ask

Common Questions

No. The adult sessions are 18+ and run in the evening, after the children's sessions have finished.

No. The spread is thirties to sixties and there's no upper limit — we've had people start in their seventies who hadn't touched an instrument since school. If anything the older end of the room is the more committed half.

No. Most people work from tab, chord charts or just the record. If you do read, that's useful, but nobody's going to put dots in front of you and expect you to sight-read.

Expected. Rusty is fine — rusty comes back in about three weeks. What doesn't work is never having played, because the room moves at the pace of people who can already get through a song. If that's you, start with private lessons and come back.

No. Amps, drums, and a PA are all here. Bring your own guitar or bass, we have some instruments that can be borrowed for the session but you'll definitely need your own for practicing in-between. Drummers bring sticks, that's it.

It's the point of the term, and almost everyone does it once they get there. But nobody is dragged on stage. Tell your tutor early and you can play the rehearsals and sit the show out.

Common, and workable. Tell us which weeks and we'll cover your part or shuffle the arrangement.

Yes, and people have in the past – it's quite a commitment! Two different bands, two sets, one gig. Just ask.

Rock and pop, broadly, and the set gets built around what the room can and wants to play. You get a say.

Yes, for adults as well as children. One session, no cost, no card details, no obligation. Come and see what the room's like.

One evening. Then you decide.

The adult taster is free, there's nothing to pay to book it, and nobody rings you afterwards to sell you anything.
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Woking, Surrey GU21 5LY
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