Songlines Music Travel (+44 (0)20-8505 2582) is running a 10-day tour of Mali, including the nightclubs of Bamako, instrument-making workshops and Ségou region, from 17-26 October 2009. It costs £1,249pp plus £600 for flights from Heathrow. Songlines' 2010 Festival on the Niger tour runs from 23 January-1 February and costs £1,299pp plus £600 for flights.