¡DRUMSTRONG 2024!
18th ANNIVERSARY
10 • 20 • 2024
DRUMSTRONG ‘Rhythm Disaster Relief’
for our beloved Western North Carolina
Due to the horrendous storm damage to Western North Carolina, our wonderful friends at LEAF in Black Mountain, NC have had to cancel their Fall Festival.
We were going to facilitate DRUMSTRONG 2024 World Drum Day from there.
We will hold an independent Drum Circle in Charlotte, NC on Sunday, October 20, 2024 and dedicate DRUMSTRONG 2024 to fundraising supporting disaster relief in Western N. Carolina.
Please come out & Play! (and support the efforts)…
Hosted by the good folks at
Vaulted Oak Brewing 4:00pm – 6:00pm EST
And those who can’t make it, we encourage you to drum wherever you are for at least a little while and join the Global effort to raise the spirit of collaboration and inclusivity. World Drum Day for Unity!
Those who want to donate, you can support the efforts to rebuild these beautiful communities, provide basic essentials for households who have lost their homes, help artists who have lost their studios, venues, tools and inventory, DRUMSTRONG will directly deliver funds where needed most.
https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1496078
We are NOT forgetting or forgoing our Humanitarian Health initiatives, the ‘Rhythm Aid Projects’, and our friends in Kyiv, Ukraine.
DRUMSTRONG ‘Rhythm Aids Projects’ supports the foremost pediatric oncology center in Kyiv, UKRAINE with funding for restoration, supplemental needs for the children and our rhythm therapy sessions there. The Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital was the direct hit target of the russian ballistic missile attack in July…
¡DRUMSTRONG 2023!
17th ANNIVERSARY
October 21, 2023
Kicking Off the Queen City Jam Sessions
¡Let FreeeeDrum Ring!
‘DRUMSTRONG 2023′ 17th Anniversary :: encouraging Restoration, Healing and Deliverance through Rhythm.
This is what DRUMSTRONG 2023 felt like at the Neighborhood Theatre 10-21-23 Hosted by QUEEN CITY Jam Session
Warm, intimate, inclusive, intentional .. with tasty grooves.
DRUMSTRONG 2023 video
10 :: 21 :: 2023
The Neighborhood Theatre • NoDa •Queen City Jam Sessions
511 E 36th St, Charlotte, N.C. 28205 MAP Follow signs for parking
You will need to purchase a Day or Weekend ticket to stay and enjoy the Queen City Jam Sessions after the Drum Circle.
Cities around the world who are able to safely gather will be joining us via webcast.
:: Instruments ::
You are welcomed to bring your own special, favorite percusion maker(s). If you don’t have a drum, we have lots of stuff to bang on…
:: Drum Instruction :: Learn to Play :: There will be on-site, in-motion hand drum instruction.
:: Drum Circle Facilitators ::
We have World Class, professional, outrageously phenomenal DrumCircle Facilitators present to play with us and direct our rhythmical interchange.
They will keep our rhythm in motion non-stop :: Join in at your leisure or make it your Goal to DRUM LONG.
:: Global connections ::
DRUMSTRONG events are held in cities all over the world. Folks all playing together simultaneously; drumming via webcast with the same intentions :: to BEAT cancer.
see :: Home Page “Where in the World are We?” for your Global connection.
If you can’t make it out to the pastures, join or organize a DRUMSTRONG DRUMCircle in your village. See the drumSTRONG handBOOK
Check the list of cities participating this year. Talk to [email protected] for details.
:: Media ::
The Great Powers will be listening. TV and radio personalities, newspaper and magazines will be present during the course of the event. The entire event will be web-cast, film and photo documented.
*drum circle* multiple and varied percussion instruments rhythmically struck to create a harmonic vibration by multiple and varied human instruments sharing their rhythmical spirit while creating community–not necessarily ‘in the round’ (or in that order…).
Please contact Scott Swimmer at [email protected] or call 704.996.9170 if your company is interested in being a Sponsor, Exhibitor or a Vendor at our events.