From Press Release:

The 13th Hollywood Drum Show will be held for two days, October 1 and 2, at Solar Studios in Glendale. The show will feature a showroom with exhibitors ranging from equipment dealers to music instructors, beautiful vintage and custom drums as well as clinics and live performances.

The Hollywood Drum Show is the only event of its kind on the west coast. It’s the one place, in one weekend, to find rare drums, vintage kits, accessories and hardware, hard-to-find parts and memorabilia from manufacturers, dealers and private collectors from across the country. Additionally, some of the finest craftsmen in the industry present the best examples of unique custom drums. There is also a consignment area.

The Hollywood Drum Show is known also for its yearly giveaways of thousands of dollars worth of drums and equipment. This year, top-of-the-line snare drums and gear from George Way Drums, Vaughncraft, Tempus, Ludwig, Drum Workshop, Johnny Craviotto, Mayer Bros., Pro Drum Shop, Symphonic Percussion, JCTPO, REMO, San Francisco Drum Company and Dunnett Classic will be raffled throughout the weekend. Vintage snares, cymbals from Sabian, Zildjian, Paiste and Bosphorus, and Pro Mark sticks will also be given away.

The clinician schedule (subject to change) is:

SATURDAY
Noon: Jason Sutter
2pm: Dave Elitch
4pm: Thomas Lang

SUNDAY
1pm: Frank Capp Trio
4pm: Stanton Moore

Other recording artists, celebrities and other special guests are set to appear as well.

The Hollywood Drum Show was founded in 1997 by Hollywood-based drummer and avid vintage drum collector, Kerry Crutchfield.

For tickets and additional information, please visit here.

Revisit our coverage of the 12th Hollywood Drum Show, and our Q&A with Kerry Crutchfield.

From Press Release:

San Jose, Calif., — Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip drumming magazines online and offline, isn’t just obsessed with selling magazines. The company has a strong commitment to the community and drummers in need.

Last year, Enter Music Publishing, in conjunction with the San Jose Jazz Festival, sponsored Rhythm Night, a benefit for the family of deceased Little Feat drummer, Richie Hayward. The night was a tremendous success with more than 500 drummers and fans attending.

This year, Enter Music Publishing is sponsoring its second annual benefit, DRUM! Night, which promises to be an exciting drumming festival with a diverse lineup of drummers and percussionists. On Friday, August 12, drummers will descend on the San Jose Repertory Theatre in the heart of Silicon Valley to witness an evening of amazing drum clinics and performances by Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Jeff Beck), Thomas Lang (Spice Girls, Tina Turner, Stork), and Santana’s fiery percussion section: Karl Perazzo & Raul Rekow, with special guest Armando Perraza (formerly of Santana).

The event will actually be kicked off at 4:30 in the afternoon when Street Drum Corps puts on a street concert outside the venue.

The concert also includes a raffle of thousands of dollars in drumming gear. Proceeds will be donated to the Performing Arts Music Program at Lincoln High, a San Jose magnet school. With over 40 course offerings in dance, music and theater arts, more than 900 Lincoln High students of all ability levels study and learn to attain the highest levels of achievement.

“We’re really enthused to be sponsoring this event to assist music education in schools,” said Phil Hood, publisher and co-founder of Enter Music Publishing. “San Jose schools have a great reputation when it comes to the performing arts and we’re dedicated to supporting the arts through events like DRUM! Night.”

Doors will open at 5:00, an hour-and-a-half before show time, allowing
attendees to have their stick grips analyzed and tuned-up by local drum teachers, witness music demos, test new drum gear, and get in on a special autograph session featuring Brian “Brain” Mantia (Guns ’N Roses, Primus), Jimmy DeGrasso (Megadeth, Alice Cooper), and other notable Northern California drumming dignitaries.

Like last year’s Rhythm Night, DRUM! Night will help kick off the 22nd Annual AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival, one of the largest open-air jazz festivals in the world. SJJF closes off the entire downtown area, erects multiple outdoor stages, and draws up to 100,000 music lovers who converge from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening to enjoy jazz, blues, salsa, Latin, R&B, electronica, and many other forms of contemporary music.

For tickets and additional information, please visit here.