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Only free and frequent drumcircles wil be listed in this directory;
One-offs won't be indexed!
Sessions with entrance fee are considered as workshops and will therefore not be listed either!
All circles listed in alphabetical order.
EUROPE
BELGIUM
Djamsession Aalst
Don Bosco School
Meuleschettestraat 9300, Aalst
Every third Sunday of the month,
starting at 16.00 hrs
email - website
De Schakel Djamsession
Roodebeekseweg 270, 1200 Bruxelles
Every first Friday of the month,
from 20.00 hrs untill ?
website
Drumcircle Turnhout
Draaiboomstraat 6 2300 Turnhout
Every first Sunday of the month,
starting at 15.00 hrs
email - website
DENMARK
Drumcircle Lolland
Nakskov & Maribo Musikskoler
Every Saturday starting at 20.00 hrs
GERMANY
Drumcafe Nordhorn
Every last Tuesday of the month,
Indoors, starting at 19.00 hrs
email - website
NETHERLANDS
Bar en Boos Drumcircle, Leiden
Koppenhinksteeg 4, by Kaasmarkt
Every first Sunday of the month,
Indoors, starting at 16.00 hrs
email - website
Landjuweel, Freeport Ruigoord
Annual 3-5 day event,
around the full moon of August.
The visitors make the festival;
No spectators, only participants!
email - website
WAP-IN Middag, Alkmaar
Les Trois Soeurs,
Randall Scott Dance Centre,
Gedempte Nieuwe Sloot 36, Alkmaar
Every second Sunday of the month,
from 13.00-17.00 hrs
West African
SWITZERLAND
Trommelkreis Richterswil
Every third Saturday of the month
from 09.30-11.30 hrs
During summer extra circles:
check their website!
email - website
UNITED KINGDOM
Mana Bozho Drumcircle, Liverpool
Bluecoats Arts Centre, School Lane.
Every last Saturday of the Month,
starting at 14.00 hrs
Psalm Drummers West Midlands
Various locations in Dudley
Please check this by email
Every first Tuesday of the month,
starting at 20.00 hrs
email - website
Tapely Drumcircle
Instow/Bideford
Every Sunday, starting at 20.00 hrs
Mixed music, variety of instruments
USA
ARIZONA
The Happening, Tempe
Excellent weather year round
Every Saturday, starting at 23.00 hrs
CALIFORNIA
Balboa Park Drum Circle, San Diego
Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Every Sunday afternoon
website
First Friday Drumcircle, Montclair
Every first Friday of the month,
starting at 19.00 hrs
Free form, all styles and levels welcome
email - website
Kaweah River Drumcircle,
Cort Gallery, Three Rivers
Every Sunday after dark
African Drumming
Rhythmotomy's Drumcircle,
Thousand Oaks
Every third Sunday of the month
starting at 14.00 hrs
All styles welcome
email - website
Venice Beach Drumcircle
Every Saturday & Sunday, from dusk.
website
FLORIDA
Siesta Beach Drumcircle
Siesta Key Beach Sarasota
Every Sunday,
starting one hour before sunset
website
Paralounge Gathering, Live Oak
Every first Saturday of the month
Freestyle playing
email - website
Drumming Peace
Kanapa Veterans Memorial Park, Gainsville
Corner SW 75th St & SW 41st Place
Monthly, on Saturday near full moon
starting at 13.00 hrs until dusk
email - website
INDIANA
Darkfires Drummers
Rose Hulman University, Terre Haute
Every Friday, starting at 19.00 hrs
Fortville Drummers in Fortville Park
Every first Saturday of the month,
starting at 20.00 hrs
email - website
MASSACHUSETTS
New Bedford Drumcircle
First Unitarian Church
71 Eighth St, New Bedford
Every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday of the month, starting at 18.00 hrs
Free Form, beginners always welcome
NEW JERSEY
Drumcircle and Sacred Circle of Sound
Friends Meeting House, 158 Southern Blvrd
Every third Sunday of the month,
from 15.00-18.30 hrs in Chatham
email - website
Marklar's Drummer Circle
Chestnut Branch Park, Sewell
Every Wednesday, starting at 19.00 hrs
Woodstock Trading Co.
Rt. 70 Cherry Hill
Every Monday from 19.00-22.00 hrs
NEW YORK
Tribal Jam Drum Circle
Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie
Every Sunday
Sego Cafe, Oneonta
Every Friday, starting at 22.00 hrs
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh Drumcircle
Every Monday, from 19.00-21.00 hrs
Community drumming
with West African flavour
website
TENNESSEE
Centennial Park on Flagpole Hill, Nashville, bounded by Park Plaza Rd, 31st Ave N and Parthenon Ave
Every Sunday when sunset nears
TEXAS
International Club of Percussionists
Houston, Texas
Every Thursday, starting at 21.00 hrs
African, Caribbean, Brazilian & Cuban
The Texas Drums Community
keeps info up to date on drumcircles
all over the state of Texas
email - website
ELSEWHERE
AUSTRALIA
Full Moon Drumcircle,
Townsville Queensland
Gregory St. Headland, the Strand
Every Full Moon from 17.30-20.00 hrs
Bring an instrument and a chair
email - website
CANADA
Drumble, Toronto
Every Tuesday from 20.00-00.00 hrs
Fluency Drumcircle, Toronto
Every Sunday in Withrow Park
From 15.30-18.30 hrs
(weather permitting)
email - website
Hoser Drumcircle,
Beacon hill Park, Victoria
on sunny Sundays after lunch
West Coast style
MEXICO
Guadalajara, Mexico Drumcircle
Bosque Colomos I, Guadalajara
Every Sunday, starting at 17.30 hrs
email - website
NEW ZEALAND
Songbong Drumming Circle
ARC Cafe, Dunedin
Every second Wednesday of the month
starting at 19.30 hrs
email - website
PHILLIPINES
Katribu Drumcircle, Davao City
Every full Moon
email - website
TAIWAN
Dragonfly Jamboree
Taichung Hui-Lai Rd,
behind Mitsukoshi Dept. Store
Every Sunday at 14.00 hrs
website