Drumming Clinics And Events For June

By Phil Hood Published June 16, 2009

Summer is here so get out to see some live music and some clinics. This month's highlights include Peter Erskine's summer tour of California music stores and Steve Smith at Drummer Live in London this week. Next month, Thomas Pridgen of Mars Volta invades Brisbane, Australia.

2009/Artist/Location/City/State or Country

JUNE    CANADA/USA                        
12        Peter Erskine    Sam Ash Music            Cerritos    CA
13        Peter Erskine    Best Buy            West LA    CA
13        Jeff Queen, James Leslie    Dayton Conv Center   Dayton OH
13-20   Scott Deal    New England Conservatory            Boston    MA
14        Danny Gottlieb    Eckerd College            St Petersburg    FL
15        Virgil Donati    Mother's Music            Winnipeg    MB
15-19   Diane Downs    We Got The Beat Music camp            Fresno    CA
16        Thom Hannum    Thom Hannum Mobile Percussion Seminar            West memphis    ARK
16        Virgil Donati    Mother's Music            Saskatoon    SK
17        Peter Erskine    Best Buy            Torrance    CA
17        Virgil Donati    Mother's Music            Edmonton    AB
17        Carmine Appice    West LA Music            Los Angeles    CA
18         Rickie-Byers Beckwith, Michael Bernard Beckwith (The Secret), Freddie Ravel (Grammie artist), Faith Rivera, Steve McCarty of the Steve Miller Band, Christine Stevens, Jenni Swerdlow Humanity Unites Brilliance Benefit (for Lakota)  Palace Hotel    San Francisco CA
18        Peter Erskine    Sam Ash Music            Ontario    CA
18        Kenneth Broadway    Vero Beach H S            Vero Beach    FL
18        Tiger Bill Meligari    Sam Ash            Edison    NJ
19        Peter Erskine    Sam Ash Music            Canoga Park    CA
19        Virgil Donati    Mother's Music            Calgary    AB
19        Bobby Sanabria, Dafnis Prieto, Memo Acevedo    The Power of Drum - Riverside Theatre        212.369.0276    New York    NY
20        Vicki Peterson Jenks    International Music Camp (7-20th)            Minot    ND
20        Peter Erskine    Best Buy            Pasadena     CA
20-27   John Santos    Camp Jones Gulch - Jazz Camp West            LaHonda    CA
21-3     Jason Price    Shell Lake Combo Camp            Shell Lake    WI         
23        Ed Roscetti    Drum School 101 & Drum Circuit            San Luis Obispo   
22-24   Jeff Crowell    Univ of WI - Eau Claire            Eau Claire    WI
24        Dafnis Prieto    Berklee College of Music            Boston    MA
25        Julio Figueroa    Saddleback Church            Lake Forest    CA
25        Giovanni Hidalgo    Guitar Center        Orlando   FL
25-26   Sheila E    Guitar Center       Hollywood    CA

JULY
5-10     Bill Cahn    Eastman School of Music       Rochester    NY
5-10     Jeff Crowell    Shell Lake Combo Camp       Shell Lake    WI
6 -11    Vicki Peterson Jenks    Birch Creek Music       Egg Harbor    WI
9          Shawn Drover    Seminole Music      Seminole    FL
10        Bill Cahn    Eastman School of Music       Rochester    NY
11        Julio Figueroa    Old Town Temecula      Temecula    CA
11        Zoro    Tuscaloosa Music Service      Tuscaloosa    AL
14        Ed Roscetti    Buffalo Drum Outlet        Depew    NY
14        Dom Famularo    Frank Rieman Music       Des Moines    IA

INTERNATIONAL/JUNE               
13        Steve Smith, Pete Lockett, Mark Richardson    London Excel Centre Docklands            London    UK
14        Cora Coleman-Dunham, Derrick, McKenzie, Sola Akimbola    Drummer Live            UK   
26-27   Dom Famularo    Free Stroke School, Florence           Italy
28        Dom Famularo    Musical Centro, Cassino          Italy
29        Dom Famularo    Accademia Francesco Tarrega, Taranto          Italy
30        Dom Famularo    Beat School Vibo, Valentia          Italy
28-30   Sergio Bellotti    Ringo Music       Torrino    Italy
29        Dom Famularo    Accademia Francesco Tarrega       Taranto    Italy

JULY
12        JoJo Mayer      Drum Fest Birmingham    Birmingham    UK
18-19   Zoro, Vera Figueiredo    Batuka International Drum Festival            Brazil
19        Thomas Pridgen, Virgil Donati, Dom Famularo    Billy Hyde/Drumworx      Brisbane    Australia