We are just 18 days away from the start of The UK Drum Show – one of the biggest drum events in Europe, which has been held annually since 2017.
The event will take place on Saturday, the 18th and Sunday the 19th of October 2025 at ACC Liverpool, UK. The program includes drum performances, workshops, and drummer signing sessions. There is also an exhibition space organized. The show runs from 9am until 6pm on both days. The sponsors are: Mapex, Paiste and Vater.
Main Stage:
Saturday
09:45 – Thomas Lang
11:15 – Naomi Forbes (Paloma Faith, Cat Burns & Leigh-Anne form Little Mix)
12:45 – Mark Guiliana
14:15 – Gavin Harrison
15:45 – Antonio Sánchez
17:15 – Christoph Schneider (Rammstein)
Sunday
10:00 – Nathan “FORC3” Shingler (Ashley Henry, Reuben James, Alfa Mist, JSPHYNX)
11:15 – Gabor Dornyei
12:45 – Gergo Borlai
14:15 – Gregg Bissonette
15:45 – Todd Sucherman
17:15 – Eloy Casagrande
Main Stage Mini:
There will be performances by young drummers divided into two age groups: up to 12 and between 13 and 21. A total of twenty-four young artists are scheduled to appear on the stage.
Mike Dolbear Masterclasses:
Mike Dolbear an online drum education pioneer. For this year’s edition of the UK Drum Show, he has invited such renowned drum educators as Claus Hessler or Brandon Toews (Drumeo) as well as the following drummers: Oliver Downton (Williams Syndrome and also Drum.Dog ambassador), Jack Manders (Zildjian UK Young Drummer of The Year), Vicky O’Neon (Anastacia), Ed Richardson (Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra), Stephen Asamoah-Duah (John Legend), Steve Barney (Annie Lennox), James Compton (Mimi Webb, Baby Queen, Col3trane, Sam Tompkins, Catfish & the Bottlemen).
Mike Johnstone Education Room:
In addition to the host, the workshop will be conducted by: Jost Nickel (Randy Brecker, Jeff Lorber, Bob Mintzer, Jimmy Haslip), Dexter Hercules (Ed Sheeran, Ronnie Wood, Little Mix, Incognito, Rita Ora, Boy George, Ashanti), and Jay Postones (TesseracT).
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