Camp: Wed 8/11 – Sun 8/15
Concert: Mike Stern & Friends Live! on Wed 8/11 @ 7:30PM
Five of the world’s top drummers meet in Cle for the Drum Fantasy Camp, running from Wed 8/11 – Sun 8/15 at the Hyatt. Hundreds of people from over 10 countries and around the US attend this drum jam-fest. The camp includes drum workshops, jams, and all the tools you need to get your drumming career off the ground.
If you don’t wanna attend the camp, but still wanna get in on some serious drumming, check out a family-friendly concert featuring Mike Stern & Friends Live! on Wed 8/11 @ 7:30PM at the House of Blues.
Read more about the camp and its famous instructors…
Drummer Dave Weckl… will share the drum chair with drumming legend Peter Erskine (Weather Report, Diana Krall), Tommy Igoe (Birdland Big Band), Thomas Lang (Kelly Clarkson, Robert Fripp), and a fifth drummer to be named.
The next four days will feature small classes with the drumming instructors and nightly jams where the campers get to play with a world-class band. The jam night band features guitarist Vinny Valentino (George Benson, Vital Information), bassist Baron Browne (Jean-Luc Ponty, Steps Ahead), and singer Chrissi Poland (Moby, Sting). Both the classes and jams are being held at the Hyatt Regency at the Arcade.
[Pictured is drummer Joe Goretti, who’ll teach a drumming career course.]