2015 News + Events Sneak Preview!

Sunday 1/11 - "2nd Sundays" North Bay Drummm Circle comes "home" to its original location and time. 3:30-5pm @ Integri Tea, 717 Marin St, Vallejo. Now one hour later in our new (old) space, same great program! More info...

Beginning Saturday 1/17 - "3rd Saturdays" East Bay Drummm Circle fees will go up slightly (first time in over 5 years!). Adults - $12; Seniors - $10; Kids under 13 - $8. Drum rental will continue to be just $5. Thanks for understanding! We value you and truly appreciate your support. 

Sunday 1/25 - Family Drummm Circle returns to Benicia!  10-11am @ In Harmony Studio, 101 East H St, Suite. D, Benicia. We had SO much fun drumming there last month that we're doing it again! The last one sold out, so be sure to register in advance to secure your spot.

Saturdays 1/31 - 3/14 - "Universal Drumming" 6-session drumming series hits Berkeley! 4:15-5:45pm @ Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. You asked for it - the return of drumming classes. Whether you are new to the drum or ready to take your skills to the next level, this fun, upbeat class will break it down and help you build it back up! Space is limited. Early registration discount applies.

Questions? Contact Jeni Swerdlow - jeni@drummm.com or 510.316.2850.

Ready, set...DRUMMM!

5th Annual Holiday Drummm Circle, Potluck, Gift Bazaar, Food Drive hits Berkeley on Sat. 12/20!

Join DRUMMM Rhythmic Events founder Jeni Swerdlow and friends in a RHYTHMIC HOLIDAY COMMUNITY CELEBRATION! We'll be hitting the holiday spirit hard this season. Check it out:

- Holiday and Solstice themed Drummm Circle (Ho Ho Ho and a Bang on the Drum!)

- Community Potluck (Eat to the beat, make a friend, bring a treat!)

- Gift Bazaar (Buy instruments, music and drumming inspired art - give the gift of rhythm!)

- Annual Food Drive for the Alameda Food Bank (Bring your donations of canned and other non-perishable foods in unopened containers)

Saturday, December 20, 2015 @ 4-6pm (extended time!)

Located at Ashkenaz, - 1417 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley CA

Adults $10, Seniors $8, Kids 12 + under $5
Bring a drum or rent one of ours for $5 (first come, first serve)

Open to all levels and styles of drumming! Prepare to be playfully challenged and merrily groove-ified! 

Contact Jeni Swerdlow - jeni@drummm.com or 510.316.2850 for more info.

Upcoming Community DRUMMM Events! November to December 2014

Sunday 11/9 @ 2:30-4pm
"2nd Sundays" Monthly North Bay Drummm Circle 
The Hub Vallejo, 350 Georgia St.
Adults $10; Kids (12 + under) $5. Bring a drum or borrow one for $5, first come first serve.

Saturday 11/15 @ 4-5:30pm
"3rd Saturdays" Monthly East Bay Drummm Circle 
Ashkenaz Berkeley, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
Adults $10; Kids (12 + under) $5. Bring a drum or borrow one for $5, first come first serve.

Sunday 11/16 @ 10-11am
Family Drummm Circle
In Harmony Studio, 101 East H Street, Suite D, Downtown Benicia. 
Rhythmic fun for the whole family! Open to all ages and levels of experience. Instruments provided or bring your own. Space is limited! Pre-registration is strongly recommended.
$25 per family (max 3 per family) in advance or $30 at the door if space is available. 
Register: http://www.inharmonymusic.net/Drummm.html

Sunday 12/14
CANCELLED FOR DECEMBER -  "2nd Sundays" Monthly North Bay Drummm Circle Have a happy holiday! See you in 2015!

Saturday 12/20 @ 4-6pm (extended time!)HOLIDAY EDITION - "3rd Saturdays" Monthly East Bay Drummm Circle - Potluck, Annual Food Drive, Gift Bazaar, Holiday Grooves...
Ashkenaz Berkeley, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
Adults $10; Kids (12 + under) $5. Bring a drum or borrow one for $5, first come first serve.

Check back often, as we're adding and updating events all the time!

INFO: www.DRUMMM.com - jeni@drummm.com - 510.316.2850

OAKLAND WORLD PERCUSSION FESTIVAL!!! Saturday September 27, 2014

Sat., Sept. 27, 2014, the Largest, Baddest, Funkiest DAY OF THE DRUM is happening in Rhythm-Crazy Oakland, CA !!!   From 9am - 6:30pm the house will literally be ROCKING with the infectious beats of Brazil, Cuba, Japan, Guinea, Trinidad, Brooklyn, the Congo and Oakland!   All under ONE ROOF in an amazing display of culture, talent, energy and love!

 

The 3rd Annual Oakland World Percussion Festival 2014 is about to drop and YOU! are invited!

 

Website:

http://totalrhythm.com/OWPF/index.html

 

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/328908330602220/

 

IndieGoGo Campaign:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/oakland-world-percussion-festival-2014/x/542319

 

 

Confirmed artists include: 

• John Santos (5-time Grammy Nominee, McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente)
• Kiazi Malonga (Fua dia Congo, Kiandanda Dance Co.)
• Edgardo Cambon (Oscar DeLeon, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto)
• Mary Ellen Donald (Gallal Kutub, Yusel Mostafa, Light Rain)
• Robert "€œBobby"€ Wallace (Bonnie Riatt, David Rudder, Margareth Menezes)
• Mohammed Kouyate (Balafon, Djembe) 
• Tina "€œBean" Blaine (Brian Eno, Tracy Blackmun, Eda Maxym)
• Jeni Swerdlow (Mickey Hart, Loyd Family Players)
• Carolyn Brandy (Zakir Hussain, Paquito D’Rivera, Pete Escovedo)
• Ben Isaacs (Djaily Kunda Kouyate, Balla Tounkara, Nabi Camara)
• BATALA DRUM ENSEMBLE (Afro-Brazilian/Funk)
• Kamesha Fofana (West African dance)
• Jeff “Tandou” Pierre (Port of Prince, Haiti)
• Maze Daiko (Japanese Taiko + Funk)
• Mika Scott (Grateful Dead, Hamza Ell Din, Steve Miller)
• PLUS MANY MORE !!!

http://totalrhythm.com/OWPF/index.html

 

ENJOY FOUR HOURS of FREE World Percussion and Dance performances.

 

Bring the whole family.  Bring the kids for FREE Youth Drumming lessons!

Want to dive in deeper? The Festival offers SIX hour-long HANDS-ON Percussion Workshops covering Afro-Brazilian Funk, Rhythms from the Congo, Afro-Cuban Bembe, Middle Eastern Percussion, Beats and Songs from Haiti and Djembe Rhythms from West Africa!  (Note: Percussion workshops are $20 each or $50 for ALL SIX!)

 

Buy your Workshop Pass here: http://totalrhythm.com/OWPF/index.html#workshops

 

Bring your drum and JOIN THE FUN! We'€™ll have a scintillating International Marketplace, featuring sustainable and organic world music/art vendors from across the globe: African drums, Hand-made Chekeres from Cachimbo, Brazilian percussion, Natural hair and skin products, jewelry, original art, Pan-African CDs and DVDs...join us! 

 

BRING YOUR APPETITE! We'€™ll have mouth-watering food from Cameroon, Thailand, Trinidad, and Oakland, CA.

 

This a ONE LOVE event celebrating the incredible Power of the Drum.

 

The Festival includes a FREE community-wide CLOSING DRUM CIRCLE with dynamic facilitator Jeni Swerdlow (www.drummm.com)! Bring your drum or percussion if you have one, and if you have two bring one to share.

 

Full details here:  

Website: http://totalrhythm.com/OWPF/index.html

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/328908330602220/

 

WANT TO SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL? Help make it all possible:  Support our IndieGoGo campaign:

 

IndieGoGo Campaign:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/oakland-world-percussion-festival-2014/x/542319

 

 We still need VOLUNTEERS!!    Please email Robert@TotalRhythm.com for full details.

 

THANK YOU !   THANK YOU !  THANK YOU  for making this CELEBRATION OF THE DRUM a HUGE SUCCESS !

Fall Back Into the Groove! Upcoming DRUMMM Events, Sept-Oct 2014

FALL BACK INTO THE GROOVE!
Upcoming DRUMMM Events
September-October 2014

Friday 9/12 @ 7-8pm - Drummm Jam at "2nd Fridays" Vallejo Art Walk (meet at the corner of Georgia St. and Marin St., right outside The Hub). Bring a drum or soundmaker and join in the fun at this monthly community art celebration! Open to all ages and levels/styles of drumming. Chairs provided. FREE!

Sunday 9/14 @ 2:30-4pm - "2nd Sundays" Monthly North Bay Drummm Circle at The Hub Vallejo, 350 Georgia St. This fun, playfully challenging drum circle is facilitated by DRUMMM Rhythmic Events founder Jeni Swerdlow, MA-ATR. Open to all ages, levels, cultures, and styles of drumming. No prior musical experience is necessary to participate. Adults $10; Kids (12 + under) $5. Bring a drum, or borrow one for $5, first come first serve.

Thursday 9/18 @ 3:30-4:30pm - Drummm OneBEAT at Danville Library, 400 Front St. DRUMMM hits the Arts Enrichment Book Club - fun for kids of all ages! FREE!

Saturday 9/20 @ 4-5:30pm - "3rd Saturdays" Monthly East Bay Drummm Circle - Special Autumn Equinox Celebration!  at Ashkenaz Berkeley, 1317 San Pablo Ave. Open to all styles of drumming (as well as singing and dancing)! Jeni Swerdlow's facilitation makes the experience engaging, accessible, meaningful and FUN for participants of all ages and levels. Adults $10; Kids (12 + under) $5. Bring a drum, or borrow one for $5, first come first serve.

Saturday 9/27 @ 6-7pm - Jeni Swerdlow leads the Closing Drum Circle at Oakland World Percussion Festival at East Bay Church, 4130 Telegraph Ave, Oakland. "Northern California's Largest One-Day Percussion Event!" FREE!

Friday 10/10 @ 7-8pm - Drummm Jam at "2nd Fridays" Vallejo Art Walk (meet at the corner of Georgia St. and Marin St., right outside The Hub). Bring a drum or soundmaker and join in the fun at this monthly community art celebration! Open to all ages and levels/styles of drumming. Chairs provided. FREE!

Sunday 10/12 @ 2:30-4pm - "2nd Sundays" Monthly North Bay Drummm Circle at The Hub Vallejo, 350 Georgia St. This fun, playfully challenging drum circle is facilitated by DRUMMM Rhythmic Events founder Jeni Swerdlow, MA-ATR. Open to all ages, levels, cultures, and styles of drumming. No prior musical experience is necessary to participate. Adults $10; Kids (12 + under) $5. Bring a drum or borrow one for $5, first come first serve.

Saturday 10/18 @ 4-5:30pm - "3rd Saturdays" Monthly East Bay Drummm Circle at Ashkenaz Berkeley, 1317 San Pablo Ave. Open to all styles of drumming (as well as singing and dancing)! Jeni Swerdlow's facilitation makes the experience engaging, accessible, meaningful and FUN for participants of all ages and levels. Adults $10; Kids (12 + under) $5. Bring a drum or borrow one for $5, first come first serve.

Check back often, as we're adding and updating events all the time!

More info: www.DRUMMM.com - jeni@drummm.com - 510.316.2850

DRUMMM Summer Happenings!

COMMUNITY DRUMMM EVENTS
June - August 2014

Sat. 6/7 Drummm "TeenBEAT" - A special, FREE event for teens to de-stress during finals week. @ Union City Library, Union City CA.
2-2:45pm

Sun. 6/8 "2nd Sundays" North Bay Drummm Circle - NEW PLACE AND TIME! @ The Hub, 350 Georgia St (at Marin St), Vallejo CA.
2:30-4pm

Sat. 6/21 Monthly East Bay Drummm Circle - SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION! @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA.
4-5:30pm

Sun. 7/13  "2nd Sundays" North Bay Drummm Circle - NEW PLACE AND TIME! @ The Hub, 350 Georgia St (at Marin St), Vallejo CA.
2:30-4pm

Thu. 7/17 "FIZZ! BOOM! READ!" - A FREE children's Summer Reading Program event @ Los Gatos Library, Los Gatos CA.
4-4:45pm

Sat. 7/19 Monthly East Bay Drummm Circle @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA.
4-5:30pm

Sat. 7/26 DRUMMM OneBEAT for Families @ Oneg Shabbat - Saturdays Unplugged at the JCCSF, San Francisco CA.
3-6pm

Sat. 8/2 DRUMMM OneBEAT - a FREE, Hands-on Community Rhythm Celebration! @ JFK Library, Vallejo CA.
1-2pm.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO monthly North Bay or East Bay Drummm Circles during the month of August. We will return in September. See you then!

Check back often, as we're adding and updating events all the time!

More info: www.DRUMMM.com - jeni@drummm.com - 510.316.2850

5/17 S.F. Bay Area DrumSTRONG "Drumming to BEAT Cancer"

It's our annual S.F. Bay Area DrumSTRONG "Drumming to BEAT Cancer" Drummm Circle! Join the global DrumSTRONG movement - drum circles will be happening simultaneously in cities all around the world to raise awareness and funds for cancer. 

Saturday May 17, 2014  at 4-6pm PST (will be webcast so others around the world can join in the beat!)

Located at Ashkenaz Music and Dance Cultural Center, 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley CA. 

Open to all ages, levels and styles of drumming. No prior experience necessary. Bring a drum or play one of ours.

$10-25+ suggested donation - All proceeds will benefit Cancer Support Community of S.F. Bay Area.

Facilitated by Jeni Swerdlow, MA-ATR (DRUMMM Rhythmic Events) and Scott Rouse (S.F. Drum Lessons), plus special guests!

Sponsored by DRUMMM Rhythmic Events

Contact: Jeni Swerdlow jeni@drummm.com or 510.316.2850

5/11 Celebrate the Rhythms of Life with Mom!

Join us on Sunday, May 11th for a Mother's Day Drummm Circle! Moms get $5 off admission!

This fun, playfully challenging "Second Sundays" drum circle is facilitated by DRUMMM Rhythmic Eventsfounder Jeni Swerdlow, MA-ATR. Open to all ages, levels, cultures, and styles of drumming. No prior musical experience is necessary to participate. Jeni will get your hands moving and grooving on the drum in no time!

3:30-4pm Beginner Lesson: Intro to Hand Drumming/World Grooves
4-5pm All levels Facilitated Drummm Circle + Community Celebration.

Located @ IntegriTea Art + Event Space, 717 Marin St, Vallejo CA

Adults: $10; Kids 13 + under: $5; Seniors 65 + up $8; Babies under 2: Free. $5 off for Moms!!

Bring a drum or percussion if you have one, or play one of Jeni's drums for an additional $5 each (first come, first serve).

Questions? Contact Jeni Swerdlow at jeni@drummm.com or 510.316.2850.

DRUMMM Community Events (Feb-May 2014)

Sat. 2/8 DRUMMM for Kids @ Claremont Branch Library, Berkeley CA.
4-4:45pm
Family friendly + Free!

Sun. 2/9 NEW "2nd Sundays" North Bay Drummm Circle @ IntegriTea, - 717 Marin St, Vallejo CA.
3:30-5pm

Sat. 2/15 Monthly East Bay Drummm Circle @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA.
4-5:30pm

Sun. 3/9 NEW "2nd Sundays" North Bay Drummm Circle @ IntegriTea, - 717 Marin St, Vallejo CA.
3:30-5pm

Sat. 3/15 Monthly East Bay Drummm Circle @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA.
Come play and get ready for Sun. 3/16 event (see below), where we will Drummm for the masses!

4-5:30pm

Sun. 3/16 East Bay Drummm Circle Drummers @ Ashkenaz World Dance Showcase (41st Anniversary Bash + Benefit), Berkeley CA.
Must attend 3/15 East Bay Drummm Circle to participate as a drummer at this event (see above).
Doors @ 4:30pm, Show @ 5pm

Sun. 4/6 Closing Drummm Circle Celebration @ Stockton Earth Day Festival, Stockton CA.
4-4:45pm

Fri. 4/11 "Rhythm Ride" Drummm Circle @ East Bay Bike Party, Walnut Creek CA
9-10pm

Sun. 4/13 NEW "2nd Sundays" North Bay Drummm Circle @ IntegriTea, - 717 Marin St, Vallejo CA.
3:30-5pm

Sat. 4/19 Monthly East Bay Drummm Circle @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA.
4-5:30pm

Sun. 5/11 NEW "2nd Sundays" North Bay Drummm Circle @ IntegriTea, - 717 Marin St, Vallejo CA.
3:30-5pm

Sat. 5/17 DrumSTRONG S.F. Bay Area "Drumming to BEAT Cancer!" Drummm Circle @ Ashkenaz, Berkeley CA.
4-6pm

Check back often, as we're adding and updating events all the time!

More info: www.DRUMMM.com - jeni@drummm.com - 510.316.2850