Nashville Drum Show

Annual Nashville Drum Show – September 29 & 30, 2012

*Just added! Poco will perform at the show on Sept. 2th. The Midnight Riders will be performing too. Both shows are included in Saturday's ticket.

*Just added! Drum Set Solo contest both days. Stay tuned for details

The annual Nashville Drum Show will take place September 29^th and 30^th, 2012 at the Nashville Expo Center at the Tennessee state Fairgrounds. Part industry trade show, part swap meet and part entertainment event, the show features exhibits by vintage drum collectors and dealers, custom drum builders, retail drum shops, drum parts wholesalers, and major drum, cymbal & percussion accessory manufacturers from around the world. Several famous performers will appear in concert - country rock pioneers Poco, popular Nashville Allman Brothers tribute band The Midnight Riders, a drum clinic/performance by a famous drummer (TBA – still scheduling), and other popular local and regional bands and drummers. Other features are the annual Snare Drum Olympics contest, the Drum Set Solo contest, and the Vintage Drum Museum exhibit. The show is open to the general public and any one may rent one of the 150 exhibit booths. The Nashville Drum Show is being produced by George Lawrence of Not So Modern Drummer Magazine and Gary Forkum, owner of Fork’s Drum Closet. Daily admission is $15 at the door or in advance. All details concerning exhibitor registration, tickets, schedules and contests can be seen and downloaded online at NotSoModernDrummer.com/events or contact George Lawrence at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , 330 338 6035

This event began in 1996 as the Not So Modern Drummer Vintage Drum Show, with a small number of exhibitors and attendees. In 1998 John Aldridge, the founding publisher of Not So Modern Drummer, added the Snare Drum Olympics– a contest to showcase, publicize and promote high end snare drums built by major drum manufacturers and small custom drum builders. The show and contest were held during the same week as Summer Namm Show in Nashville up until this year when it was moved to a later, cooler date in the Fall, renamed the Nashville Drum Show and reloacted to the larger fairgrounds venue. This drum show is now one of the biggest in the nation, rivaling the Hollywood Drum Show and the Chicago Drum Show.

Not So Modern Drummer Magazine is the world’s first vintage and custom drum magazine. Started in 1988 as a four page newsletter, it has grown into a major monthly print and digital publication that also reviews and advertises current drum manufacturers, and a popular research and bluebook website. It is now also the parent company of the Not So Modern Drum Company featuring metal snare drums engraved by John Aldridge, and the Famous Drum Company featuring new designs in snare drums by woodworking artist Joe Partridge.

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