The 19th Annual Chicago Drum Show is May 16 and 17, 2009.

Info Coming Soon...

The 18th Annual Chicago Drum Show was May 17 and 18, 2008.

We'd like to thank Ronn Dunnett and the many other photographers who do such a great job covering this event. Ronn's pictorial of the 2008 show can be seen at http://www.drumsmith.com/chicago2008/chicago2008.html; just click on the banner below (designed by Ronn Dunnett) to get there.

Another site with outstanding coverage by Michael Barton can be seen at http://www.ambadextro.com/chicagodrumshow.html At this site you can view his great still photos in a slideshow format; just sit back and let his pics scroll by. Michael also took a lot of great video footage that can be accessed at the same site. There are several clip tours of the exhibit area, some clinic highlights. I am especially grateful to Michael for the footage of Billy Ward in his Master Class and in the Green Room before his clinic- very unique stuff!

. Also check out the photos at Winnie Mensink's site www.hidehitters.com and the video footage from the show at www.drummercafe.tv.
There are hundreds of nice photos from taken by Greg of Artisan Percussion that can be accessed at http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j302/niacin/Chicago%20DS%2008/?start=all. There are also photos at the Craviotto Drum Co. site.

Nearly 1,000 copies of the 20-page show program were distributed. Click on the image above to download the complete program. (Careful- this is a very large file.)

Click here to see the post-show press release. We will soon be uploading Youtube clinic clip videos.

Click here for the 2008 exhibit area chart!

Click on the categories above for information on 2008 clinics, raffle prizes, exhibitor information and general show info! We would like to call special sttention to first-time Chicago Drum show exhibitors: Metro Drum Co., Unix Drums, Artisan Percussion, Rock Custom Drums, Guitar Center, Drumforum.org, Drum Factory, Longo Drums, Ellis Drum Shop, Rock N Roll Hearing Tech, Doug & Dennis Koger, MCD Percussion, Ron Fink, Abbott Drum Works.

For even more show buzz, be sure to visit our friends at the forums: www.drumforum.org, ghostnote.net (go to http://www.ghostnote.net/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?f=143), and www.drumsmith.com

Click here to visit the 2007 Chicago Drum Show exhibits

Clinic highlight clips from the 2007 Chicago Drum Show (click on each name): Hannah Ford, Donny Osborne, Stanton Moore, Steve Fagiano, Johnny Rabb, Peter Erskine

All of the above clips are also available on a full-bandwidth DVD, $5.00

Click here to watch the 2007 drum show preview!

Drum Show Souvenirs: In addition to the usual show shirt (Gregg Potter, below right), for 2008 we have added commemorative drumsticks and stickers. The sticker (below left) is 5"x5" UV coated, ideal for road cases, etc.

Our thanks to Gregg Potter and Cindy Blackman for allowing us to use their images for these souvenirs!

We sold out of the Trixon shirts at the 2007. We ordered a few more of each for those who missed the chance to get one. Med, Large, XL They are $10.00 for the Black shirt and $12 for the white shirt plus $5 for priority mail shipping. (Sorry; we're now all out of the Hannah Ford shirts.)

Kane County address:

525 South Randall Rd
St Charles, IL 60174

Past Show Photos and Exhibitor Charts