WORLD DRUM DAY
Drum with Us!
Join us for 24 hours of collective drumming in a celebration of unity! Let’s drum together from Saturday, Oct 19th at noon, through Sunday, October 20th at noon.
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About World Drum Day
LEAF Global Arts announces the launch of World Drum Day, set for Saturday, October 19, 2024. The initiative invites people around the globe to join in 24 hours of collective drumming in a celebration of unity.
“We try not to generalize Africa, but one thing I can say is that when the drums start to beat, everything else in the village stops, and everybody gathers,” says musician, dancer, educator, and peace activist Masankho Banda of Malawi. “There are those who beat the drum, those who sing, and those who dance. And for that moment, they are united in one purpose.”
It is from this deep well of tradition and the desire to connect the human family through music and rhythm — our innate and collective creativity — that the idea of World Drum Day was born.
The concept for World Drum Day is simple: Everyone is welcome, and anyone can participate by drumming for any amount of time — even just a few minutes — between noon on Saturday, October 19 and noon on Sunday, October 20. The event will launch during LEAF Global Arts Festival, and drummers from around the world are invited to join in by sharing videos of themselves drumming on social media, using the tag #worlddrumday. Also, a drum can be anything. Djembe, tabla, steel pan, drum kit, bucket, even hands and feet: whatever you have that makes a beat!
LEAF Global Arts aims to include 50% of the world’s nations in the inaugural World Drum Day. It’s a perfect pairing with LEAF’s year-long theme, World Changers: Year of the Artivist, a call to explore how artists and activists can make meaningful change in their communities and beyond. World Drum Day participants will include teaching artists and students from LEAF International programs in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Mexico, New Orleans, Panama, Rwanda, Tanzania, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.5
In the tradition of DrumsForCures :: DRUMSTRONG, inclusively and collaboratively drumming to support the Health of Humankind, DRUMSTRONG 2024 and LEAF will feature a 24 hour rhythm event and the entire world will play with us; bringing people together through rhythm!
The rolling pastures of Misty Meadows Farm in Weddington, North Carolina pulsed on May 5 and 6, 2007, with the inaugural DRUMSTRONG. The group drummed for 25 hours non-stop. Since then, over 80 cities in 29 countries have hosted DRUMSTRONG events to raise awareness and funds for their local cancer initiatives. The group has drummed for 30 hours non-stop. They webcast their events so that those in hospitals who aren’t able to physically join an event, and cities worldwide, can play together. DRUMSTRONG has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for research, education, clinics, camps, individuals and humanitarian assistance.
Learn more at DRUMSTRONG.org
PICK UP THE DRUM & COME TOGETHER
Join us for the inaugural World Drum Day,
from noon on Saturday, October 19
to noon on Sunday, October 20, 2024.
Everyone is invited to participate!
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Add your location to help reach goal of 50% of countries represented.
You will be added to the map! In the meantime, remember to post on Instagram using the hashtag #worlddrumday as you get ready, and as you participate.
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