SIRD Events

 Get Ready for the Glasgow Rudimental Drumming Festival 2025! 

Join us from 10th - 12th October 2025 at the RSPBA Headquarters, 45 Washington Street, Glasgow, for a world-class celebration of rudimental drumming styles from around the globe! 

Expect live performances, clinics, and showcases featuring top drumming groups from Scotland and beyond. Whether you're a drummer, a music lover, or just curious — this is one festival you don't want to miss!

 Tickets available here: https://shorturl.at/dLlWn
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Feel the rhythm. Experience the passion. See you in Glasgow!

📣 SIRD ANNOUNCEMENT: 5th Global Symposium – 10-Year Anniversary in Helsinki, Finland

We are pleased to announce that preparations are well underway for the SIRD 5th Global Symposium, marking 10 years since the first gathering in Berne, Switzerland (2016).

The upcoming Symposium 2026 will take place in Helsinki, Finland, hosted at the Helsinki Conservatory in the vibrant Ruoholahti district. Join us as we celebrate a decade of global rudimental drumming collaboration, connection, and cultural exchange.

🗓 Event Dates
Friday 18th – Sunday 20th September 2026

📍 Location
Helsinki Conservatory of Music
Ruoholahti, Helsinki, Finland

💬 What to Expect
As with previous editions, the symposium will feature presentations, performances, and workshops for drummers and fifers/piccolo players. In 2026, we are proud to expand the program to include a new and exciting focus on Drum Majors.

We warmly invite all SIRD members and friends—including Drum Majors from around the world—to join us for this unforgettable weekend of inspiration, learning, and international fellowship.

Spread the word to your colleagues and fellow performers. Let’s make the 10-year celebration of SIRD truly global.

You are Rudimentally Welcome!

We are so thrilled to announce that this year USARD and SIRD will be hosting a Global Drumming Symposium in Washington DC, USA!

Calling all Rudimental Drumming brothers and sisters around the world! SIRD you to join our global virtual Christmas celebration!

For the first time in Greece, a unique event. A celebration of rudimental drumming and marching bands percussion

The Society of International Rudimental Drummers (SIRD) is organising the 3rd global symposium for rudimental drummers, which will be in Portsmouth, United Kingdom between Friday 16th and Sunday 18th September 2022. 

The SIRD & NARD Finland Christmas Special event started from with an idea to bring people together and share the tradition now that world is starting to open up.

The 2nd SIRD digital Event took place live on Youtube on Saturday 18 September 2021. After the resounding success of the previous event, in the middle of the pandemic, we prepared a new edition, rich and diversified.

Despite the postponement of the symposium to next year, we have decided to hold a virtual event on Saturday, September 19, 2020. This day will be marked by a rich program combining prerecorded content, presentations and live events.

From September 28-30 fifty-seven rudimental drummers from 13 countries met in Paris to share musical traditions from their countries relating to Rudimental Drumming, discuss notational systems and their impact on performance, discuss best practices around education and organization of support for traditional activities.

The first international rudimental drummers' symposium drum symposium was held from September 9 to 11, 2016 in Bern, organized by the Swiss drum and fife association, with help from the Swiss military music.