Today is World Drummer's Day - hands up if you knew that ?

April 4th (4/4) is a universal celebration of percussion because the most popular time signature used in music is 4/4. So how about 216 drummers all together !

Our old friends Rockin' 1000 from Paris in 2019 with The Ramones 'Blitzkrieg Bop' >

NB: There's a minute of credits at the end - FYI.

The FMS has featured the song 'Blitzkrieg Bop' previously, would you believe nearly 9 years ago.

As a bonus on 4/4 Day here's the same song but from a purely drummers perspective:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpLKD-0wzDk

      

Hastings 'Fat Tuesday' music.

On top of the Unplugged Saturday 'Pub to Pub' afternoon of non stop 'live' music, Sunday saw the Umbrella parade along the Prom lead by Mr Wilson's Second Liners. From the bicycle wheel drum kit to the uniformed brass section they were quite a sight and sound !

Described as New Orleans meets 90s club classics - a totally bonkers rave that even saw rock 'n' roll power chords from the banjo player !

The White Rock theatre hosted an afternoon of drum bands and dancing (see photo). And dance tunes with a difference is what we got. Check out Mr Wilson's: Short promo here 

Expect Robert Miles, Fat Boy Slim, Prodigy and more... YouTube has plenty - this is a good example of their 'all join in' interactive performances > click here