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List
of
Drum Circles
This list is not
regularily
updated. Most entries are from 2004, but some entries are current.
Please email the webmaster if you find a drum circle that you want
listed. (go to the About page for email
address)
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(Sorted aphabetically by
location)
Arkansas
Sun
6:30pm
|
Drum
Circle
|
Murray
Park
near
Soccer Fields
Little
Rock, AR
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email
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Arizona
| |
Full
Moon Drum Circle
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Cathedral
Rock
Sedona,
AZ
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info
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Full
Moon Drum Circle
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Cave
Creek
at
the
Mistress Mine
Phoenix,
AZ
|
info
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California
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Full
Moon Drum Circle
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Paradise
beach
(over
the river levee from Glen
Hall Park)
Sacramento,
CA
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Full
Moon Drum Circle
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Blacks
Beach
San
Diego, CA
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Summers
/ Falls since 1994,
dates TBA
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Downtown
Santa Cruz
Community
Drum Circle
Led
by
Jim Greiner
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parking
lot
Union
Grove Music
Santa
Cruz, CA
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info
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Mon
|
Kim
Atkinson Djembe
&
Dun
Dun
Workshops
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Rhythm
Matters
Santa
Rosa, CA
|
email
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Tue
7pm
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Kim
Atkinson Brazilian Percussion
Workshops
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Marin
Ballet
San
Rafael, CA
|
email
|
Tue
5:30pm
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Brazilian
Drumming
|
World
Beat Center
San
Diego, CA
|
email
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Wed
7:30pm
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Spiritual
Drum Circle
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Unitarian
Fellowship
Los
Gatos, CA
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408-358-1212
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Wed
7:30pm
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Shamanic
Drum Circle
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Half
Moon Bay Yacht Club
Princeton-By-the-Sea,
CA
|
email
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Wed
7pm
|
Ongoing
Hand Drumming Group
Workshop w/ Jim Greiner
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Drum
Bwhana
Aptos
CA
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info
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Fri
7:30pm
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Spirit
Drum Circle
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Lou
Henry Hoover
Girl
Scout House
Palo
Alto, CA
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415-964-4826
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Fri
7pm
|
Drum
Circle
|
New
Guinea Sculpture Garden
Stanford,
CA
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info
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Fri
|
Drum
Circle
(alternates
between 2 venues)
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Neighborhood
Congregational
church
Laguna
Beach, CA
949-464-0776
302
El Camino Real
San
Clemente, CA
949-366-3000
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Sat
7pm
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Concord
Community Drum Circle
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Spitzer
Music
Concord,
CA
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510-676-3151
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Sat
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Palo
Alto Drum Circle
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Baylands
Palo
Alto, CA
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650-493-8046
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Sat
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Solana
Beach Drum Circle
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North
County
Yoga
Center
Solana
Beach, CA
|
email
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Sat
7pm
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Sebastopol
Women's Drum Circle
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Sound
Lounge
(inside
Teen Center
at
425
Morris St.)
Sebastopol,
CA
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Sat
11am
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Drum
Circle
|
Huntington
Central Park
Huntington
Beach CA
|
info
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Sat
2pm
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Bay
Area African Drummers
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Ashby
Ave.
Ashby
BART Station
Berkeley,
CA
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Sat
4pm
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Drum
Circle
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Main
Beach
Santa
Barbara, CA
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Sun
|
African
/ Cuban / Latin Drumming
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behind
Sproul Plaza
UC
Berkeley
Berkeley,
CA
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Sun
1:30pm
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Rhythmotomy
Drum Circle
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Conejo
Creek Park
Thousand
Oaks, CA
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805-469-8322
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Sun
|
30+
year-old circle
During
rain, check the tunnels
by tennis courts for reverb... drum gatherings there!
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Hippie
Hill, Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco, CA
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Sun
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Venice
Beach drum circle
30+
year-old circle
|
where
Brooks St. meets the
beach
Venice
Beach, CA
|
info
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Sun
12noon
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Pier
Jam
|
north
of the pier
Huntington
Beach CA
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1st
Sun
12noon
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Community
Drum Circle
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Cuesta
Canyon Park
San
Luis
Obispo, CA
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805-543-0338
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Sun
2pm
|
Drum
Circle
|
near
the merry-go-round
Griffith
Park
Los
Angeles, CA
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Sun
5pm
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Drum
Circle
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African
Corner
Costa
Mesa, CA
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Sun
afternoons
|
Drum
Circle
|
West
side of Balboa Park
San
Diego, CA
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1pm
- 3pm
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Dance
and Drum Circle
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Anisa's
School of Middle Eastern
Dance
Sherman
Oaks, CA
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info
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12noon
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Drum
class on Basic
Arabic Rhythms
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Anisa's
School of Middle
Eastern Dance
Sherman
Oaks, CA
|
info
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Colorado
1st
Sun
8pm
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Community
Drum Circle
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Small
Circle Imports
Longmont,
CO
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email
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3rd
Sun
1pm
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Open
Drum Circle
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7
Minute Spring Peace Park
Manitou
Springs CO
|
info
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Connecticut
3rd
Mon
7:45pm
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Drum
-n- Dance
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Weston,
CT
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203-454-DRUM
email
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Tue
7:30pm
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Avery
Point Drum Circle
|
Groton
Campus
Univ
of
CT
Avery
Point, CT
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204-445-3494
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2nd
Fri
7:30pm
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Community
Drum Circle
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Buckingham
Church, Glastonbury,
CT
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860-571-8576
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Sun
7pm
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World
Beat Drum Circle
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Natural
Medical Services
West
Hartford CT
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413-584-3022
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Florida
Wed
7pm
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Roots
of Rhythm
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Wild
Oats Market
Ft
Lauderdale, FL
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954-566-9333
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Wed
10pm
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Drum
Circle
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Downtown
Winter
Park, FL
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email
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Sat
6pm
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Fort
Myers Comunity Drum Circle
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Centennial
Park
Thomas
Edison fountain
Fort
Myers, FL
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info
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Sat
sunset
-
11pm
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Clearwater
Beach Drum Circle
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Near
Pier 60
Clearwater
Beach, FL
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info
info
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Sat
11pm
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Three
Trees Drumming
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Orlando,
FL
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407-210-2002
x 7371
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Sun.
1
hour
before sunset
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Siesta
Beach Drum Circle
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Siesta
Key Public Beach,
Sarasota,
FL
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info
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Sun
2
hours
before sunset
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Shepard
Park
Sunday
Drum Circle
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Shepard
Park
Stuart,
FL
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email
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Sun
6pm
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The
Cape Coral Community Drum
Circle
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Jaycees
Park
Cape
Coral, FL
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info
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Sun
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Treasure
Island Drum Circle
Sunday
sunset drum circle on the
beach
(near
St
Petersburg)
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Treasure
Island, FL
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info
email
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Georgia
Tue
3pm
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Atlanta
Drum Gathering
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425
Clifton Rd
Atlanta,
GA
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404-377-0764
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Tue
8pm
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Thump
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500
Chandler Park Dr NE
Atlanta,
GA
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404-378-8564
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Sat
5:30pm
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Guinea
West African Drum
w/
Mohamed Diaby
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Several
Dances
Decatur
GA
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404-761-8287
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3rd
Sat
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Drum
Circle
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Lake
Claire Land Trust
Atlanta,
GA
|
email
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Hawaii
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Honolulu Hand Drumming
Events
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808-377-DRUM
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Idaho
Wed
6pm
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Community
Drum & Dance
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City
Beach
Sandpoint,
ID
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Illinois
Fri
7:30pm
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Chicago's
Rhythm Revolution
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Green
Briar Park District
Peterson
Av
Chicago,
IL
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info
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1st
Fri
8:15pm
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Womenspirit
Drummers
(Women
only)
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4740
N. Lincoln
Chicago,
IL
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Sun
1pm
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Percucitis
Drum Cirlce
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North
Central College
Naperville
IL
|
info
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Indiana
3rd
Fri
7pm
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Drum
Circle
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Village
Vendor
Zionsville,
IN
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info
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Iowa
Wed
7pm
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Iowa
City Drum Circle
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IC
Unitarian Society,
Iowa
City, IA
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319-338-8524
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Kansas
Tue
7pm
|
Drum
Circle
|
117
SE 6th
Downtown
Topeka,
KS
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Derek
785-235-3786
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Louisiana
Thu
8pm
|
The
Mystic Heard Of Nutrias
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Farbourg
Center
New
Orleans, LA
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504-949-0369
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Sun
2pm
|
Drum
Circle
|
Ruston,
LA
|
email
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Maryland
Wed
7:30pm
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Resurgam
Drum Jam
|
The
Resurgam Gallery
Baltimore,
MD
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410-324-1084
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Fri
|
Beat
Jam
|
House
of Musical Traditions
Takoma
Park, MD
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email
|
Fri
7:30pm
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First
Friday Drum Jam
Women's
Circle
|
First
Unitarian Church
Baltimore,
MD
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410-426-9231
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2nd
Sat
5pm
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Westminster
Drumming Circle
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Halter
Road,
Westminster,
MD
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410-596-3022
email
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Massachusetts
Fri
7pm
|
World
Beat Drum Circle
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Northampton
Yoga Center
Northhampton,
MA
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413-584-3022
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Sat
8pm
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Boston
Drum & Dance
w/
the
Earth Drum Council
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First
Church
Cambridge,
MA
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978-371-2502
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Sun
6:30pm
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Boston
Area Men's Drumming
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Unitarian
Universalist Church
Boston,
MA
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617-261-3427
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Sun
7pm
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Womanspirit
Drumming
|
First
Unitarian Church
Framingham,
MA
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508-435-5716
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Michigan
Mon
7:30pm
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Women's
Drop-in Circle
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email
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Tue
8:15pm
|
Rhythmic
Adventures
free
Community Drum Circle
|
Sun
Radius Music, International
Traverse
City, MI
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231-922-9222
email
|
Thu
6:30pm
|
Community
Drumming
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Unity
Church
Bay
City, MI
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517-652-8169
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Thu
6:30pm
|
Men's
Drumming
|
Unity
Church
Bay
City, MI
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517-652-8169
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Sat
4pm
|
On-going
Drum Circle / Class
|
Church
of Today
Warren,
MI
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Every
Full Moon
8:30pm
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Kalamazoo
Drum Circle
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People's
Church
Kalamazoo,
MI
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616-346-6990
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Minnesota
First
Sat
7:30pm
|
Hiawatha
Drum Jam
|
Hiawatha
Community Center
South
Mpls
Minneapolis,
MN
|
email
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every
other Wed
8:30pm
|
Drum
Circle
|
locations
vary
Minneapolis,
MN
|
email
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Missouri
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Sun
|
Informal
drum circle
West
African and Afro-Cuban
|
Market
in the Loop
Delmar
Blvd
University
City, MO
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Sun
1pm
|
World
Percussion Workshop
|
Drum
Headquarters
St
Louis, MO
|
314-644-0235
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Montana
|
On
or about each full moon
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Drum
Circle
|
Missoula,
MT
|
email
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Nevada
Fri
7pm
|
Earth
Spirit Drum Circle
|
Reno
Buddhist Church
Reno,
NV
|
702-348-6603
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1st
Sat
7pm
|
Drum
Circle w/ Shakerman
|
North
Tahoe Arts Center
Tahoe
City, NV
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New
Jersey
Thu
7pm
|
Cape
May Drum Circle
|
402
Broadway
W
Cape
May, NJ
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609-884-1625
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3rd
Sun
3pm
|
Chatham
Drum Circle &
Sacred Circle of Sound
(No
circles in July or Aug)
|
Friends
(Quaker) Meeting House
Chatham
Township, NJ
|
212-475-1090
(no
phone calls on Sunday please)
email
email
list
|
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Want
to start a Drum Circle?
Hand purcussion, any and all sounds welcome and bring your smiles.
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Blairstown,
NJ
|
email
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New
York
Sat
4pm
|
Afro-Caribbean
hand drumming
with
Amigos de la Plena
|
170
E. 116th Street
New
York, NY
|
212-410-2999
or
email
|
Sat
4:30pm
|
One
Heart Drum Circle
|
Alternatives
High School
Ithaca,
NY
|
email
|
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2nd
Sat
|
Nassau/Queens
Drum
n
Dance
|
Rockville
Centre NY
|
718-634-2685
email
|
4th
Sat
9pm
|
Freespirit
Dance Community
Drumming & Dancing
fee
$5:00
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The
WhiteHouse at Medaille
College
Buffalo,
Ny
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662-0654
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Sun
11am
|
Traditional
West African Dance
Classes
Drummers
welcome to play for class
|
Harro
East Athletic Club
Rochester,
NY
|
716
838-5614
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4th
Sun. May-Oct
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Loud
Joy Drum Circle
|
Hempstead
Lake State Park
Rockville
Centre NY
|
email
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North
Carolina
Mon
7pm
|
Facilitated
West African drumming
circle
|
Music
Explorium
Carrboro
NC
|
info
email
919-969-8400
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Sat
6pm
|
Rainbow
Drum Circle
|
Wrightsville
Beach
Wilmington,
NC
|
email
|
Sun
5pm
|
Raleigh
Community Drum Circle
|
Montessori
School of Raleigh
Raleigh,
NC
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919-845-8460
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Sun
5pm
|
Raleigh
Men's Drum Circle
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Montessori
School of Raleigh
Raleigh,
NC
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919-845-8460
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Ohio
Mon
8pm
|
Columbus
Percussion Community
Drum Circle
|
Columbus
Percussion
Columbus,
OH
|
614-885-7372
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3rd
Tue
7pm
|
Women's
Drumming Circle
|
Columbus,
OH
|
email
614-459-9619
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1st
Wed
7pm
|
Men's
and Women's Drumming
Circle
|
Columbus,
OH
|
email
614-459-9619
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Thurs
Sunset
-
11pm
|
Drum
Circle
|
Behind
the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame
Cleveland,
OH
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Fri
7:30pm
|
Open
Easy Drum Circle
|
Heaven
and Earth Gift Shoppe,
Akron,
OH
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330-669-2532
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2nd
Fri
8pm
|
Community
Drum Circle
|
Church
of Unity
Westlake,
OH
|
440-835-
0400
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Sat
9pm
|
Drum
Circle
|
Columbia
Performance Center
Cincinnati
OH 45202
|
info
|
Sun
Sunset
-
11pm
|
Drum
Circle
|
Behind
the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame
Cleveland,
OH
|
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Oklahoma
Sat
4pm
|
Oklahoma
City Drum Circle
|
3100
E. Overholser Dr.
Oklahoma
City, OK
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email
405-495-9357
405-685-2146
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Oregon
Wed
7pm
|
Men's
Drumming
|
Cedar
Mountain Drums,
Portland,
OR
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503-235-6345
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Wed
7pm
|
Mixed
Drumming
|
Cedar
Mountain Drums,
Portland,
OR
|
503-235-6345
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Wed
7pm
|
Womanspirit
Drumming
|
Cedar
Mountain Drums,
Portland,
OR
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503-235-6345
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Thur
5pm
|
Purple
Rhino Drum Circle
|
Gourmet
Coastal coffee shop
Coos
Bay, OR
|
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Pennsylvania
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Fri
|
New
Moon Drum Circle
|
The
Studio
West
Redding, PA
|
610-374-3730
|
3rd
Fri
7pm
|
Community
Drum Circle
|
Unitarian
Universalist Church
Reading,
PA
|
610-374-3730
|
Fri
6:30pm
|
Open
Drum Circle
|
Pro
Drum
Glenside,
PA
|
215-887-1462
|
Rhode
Island
1st
Fri
7:30pm
|
Rhode
Island Drumming Circle
|
All
That Matters
Wakefield,
RI
|
info
|
Texas
Mon
7pm
|
Spiritual
Drum Circle, Men
only
|
inside
wigwam in Joe Stokes'
backyard
near
Winfrey Point
Dallas,
TX
|
214-324-9495
|
Mon
8pm
|
Weekly
Drum Jam
|
InstaKarma
Houston,
TX
|
713
528-3545
|
Tue
10
pm-2
am
|
Drum
Circle
|
Markets
Square Park
Houston,
TX
|
|
|
Tue
|
Drummers
wanted to start a
drum circle
|
Ft.
Worth, TX
|
email
|
Tues
10pm
|
Tuesday
Night Drum Circle
|
Natsuoh
Coffee Shop
Houston,
TX
|
|
Tues
8pm
|
Hand
Drumming classes (drop-in)
w/ Jamal Mohamed
|
Cosmic
Cafe
Dallas,
TX
|
email
|
Tues
8pm
|
Women's
Drumming Circle
|
CCDS
- Center For Change,
Discovery and Support
Fort
Worth, TX
|
817
429-4769
|
Wed
9pm
|
Psychedelic
Drum Jam
$3
cover
|
Across
the Street Bar
5625
Yale Blvd
(Between
Greenville Ave &
N. Central Exprswy)
Dallas,
TX
|
214-823-DRUM
or
email
|
Wed
6:30pm
|
"Not
just drum circle" w/
Tree
& Laura Leom
|
Common
Ground Cafe
Bastrop,
TX
|
512-360-5142
or
email
|
|
Wed
|
Drum
Circle
|
Last
Concert Cafe
Houston,
TX
|
713
226-8563
|
Wed
7pm
|
Drumming
every Wednesday
|
140
E Long
Stephenville,
TX
|
email
|
Wed
7:30pm
|
Women's
drum jam
|
Wellness
in the Park
5217
McKinney Ave. #208
Dallas,
Texas
|
214-521-9019
info
email
|
Thu
8pm
|
Original
Healing Sounds Didgeridoo
Circle
|
7111
Santa Fe Ave
Dallas,
TX
|
email
|
|
3rd
Thu
|
Monthly
PNO/Drum Circle
|
Courtyard
of Water Street
Village
Yin
Yang
Village
Corpus
Christi, TX
|
email
|
Fri
5:30pm
|
CUUPs
(Covenant
of Unitarian Universalist
Pagans)
Pagan
Tea Room
|
Pleasant
Valley Unitarian
Church
Richardson,
TX
|
email
|
Fri
10pm
|
Bohemian
Drums
|
Betwixt
& Between Pagan
Community Center
Dallas,
TX
|
info
|
|
2nd
Fri
|
West
African Drumming
traditional
West African drum
circle led by Greg Beck and Ricardo Gonzales
|
Denton,
TX
|
info
|
Sat
4:30pm
|
Saturday
Nite Drumming
|
Water
St Village Courtyard
Corpus
Christi, TX
|
512-882-4786
or
512-888-6038
email
or email
|
Sat
7:30pm
|
CUUPs
Drumming
(Covenant
of Unitarian Universalist
Pagans)
Pagan
Tea Room
|
Pleasant
Valley Unitarian
Church
Richardson,
TX
|
email
|
Sat
10pm
|
Rhythm
Method drum circle
|
Hub
City Burrito Company
Lubbock,
TX
|
806-745-5832
or
email
|
2nd
Sat
10am
|
Hand
Drumming Gathering
|
Northwoods
UU Church
The
Woodlands, TX
|
email
|
Sun
3pm
|
Hippie-style
Drum Circle
&
Gathering
|
Zilker
Park
Austin,
TX
|
214-823-DRUM
or
email
|
1st
Sun
5pm
|
First
Sunday Rainbow Jah Day
Drum Jam
|
Bath
House Cultural Center
White
Rock Lake
Dallas,
TX
|
214-823-DRUM
or
email
|
Sun
5pm
|
Austin
Weekly drum circle
|
Pease
Park
Austin,
TX
|
(512)
491-5185
|
1st
Sun
3pm
|
Quilted
Rhythms Community
Drum Circle
|
Houston,
TX
|
email
|
3rd
Sun
3pm
|
Drumming
in the Spirit of
Harmony
|
Memorial
Park
Houston,
TX
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info
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Always
meets on the exact
night of the moon event - 9:30pm
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New
& Full Moon Drum Circle
Bring
candles.
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in
the tunnels under the MOPAC,
5th & MOPAC
Austin,
TX
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email
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Utah
Sun
12noon
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Salt
Lake City Drum Circle
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Liberty
Park
Salt
Lake City, UT
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email
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Virginia
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Tue
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Informal
Drum Jams @ Ed's
house
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email
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Fri
8pm
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Beat
Jam
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House
of Musical Traditions
Takoma
Park, MD
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email
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4th
Fri
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Northern
Virginia Drum Circle
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email
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Sat
10am
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Percussion
in the Park
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Hurkamp
Park
Fredericksburg,
VA
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email
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Sun
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Stream
Ohrstrom's drum circle
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Universalist
Church of Arlington
Arlington,
VA
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703-768-4557
email
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Washington
2nd
Mon
7pm
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Seattle
Women's Rhythm Circle
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Women
of Wisdom house,
Greenwood,
WA
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Mon
7pm
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Eastside
Rhythm Circle
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Donn
Bennett Drum Studio
Seattle,
WA
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info
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Thur
7pm
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West
African Drumming
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Kirkland
Totem
Lake
Guitar Center
Kirkland
WA
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2nd
& 4th Fri
8pm
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Drop
In Drum Jam Class
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Fremont
Drum School
Fremont,
WA
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(206)
632-1096
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Fri
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Seattle
Community Drum Circle
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Center
For Dance
Issaquah,
WA
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206-391-5060
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Fri
8pm
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Ed
Mulhern's Facilitated Circle
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John's
Music
Seattle,
WA
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1st
Sat
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Community
through Rhythm
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Corbin
Senior Center
Spokane,
WA
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email
or
website
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Sun
1pm
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Drum
Circle
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Seattle
Central Communittee
College
Capitol
Hill, Seattle, WA
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206-680-1609
or
206-246-2597
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Seattle
Women's Drumming
Full
Moon Circle
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place
varies
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email
or
website
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Bainbridge
Island Full Moon
Rhythm Circle
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Seabold
Hall
Bainbridge,
WA
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206
841-1305
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Washington,
DC
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Sun
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Drum
Circle
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Meridian
Hill/Malcolm X Park
NW
DC
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Wisconsin
1st
Tue
6:30pm
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Drum
Circle
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WYOU
Studios
(local
cable access)
Madison,
WI
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email
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Fri
/ Sat evening circles
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near
the university student
union, email for upcoming details!
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emailaaaa
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Please check out out
NOKOMIS web page. The Nokomis drum circle is on Casey Key, Nokomis,
Florida, every Satuday evening.
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