Internationally renowned drummers drum non-stop for over 250 hours
to raise funds for the mental health of our nation.
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Drumathon Origin
DrumathonLIVE?is a charity event created by UK musicians?Errol Kennedy?and?Bev Sage?in 2020 originally to raise funds for the NHS during the first lockdown. Following the first nationwide clap for?NHS?workers, Errol, best known as the drummer with the multi platinum band?Imagination, drummed non-stop for 24 hours to raise money and awareness for the NHS. Not resting there, Errol and Bev inspired a further twenty internationally renowned drummers to pick up the batons on May 7th and play a non-stop drumming relay that lasted 10 days clocking up over?250 hours. In this drumming first, the team of world-class drummers, who?ve beaten drums for the likes of?Stevie Wonder, Simple Minds, Craig David, The Feeling?and many others, united to celebrate the nation?s frontline heroes.?The result? More than ?45,000 was raised by #DrumForNHS contributing towards the overall ?130 million raised for NHS Charities Together 2020.
Hand-built by Meg Learmonth
DrumathonLIVE 2021
DrumathonLIVE is back for 2021! It will have a bigger, even more ambitious line up, and this time it?s raising money for vital mental health charities. Errol will kickoff DrumathonLIVE?s #drum4mentalhealth introducing 7 days / 264 hours of non-stop drumming by some of the world?s top drummers ? a global extravaganza as the batons are passed virtually to each drummer who plays their part to raise money for mental health.
Photo Credit: Imagination Band Ltd. Archive
#Drum4MentalHealth
The Drumathon will officially launch on Saturday, May 15th at 10am with continuous, live-streamed drumming until Saturday, May 22nd at 10pm. Many drummers taking part are associated with leading international pop and rock names such as Coldplay, Kasabian and The Kaiser Chiefs. As they drum from the safety of their homes and studios around the world, drummers virtually pass the batons on to each other. All the drumming will be live streamed and will be finished off with a special show of celebration, celebrity & benefactor interviews, musical guests, online music memorabilia auction and much more!
Drumathon Origin
DrumathonLIVE is a charity event created by UK musicians Errol Kennedy and Bev Sage in 2020 originally to raise funds for the NHS during the first lockdown. Following the first nationwide clap for NHS workers, Errol, best known as the drummer with the multi platinum band Imagination, drummed non-stop for 24 hours to raise money and awareness for the NHS. Not resting there, Errol and Bev inspired a further twenty internationally renowned drummers to pick up the batons on May 7th and play a non-stop drumming relay that lasted 10 days clocking up over 250 hours. In this drumming first, the team of world-class drummers, who’ve beaten drums for the likes of Stevie Wonder, Simple Minds, Craig David, The Feeling and many others, united to celebrate the nation’s frontline heroes. The result More than 45,000 was raised by #DrumForNHS contributing towards the overall 130 million raised for NHS Charities Together 2020.
Photo Credit: Dr Jake Fairnie
Hand-built by Meg Learmonth
DrumathonLIVE 2021
DrumathonLIVE is back for 2021! It will have a bigger, even more ambitious line up, and this time it’s raising money for vital mental health charities. Errol will kickoff DrumathonLIVE’s #drum4mentalhealth introducing 7 days / 264 hours of non-stop drumming by some of the world’s top drummers a global extravaganza as the batons are passed virtually to each drummer who plays their part to raise money for mental health.
#drum4mentalhealth
The Drumathon will officially launch on Saturday, May 15th at 10am with continuous, live-streamed drumming until Saturday, May 22nd at 10pm. Many drummers taking part are associated with leading international pop and rock names such as Coldplay, Kasabian and The Kaiser Chiefs. As they drum from the safety of their homes and studios around the world, drummers virtually pass the batons on to each other. All the drumming will be live streamed and will be finished off with a special show of celebration, celebrity & benefactor interviews, musical guests, online music memorabilia auction and much more!
Photo Credit: Imagination Band Ltd. Archive
Last year’s DrumathonLIVE 2020 received extensive radio, newspaper and social media coverage. This year’s bigger and even more ambitious line up of drummers is expected to raise an even greater amount. Also, returning this year will be BBC’s Flog It auctioneer/drummer Paul Martin who will be auctioning some star-studded items during the online auction. DrumathonLIVE is a major on-line event inspired by the power of music. As the world fights to overcome one of the biggest challenges in modern history, #drum4mentalhealth and is proud to be supporting our mental health charities during the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.