So these are not 'official' performance videos. Some artists just do a quick soundcheck on the drums and the tracks they're playing along with. That doesn't go for Matt Garstka, because his sessions was more like an amazing solo that lasted for 45 minutes. And some talk, but in later articles we'll dive deeper into the clinics and what the artists actually played. For now we just stick to some cool footage that the audiences always miss.

The only artist missing is Greg Clark Jr. Sadly enough we had to miss his soundcheck session so there remain 11 artists from the Main Stage during the October weekend in 2026 in Liverpool.

In order of appearance - and the festival roster, we see:

on Saturday:
00:00 Glen Sobel (Alice Cooper, Hollywood Vampires)
00:40 Matt Garstka (Animals as Leaders)
02:07 Xavier Ware (Suicidal Tendencies)
03:25 Femi Koleoso (Ezra Collective and host of BBC Radio 6 'The People's Party with Femi Koleoso')
03:57 Jay Weinberg (ex-Slipknot, ex-Suicidal Tendencies and now with Fuming Mouth)

on Sunday:
4:48 Zack Grooves (independent / studio)
05:28 Ash Soan (independent / studio)
06:03 Sam Ogden (Static Dress)
06:56 Brandon Toews (Drumeo)
07:33 Mike Johnston (best drum teacher in the world)
07:50 J-Rod Sullivan (Janet Jackson, The 4 Korners)
08:30 Simon Phillips (a few of his main references and albums are added to this article).
09:15 more cool videos from Drummerszone (Yes! Vinnie Colaiuta plays The Beatles!)

The UK Drum Show soundchecks in 9.5 minutes
Spoiler alert: a few artists also have footage from the live show. Those are: Matt Garstka, Jay Weinberg, Zack Grooves, and Brandon Toews. Enjoy!

The brands supporting the artists on the Main Stage
Remo drumheads, DW, Evans, Sabian, Vater, Meinl, Vic Firth, Meinl cymbals and sticks, Ludwig, Dixon, Gretsch, Drumeo, Istanbul Agop, Lowboy, Earthworks, Pearl, Promark, Roland, Alclair, Audix, drumdots, gotpocket?, Tama and Zildjian.

The UK Drum Show 2027
Next year's edition takes place on 2nd - 3rd October 2027, as always in the LEX in Liverpool.