Bass \'n Drum Days is Scandinavia\'s biggest event for drummers and bass players. The festival is held in Stockholm, Sweden for the seventh time on September 28-29, 2007 in co-operation with sponsors like Sabian, Vic Firth, Pearl, Remo and Shure.
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The 2007 edition of Bass \'n Drum Days festures a great line-up, including percussion luminaries such as John Blackwell, Omar Hakim and Wolfgang Haffner:
John Blackwell & Kevin Walker: Recently Modern Drummer magazine awarded extraordinaire John Blackwell along with his bandmate from the extremely succesful Justin Timberlake World Tour, bass player Kevin Walker.
Omar Hakim: Legendary drummer with Sting, Madonna, Weather Report, etc.
Carles Benavent: World class bass player from Chick Corea Band/Paco De Lucia
Rickard \"Huxflux\" Nettermalm: Swedish top drummer who played with Eric Gadd, Paatos, Timbuktu, Ricky Martin, Eros Ramazotti and many more.
Jalla Jinx + Special Guests: The band behind Swedish popstars like Snook, Veronica Maggio, Vincent etc with bass player Jesajah Mårskog and Mattias \"Mad Matz\" Hallqvist on drums.
Wolfgang Haffner: German drummer and session master played with Nisse Landgren Funk Unit, Robben Ford, Pat Metheny etc.
Etienne Mbappé Band: Cameroon born bass master played with Zawinul Syndicate, Salif Keita and Steps Ahead, not to mention his own Su La Take.
Antonio Maca Ramos: Spain\'s no 1 session bass player.
Wikman/Bylin Proyeto: World class latin influenced drum-duo-show by Micke Wikman and Peter Bylin. One of the big suprises and favorites among the audience in 2006!
Louise Hoffsten & Anders Jonsson: The Swedish Queen of Blues Harp along with one of our finest bass players!
Tickets & Venue: Bass n Drum Days 2007 take place at New Life, Fridhemsgatan 17 in Stockholm. Tickets cost 260 SEK/day (approximatley 27.50 euros or 37.50 US dollars per day). Doors open at 6 PM on Friday September 28 and 5 PM on Saturday September 29, 2007. You can find more information here.
Please note that Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice\'s previously schaduled appearance at the festival has been cancelled.