Next weekend marks the annual Modern Drummer Festival, which is a two-day event produced by Modern Drummer Magazine. The festival, which features many of today’s top drumming talents as well as seasoned professionals, is the “longest-running, and largest live drumming event in the world.” The event prides itself on mixing education with entertainment, offering attractions such as drum clinics and concerts. The festival lineup includes 25 year-old Thomas Pridgen of The Mars Volta, who is the youngest featured performer at the Modern Drummer Festival.

Tickets are still available for the event which takes place from 1:00-7:30 Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21, 2008 at the State University of New York.

More information about the festival can be found here. More details about each of the performers can be found here.