Sule Greg Wilson – Empowering OUR Future Through Rhythm – 2025

Nellie Hill, Arthur Hull, Jim Boneau, Mary Tolena, John Fitzgerald, Zorina Wolfe – History Panel – 2025

John Fitzgerald – Groove on the Move! – 2025

Jeanette Allen, Michelle Connoly, Jon Stevenson, Kim Taylor, Linda Jamieson – C.H.I.M.E to Drum – 2025

Lucas Coffey & Aaron Kierbel – Gold Nuggets – 2025

Maseh Nchang – Fostering an Intellectual Life as a DCF – 2025

Jim Donovan – Sound and Wellness Activities for Your Circles – 2025

Mike Deaton and Meghan Cronin – Illuminating the Joys of Facilitating Music with Older Adults – 2025

Rhythm Church – 2025

Ashley Spain & Jamie Artman – Breaking Barriers: Adapting Drum Circles for Diverse Abilities – 2025

Greg Whitt & Annelise Gentile – Add Movement and Meaning to your Drum Circles – 2025

John Hayden – Sun Moon Star Drumming – 2025

Scott Swimmer – Sound of One Hand Clapping – 2025

Craig Norton – Like Peanut Butter and Jelly, Using Rhythm and SEL (Social Emotional Learning) – 2025

Ma. Solinda Garcia-Bautista – Bringing Fourth Drumming Practice into an Untapped Philippine Market – 2025

Pre Conference Workshop Steve Turner “Drum Circle 101 – Intro to Tools, Terminology, and Concepts” -2026

Opening Circle Gathering/Land Acknowledgement – Thurman Loretto 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Pueble of Jemez and Gongs by Ross Barrable -2026

Speaker – Jeni Swerdlow and Mary Knysh PART 1 of “The Mosaic Quilt of Sound: Weaving Our Stories Through Rhythm and Art” -2026

Speakers Jim Boneau /Arthur Hull “The Grout That Makes the Mosaic Sing” -2026

Speaker – Chef CIndy Anderson “Food+Drums= Love” -2026

****SPECIAL FLASH JAM WITH SANDRA GRUBER!! -2026

KEYNOTE – Annette A. Aguilar! – -2026

Speaker Richa Jauhari “The Sacred Circle” -2026

Speaker Robert Lawrence Friedman “Self-Care for the Drum Circle Facilitator” ONLINE – -2026

BOARD of DIRECTORS and the CONFERENCE COMMITTEE will be hosting a TOWN HALL and state of DCFG “Envisioning the Future of DCFG ” ~with a few Special Guests (TomBotch and Cindy Video Project)~ -2026

Speakers – Frank Thompson, John Yost, and Jeni Swerdlow “Lifelong Growth in Facilitation: The Living Mosaic” -2026

Speaker – Mary Oliver re: Shamanic Journeying (smaller group focused session) (Note from Mary Oliver – “Much gratitude and respect to Sewa Valencia for sharing the correct information on the origin of the song, ‘Unguwa’. It is a welcome song from native people in Northern California.”) -2026

Speaker Billly Jonas “Art of the Neo-Tribal Hootenanny: heart-healing, soul-spelunking bangalong, singalong demo/workshop” -2026

Speakers – Greg Whitt & Annelies Gentile “Ekphrastic Music” -2026

Rhythm Church – Arthur Hull -2026

Speaker Mary Knysh and Jeni Swerdlow Part 2 “The Mosaic Quilt of Sound: Weaving Our Stories Through Rhythm and Art” -2026

Speaker – Diana Wallace “Song Circle and Circle Songs: Where Voices Rise, Spirits Soar” -2026

Speaker Craig Norton “Improvisation is Your Friend” -2026

Speaker Arthur Hull “Rhythmicaly Alchemizing our Mosaic “ -2026

Speaker Jim Boneau “Invisible Bonds: Emotional Resonance in the Grout” -2026

Final remarks President Josh Dunigan- hugs all around. CLOSING DRUM CIRCLE – Land Acknowledgement from Benito Concha and Cornbringer of TAOS Drums and ending with GONGS by Ross Barrable -2026