The 2007 North By Northeast (NXNE) festival was held in Toronto from June 7-10, with 68,000 fans enjoying 540 performances at 40 different downtown venues. International artists also made their way to Canada from 13 different countries.

Co-founder of the Cape Breton International Drum Festival, Bruce Aitken, is making and east-coast round-a-bout to various venues doing drum clinics. Take a look at the following dates and locations:

Two jazz camps are being held this summer in the Toronto and upstate New York area: Jump Into Jazz and NMC Jazz Camp.

Benny Greb is sweeping the nation with his Drum Clinic Tour, hitting MI retail stores from New Brunswick to British Columbia.

Humber College and Long & McQuade are holding a week-long songwriting workshop at Humber College in Toronto from July 7-13.