A Little About Us

The Pentacle Drummers from Eastbourne, East Sussex were a small group founded in 2001 to perform at the Lammas Festival to accompany the Eastbourne Giants, 'Herne the Hunter' and 'Andred', Saxon Goddess of the Weald. We have since grown from a small group to a troupe in excess of twenty who perform at over 30 events a year.

We are always seeking new avenues where we can share our contagious, powerful, tribal-esque rhythms and entertain the masses.

A few of our drummers can be seen in the Dizzee Rascal Video for Dirtee Cash filmed in Autumn 2009, and one of our drummers can be seen in the award winning Florence And The Machine Video for Dog Days 2010.

In the early days we had a lot of support from Section 5, a drumming group based in Hastings. We even "borrowed" some of their tunes - with their permission of course. In recognition of this we have renamed one of the tunes that we borrowed and we now call it "Section 5 Medley" and Pentacle Drummers invite members of Section 5 to drum with us at Herstmonceux Medieval Festival every year.

The Pentacle Drummers' livery has always been green and red. Our tatter coats and face paint help lend a theatrical touch to events. At the Herstmonceux Medieval Festival we enter into the spirit of the events by adopting full medieval attire.
At bonfires we adopt a much darker look. You will recognise us by our more sombre black gothic costumes and makeup.

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We practice every Thursday between 20:00 and 21:30 at:

If you click the above address, it will open the location in Google Maps.

The Pentacle Drummers are a non-denominational, non-political and non-profit making group.