Mike Johnston returns to The Europe Drum Show 2026.
Mike is the resident and host of our Education Room at The Europe Drum Show. This year will see Mike return on both days, as always with words of wisdom and experience to pass onto our visitors.
This year Mike welcomes special guests, Miguel Lamas, Claus Hessler and Martina Barakoska for 2026, all appearing across both days of the show in Mike’s Education Room.
11:00 – Mike Johnston
12:45 – Martina Barakoska
14:15 – Claus Hessler
15:45 – Miguel Lamas
11:00 – Miguel Lamas
12:45 – Mike Johnston
14:15 – Martina Barakoska
15:45 – Claus Hessler
Mike Johnston is an American drummer and educator from Folsom, California. He currently runs one of the world’s largest educational website for drummers, mikeslessons.com, where he offers live and pre-recorded drum lessons. He also hosts 10 drum camps each year at the mikeslessons.com studio in Folsom, California.
At the age of 21 he received his first major label record deal with his band Simon Says and spent the next 6 years touring the world. During that time, he received a gold record for his contributions to the Varsity Blues soundtrack and appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman as well as on MTV’s Fashionably Loud.
Mike left the touring world behind in 2006 and has focused solely on education ever since. Teaching and performing in hundreds of clinics and drum festivals around the world over the past 14 years including the Meinl Drum Festival, P.A.S.I.C., The UK Drum Show, The LaBag Show in Paris, and countless others.
Mike is the only drum instructor in history to be featured on the cover of the 4 major drum magazines (Modern Drummer, DRUM, Rhythm, and Drummer UK) as well as iDrum Magazine and SA Drummer.
