Pick the kind of show, tick off your gear, and don't leave the snare in the garage again. Tick the last box and it's time to rock. 🤘
Every drummer has done it once — rolled up to the venue and realized the kick pedal is still by the front door. This interactive packing list has your back for every kind of gig: a breakables-only night on a backline kit (just cymbals, snare, pedal, sticks and IEMs), a full-kit bar show, a festival fly date, a studio session, or a rehearsal. Pick a show type below and your checklist appears — your progress is saved in this browser, so you can start packing and pick up right where you left off.
Tip: your ticks are remembered on this device until you reset.
The same five lists the tool above uses, written out so you can skim or print them without tapping through. Tick them off interactively at the top of the page.
Backline kit provided · 8 items
The house or backline kit is already on stage — you just bring what's yours and what wears out.
Your whole setup · 19 items
Headliner or your own show — the entire kit is coming with you. Load in, load out, forget nothing.
Backline provided · 9 items
Fast changeover, shared backline, tight stage times. Travel light but bring the essentials that make it feel like home.
Recording day · 9 items
Tone is everything and takes cost time. Show up with options, fresh heads and a tuning kit.
Practice room · 7 items
Low stakes, high reps. Grab the few things that make the session count.
It depends on the show. On a backline or house kit you bring your breakables — snare drum, cymbals — hats, crashes, ride, kick pedal, hi-hat clutch + felts & sleeves — plus sticks, a drum key and your in-ears. For your own full-kit show you bring the shells, hardware, cymbals and rug as well. The checklist above covers five show types.
Breakables are the parts of the kit a drummer brings even when a backline kit is provided: snare drum, cymbals — hats, crashes, ride, kick pedal, hi-hat clutch + felts & sleeves. They're the pieces that are personal to your setup or that wear out, so venues and backline companies expect you to supply them.
Travel light and bring what makes a shared backline feel like yours: snare drum, cymbals in a padded bag, pedals — kick + hi-hat, drumsticks + spares. Changeovers are fast and stage times are tight, so pack so you can be set up in minutes.
Yes — it's free, needs no account and runs entirely in your browser. Your ticked boxes are saved on your own device so you can start packing and come back to the list later.
Everything's packed. Go make it loud.