The last class was on Weds 4th March 2020 and since then everything has stopped due to the restrictions of the Coronavirus pandemic. It was a real pity to stop when we did, we had massive momentum with over 30 new drummers in our 6pm class, a growing dance class […]
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If you’re interested in joining us or just want to try something new then we have Bristol drum and dance workshops coming up in October. No experience is required, just come and get involved. If you enjoy it then you are welcome to join us for the weekly classes. Ultimately, […]
Here’s our summer samba performances. We’re quiet as always. Sun 5th May: Bristol 10K run Sun 19th May: South Glos Food and Drink Festival Sat 1st June: Sambafest Heerlen Sat 7th June: Peasedown party in the park and The Shakespeare Totterdown Sat 15th June: Sidcot Festival Sat 22nd June: private […]
New members are welcome to join us every week. From October we’re doing more to help brand new members. We are holding a samba drumming workshop specifically for potential new members on Wednesday 3rd October 2019 and following it with a 10 week course to teach the fundamentals. There is […]
Dance and drum classes We’re back with a double drum session on Weds 9th January 2019. Drum class info. Dance classes start a week later, on Weds 19th Jan 2019. Dance class info. Facebook event. Taster session £5 Drop in £8 5 week block £35 (£7 per class) 10 week […]
We’re back with some Bristol samba news. It’s been great to see so many dancers and drummers each week and we’re excited by the impact we’re going to make at performances. We’ve had a lot of enquiries from new people this week so we’re hoping we can continue to grow. […]
We’ve had to adjust the remaining winter class dates slightly due to the unavailability of Jordan, our drum teacher on some dates. Here’s the drum and dance classes between now and Christmas. Oct 17th: standard class Oct 24th: standard class (week 5 of first block) (no half term gap) Oct […]
Things have been a bit quiet on the website recently. That’s because we’ve been very busy performing at festivals and carnivals throughout the summer. The montage below shows some of the events we played at over the last year. According to our records we played at 20 events between the […]
We’ve got some exciting news for Bristol bagpipe enthusiasts. Our beats have always been about a cultural fusion, being based on Brazilian samba which itself can be traced to African roots and with some more recent hip hop and drum and bass influences. We’ve been working on extending this with […]
We’ve got a busy summer coming up with some great bookings. We are working on a few more. Sat 2nd June, Gloucester Road Street Party, Bristol Sun 3rd June, Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham Sat 23rd June, Party in the ponds Bristol Sun 30th June, North Street Summer Fair, Bristol Sun 22nd […]