Events in 2015

Samba Squad Inaugural Party

Date: December 5, 2015
Time: 9:30PM
Location: 360 Geary Ave., a few blocks west of Dufferin, north of Dupont

Samba Squad’s Inaugural Party at Geary Lane Studio

Sweet vocals, Wicked Grooves, Bad-Ass Brass w/DJ Jason Palma and special guest Sarita Leyva

Doors open at 8:30PM, Show 9:30. Cover $10 B4 10PM/ $15 after 10PM

Teddy Bear Affair

Date: November 28, 2015
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Toronto Metro Convention Centre, North Building

A Gala Fundraiser for Children’s Aid Foundation. Children’s Aid Foundation helps vulnerable kids across Canada overcome the obstacles in life that hold them back

Word on the Street

Date: September 27, 2015
Time: 11 AM
Location: Harbourfront Centre on the WestJet Stage

Do you love books and music, plus a September stroll along the waterfront?

Annual Good Food for All at STOP Community Food Centre

Date: September 19, 2015
Time: 1:45 PM
Location: STOP Community Food Centre, 1884 Davenport road, 4 blocks west of Lansdowne

Come out: dance to the beats of Samba Squad,  eat delicious healthy food, lovingly prepared, under the trees in the garden; admire the wonderful outdoor oven, mosaicked by Red Pepper Spectacle.

Cabbagetown Festival

Date: September 13, 2015
Time: 2-6PM
Location: 576 Parliament St. between Carlton St. and Wellesley Sts, Toronto, in front of Nettleship's Hardware.

Cabbagetown Festival

Date: September 12, 2015
Time: 6-10PM
Location: 576 Parliament St. between Carlton St. and Wellesley Sts, Toronto, in front of Nettleship's Hardware.

Festival in Kingston, Ontario

Date: September 6, 2015
Time: 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Confederation Square, downtown Kingston, Ontario

Blue Mountain Summer Sundown Week-end

Date: September 5, 2015
Time: 4:30 and 6 PM
Location: Blue Mountain, Collingwood, ON

Samba Squad will play two shows for the Blue Mountain Summer Sundown Week-end.

Busker Fest at Yonge-Dundas Square

Date: August 29, 2015
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Yonge-Dundas Square Toronto

Samba Squad will perform a 45-minute show on the stage at Yonge-Dundas Square in support of Epilepsy Toronto.

Parapan Closing Ceremonies

Date: August 15, 2015
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Nathan Phillips Square at Toronto City Hall

Samba Squad 30-members strong will lead the athletes into the square for the closing ceremonies. This will be televised.

PanAM Dance-Drum Collaboration

Date: August 9, 2015
Time: 12-12:30 PM
Location: Nathan Phillips Square, Round stage on the Pool

Samba Squad collaborates with choreographer Debra Brown in a special performance for the PanAM Games. Dancers will splash around in the pool as well as on the stage.

PanAM Dance-Drum Collaboration

Date: August 8, 2015
Time: 4:30-5 PM and 8:30-9 PM
Location: Nathan Phillips Square, Round stage on the Pool

Samba Squad collaborates with choreographer Debra Brown in a special performance for the PanAM Games. Dancers will splash around in the pool as well as on the stage.

Barrie Rhythm Fest

Date: August 8, 2015
Time: 6 and 9PM
Location: Barrie Heritage Park, Barrie, ON

Dance Workshop with Samba Squad and Dance Migration at 6 PM. Concert performance: Samba Squad with guest: Dance Migration: 9 PM

PanAM Dance-Drum Collaboration

Date: August 7, 2015
Time: 1:30-2 PM and 9-9:30 PM
Location: Nathan Phillips Square, Round stage on the Pool

Samba Squad collaborates with choreographer Debra Brown in a special performance for the PanAM Games. Dancers will splash around in the pool as well as on the stage.

Ajax Celebrates Pan Am

Date: July 26, 2015
Time: 10-11AM
Location: St. Francis Centre Theatre, Ajax

Beaches Jazz Fest: Street Fest

Date: July 25, 2015
Time: 7:00 - 11:00 PM
Location: Queen Street at Woodbine, street is blocked off.

Samba Squad joins Ballet Creole

Date: July 25, 2015
Time: 10 AM-4 PM
Location: Thomson Memorial Park, Scarborough

Another wonderful Pan Am Show!

Beaches Jazz Fest: Street Fest

Date: July 24, 2015
Time: 7:00 - 11:00 PM
Location: Queen Street at Woodbine, street is blocked off.

Beaches Jazz Fest: Street Fest

Date: July 23, 2015
Time: 7:00 - 11:00 PM
Location: Queen Street at Woodbine, street is blocked off.

Markham Pan Am Celebration

Date: July 12, 2015
Time: 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Markham Pan Am Centre, Outdoor Main Stage. Unionville, Main Street, Markham

Samba Squad parades, performs on the Main Stage, as well as performs for the Street Animation Performance.

Grand Bateria Express plus Heavyweight Horns

Date: July 11, 2015
Time: 7:30PM
Location: Nathan Phillips Square

50 drummers from the Grand Bateria Express (Musical Director Rick Shadrach Lazar) and 12 horn players (led by Chris Butcher from the Heavyweight Horns) will play a rousing opening to the PanAm Games.

London Sun Fest

Date: July 10, 2015
Time: 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Location: Victoria Park London ON

Once again, Samba Squad returns to London’s wonderful Sun Fest! This is one of the country’s top festivals. You owe it to yourself to check it out! All performances are FREE.

London Sun Fest

Date: July 9, 2015
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Victoria Park London ON

Once again, Samba Squad returns to London’s wonderful Sun Fest! This is one of the country’s top festivals. You owe it to yourself to check it out! All performances are FREE.

Pan Am Games Celebration

Date: July 8, 2015
Time: 1-2 PM
Location: Mel Lastman Square, North York

40 minute performance by Samba Squad, as part of the PanAm Games! Pan Am Games Community Celebration. Join us to see the Pan Am Torch Relay as it arrives at Mel Lastman Square. Come and celebrate the Pan Am Games in Toronto.

Salsa on St. Clair

Date: July 5, 2015
Time: 1-10 PM
Location: St. Clair Ave. near Bathurst. Street will be blocked off.

Come out and show your street dance moves! Feel the heat. Good food, friendly crowd.

Showtimes: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 (parade), 7-8 PM

Salsa on St. Clair

Date: July 4, 2015
Time: 1-10 PM
Location: St. Clair Ave. near Bathurst. Street will be blocked off.

Come out and show your street dance moves! Feel the heat. Good food, friendly crowd.

Showtimes: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 (parade), 7-8, 9-10 PM

Shakespeare in High Park

Date: July 2, 2015
Time: 7:30-8:30 PM
Location: High Park Outdoor Stage

Samba Squad will play the opening of the production of Julius Caesar, as part of the Shakespeare in High Park series. We will play two previews, July 2 and 7, as well as eight performances: August 1, 4, 6, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20.

Canada Day

Date: July 1, 2015
Time: 10:30 AM-3 PM
Location: Queens Park Toronto

Workshops and parade at this yearly family event

Vaughan Pan Am Celebration

Date: June 24, 2015
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Vaughan City Hall

Part of the Pan Am Celebration

ISTH XXV Congress & 61st Annual SSC Meeting – Opening Ceremony

Date: June 21, 2015
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Metro Convention Centre

Salsa at Blue Mountain

Date: June 21, 2015
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: Blue Mountain Resort, Collingwood

Muhtadi’s International Drumming Fest

Date: June 14, 2015
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Woodbine Park

Caledon Day

Date: June 13, 2015
Time: 2:30-3:15 PM
Location: Caledon, ON

GRAND BATERIA EXPRESS

Date: June 6, 2015
Time: Noon till 3PM
Location: DUNDAS STREET WEST AT DOVERCOURT

PARADE OF 100 DRUMMERS: LulaWorld Festival presents Grand Bateria Express! This brings together Toronto’s seven Brazilian drum troupes and YOU for a special performance at Dundas West Fest. Parade goes along Dundas St. West from Dovercourt to Lansdowne.

Musical Director: Rick Shadrach Lazar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQpFoiQtubE.
https://www.facebook.com/Lulaworld

12th Annual Fundraiser: Assaulted Women’s Helpline

Date: May 29, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Burroughes Building, 639 Queen St. West, Toronto

Cocktail Reception, Food Stations, Silent Auction, Raffle and live musical entertainment by Samba Squad

Sharing the Dance

Date: May 24, 2015
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Location: Dundas Square

Samba Squad plays the kick-off to this fun dance event in Dundas Square.

Mark your calendars! Sharing Dance Day is taking place in Toronto and Winnipeg on Sunday, May 24. It’s not too late to join us for rehearsals! Rehearsals are held at Canada’s National Ballet School every Tuesday and Friday. Some rehearsals will be live-streamed so you can learn the routine when you want!

Samba Squad at Living Arts Centre

Date: May 8, 2015
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga

Ignite Toronto 2015 Pan/Am

¡Con Espiritu! With Spirit!
This concert is an official event of the TO 2015 Pan Am Games IGNITE! program. 

Mississauga Festival Choir celebrates the upcoming Pan Am Games with a concert focused on the folk and indigenous music of the Americas and the Caribbean. From the North to South Pole, travelling through North, Central and South America, this evening features Venezuela native and international recording artist Eliana Cuevas  and her Latin ensemble along with the phenomenal Samba Squad. The concert also features Mississauga Festival Youth Choir, a group dedicated to world music. Celebrate the arts and the this international event with the music of Latin and North America!

Tickets: $35, $30 (students/seniors), $15 (children under 12)
Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centrehttp://mfchoir-ignite.weebly.com/

Grow-Op Party

Date: April 24, 2015
Time: 9;00PM - 2:00 AM
Location: Gladstone Hotel, Queen St. at Gladstone.

Opening reception, followed by After Party: Samba Squad and Uma Nota

Enter the urban jungle, party with your plants as well as with artists and designers for this unique event!

Gladstone Hotel’s 3rd annual Grow Op exhibition greets spring with open arms from April 23rd to 26th, 2015. Curated by Victoria Taylor and Graham Teeple with Britt Welter-Nolan, this four-day exhibition celebrates innovative ideas and conceptual responses to landscape, gardens, art, and place-making under this year’s theme, the culture of landscape.