Another great year for the Beaches Street Festival: Samba Squad will play continuous sets with 100 other bands along Queen Street.
Another great year for the Beaches Street Festival: Samba Squad will play continuous sets with 100 other bands along Queen Street.
Another great year for the Beaches Street Festival: Samba Squad will play continuous sets with 100 other bands along Queen Street.
Samba Squad will play continuous sets throughout the days of the SOSC festival. Dance in the street!
Showtimes:
From 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
From 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm (Parade)
From 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
From 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Samba Squad will play continuous sets throughout the days of the SOSC festival. Dance in the street!
Showtimes:
• From 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
• From 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm (Parade)
• From 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm
• From 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm
• From 8:15 pm to 9:15 pm
During the two-day festival, Samba Squad will play at 6 PM Thursday on the Galaxie Stage; on Friday, Samba Squad will play the last show on the Jazz Stage at 7 PM.
During the two-day festival, Samba Squad will play at 6 PM Thursday on the Galaxie Stage; on Friday, Samba Squad will play the last show on the Jazz Stage at 7 PM.
Once again, Samba Squad is thrilled to participate in the Pride Parade and will march along with the Green Party to celebrate our differences and love for all our communities.
Samba Squad will play 4 sets each day of the 2-day festival.
Samba Squad will play 4 sets each day of the 2-day festival.
Parade starts walking west from Ossington and Dundas West; parade ends at Lansdowne and Dundas.
Grand Bateria Express is a supergroup drumming ensemble that includes leaders and members of the Samba Squad, Escola de Samba, Batucada Carioca, Samba Elegua, T.Dot Batu, Maracatu Mar Aberto, Bloco Loco and from Montreal: Terrato.
Rick Shadrach Lazar is the Music Director, working in collaboration with Maninho Costas and Alex Bordokas.
Canada’s largest drumming ensemble launches the day at Dundas West Fest with a moving party playing four rhythms – Samba, Soca, Maracatu and Samba Reggae. Check out the videos to learn more about the rhythms. You can also learn the dance steps and join in the performance!
Sponsored by Lula Lounge: www.lula.ca
Muhtadi International Festival is a two-day fest, Sat. June 4 and Sun. June 5, 2016.
Event times: 12 Noon-8PM
Samba Squad will play at 4 PM on Sunday, June 5.
Lula Music & Arts Centre in partnership with Massey Hall presents
In advance of Massey Hall’s presentation of globalFEST on the Road: Creole Carnival we’ve partnered with Lula Music & Arts Centre for a night of global carnival. Multi-cultural percussion posse Samba Squad features Mardi Gras-inspired horns and a sweet dose of urban funk, and leads a dance-till-you-drop tour of global Carnival grooves from Brazil, Trinidad, New Orleans and Cuba. Presented by Lula Music & Arts Centre and part of our Carnival celebrations.
Special guests, Sarita Leyva, Demetrios Petsalakis, Alexis Baro and the Kiss-Ass Brass.
Doors open at 7:30PM.
Dinner set at 8PM: Genevieve Marentette, vocalist, with Attila Freis on piano.
Samba Squad’s first set starts at 9:00 PM
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