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Fairbanks Village Street Fest

Date: June 26, 2016
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Corner of Dufferin and Eglinton: Outside stage, free street festival.

Samba Squad will play 4 sets each day of the 2-day festival.

Fairbanks Village Street Fest

Date: June 25, 2016
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Corner of Dufferin and Eglinton: Outside stage, free street festival.

Samba Squad will play 4 sets each day of the 2-day festival.

GRAND BATTERIA EXPRESS

Date: June 11, 2016
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am

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 Drumming Festival

Date: June 5, 2016
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Woodbine Park 1695 Queen St. East, Toronto
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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.

Bridging Festival Scarboro Arts

Date: June 4, 2016
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Albert Campbell Square 150 Borough Drive, Toronto

Global Carnival

Date: February 18, 2016
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas St., West of Dufferin St.
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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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