Want some new vibes and good swing for your bloco? Fresh Samba Reggae / Afro Samba workshops with Mestre César Veloso from Malê Debalê: 5.8. in Berlin, 6./7.8. in Essen, 11.8. in Zürich - register now!
30.7.-7.8.2016 International festival of frame drums! Percussionists and pandeiristas from around the world come to improve their skills, from Brazilian pandeiro beats (with Matthias Haffner) to Arabic frame drums, cajón, darbuka, daf, riqq..
28.-31.7.2016 isto é MEGASAMBA - aqui só tem lugar para ALEGRIA! Samba in Sesimbra - grab your drum and off you go for some sun, Portugal's Samba family invites you to their annual highlight by the Ocean! 3 days of high-end Samba!
22.-24.7.2016: An extraordinary festival with fantastic programm all about Rio Samba, Samba Reggae and Maracatú, Brazilialn art & culture, top concerts and special performances - 3 days Repercussion in Monléon-Magnoac..
23.-24.7.2016 Barcelona - not only an amazing and vibrant city, but also one of Spain's Samba Reggae capitals! Alex Rosa (Ilê Ayê) and his bloco are inviting to their annual event with percussion & dance workshops. Parade by the seaside!
18.6.2016 Mistura Maneira present their Carnival in Monte Porzio Catone - Italy's Rio carnival! Go carioca and join to play and party with the sambistas of Rome's Samba school! Samba workshop with Dario Mattia!
1.-3.7.2016 Rio sambistas, dancers and helpers - Hamburg's Samba school invites you all to happy Samba playing at the Stamp Festival! Great athmosphere guaranteed and - knowing the Unidos - no lack of creative ideas, great sound and beer!
28.5.2016 Come and find out what the London School of Samba will be wearing for the Notting Hill Carnival this year! Costume launch at the Guanabara Club this Saturday! Embaixo do arco iris - somewhere under the rainbow!
17.-19.6.2016 The 4th edition of the Dragon Samba Meeting in Cracow! Join us for a fantastic weekend with friends, hanging out playing Samba, train new techniques and do workshops. Special Kalango Deal for festival participants!
2.-5.6.2016 Have you ever been to Nitra? Come see this small town full of crazy Samba vibes only a short ride from Bratislava! A unique Samba and percussion festival where international bands celebrate rhythm, good energy and Brazilian beats!
8.-10.7.2016 Kalango Brazilian Percussion at the Samba Festival in Coburg - a big tent full of Samba percussion, accessories and everything a sambista's heart desires is awaiting you! Part of our team - Juninho Quebradera! Como visit!
News from IVSOM - Salgueiro colours for the wooden chocalho - now in red/white with anatomically shaped handle, galvanised jingles for authentic sound - original Rio style!
Soon online: news designs, colours and instruments fresh from Brazil, what's new to discover this season, at which festivals to find us, and why a wood guitar maker all the sudden builds the perfect Samba drums. Check this!
29.4.-1.5.2016 in Zuera, Aragón, Spain! Samba Reggae and Afro Samba fans will get a great deal on workshops, concerts, 'jam Batendo session', big show and street gigs for whole weekend!
13.-16.5.2016 4 days music from all over the world, dance, street festival and the grand and colourful parade with loads of Samba, Samba Reggae, Maracatu, but also many other international music styles parading through Berlin for 9 hours!
27.6.-4.7.2016 Summer percussion camp on the beautiful island of Paros, Greece
June 11./12. 2016: sambista get-together, Kalango with festival booth, beautiful outdoor festival and loads of workshops for all levels: Samba de enredo, Samba Reggae, Maracatu, dance, Afro Samba, Pagode, Timbal Special, Samba Funk..
Ready for the island? On July 1st/2nd 2016, Lloseta - a small town in Mallorca - turns into a Samba capital. The Samba Reggae formation Sandungueros from the pretty village invited you to great workshops e.g. with Marivaldo Paim (Ilê Ayê).
The world of Brazilian percussion music has lost a dear and brilliant musician - Naná Vasconcelos died on March 9th leaving a big gap.
16th of April 2016: legendary ethnic percussion festival in Alicante on the Mediterranean coast of Spain - Samba Reggae / Afro Samba fans this is for you! Workshop with Jair Rezende, hundreds of drummers, megabloco, fantastic night!
19.-22.5.2016 The 4. Raban Festival in Oborniki - Poland! A huge choice of Rio Samba pro-workshops with top mestres, section-action, pagodes, dance, forró - sambista programm at its best! Check out the details!
11./12./13. march 2016 - Samba Reggae fans attention please: a tiny village in the rolling hills of northern Spain is stirring up its region - Demanda Samba invites you to their famous Támbor Fest in Pradoluengo! 3 days Samba action!
1./2./3. April: Springbreak on a beautiful Mediterranean island! Come visit a 3-day Samba festival in Mallorca with bateria workshops for Rio Samba and Samba Reggae blocos, dance, pagode, sessions, party - a fantastic opener for 2016 festival season!
The countdown to carnival and the very last rehearsals before the Samba schools present their big showdown on sambodromo's catwalk! Now the carnival may begin - Chris has sent us some last-minute footage bevor playing with Tijuca himself!
Stuck in a snow storm? Can´t travel to Brazil this year? Cheer up - we've got the solution for you! Chris Quade Coute is over in Rio to play with Tijuca and recording carnival video live logs for us! Come join us and see what's going on in Rio's Samba scene!
You are travelling to Olinda or Recife? The night of the silent drums is only one of the North-east Brazilian highlights. Precarnival is one of the best times to be in Brazil and it offers you plenty of opportunities to get to know music culture of many regions!
More swing and fun for your bateria: intensive professional Samba training for all levels with Chris Quade Couto and Serrinha Raiz - fun, efficient workshops with powerful instruction for all sections. Learn all about the tricks and techniques of Rio style Samba! Bring your bateria to a whole new level!
2016 - we can already feel the energy of carnival, in our minds we're festival-hopping from one Samba event to another. Write us your event - Kalango publishes a blog article for you! Invite Samba friends from all over Europe - Samba is family!
Finally online - our great music vids we made in Artcelsior's factory in Rio! We had a great session with the lovely guys from Sambaí who kindly played a whole load of Samba instruments for our recordings!
A short trip to Ivson's instrument manufactory in Rio leaves us with itchy feet. The brand IVSOM is internationally known, German TV shows where the instruments come from and who actually invents and builds them!
Powerful, spiritual and captivating party music with its roots deep in the origins of Brazil's musical culture. Bongar from the north-east is intensively linked to the Terreiro of the Candomblés Nação Xamba.
A unique an complex course about ritual Candomblé drumming. The DVD shows the Nação Ketu style, played in the highly esteemed Candomblé temple Ilê Oxumaré in Salvador. Detailed instructions for all instruments!
18.-20.3.2016 Swing is totally your thing? We'll train you for the perfect groove, 3 days long, on all instruments. Original Afro Samba / Samba Reggae by Ilê Aiyê and Olodum a.o. from the repertory of the European bloco Bahia Connection!