Name: Bloco Dandara Presents CARNAVAL EM EDIMBURGO
Start: 2025-02-28T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-28T22:00:00+00:00
Location: The Wee Red Bar

Bloco Dandara Presents CARNAVAL EM EDIMBURGO

In this fundraising event, the artistic team behind Glasgow's Bloco Dandara will be bringing the heat of Brazil's Carnival to Edinburgh.
About this Event

Bloco Dandara's artistic team and band, 'Banda Dandara' are bringing the Brazilian Carnaval to Scotland. This is a fundraising gig, where all the proceeds will go towards running and evolving our community music group based in East-Glasgow.

Whether you're a fan of samba, rock, pop, or world music, this is an evening you won't want to miss! Doors open at 7pm, and the music will keep you moving until the curfew. Help us keep the spirit of carnival alive while supporting our mission to engage and uplift communities through music.
All of this plus a few surprises set aside for the evening, you won't want to miss having a good night out whilst supporting community arts!

💃THEME🎭
In authentic carnival fashion, fancy dress is strongly encouraged. Our costume theme is....
to be announced soon.

About us
What is a ‘bloco’ you ask? Well, in Brazil, blocos are groups of people who get together to play music - mainly drums - and work towards Carnival each year. The blocos perform in the streets of the cities and towns where they’re based. Blocos are an open, inclusive and non-competitive environment. Carnival in Brazil - and in South America in general - is a yearly season of festivities happening in February and March where the streets are filled with parties, live music, art, dancing and general merriment. Communities work year round towards this season of a few weeks.

You might be familiar with samba bands, which exist all over the UK, Europe and the world over. Many of the groups in the UK are percussion and dance focussed, which is where we differentiate ourselves. We offer the unique experience of a large percussion section with a band of musicians who will be playing both iconic Brazilian songs, as well as songs you’ll have in your party playlists. At Bloco Dandara you can hear us playing Ariana Grande, BaianaSystem, Oasis, Beth Carvalho, Nirvana and everything in between - all with authentic Brazilian grooves and Scottish enthusiasm.