Samba Elégua

[ August 29, 2010; ] Look and listen for us at PSK: Air! The Kensington Community Air Show around 8 p.m. on Augusta Ave. south of College, this Sunday, Aug. 29.

[ August 14, 2010 2:00 pm to August 15, 2010 10:00 pm. ] This weekend, celebrate the anniversary of the 2003 blackout, that memorable day when we all realized that we consume too much.

On Saturday night (August 14th), Streets are for People and Newmindspace host a blackout party along Queen Street from Dovercourt to Gladstone, between 8-10 pm. Watch for Samba Elégua near Queen and Gladstone, around 9:30 [...]

[ July 25, 2010; 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Samba Elégua will perform this Sunday at the seventh annual Toronto International BrazilFest in Earlscourt Park. Our set is at 4 pm.

Map to Earlscourt Park.

If you can’t make it to BrazilFest, you can see us later that day at Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market, around 8 pm.

[ July 4, 2010; ] Watch for Samba Elégua at the Toronto Pride Parade tomorrow, Sunday June 4th!

[ July 1, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Samba Elégua celebrates Canada Day this Thursday as we do every year, by playing the Promise Cherry Beach party. Our set is at 7 pm. Come join us for one of our favourite gigs of the summer!

Directions: From the parking lot at the base of Cherry Street, follow the bike path east [...]

[ June 25, 2010 to June 27, 2010. ] The first weekend of summer offers you a double dose of beats in the streets with Samba Elégua.

On Friday June 25th, we rock a block party with the Justice for Our Communities march. This rally against the G8/G20 summit begins at Allan Gardens (Carleton St. and Sherbourne St.) at 2:30pm. Samba Elégua will meet up [...]

[ June 20, 2010; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Join us on Sunday, June 20 for the 8th annual Day of Delight! This celebration of love, courtship and desire presents some of Toronto’s most romantic artists.

Bring someone you love to beautiful Dufferin Grove Park for an afternoon of music, dance, theatre, a giant puppet and bicycle parade, stilt-walking and much more!

Day of [...]

[ June 10, 2010; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Elégua will perform at the Give Me Liberty Afterwork Party on Thursday evening in Liberty Village.

We’ll play two sets on the west side of Alan Lamport Stadium (just east of King and Dufferin), between 5:30 and 7:30 pm. Food, drinks, music, what more do you want? Oh, here’s a map.

[ June 6, 2010; 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Elégua will perform this Sunday at the Muhtadi International Drumming Festival in Queen’s Park. Set time: 5:30pm, at the north end of the park.

This year the festival runs June 3-6. Muhtadi celebrates the drum, its universality as an art form, and its presence in all cultures around the world. The theme this year is [...]

[ May 30, 2010; 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. ] The seventh year of Kensington Market Pedestrian Sundays begins this Sunday, May 30th. Reclaim the streets! Preview Toronto’s funner, friendlier car-free future.

Samba Elégua keeps the revolution dancing. Shimmy with friends, neighbours and former strangers as we throw down the big boom — on the east side of Bellevue Square at 5:30pm. The world is [...]