Upcoming Events
Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Saturday, September 14, 2024
4:00 – 4:45 PM
Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center
Cleveland, OH Link to map
We are so excited to participate for the first time in the Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center celebration of Hispanic Heritage! We will be joining the dancers in Martha Sofía’s Brazilian Axé dance workshop and then will play other rhythms from Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. Come groove and dance with us! The event is free, public, and family-friendly.
Past Events
One World Day
Sunday, August 25, 2024
2:30–3:00 PM, 4:00–4:30 PM
Cleveland Cultural Gardens: Uzbekistan and Scottish Gardens Link to map
Link to website with event details
Samba da Cidade played two shows at One World Day in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens—the first at the Uzbekistan Garden, the second at the Scottish Garden. We celebrated Cleveland's diversity with our signature high-energy drumming!
RiverFront Live
Friday, August 16, 2024
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Port Clinton, OH Link to map
This highly engaging program featured the Moises Borges Quartet playing an upbeat set of Brazilian music and a finale of explosive drumming pieces from Samba da Cidade. This family-friendly event in downtown Port Clinton also showcased dancing with the crowd, led by our very own instructor, Martha Sofía!
TEAL Art Fest
Saturday, July 20, 2024
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
North Ridgeville, OH Link to map
Samba da Cidade brought our signature joyful Brazilian drumming to the TEAL’s Arts Fest as the community of North Ridgeville celebrated the arts and individual expressions of K-12 and young adults. The event was free and open to the public.
World on Stage:
World Percussion Day
Saturday, June 29, 2024
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Centennial Peace Plaza, Cleveland Cultural Gardens Link to map
We participated in an exciting tour of rhythms from around the world in a family-friendly interactive presentation as part of World Percussion Day.
Parade the Circle
Saturday, June 8, 2024
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Wade Oval in University Circle
Cleveland, OH 44106 Link to mapParade starts in front of Cleveland Museum of Art main entrance
Samba da Cidade played at this year’s Parade the Circle, accompanying lead artist Héctor Castellanos Lara’s artwork "The Cross Gulf Travelers." Our theme was “Filhos da Paz” (Children of Peace), a visual and musical celebration of the gifts of peace, harmony, and healing bestowed upon humans by their ancestral parents which, according to Yoruba tradition, are Obatalá and Yemayá.
Celebration of Carnaval
with BRAZUCA
Friday, February 9, 2024
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Thwing Student Center
11111 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106 Link to map
Samba da Cidade celebrated Carnaval with BRAZUCA, the Brazilian Undergraduate Cultural Association at Case Western Reserve University. Heating up the winter weather with samba, SDC supported BRAZUCA’s celebration of Brazil’s famous annual event.
Spontaneous dancing emerged throughout the decorated ballroom and students joined our group to round out the evening with drumming lessons!
Cleveland Celebrates
Día de Muertos
Saturday, November 4, 2023
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
Cleveland Public Theatre
6205 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44102 Link to map
Cleveland’s Día de Muertos festival featured Samba da Cidade’s energetic drumming during the outdoor “Skulls & Skeletons” Procession/Procesión de “Calaveras y Esqueletos”!
Presented by Cleveland Public Theatre/Teatro Público de Cleveland and Día de Muertos Ohio Artistic Director Héctor Castellanos Lara, the annual Day of the Dead festival was a vibrant celebration for the whole family. The event of Día de Muertos honors the memory of those who have passed—a treasured holiday throughout Mexico and Latin America.
Hispanic Heritage Month
Friday, September 15, 2023
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Kelvin Smith Library
1055 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106 Link to map
To commence Case’s Hispanic Heritage Month, Samba da Cidade played Latin American rhythms and interacted with those from the university community. Brazilian guitarist and vocalist Moises Borges also performed, backed by SDC!
Jones Home Neighborhood Celebrate Family Day
Sunday, August 13, 2023
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
W. 32nd St. in Clark-Fulton
Cleveland, OH 44109 Link to map
Cleveland’s Jones Home Neighborhood presented its fourth Annual Celebrate Family Day! Along with food and entertainment from the neighborhood, SDC performed its samba repertoire. Afterward, children enjoyed the opportunity to try the instruments and receive an introductory drumming lesson from Dylan and the bateria!
World On Stage:
Celebrate Hispanic Culture
Saturday, August 12, 2023
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Centennial Peace Plaza
1051 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Cleveland, OH 44108 Link to map
Bring your friends and family, grab a snack, and join us at the Centennial Peace Plaza of the Cultural Gardens for a high-energy set of live music in celebration of Brazil! We will feature samba drumming from Rio de Janeiro and rhythms from the state of Bahia. Come to this international event and groove with us!
Catawba Island Club’s Festival of Food and Music
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:45 PM
Catawba Island, OH 43452
Catawba Island Festival attendees enjoyed gorgeous Lake Erie views, along with live samba, bossa nova and samba reggae played by SDC drummers, featuring Moises Borges and Nanny Assis on vocals.
Around Town Tour Series by the Firelands Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, June 25, 2023
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
1 University Drive
Huron, OH 44839
A small ensemble of SDC drummers participated in the Firelands Symphony Orchestra’s “Around Town Tour” at the Bowling Green State University Firelands campus. In an outdoor stage surrounded by a lagoon and beautiful gardens, the band played a high-spirited set of Brazilian rhythms while one of SDC's dancers engaged the audience in samba dancing for this community event.
Mainstage Debut at Tri-C JazzFest
Friday, June 23, 2023
8:00 PM – 8:45 PM
1501 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
SDC drummers and dancers performed samba, samba-reggae and other Brazilian rhythms in a prime-time performance at the internationally renowned Tri-C JazzFest. The set featured Brazilian vocalist and percussionist Nanny Assis.
“Clearing The Path” at Parade The Circle
Saturday, June 10, 2023
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
University Circle
Cleveland, OH 44106
SDC kicked off the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Parade the Circle, accompanying lead artist Hector Castellanos Lara’s artwork, “Playing and Dancing under the Mystical Dragonfly”. SDC’s theme for its float, costumes, music and dance choreography was “Iron Fly”, a celebration of the Yoruba Orisha (god) Ogun, who clears paths for humans and presides over creativity, justice, technological transformation, iron and metalwork.
University Heights Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 29, 2023
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
University Heights
Cleveland, OH 44106
SDC brought its signature Brazilian drumming to the University Heights Memorial Day Parade—the longest-running eastside parade in the city of Cleveland—delighting audiences of all ages and motivating them to dance, cheer, and have a good time.
International Fest
Saturday, April 15, 2023
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
Brunswick Branch, Medina County District Library System
3649 Center Road
Brunswick OH 44212
SDC was featured as one of the musical and dance groups invited to celebrate cultural diversity at the International Fest of the Medina County District Library (Brunswick branch). The ensemble’s performance was a celebration of Afro-Brazilian culture and an opportunity to demonstrate and engage with multiple percussion instruments for children and adults alike.
River Front Live!
Friday, June 3, 2022
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
110 Madison Street
Port Clinton, OH 43452
Featuring Brazilian singer Moises Borges on guitar and vocals, SDC drummers and dancers entertained audiences of all ages in this community event held outdoors in downtown Port Clinton.