There will be Brazilian feijoada and tapioca stands, an arts and food marketplace, children’s activities and games including face painting and mini ping pong. Bring the family, chill out, dance, play and hang while the Roda de Samba plays, or go wild as the Batucada plays the big stage! Once again, in the tradition of cultural fairs and Block Party, we present Domingão do Samba (Big Samba Sunday) an afternoon to evening event specially made into a Quadra de Samba, or Samba School rehearsal hall in Rio de Janeiro. Come early and check out the Win-win situation. Let's call it global influenced electronic dance music. Mad styles Winnie, originally from Halifax, is known her fun house parties, playing with Maracatu Mar Aberto, hanging in Kensington Market, and generally cutting a rug on the dance-floor at a number of jams around the world. dj Win-win! Our homegirl Winnie is gonna show us what she's got and get the jam rolling. We won't go on about him too much, but he's been called a million dollar dj. His crates go deep and his ability to play across genres and always bring the crowd to a groove is legendary. ![]() ![]() General Eclectic is the resident dj and co-founder of Uma Nota, and one of the most popular and well versed djs in Toronto. She brings a dancehall tip, some baile funk, RnB, electro-tropical and global and Baltimore club mixes for all. J Lai Jennifer Laiwint, or better known these days as J Lai, is an artist through and through, dabbling in visual art, Capoeira Angola, and in the last few years making an impact as a dj that moves the dance- floor. Check our old school blog post that gives you a full breakdown of Batucada, including more pics and video. For this little gig he has brought together his " nove de ouro" or the "nine of gold," a small group of Batucada's ace players locked in a groove so tight that the surdos and repenique promise to pull you from within and create a bridge between earth and some other-wordily realm of pure bliss. They are led by the effervescent Maninho Costa, a true samba percussion master, born into the tradition inn Rio de Janeiro. Batucada Carioca, are old school alumnae of Uma Nota dating back to the days when the jam was at the Gladstone Hotel. ![]() Click the link above for your advance tickets. What makes this jam fun is the liberty of expression, come out and feel no shame and dance bc no one cares. It all happens at Super Wonder Gallery right on College Street near Clinton. We have the very best djs and the real deal raw samba of Batucada Carioca. Once again, we bring the heat and good vibes to this Tdot winter of contentment in frigid temperatures.
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