Liverpool city centre carnival
Originally uploaded by petecarr.
Thanks to everyone who turned out to line the streets for the carnival, we will be posting lots of photos and reviews on here, but today its time to nurse drum-induced bruising and have a nap – dancing til 6am in the Picket [...]
If you are performing in the Carnival parade on this Saturday, 2nd August, here’s a reminder of the information you’ll need to know.
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Performers- Please meet at Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, this centre will be open from 2pm but everyone must meet there by 6pm at the latest. Novas is open only until 12 [...]
The Liverpool Capital of Culture Carnival is nearly here! After years of preparation, this Saturday sees 500 costumed performers from Brasil and Europe taking to the streets for a spectacular evening carnival parade, with beautiful dancers, amazing costumes, exciting performances, spectacular displays and and superb floats…
Rio party flyer at the Picket
Starting at 8:30pm from outside [...]
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The parade on Saturday 2nd August will begin in Myrtle St at 8:30pm and end at the Chinese Arch, Duke St. The Rio style party then starts at the New Picket, New Bird St, doors open from 10pm
This colourful new flyer has been produced by Brian of the Samba School. On the reverse is a handy map which outlines the parade route for August 2nd Carnival.
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Carnival flyer front
Carnival flyer back
Mangueira Samba School will be playing with us at this year’s carnival for Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture year! This amazing news adds to the buzz already surounding what promises to be the biggest carnival Liverpool has ever seen, coming up on 2nd of August.
Over 80 years old, Mangueira is one of the most celebrated [...]
Liverpool Lord Mayor’s Parade 2008
Originally uploaded by John_Kennan.
Yes amigos, we won the hotly contested ‘best band’ accolade again in this year’s Lord Mayors Parade on Saturday.
The parade was witnessed by thousands of people who lined the streets, and was hailed as the ‘biggest and ‘best ever’ by the Liverpool Echo, with 68 – a [...]
Irish Samba School MaSamba, long running collaborators with Liverpool Samba School, bring samba style craic to the streets of Dublin with their own particular flair every year. Look out for them in August in Liverpool as they join us for the European Capital of Culture Carnival on the 2nd!
This video shows their performance at this [...]
Liverpool Samba School has a new Facebook group, which newbies (hello, welcome, there were a lot of you at practice this week!) and old school members may find useful to join…
Get info and questions answered on practices, gigs, where to find the best earplugs, how to avoid getting blisters on your blisters etc… Of course [...]
The new carnival feature costumes or ‘destaques’ and corresponding ‘passista’ outfits are modelled in Alma de Cuba in these new photos by Craig Bennett. Elegantly poised there under a tonne of sparkly bits is Sandy, who plays surdo (large drum) in the percussion batería when she isn’t wearing huge flamboyant outfits like this [...]
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