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Jun 29th |
Free entry
BALADA SPECIAL
With DJ Limão + LIVE: DA NOVA
Drawing on the seductive power of the Bossa Nova beats and the catchy melodies from the early 90’s euro beat, DA NOVA have merged the two styles and created brand new versions of classics including Rhythm of the Night, Please Don’t Go, Groove is in the Heart, Killer and All that She Wants. This launch show features a live band with special guests including: Jandira Silva, Xantone Blacq, Gustavo Marques, Gili Lopes and Kleyton Macedo. Come down and check them out!
DOORS: 7:30PM
COME EARLY FOR FREE SAMBA LESSONS |
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Jun 30th |
Free entry
GAFIEIRA
With DJ.Dvyzor + LIVE: Chico Chagas & Gafieira Brasil
Guanabara is proud to host Gafieira: Brazilian Ballroom Music and Dance. This traditional type of music absorbed a wide range of musical influences, including Afro-Brazilian samba rhythms, French dance forms, Argentine tango, and North American big-band music. Playing live on this brand new evening and making their debut at Guanabara is Chico Chagas & Gafieira Brasil, a 5-piece band including percussion, drums, accordion, piano, guitar, cavaquinho and clarinet that will make you dance the night away.
COME EARLY FOR A FREE GAFIEIRA CLASS |
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Jul 1st |
£5 after 9pm
RODA DE SAMBA
With DJ Limão + Capital do Samba LIVE
To get a real feel for Brazil and its music Wednesday nights are a must! Just as in Brazil a group of musicians gather in a circle around a table and play beautiful traditional Samba songs. The musicianship of the band ‘Capital do Samba’ is truly breathtaking, and the crowd always ends up dancing later in the evening.
COME EARLY FOR FREE SAMBA LESSONS |
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Jul 2nd |
£5 after 9pm
GUANABARA SUMMER SEASON: NAPALMA Live
With HUMAN FACTOR DJ SET
Napalma is back for a 4-gig residence at Guanabara on Thursdays with their celebrated VOX MUNDO party, as part of our Summer Season. The band is a fresh musical mutation born out of interaction between Brazil and Africa, with two fiery percussionists from Brazil and a powerful vocalist from Mozambique. Djembé patterns from Senegal and Mali are laid over powerful electronic dance grooves, causing an absolute mayhem of joy and good vibes in da house!
COME EARLY FOR FREE LAMBADA LESSONS |
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Jul 3rd |
£10 after 9pm
BLACK RIO
With DJ Cliffy + LIVE: Mandinga
DJ Cliffy commands the pick ups tonight, so charge your caipirinhas and dance to the vibrant set of our Brazilian Beats specialist. LIVE: Mandinga. Playing an irresistible blend of Samba, Samba rock, funk and reggae, their fantastically bouncy set always keeps the dance floor heaving. Their influences include Clube do Balanço, Olodum, Banda Black Rio, Bob Marley, James Brown, Simone, Gilberto Gil, Ed Motta, Buena Vista, Jorge Ben Jor, Bezerra da Silva, and Santana, among others.
+ Basil (percussion show) / Gafieira Dance Number / Capoeira (Grupo Cordão de Ouro) |
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Jul 4th |
£10 after 8pm
SPIRITUAL SOUTH
With DJ Mark Robertson + LIVE: ERI OKAN
Spiritual South has been responsible for some of the most influential worldwide future music and has firmly established its name as a unique sounding force. Expect cutting edge tunes and remixes by the latest acts. Live on stage is the irrepressible ERI OKAN with the sounds of Bahia, roots culture and carnival vibes here in London. ERI OKAN means 'conscience' and the group plays inspirational grooves with lyrics dealing with profound themes. With songs in Portuguese, Yoruba, Pidgin and English, ERI OKAN performs with 10 members...Not to be missed! + Basil (percussion show) / Gafieira Dance Number / Capoeira (Grupo Cordão de Ouro) |
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Jul 5th |
£5 after 8pm
FORRÓ
With Zeu Azevedo and Forrodaki band LIVE
Come on down to the biggest and best Forro night in town! Forró mixes European, African and indigenous rhythms and has its own distinctive dance. Everyone has fun on Sundays, with seriously sexy dancing and much laughter and good times for everyone from complete beginners to those who already know how to shake it to that driving Forró beat. Featuring Zeu Azevedo and Forrodaki band LIVE, plus special guests.
COME EARLY FOR FREE FORRÓ LESSONS. |
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July 12th |
Tickets: £17
SPECIAL OFFER: ORQUESTRA IMPERIAL
Since their first show in Brazil in 2002, the Orquestra has become one of the biggest sensations on the Rio cultural scene, playing vintage sambas from the 40s and 50s, mambos and boleros.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR GUANABARA'S MAILING LIST: £2 off!
Pay only £15 when you quote the Promotion Code Zico at the Koko online box office.
KOKO 1A Camden High Street, London, NW1 7JE |
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July 16th & Sept 3rd |
£5 after 9pm
GUANABARA SUMMER SEASON: ZEMARIA Live
With DJ John Armstrong
Zemaria are a motley formation of art rockers who fuse electro house, breaks and Brazilian funk with an edge of rock, synthpop and soulful Brazilian grooves. A unique 4-piece band with laptop and samplers based on eletronic beats, but including live drums, bass and guitars to keep it raw and dirty. Don't miss it! Check their music out at www.zemaria.art.br |
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Aug 4th |
Tickets: £10
GUANABARA SUMMER SEASON: NEGUINHO DA BEIJA-FLOR Live
With DJ D.Vyzor
EXCLUSIVE LONDON SHOW! Neguinho da Beija-Flor is celebrated as the singer of all singers, as well as an icon in Brazilian Samba. Besides singing and composing with brilliancy, Neguinho is also the main lead singer (aka ‘puxador’, in Samba jargon) of multi-champion Rio samba school Beija-Flor de Nilopolis. An award-winning artist with 30 albums released and DVDs, Neguinho is praised by the European press as THE KING OF SAMBA. COME EARLY FOR FREE SAMBA LESSONS. |
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June 23rd to Aug 19th |
Free admission
GUANABARA RECOMMENDS
The Embassy of Brazil proudly presents Regina Vater: Memory of Light in Gallery 32. Regina is recognized for 'creating installation works of great delicacy', as Guy Brett has described her works. Vater will show recent works: To Leonardo, a series of large photographic images of old walls on which Vater superimposes drawings and poetic notes in reverse, and three installations, Seek in the Unseen and Beauty will Appear, an homage to the Sufi poet Farid Ud-Din Attar, Om Mani Padme Hum, a visual representation of the mantra of the Buddha of Compassion, and Memory of Light, a piece designed especially for this show. The works represent Vater's preoccupations with time, metaphysics and the human condition.
Gallery 32 - 32 Green Street - London W1K - +44 207 3999282 |
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