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Brasil Summerfest

Forró in the Dark Plays Forró for Dancing Outdoors at the Brooklyn Public Library for Brasil Summerfest

Forro in the Dark (Vladimir Radojicic)

Forró in the Dark is a New York Brazilian forró band with Mauro Refosco (zabumba, percussion), Guilherme Monteiro (guitar), and Jorge Continentino (pífano flute, saxophone). Forró is dance music from the countryside of Northeastern Brazil. It's a simple dance, danced in close position with interlocked legs. It's popular in Europe where an urban forró form is blended with … [Read more...] about Forró in the Dark Plays Forró for Dancing Outdoors at the Brooklyn Public Library for Brasil Summerfest

Brasil Summerfest 2022 Brings the Latest Brazilian Music, Dance, Art & Film to NYC

Brasil Summerfest NYC (Eduard Marques Mortimer/Dreamstime)

Brasil Summerfest 2022 brings the latest music, art and film from Brazil to Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens from June 29 - July 24, 2022 with both ticketed and free events. Brasil Summerfest in New York City is the biggest Brazilian music and arts festival outside of Brazil. Legal! Brasil Summerfest 2022 Brings the Latest Brazilian Music, Dance, Art & Film to … [Read more...] about Brasil Summerfest 2022 Brings the Latest Brazilian Music, Dance, Art & Film to NYC

Brasil Summerfest 2021 at the DUMBO Archway and Brooklyn Museum

Brasil Summerfest 2021 (Lazyllama/Dreamstime)

The Brasil Summerfest 2021 music and arts festival has ticketed shows at DUMBO Archway in Brooklyn, Friday-Saturday, July 9-10, 2021 at 6pm. From $17. The festival includes a free show at the Brooklyn Public Library on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 7pm. brasilsummerfest.com This year is a smaller edition, but Brasil Summerfest is normally the largest Brazilian music and arts … [Read more...] about Brasil Summerfest 2021 at the DUMBO Archway and Brooklyn Museum

Baile Funk Brasil SummerFest Closing Party

Batekoo. Courtesy Felipe Gabriel / Red Bull Music Festival São Paulo.

Brasil SummerFest closes another great season of Brazilian culture with Baile Funk, a Rio favela dance party featuring Batekoo and DJs Omulu and Marginal Men at Elsewhere Rooftop in Bushwick, Brooklyn on Saturday, August 3, 2019 from 3-10pm. From $15 Expect some serious bunda shaking (bootie shaking). No it doesn't mean she is going home with you. It just means she is happy … [Read more...] about Baile Funk Brasil SummerFest Closing Party

Tulipa Ruiz

Tulipa Ruiz. Courtesy the artist.

Tulipa Ruiz is a multi-talented, Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian singer-songwriter of MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira). She is a star among the new generation of young Brazilian singers. Lincoln Center Thursday, August 1, 2019 ~ Ruiz opens up on her latest album TU in a free concert at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center at 7:30pm. FREE Brasil SummerFest … [Read more...] about Tulipa Ruiz

Alceu Valença

Alceu Valença. Courtesy the artist / SummerStage.

Alceu Valença plays Northeast Brazilian pop (MPB) for Brasil SummerFest at Central Park SummerStage on Saturday, July 27, 2019 from 6-10pm. Free The show includes Cordel do Fogo, Encantado, Labaq and DJ Grace Kelly. Alceu Valença Valença is a Brazilian singer-songwriter who makes Brazilian pop grounded in the folk music of Northeast Brazil. Always a bit of a rebel, … [Read more...] about Alceu Valença

Brasil SummerFest for the family at the Hester Street Fair

Brasil SummerFest Street Fair. Courtesy People Time.

The Brasil SummerFest Street Fair serves up lots of Brazilian food, drinks, music, artisanal products and fun. It's Free and for all ages. Legal! 2019 Brasil SummerFest Street Fair Brasil SummerFest takes over the Hester Street Fair at Seward Park in Manhattan's Lower East Side on Sunday, July 21, 2019 from 12pm - 7pm. FREE Brazilian Entertainment The Tupi Collective … [Read more...] about Brasil SummerFest for the family at the Hester Street Fair

BaianaSystem + Hamilton de Holanda + Xênia França

BaianaSystem, Hamilton de Holanda and Xênia França. Courtesy of People Time Entertainment.

Brasil Summerfest presents Baianasystem, Hamilton de Holanda and Xênia França at Central Park SummerStage on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 2 pm. FREE BaianaSystem BaianaSystem is a Brazilian samba-reggae band from Salvador, Bahia. Their sound brings together many influences. The Baiana is the "guitara baiana," a small electric mandolin/guitar that was created in Bahia in … [Read more...] about BaianaSystem + Hamilton de Holanda + Xênia França

Brasil Summerfest 2018

Elza Soares at Brasil Summerfest 2017

The 2018 Brasil SummerFest is at multiple venues across New York City from July 29 to August 12, 2018. Brasil Summerfest 2018 Week 1 Brasil Summerfest Street Fair & Block Party Brasil Summerfest opens with a street fair and block party as part of the Hester Street Fair at the corner of Hester and Essex in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Sunday, July 29, 2018 from 12 noon … [Read more...] about Brasil Summerfest 2018

Elza Soares, Brazilian Samba Legend

Elza Soares is a living legend of Samba

Elza Soares is a Samba legend. She started singing in 1950s Rio. Soares made hits and had a tabloid life in the 1960s and 70s. Tragedy pursued her into obscurity, but Soares came roaring back in 1999 and keeps making Samba in every musical style. @ElzaSoares @SummerStage @BrasilSummerFst #Samba #Carioca Elza Soares in New York City Soares plays Central Park … [Read more...] about Elza Soares, Brazilian Samba Legend

Brasil Summerfest 2017

Brasil Summerfest 2017

Brasil Summerfest is an annual festival of the latest Brazilian music at various venues across New York City in August. Some events are free, others are ticketed. Brasil Summerfest 2017 The party starts Saturday, August 5 with Samba legend Elza Soares at Central Park SummerStage, and ends with a Lower East Side street fair. Saturday, August 5 Elza Soares, Liniker e os … [Read more...] about Brasil Summerfest 2017

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