As part of our Samba de Verão series, we are delighted to welcome Alexandre Garnizé back As part of our Samba de Verão series, we are delighted to welcome Alexandre Garnizé back to our space in the Liberties. This will be our third time working with Alexandre, who is a true font of knowledge on maracatu and ceremonial drumming from Brazil. His deep expertise, enthusiasm and authenticity make him a wonderful teacher — even if his passion sometimes leaves us scrambling to catch up ;-) We are...

On Saturday August 8th, we celebrated another year of samba in Ireland in fine style, with a day combining music, learning and Brazilian food. We had nicknamed the event 'Samba de Verão (Summer Samba), and the weather gods must have been listening, because the weather was absolutely perfect for an outdoor event. The Masamba crew were joined by friends from near and far, with some travelling from throughout Dublin, Cavan, Mayo, Scotland and England The centrepiece of the day was an excellent...

We received some positive news last week, that we have been awarded a small grant under the 2026 Small Scale Local Festivals and Summer Schools Funding Scheme, which is an initiative of the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. Our basic idea is to attempt to build a replacement for the long-defunct Drogheda Samba Festival, which took place towards the end of June each year. The Drogheda Festivak is sadly missed amongst the community of drummers that remember it, but there is now...