Since 1986 The Trinity Centre has been a home to samba for the city’s Afro Brazilian community, and next month it is set to host a huge carnival-like celebration dedicated to drumming, movement and song.
On April 16, Bristol Encontro will be staging the Centre’s first Tambor since 2019, providing a wide range of live performances, stalls and workshops, for all to experience firsthand the expressive dance and percussive rhythms of Brazil.
Encontro, which means meeting in Portuguese, serves to uplift the great Brazilian festivals of today, from São João to Carnival, as well as to pay homage to the exuberant movement and song that were first created by the slaves of Brazil’s colonial era.
