BUILDING COMMUNITIES & CHANGING LIVES THROUGH ART + CULTURE + MOVEMENT
UPCOMING EVENTS
IT'S TAMBOZEIRO FESTIVAL TIME!
6, 7 & 8 November / Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Now in our 17th year in Southend-on-Sea, Mestre Biscuim and Mestra Sininha welcome you to join us for our annual festival. A three-day celebration of Capoeira, Brazilian culture and community in all its colours.
Across the weekend, we'll be joined by a wonderful group of special guests, with inclusive workshops for children and adults, our Capoeira Batizado, live music, dance, delicious Brazilian food, and plenty of time to gather, connect and celebrate together.
Tambozeiro is the most important date in our calendar.
It is our opportunity to celebrate the devotion, growth and commitment of our community, and to bring friends old and new together for a weekend that is always full of energy, movement and connection.
If you've joined us before, you'll know there is something very special about the atmosphere created across the weekend. Each festival is different. Each gathering creates its own story.
And if this is your first Tambozeiro, we would love to welcome you into the circle.
Southend-on-Sea is easy to reach, just 50 minutes from London by train, with London Southend Airport only 10 minutes from the city centre.
Put the dates in your diary.
The full schedule will be released soon.
Viva o TAMBOZEIRO!
Festival registration includes*
Full three-day festival registration
Exclusive event T-shirt
Graduation cord for those graduating at the Batizado
*Festival registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.
Tambozeiro Party 🎉
The drums are calling…
Join us for a joyful evening of Brazilian food, live music, dancing and celebration as part of Brazilarte's annual festival weekend.
Inspired by the spirit of the drum, Tambozeiro brings us together to celebrate Brazilian culture, friendship and the wonderful community we've built together.
Expect great music, delicious food, plenty of dancing and a room full of good people.
Everyone is welcome. Bring your friends, bring your family and come celebrate with us!
Event details
📅 Saturday 7 November 2026
🕕 Doors open at 6pm
🥘 Brazilian food* served from 6–7pm
*available to purchase separately. Vegan option available
💫 Kids entry free (Under 14 years must be accompanied by an adult at all times)
📍 Brazilarte Academy
Victoria Centre, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 5SP
We look forward to celebrating with you!
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Southend on Sea, Essex
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SHOP OUR PRODUCTS
Berimbau - A story of how it came to be is a mythical story. A suggestion of what could have been. A sacred instrument in the Capoeira circle, the Berimbau draws from many indigenous cultures from around the world. There are similar instruments, played in similar ways, Capoeira has it’s way.
We follow our protagonist, Hunter, on a forage into the forest. what he finds there is not what he expects. In this moment he discovers a secret which changes his life forever.
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Emma ’Sininha’ Gibbs De Oliveira has been practicing the art of Capoeira for 24 years. On this journey she has been fortunate to travel and meet with so many wonderful people. The memories that stick in her mind of these travels are the stories told.
Combining her love for storytelling and her artistic prowess Emma brings to the world her first comic book, Berimbau, a story of how it came to be. With a bold desire to inspire others through the vibrant cultural teaching of Capoeira, its music and colourful history, she has written a fantastical story about the sacred Berimbau.
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A4 Full Colour
40 Pages
First published July 2024
Language: English.
Delivery: via email.
Mestre vol.1 EBOOK (PDF DOWNLOAD)
Written and illustrated by Emma Gibbs De Oliveira - Contramestra Sininha
Featuring twenty nine Mestres who have walked the Capoeira path before us, allowing us to play the beautiful art of Capoeira today. Each mestre is represented with an original illustration plus a short story of their path in Capoeira and how they have influenced the art.
The desire to create this book was to ignite a curiosity about the mestres who passed before us. To preserve their traditions and stories in the rodas we participate in today.
Language: English.
Book size : 210mm x 210mm
Delivery: via email.