Programming

The band was met with a full house of excited fans of this new generation of Brazilian popular music. It was moving to see everyone swaying and singing along with their latest hits, and they ended with some classic samba to bring it all back to the band’s roots in Bahia.

We are proud to have presented our first Brazilian Festa Junina festival at Black Cat DC in Washingon, DC, on June 13! EducArte brought together important Brazilian-run nonprofits and community partners and Brazilian audiences from the DMV to enjoy typical dances (quadrilha and forró), traditional foods, and one of the most important forró bands from Brazil, Forróçacana.

On Saturday night, iconic Brazilian guitarist and songwriter João Bosco brought his quartet to Catholic University’s Hartke Theatre on Saturday evening. He was joined by top Brazilian musicians Ricardo Silveira (guitar), Kiko Freitas (drums), and Guto Wirtti (bass). We loved hearing Bosco’s classics, like “O Bêbado e a Equilibrista,” “Incompatibilidade de Gênios,” and “De Frente Pro Crime,” among other favorites.

On Friday, Yamandu Costa took us on an emotional journey with an amazingly varied solo 7-string guitar performance. Audience members called his music “transcendent,” “virtuosic,” “human,” and “accessible.” 

Creative Alliance’s Viva Brasil! Carnival Dance Party celebrated its 20th year earlier this month!

This year, carnival celebrations extended through the entire weekend. EducArte curated Friday night’s bossa nova performance, featuring the great showman Marcos Ariel from Rio de Janeiro, who took us on a journey through Brazilian music. The Marcos Ariel Trio featured Andrew Connell […]

In early February, we organized a free community workshop with Music from the Sole at Dance Place’s Edgewood Arts Center. The Brazilian tap dance company worked with local percussive dancers, percussionists, and capoeiristas to explore Afro-Brazilian rhythms through body percussion.

We have had a wonderful year of growth! Check out our highlights from 2023, including concerts with Monobloco, Djavan, and Diogo Nogueira, and many performances featuring our samba bateria, frevo and samba dance, and much more.

We had a wonderful time this past weekend at Glen Echo Park’s Echo Arts Festival, celebrating Latino heritage! We were invited to share Brazilian cultural arts at the event.

Thank you to everyone who came to our Diogo Nogueira concert at Karma DC on Friday, September 15! It was an incredible showing of samba culture, featuring crowd favorites that everyone sang along to.