The Edinburgh Samba School (TESS)

06/07/2026

Two weeks left untill we turn Princess street gardens into a place to share culture and love for music and dance 🧡🥁🦚

19/06/2026

We cannot wait ❤️🥁

We are thrilled that this year's Edinburgh Festival Carnival will return to the streets!

Thanks to funding from the City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh Visitor Levy, the 2026 Carnival will see over 1,000 performers parading down The Mound and along Princes Street in a breath-taking display of music, dance and carnival costumes from local, national and international artists. Following the parade, the party continues with performances across West Princes Street Gardens.

More information coming soon!

06/06/2026

06/06/2026

What an incredible day it was. We were honoured to play for such a long stretch of the event and to be part of something that brings so many people together. The energy, determination, and spirit shown by every runner, volunteer, supporter, and organiser created something truly special.

As musicians, there is nothing quite like seeing smiles appear and tired legs find new strength.

Events like this remind us of what makes Edinburgh such a wonderful place: connection, resilience, kindness, and joy.

Thank you for trusting us to be part of your event. We left feeling inspired, grateful, and full of happiness. We hope our beats helped carry some runners over those final miles!

Congratulations to everyone who took part, and a huge thank you to the marathon team for bringing our community together in such a memorable way.

With gratitude and samba spirit,

Edinburgh Samba School 🥁❤️

04/06/2026

Love to our community. We are so looking forward to be making some noise this Saturday🧡🥁

16/05/2026

This will be great. Come and join in

It's North Edinburgh Community Festival day! Head to North Edinburgh Arts for 10.45am and catch our parade, or pop along to West Pilton Park from 12pm for live performances, food, arts and crafts and lots more!

04/03/2026

Don’t miss out😜

Learn Samba Batucada — a fast, powerful, feel-good drumming style rooted in tradition and modern techniques, played around the world from southern Brazil to Europe 🌍

👉🏼 Saturdays
👉🏼 7th of March for 3 weeks.
👉🏼 3-5pm
👉🏼 St James Scottish Episcopal Church
11A John's Place, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 7EL

No previous knowledge required. All instruments provided. We cannot wait to see you🧡🪘more information in the link.

Book here:

https://www.citizenticket.com/events/the-edinburgh-samba-school-3/samba-batucada-beginners-course-2026/

21/02/2026

Come join us for spring Samba Batucada workshops 🥁

Book here:
https://www.citizenticket.com/events/the-edinburgh-samba-school-3/samba-batucada-beginners-course-2026/

16/02/2026

We cannot wait for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Carnival

04/02/2026

🥁 Happy New Year from the Samba family! 🥁

We’ve got some very exciting news…
Our brand new beginners drumming course starts on 7th March! 🎉

Learn Samba Batucada — a fast, powerful, feel-good drumming style rooted in tradition and modern techniques, played around the world from southern Brazil to Europe 🌍

👉🏼 Saturdays
👉🏼 7th of March for 3 weeks.
👉🏼 3-5pm
👉🏼 St James Scottish Episcopal Church
11A John's Place, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 7EL

No previous knowledge required. All instruments provided. We cannot wait to see you🧡🪘more information in the link.

Book here:

https://www.citizenticket.com/events/the-edinburgh-samba-school-3/samba-batucada-beginners-course-2026/