MINEHEAD SAMBA BAND
MINEHEAD SAMBA BAND
is a brand new community music project for Minehead launched 12th January 2026. For adults and children including families.
Newbies can join any time, you don't need to be there at the beginning.
CONFIRMED GIGS FOR 2026
SOME LINKS TO VIDEOS AS WELL
RNLI REGAL THEATRE
Saturday 18th April
WATCHET
Saturday 22nd August - 1.30 to 2.30pm
MINEHEAD BAY FESTIVAL
Saturday 29th August - times TBC
PORLOCK CARNIVAL
Saturday 5th September
Late afternoon and early evening
CRAMPTONBURY
Saturday 19th September
Late morning
The band will also occasionally play out and about around the town/park/harbour/beach during the summer months
No experience required - just enjoy the fun of group rhythm making in this wonderful South American tradition, so popular worldwide. We will be playing a mixture of traditional and modern samba and latin influenced songs that can be easily adapted to samba band.
WEEKLY SESSIONS
We meet once a week (see below for times) but you are not obliged to attend every session. You only pay for the sessions you attend.
Tutorials and Songs click here
for some introductory tutorials for newbies and access to our song library for practising in your own time.
REHEARSAL VENUE
MINEHEAD EYE
TWO DIFFERENT REHEARSAL
TIMES AVAILABLE
4PM AND 7 PM FOR ONE HOUR
SUBS
This is an independent community project with no outside funding.
£5-Adults £3-Children* £10-Families
* Children who are keen to learn are welcome. Anyone fourteen or under must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Please note there is quite a lot of learning involved which takes time, concentration and a little patience.
PAYMENT
You can pay in cash, by bank transfer, Paypal or Credit/Debit card.
There are currently 91 registered members and new members are always welcome. Not everyone can be there every week so now is the perfect time to join us !
Just get in touch by email and we'll add your name to our email list.
Look forward to meeting up with you soon
Thanks for reading this
nigel@musichealth.co.uk
Nigel Neill
About
Projects
Minehead Samba Band
Taunton Samba Band
Minehead Street Choir
Heads Up! Community Choir Taunton
Song Therapy Network
