Huge crowd at Tour de Fat in Fort Collins this past Saturday. Over 15,000 bikes in the parade, everyone in costume, lots of fun. We’ll be doing it again this Saturday, Sept 10, in Denver at City Park. Come down if you can. Parade starts at 10am in City Park and music follows. Sambadende plays [...]

Sambadende will be performing at New Belgium’s Tour de Fat events the next two weekends. Sept 3 in Fort Collins 1:40-2:30pm Sept 10 in Denver 1:40-2:30pm Come down and take part in a great event…. “Yes folks, the Tour de Fat will once again be meandering and pandering through 13 U.S. cities spreading the good [...]

We’re headed up to the mountains this weekend and we’ll be the last act this Saturday night at Carbondale Mountain Fair. If you’re out that way, come down and check it out. http://www.carbondale.com/mountainfair

Sambadende and special guests will be back at the St Julien this year for New Year’s Eve. Last year sold out, so plan on getting your tickets early. TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! http://btticketing.frontgatesolutions.com/choose.php?a=1&lid=48696&eid=56233 You can also purchase them in person at The Boulder Theater or Albums on the Hill in Boulder, or call Boulder Theater at [...]

Sambadendê will be joined by Ginga and Ginga Grande on Friday, August 14th, for Noite Brasileira (Brazilian Night) at The Fox Theater in Boulder. For those who don’t know them, Ginga is a very, very talented choro and samba group, playing the sounds of Rio de Janeiro. Sambadendê Big Band with special guests will follow [...]

Opening for friends from Portland, March Fourth. Taken from the B-Side Lounge website…. MarchFourth is a date, a command, and a large band poised to take on the world. How do you define the experience of a MarchFourth show? What kind of images emerge when you listen to their eponymous 9-song debut disc? Imagine Duke [...]

This Thursday, August 28, we’ll be playing at the Jazz Aspen Music Festival. For those who’ll be there, we’re playing 3 sets in the festival (2pm, 4pm, and 6:15pm), and we’ll be playing a full show at night at The Mountain Dragon. Other acts at the festival include Bob Dylan, Ziggy Marley, Widespread Panic, Jerry [...]

This Friday night 7-10pm at The St Julien Hotel with Marcelo Bernardes from Rio de Janeiro on sax and flute. Marcelo is one of the most respected and active musicians on the Rio scene, playing in numerous samba and choro groups around Lapa, and acting as musical director in popular groups such as Choro na [...]

Tonight Sambadende will be at The B-side Lounge (formerly Trilogy), sharing the bill with Jonny Rademakers’ Strings and Bata project. Strings and Bata combines string instruments with the traditional afro-Cuban bata drums. This is the first time that they’ll be performing this music. Sambadende will play during the middle of the night, followed by DJ [...]