Youth Band is coming back!
Youth Band re-launching in Royston for 2026
We're crowdfunding to help kickstart the new generation of youth band in Glasgow
Help us bring the carnival joy of the Youth Street Band back to the young people of Glasgow The Band That Changed Lives… Until It Stopped - With your help, we're bringing it back!
Youth Band re-launching in Royston for 2026
Our first Annual Report as a charity
SambaYaBamba are on the lookout for a new rehearsal space
SambaYaBamba are now a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
SambaYaBamba are delighted to have been awarded funding from Creative Scotland’s Emergency Youth Arts Small Grants Scheme.
The countdown is on for Encontro Street Band Festival 2019 - here's all the info you need to be part of the madness
The Youth Band are recruiting young people aged 11-25
The Encontro Street Band Festival is back for a third year!
SambaYaBamba is Glasgow's fully-featured samba band and school providing exciting thunderous percussion and funked up brass arrangements from traditional Brazilian samba through to electrifying drum'n'bass in the tradition of the famous Rio carnaval.
If you've been inspired by the infectious Brazilian beat you'll be pleased to know that we run weekly workshops for beginners.
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"I've been listening to Sambayabamba and I think it's great. Having lived in Brazil, I always found the thing missing from non-Brazilian percussion groups was swing. But you guys have got it, no question...."
Gerald Seligman, General Director, WOMEX
SambaYaBamba Youth Street Band was born in 2016, welcoming young people aged 11-25 from loads of different backgrounds, from all over Glasgow and beyond.
Samba Ya Bamba is registered as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), No. SC050632