BUILDING COMMUNITIES & CHANGING LIVES THROUGH ART + CULTURE + MOVEMENT
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday 22 August 2026
From 5pm
St Mark’s Hall, Rochford, SS4 1PT
Join us for a relaxed, family-friendly summer BBQ as we raise funds for the 17th Brazilarte Festival.
We’ll gather for an evening of food, live acoustic music, Capoeira and community, with activities for children and time to reconnect with familiar faces and welcome new people into the circle.
The Brazilarte Festival has always been created through the energy, generosity and participation of our community. Every ticket purchased will support the costs of this year’s festival, including artists, musicians, activities, equipment and the many things needed to bring everyone together.
What to expect
A freshly prepared BBQ
Live acoustic music
A community Capoeira roda
Family-friendly games and creative activities
A relaxed evening with the Brazilarte community
You do not need to be a current Brazilarte member to join us. Friends, family members and new faces are all warmly welcome.
Tickets
Adult: £20
Child: £12
Family ticket: £65
Under 5’s: Free
Your ticket includes: Entry to event, BBQ and healthy accompanying whole food.
Drinks sold separately.
Please let us know about any dietary requirements when booking and we’ll do our best to accommodate: hello@brazilarte.org
Help us grow the circle
This event is part of our wider Growing the Circle campaign, helping us protect and develop the spaces where people could move, create, connect and belong.
Come for the food. Stay for the music. Step into the roda.
The circle grows one person at a time.
Supported by: St Marks Hall & The Design Cabin Community
Brazilarte Academy
Home of Capoeira, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Dance, Music, Art & Culture
Southend on Sea, Essex
Take one of our classes & join our fun community.
Click on the link for more information.
SHOP OUR PRODUCTS
Berimbau - A story of how it came to be is a mythical story. A suggestion of what could have been. A sacred instrument in the Capoeira circle, the Berimbau draws from many indigenous cultures from around the world. There are similar instruments, played in similar ways, Capoeira has it’s way.
We follow our protagonist, Hunter, on a forage into the forest. what he finds there is not what he expects. In this moment he discovers a secret which changes his life forever.
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Emma ’Sininha’ Gibbs De Oliveira has been practicing the art of Capoeira for 24 years. On this journey she has been fortunate to travel and meet with so many wonderful people. The memories that stick in her mind of these travels are the stories told.
Combining her love for storytelling and her artistic prowess Emma brings to the world her first comic book, Berimbau, a story of how it came to be. With a bold desire to inspire others through the vibrant cultural teaching of Capoeira, its music and colourful history, she has written a fantastical story about the sacred Berimbau.
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A4 Full Colour
40 Pages
First published July 2024
Language: English.
Delivery: via email.
Mestre vol.1 EBOOK (PDF DOWNLOAD)
Written and illustrated by Emma Gibbs De Oliveira - Contramestra Sininha
Featuring twenty nine Mestres who have walked the Capoeira path before us, allowing us to play the beautiful art of Capoeira today. Each mestre is represented with an original illustration plus a short story of their path in Capoeira and how they have influenced the art.
The desire to create this book was to ignite a curiosity about the mestres who passed before us. To preserve their traditions and stories in the rodas we participate in today.
Language: English.
Book size : 210mm x 210mm
Delivery: via email.