Kaboozle

Introducing our newest member, Ha, who is joining us on surdos. Ha also plays in Ilu Axe and Bloco B.

Emma and Tom are sadly leaving due to bring too busy with other things, including their bandeoke band Lewis Hamilton's Vegan Dog. Bandeoke with LHVD. They visited today to help teach Ha our arrangements.

Back in the rehearsal studio today. Important business to attend to.

Bath Carnival 2023
We started with an empty field.

Looking back at Bath Carnival 2023. We started with an empty field.

We recorded our set on Saturday. Here's one of the pieces. The reaction from the Border Morris dancers had us well oiled by this stage. We really like the crowd whoops and cheers.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u1Y1TyfkXhHoOJBzTCTIIEBuiJHQKjh1/view?usp=drive_link

There's a bass boost version if you prefer more bass (ideal for mobile phones).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y9V3UcxQ_tWpTsr2d_j04IFKJP-iIbZA/view?usp=drive_link

The Folk of Gloucester

We had a good time at Folk at the Folk in Gloucester today.

Thanks to Richard for the photographs. Great dancing from Styx of Stroud Border Morris too.


The Folk of Gloucester

We had a good time at Folk at the folk in Gloucester today.

Thanks to Richard for these photos.
Styx of Stroud Border Morris
The Folk of Gloucester

Folk at the Folk is this coming Saturday. We'll be there, playing at 3 pm on the Edshed stage.
https://thefolkofgloucester.co.uk/folk-at-the-folk/
The Folk of Gloucester

Our next event is Folk at the Folk in Gloucester on Sat 16th September. We're playing at the Edshed at 3pm.

https://thefolkofgloucester.co.uk/folk-at-the-folk/

Us playing at Three Choirs Festival bandstand today in Gloucester. We were joined by Selva on tamborin for Batucada.

Thanks to Richard and Sharon Dainton for the photographs.

We're playing on the bandstand at Three Choirs Festival this Sunday 23rd July 13:15 to 14:00.

https://3choirs.org/your-visit/plan-your-visit-to-gloucester

Tom is appearing on BBC Radio Gloucestershire this evening from 6pm. Topics will include samba groups amongst other things.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fw1dc8

BBC Radio Gloucestershire - Jon Smith, 12/07/2023 Jon Smith brings you great evening music and guests from across the county.

The final preparation before we played at Bath Carnival. We had a great time. It was a bit quiet when we started but then the sun came out and the audience grew.

We're playing at 18:35 on the acoustic stage (changed time since our previous posts).

💥 LINEUP TIMINGS HAVE LANDED! 💥

It's our 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY and we've pulled out all the stops to deliver a wonderfully diverse and eclectic mix of entertainment for you to enjoy at the free family festival in Sydney Gardens!

🤪 As well as the live and electronic acts listed below we welcome back SuperPirates who take over our kids area for an extended session of adventures and play. Surprise walkabout acts will be making an appearance throughout the day and we've got dance workshops hosted by our old friends Biggles' Sound!

🌮 As always we've carefully curated an incredible selection of local food traders including a great selection of vegan and vegetarian options.

🎶 And be sure to get down early as the team over at Music Workshop have prepared a special extended set to open the Main Stage in style, featuring young local performers from across Bath!

💗 In the true spirit of Carnival we ask that all attendees treat each other with respect and kindness, including our neighbours - so please keep noise down when leaving the park after the event in the evening.

🚮 Our volunteer litter picker team are un-sung heroes of the event. Pleeeeeeease help make their job a little easier by using the bins provided to dispose of your waste. Let's leave Sydney Gardens looking even more beautiful than we find it!

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💗 HELP KEEP CARNIVAL ALIVE IN BATH CARNIVAL 💗

Our team have worked tirelessly to keep this event free and accessible, so that EVERYONE can enjoy a festival experience in Bath whatever their personal circumstances. If you can afford to do so, please make a donation so that those less fortunate can enjoy Bath Carnival too - buckets and QR Codes will be located across site.

Donations to our LocalGiving Page can be made here in advance:
https://localgiving.org/charity/bathcarnival/

Tom is off to today to perform with Bloco B.

Here's Jacqui singing with Louis Hamilton's Vegan Dog, the karaoke band that Tom and Emma from Kaboozle play in, Tom on guitar and Emma on vocals and keyboards.

Thanks to Richard for these photographs of us at the gig at the farm in Hullavington. We were playing as a five piece which kept us on our toes. We're up to six tonight and back to the full seven for future events.

Backstage at tonight's event. We're playing in a barn on a farm. Looking forward to it.

Some official photographs from the Superhuman Games. We're playing Friday and Saturday this weekend, both at private events.


https://superhumansportsuk.pixieset.com/superhumangames2023/

Some more photographs from Superhuman Sports UK Superhuman Games in Bristol.

Preparing for the Superhuman Sports UK Superhuman Games at Bristol tomorrow. An early start for us.

Tom will be on BBC Gloucestershire this morning just after 9am to talk about Kaboozle, Stroud Samba (group) and Three Choirs Festival and anything else that he's asked about.

We're excited to be playing at the Superhuman Games in Bristol on Saturday 10th June.

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗩𝗢𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘅! 🏃

We're buzzing to announce that Kaboozle will be playing at Superhuman Games on Saturday 10th June! 😍

Kaboozle are a 7 piece percussion group from Bristol, Stroud & Newport who play a unique style of Afro-Brazilian-inspired pieces 🔥

Not only are they our challenge sponsor for VO2 max but they're also in charge of raising the energy for every single competitor in the running portion of this lung-busting workout & we know they're going to do an awesome job 🙌

Safe to say...we can't bloody wait to get them involved! 🕺

Bath Carnival is an amazing community event that's put on for free. Sad to see a few people complaining about such a positive event.

Carnival's expansion plans slammed by angry locals “We object that any increase in the capacity will be contrary to public safety and will cause public nuisance”

A few more photographs from BoA Green Man Festival on Saturday. There was a noticeably bigger crowd this year right from the start. The sun came out about five minutes into our set too.

After months in the rehearsal studios it was great to be playing to an audience and we were really heartened that people were coming up to us afterwards to say they enjoyed it.

Thanks to Richard Dainton and Matthew Harbour for the photos.

Good times today at BoA Green Man Festival