If you want a band that will get your feet tapping and your body swaying, it’s Samba Galez! We’ve brought the sounds of the Tropics to Cardiff and beyond for over thirty years, playing Brazilian Samba and African rhythms in venues throughout the area. We play parades and static sets, usually half an hour to three quarters of an hour.

The band was formed in 1989, and has recruited new members ever since – in fact, only one original member is still with the band. We operate as a community band, and have regular access courses for new members: we have weekly practice sessions, and play between ten and twenty gigs a year, as well as performing in Cardiff city centre on Saturday afternoons. 

Os ‘dych chi eisiau band a fydd yn cael eich traed yn tapio a’ch corff yn siglo, Samba Galez yw hi! Rydyn ni wedi dod â synau’r Trofannau i Gaerdydd a thu hwnt ers dros ddeng mlynedd ar hugain, gan chwarae rhythmau Samba Brasil ac Affricanaidd mewn lleoliadau ledled yr ardal. Rydyn ni’n chwarae gorymdeithiau a setiau sefydlog, fel arfer hanner awr i dri chwarter awr.

Ffurfiwyd y band yn 1989, ac mae wedi recriwtio aelodau newydd byth ers hynny – a dweud y gwir, dim ond un aelod gwreiddiol sy’n dal gyda’r band. Rydym yn gweithredu fel band cymunedol, ac mae gennym gyrsiau mynediad rheolaidd i aelodau newydd: rydym yn cael sesiynau ymarfer wythnosol, ac yn chwarae rhwng deg ac ugain gig y flwyddyn, yn ogystal â pherfformio yng nghanol dinas Caerdydd ar brynhawniau Sadwrn.