About the Event:
If you love all things Louisiana this is the event for you! Austin Samba will perform three sets throughout the afternoon, from 11am until 4pm. In addition, enjoy two stages featuring 10 Louisiana bands. You’ll hear Funk, Brass, Zydeco, Cajun, and the Blues. Tempt your taste buds with some amazing food vendors who sell everything from jambalaya to alligator. If you prefer crawfish, the Louisiana Swamp Thing & Crawfish Festival has 7,000 pounds of FREE large, boiled, live Crawfish! Served one plate at a time while supplies last. We also have kid’s activities including bounce houses and slides, face painters, and more. Come ready to shop because the festival also has between 15 & 30 arts & crafts booths.

Location: The Austin American Statesman Parking Lot
Address: 305 South Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704

Cost: Admission $20.00 cash at the gate. Kids 8 and under free with an adult. A Limited number of VIP tickets are available for $80

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Full Event Hours: 11am to 10:00pm

Event main page and information:  http://www.roadwayevents.com/event/louisiana-swamp-thing-crawfish-festival/

Join us at Zilker Hillside Theater on the evening of April 2, 2016 for a FREE, family-friendly performance of our “Texas: A Horse Opera” show. Think cattle and cowboys, blues and rock, spangles and feathers, glitter and gold, samba and country…that’s the story of Texas’ musical history fused with Brazilian Carnaval magic. This is the kitschiest Carnaval event in the weirdest town in the strangest state in the U.S.!

Bring a picnic! 

6:30 - Austin Youth Samba
7:00 - Trem do Samba
7:30 - Dance Lessons
8:00 - Samba Show

Carnaval Brasilerio 2014 marks the 10th anniversary of Austin Samba’s participation in this astounding event.

In celebration, we’ve chosen “Orfeu” as our theme, and we are modeling the show around the groundbreaking movie “Orfeu Negro.”

We have adopted “Aquarela Brasileira” for our samba this year. As Tio Jacaré says, it is “widely held to be the most beautiful samba of all time. In addition to being beautiful, it tells the story of the diversity and beauty of Brazil.”

Thus, this year’s show will combine “Orfeu Negro” with “Aquarela Brasileira,” and will be filled with familiar characters from the movie. We will samba the night away as Orfeu and Eurydice fall in love with each other and with Brazil. “Aquarela Brasileira” will be the magic carpet which takes the couple on their journey through the celebrations of Carnaval across Brazil.

Austin Samba will also be honoring our friend Seu Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro who appeared in the 1959 movie.

This year’s theme, or enredo, for the samba school’s carnival celebrations is Peter Pan…join us in Neverland as we recreate the famous story! Get your costumes ready!

The Austin Samba School will be debuting its theme for 2012, The Wizard of Oz. Join us for an entirely new drum and dance show, featuring lions, scarecrows, munchkins, witches and much more!

Carnaval Brasileiro in Austin, Texas is on Feb. 4, 2012. Billed as possibly the largest Brazilian Carnaval party in the United States, you can’t miss this huge event at the Palmer Events Center in Austin.