The band have played many gigs and events across the region. These include: playing in front of tens of thousand of people at the Stadium of Light before the final of the UEFA European Under-16 Championships, at the Great North Run, at the Washington International Kite Festival (where the band have played for most of the last eight years), Durham Miner's Gala, BBC Music Week, University of Sunderland Concerts on Campus, various carnivals and street events. We were commissioned by poet Kevin Cadwallender to do the musical backing for his performances as part of Durham County Council's Sharp Stick Poetry Initiative, and took part in a poetry and music roadshow across County Durham.

The band also lead educational workshops, going in to schools and nurseries to introduce children to a hands-on experience of performing percussion music. Sunsamba member Andy Wright led the Funsamba event in 2001, which was a successful project which brought together 13 primary schools in a Samba Parade through the streets to Hylton Castle, where the thousands of children and their teachers performed in the castle grounds.

Below is a list of the performances that we have coming up. Please check back often, as this list will be updated as and when new bookings are made. If you are interested in booking Sunsamba for an event that you are organising, or for an education workshop, please see our bookings page.

Sunsamba 2006