Batala Portsmouth are a local band playing authentic Brasilian Samba Reggae music on the south coast and beyond. You can hear the band playing on Myspace. If you are interested in joining the band, we rehearse every Thursday evening from 6:45 to 9:30 at Charter Academy in Hyde Park Road, Southsea. Please email or call to find out more about booking the band for your event or to find out more about joining and learning to drum with us.

Our diary for 2010 is filling up. Let us know if you want us to play at your local event. Some of the events we are planning this year are new ones for us to play at which is great. Send us and email if you have any suggestions about events we should get involved with.

Please email enquiries@batalaportsmouth.com or call Chris on 07734 114550 to find out about booking Batala Portsmouth.

In November and December we ran a very successful beginners course and half a dozen new members finished the course and are playing with us now. We are hoping to run another beginners course in April 2010. We are also planning to buy more drums before the course as the band grows.

Send us and email if you want to be added to the list and come to the beginners course.

Following press coverage in The News and after playing at Love Albert Road Day, we have had lots of interest in joining the band. We will are running introductory sessions in November and Decmber to introduce new players into the band. Well done to Carla, Emily, Jemma, Lee, and Lynda who all finished the course and are now playing with the band.

Please email enquiries@batalaportsmouth.com or call Chris on 07734 114550 to sign up or find out more.

Batala Portsmouth will be playing at the Great South Run on 24th and 25th October. On Saturday we play from 9:50 near the Blue Reef Aquarium and on Sunday from 10:40 on Pier Road at the one and five mile marks.

There will be a lot of road closures on Sunday so come early! Channel Five are showing coverage of the event at 10:30 live on Sunday morning.