Samba Doc

Samba Doc emerged out of a series of samba workshops that took place in Pembroke Dock throughout the autumn of 2008. The workshops were supported through the communities first music trust fund and music on the move and were led by Fliss Fleck a samba teacher based in West Wales. The purchase of a starter kit of samba instruments was made possible through a small grant from the Communities First Trust Fund.

The series ran for eight consecutive weeks and was a great success with an average of around ten people attending each week. The project culminated in an outdoor public performance at the head of the annual Pembroke Dock Midwinter lantern parade. The band got drenched, but the buzz and excitement of this first public performance was not easy to forget and Samba Doc was well and truly on its way.

About our name

It’s self-explanatory really: Samba – because we play the kind of drums and other percussion instruments found in a typical Brazilian samba batucada and Doc – the welsh spelling of Dock relating to our home town of Pembroke Dock.

Three reasons to get in touch…

If you would like to book us for a gig, run a workshop or find out more about us, please send an email.

If you are interested in joining the band just drop in at one of our weekly rehearsals on Thursdays between 6.30 and 8.30pm at St Teilo’s Church Hall Pembroke Dock.