For Thursday, October 22 through Sunday, October 25, a compact Brazilian-music thread runs through Barbes in Park Slope. It begins Thursday with Laura Ann Singh’s Fracas Quintet, then returns Sunday afternoon with Clube do Choro and Regional Samaúma. The connection is broad enough to leave room for difference: Singh brings a vocal band whose work joins song to collective improvisation, while Regional Samaúma centers the finely detailed, largely instrumental choro tradition. Taken together, the dates offer a useful view of Brazilian music as a living New York practice: repertoire, rhythm, ensemble language, and musicians meeting around a regular neighborhood room.[1][2][3][4][5]

Laura Ann Singh’s Fracas Quintet plays Barbes on Thursday at 8 PM. Singh’s own biography places her work in música popular brasileira and Latin boleros, alongside American Songbook material, original writing, and a 2025 Fracas Quintet record, Mean Reds. A separate presentation of the quintet describes its music as a meeting point for song, abstraction, composed material, and open form. That makes this an appealing first stop for listeners who approach Brazilian reference points through a contemporary jazz-and-song ensemble, with the voice serving as part of the group’s shifting texture.[1][2][5]

Sunday’s choro circle

On Sunday, October 25, Clube do Choro with Regional Samaúma starts at 3:30 PM at Barbes. The ensemble identifies itself as a New York-based Brazilian choro and samba group, with a weekly Roda de Choro at the venue. Its repertoire reaches from nineteenth-century figures including Chiquinha Gonzaga and Ernesto Nazareth through Pixinguinha and Jacob do Bandolim to contemporary composers. Choro emerged in Rio de Janeiro during the late nineteenth century, combining European dance forms with syncopated Brazilian influences; instrumental virtuosity and the dialogue among melody, harmony, and percussion remain central to its sound.[1][3][4]

The practical contrast between the two shows is part of the point. Thursday’s Fracas Quintet offers an evening set built around a particular five-player band and Singh’s writing. Sunday’s Clube do Choro is a recurring afternoon gathering led by Fernanda Silveira and Regional Samaúma, a format rooted in the social circulation of repertoire as much as in individual features. For a listener mapping the city’s Brazilian-music life, the pair provides two complementary routes: an exploratory vocal quintet at 8 PM Thursday, followed by a repertoire-rich choro session at 3:30 PM Sunday.[1][3][5]

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Plan the visit

Both events are at Barbes: Laura Ann Singh’s Fracas Quintet on Thursday, October 22 at 8 PM, and Clube do Choro with Regional Samaúma on Sunday, October 25 at 3:30 PM. The early Sunday start makes the second date especially workable as an afternoon destination. Recheck Barbes and the artists’ official pages before leaving for current admission, timing, lineup, and accessibility details.[1][2][3]

These concerts happened on 22–25 October 2026

The next dates at these venues: Barbes

Sources

  1. Events — Barbès Brooklyn
  2. Laura Ann Singh — Laura Ann Singh
  3. Regional Samaúma — Regional Samaúma
  4. Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian Music Scene — Library of Congress
  5. Laura Ann Singh Fracas Quintet — Firehouse 12