Brazilian jazz tour in Australia, small business tips, kids parties

🇧🇷 Discover Brazil in Australia 🇦🇺

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Gildo here. This edition starts with Brazilian trombonist and producer Joabe Reis on his Australian tour, plus a family-friendly update from Pacheco Jiu-Jitsu, a quick online presence tip for Brazilian businesses, and weekend events across Australia.

In this edition:

🎺 Joabe Reis on his Australian tour
🥋 Kids birthday parties at Pacheco Jiu-Jitsu
💼 A quick online presence tip for Brazilian businesses
🗓 Weekend events across Australia

Brazilian trombonist and producer Joabe Reis kicks off his Australian tour in Sydney tonight with the first local edition of DEJAVU Session, joining forces with Jazz Doof at the Brazilian Cultural Centre.

Joabe is part of Brazil’s new wave of jazz, mixing trombone-led improvisation with hip-hop, neo-soul, funk and pop. His work connects Brazilian groove with big jazz energy, with credits and collaborations linked to names like Toninho Horta, Bob Mintzer, Theo Croker and Elliot Mason.

Tonight’s Sydney show brings Joabe Reis together with Jazz Doof, the local collective powering the jam session, with Brazilian-Australian multi-instrumentalist Lux Trevis in the mix alongside DJs Total Eclipse and LEVOS.

Expect Brazilian jazz, hip-hop, funk, improvisation and big live instrumental energy.

Get a feel for Joabe Reis’ sound with his latest album Drive Slow, A Última das Fantasias, blending Brazilian jazz, funk, soul and groove-heavy arrangements that preview the energy behind his Australian tour.

Event details:
Tonight, Thursday 30 April
Brazilian Cultural Centre, Marrickville
DEJAVU x Jazz Doof Session ft. Joabe Reis

Tonight is only the first stop. Joabe Reis is also heading to the Milton Folk Jazz & Blues Festival, which runs across the weekend of 1, 2 and 3 May, then to Lazybones in Marrickville on Friday 8 May for the Great Southern Nights presentation of Drive Slow, A Última das Fantasias, and to The Servo - Port Kembla on Sunday 10 May for a big Sunday session.

🎺 Tonight, 30 Apr
DEJAVU x Jazz Doof, Brazilian Cultural Centre, Marrickville

🎶 1 to 3 May
Milton Folk Jazz & Blues Festival

🔥 Fri 8 May
Drive Slow Australian Tour, Lazybones, Marrickville

🌞 Sun 10 May
Joabe Reis + Lux Trevis, The Servo Food Truck Bar

Follow for more details:

@joabereis14
@luxtrevis
@jazzdoof

With Mother’s Day coming up, family-friendly plans are probably on the radar for a lot of parents. Alongside the upcoming Cria do Samba and Between Us Band gig in Dee Why, which includes a Canguaru discount, here’s another one worth saving:

Pacheco Jiu-Jitsu in Warriewood now offers kids birthday parties built around movement, games and supervised fun.

Pacheco is already a trusted name for many Northern Beaches families, helping kids build confidence, discipline, coordination and self-defence skills through Jiu-Jitsu training.

Their kids program is designed for different ages and skill levels, with a focus on safety, teamwork, respect, perseverance and keeping kids active in a supportive environment.

Now, they’re also giving families a birthday party option that gets the kids moving, keeps everything structured, and takes some weight off parents’ shoulders, especially if you’d rather avoid hosting the chaos at home.

Links:

🎉 Kids birthday parties
Learn more about Pacheco Jiu-Jitsu birthday parties in Warriewood

🥋 Kids Jiu-Jitsu
Learn more about Pacheco’s kids Jiu-Jitsu program in Warriewood, Narraweena and Avalon.

If your business depends only on Instagram, you are building on rented land. And in this economy, we all know the less you depend on landlords, the better.

Instagram is not your whole business

Your posts may not reach people, your bio link may not explain enough, and new customers still need to dig through your feed or send a DM just to understand your services, location, opening hours or prices.

A good first step is to create two basic digital assets: a Google Business Profile and a simple landing page using your own .com.au domain. It does not need to be a huge website.

Start with one clear page showing what you offer, where you are, who you help, how to contact you, your Google Maps link, reviews or testimonials, and a few strong photos.

Then use that page everywhere:

This gives customers one trusted place to check your business, and it gives Google, AI search tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity, and recommendation algorithms clearer signals that your business is real, active and connected to a location.

This is one of the first steps to help those systems understand when your business is relevant enough to show or mention to the right audience. More practical tips coming in the next newsletter editions.

For the full checklist, read the Manual Anti Perrengue, created by Canguaru in partnership with Konbini.design after seeing nearly 300 Brazilian businesses across the country.

Useful links:

📘 Read the checklist
Manual Anti Perrengue for Brazilian businesses in Australia

🛠️ Konbini.design
Websites, marketing systems and online presence for local businesses

From Brazilian jazz and choro in Milton to samba, MPB, sertanejo and a night of Brazil in Sydney, here are a few Brazilian events worth checking out this weekend.

Full details and ticket links are available on the calendar.

NSW

Great Southern Nights • A Night in Brazil
Friday, 1 May · Surry Hills
Samba, Pagode

Joabe Reis, Choro do Koala • Milton Folk Jazz and Blues Festival
Saturday, 2 May · Milton
Choro, Jazz, Soul

Maitê Inaê • Razz Room
Saturday, 2 May · Sydney
Jazz, MPB, Soul

QLD

Roda Sertaneja • Edição 2
Saturday, 2 May · South Brisbane
Sertanejo

VIC

Baile do Bunny • Made in Brazil
Friday, 1 May · 10pm · South Melbourne
Baile Funk, Samba, Electronic / EDM

If you know a Brazilian business or event that should be listed, just reply and send it through.

Até breve,
Gildo
Founder, Canguaru

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