This weekend’s Samba Fest in Johnson Park features a kickoff performance on Friday by the Bellyqueen Dance Theater of NYC. The concert, entitled Kaleidoscope, also features Folkloric Productions Dance Co., with live music by Double Doom and Pete List (also of NYC). Kaleidoscope will be performed on Friday and Saturday (Sept. 8-9) nights at 8pm at the New Phoenix Theater, located at 95 N. Johnson Park. Activities continue in the park on Sunday (Sept. 10) from 1-5pm with a world marketplace, kids’ crafts and samba classes, a drum circle, international food, and much more, starting off with a “Meditation for Peace” at 1pm.