17.+18.9.2016 The 6th edition of the French Samba festival Les nuits frappées de Bruniquel invites all Sambamaniacs to their beautiful castle festival! Samba bands come together to celebrate different Samba styles north of Toulouse in South France.
Kalango Festival booth! 22.-25.9.2016 Registration is still open! 16 top workshops for advanced, intermediate and beginners, different styles for all levels including a master class! The SaSy is unique in Europe - get together!
August 21-27: the Austrian Percussion Camp on the shore of beautiful lake Ossiacher in Carinthia, Austria, courses are from 'absolute beginners' to 'top-level', for kids, teens and adult amateurs, sambistas & percussionists!
12./13.8.2016 in Novi Sad, Serbia: a few years already this small sambista-family encontro für Rio Sambistas und Capoeiristas has been taking place, offering high-quality Samba and lovely culture of the locals including a swim in the Danube!
Want some new vibes and good swing for your bloco? Fresh Samba Reggae / Afro Samba workshops with Mestre César Veloso from Malê Debalê: 5.8. in Berlin, 6./7.8. in Essen, 11.8. in Zürich - register now!
30.7.-7.8.2016 International festival of frame drums! Percussionists and pandeiristas from around the world come to improve their skills, from Brazilian pandeiro beats (with Matthias Haffner) to Arabic frame drums, cajón, darbuka, daf, riqq..
23.-24.7.2016 Barcelona - not only an amazing and vibrant city, but also one of Spain's Samba Reggae capitals! Alex Rosa (Ilê Ayê) and his bloco are inviting to their annual event with percussion & dance workshops. Parade by the seaside!
18.6.2016 Mistura Maneira present their Carnival in Monte Porzio Catone - Italy's Rio carnival! Go carioca and join to play and party with the sambistas of Rome's Samba school! Samba workshop with Dario Mattia!
2.-5.6.2016 Have you ever been to Nitra? Come see this small town full of crazy Samba vibes only a short ride from Bratislava! A unique Samba and percussion festival where international bands celebrate rhythm, good energy and Brazilian beats!
27.6.-4.7.2016 Summer percussion camp on the beautiful island of Paros, Greece
June 11./12. 2016: sambista get-together, Kalango with festival booth, beautiful outdoor festival and loads of workshops for all levels: Samba de enredo, Samba Reggae, Maracatu, dance, Afro Samba, Pagode, Timbal Special, Samba Funk..
16th of April 2016: legendary ethnic percussion festival in Alicante on the Mediterranean coast of Spain - Samba Reggae / Afro Samba fans this is for you! Workshop with Jair Rezende, hundreds of drummers, megabloco, fantastic night!
19.-22.5.2016 The 4. Raban Festival in Oborniki - Poland! A huge choice of Rio Samba pro-workshops with top mestres, section-action, pagodes, dance, forró - sambista programm at its best! Check out the details!
11./12./13. march 2016 - Samba Reggae fans attention please: a tiny village in the rolling hills of northern Spain is stirring up its region - Demanda Samba invites you to their famous Támbor Fest in Pradoluengo! 3 days Samba action!
1./2./3. April: Springbreak on a beautiful Mediterranean island! Come visit a 3-day Samba festival in Mallorca with bateria workshops for Rio Samba and Samba Reggae blocos, dance, pagode, sessions, party - a fantastic opener for 2016 festival season!
More swing and fun for your bateria: intensive professional Samba training for all levels with Chris Quade Couto and Serrinha Raiz - fun, efficient workshops with powerful instruction for all sections. Learn all about the tricks and techniques of Rio style Samba! Bring your bateria to a whole new level!
2016 - we can already feel the energy of carnival, in our minds we're festival-hopping from one Samba event to another. Write us your event - Kalango publishes a blog article for you! Invite Samba friends from all over Europe - Samba is family!
18.-20.3.2016 Swing is totally your thing? We'll train you for the perfect groove, 3 days long, on all instruments. Original Afro Samba / Samba Reggae by Ilê Aiyê and Olodum a.o. from the repertory of the European bloco Bahia Connection!
For 2016 Dudu Tucci has prepared a large and exciting programme for sambistas of all styles! The year starts with a trip to Salvador for percussionists and also stays colourful in the PAC Percussion Art Center in Berlin!
28.+29.11.2015 The groove is on in Marseille!
Afro-Brazilian festival in Marseille with dance, percussion, concerts, workshops, jams, pagodes, party!
Afro-Brazilian festival in Marseille with dance, percussion, concerts, workshops, jams, pagodes, party!
31.10.2015 A rare opportunity for a workshop with Mauricio Tizumba from MInas Gerais: Tambor Mineiro is played on caixas de folia, on patangomes and with gungas, accompanied by dance and singing.
Nov/Dec: Great autumn- / winter workshops with Dudu Tucci!:
2.-4.Oktober: Ritual drumming: Candomblé and Umbanda; 6.-8. November: Pandeiro: Intensiv course with the little allrounder; 2.-6. Dezember: Bateria total! Sambafieber: technique, new grooves, solo parts
2.-4.Oktober: Ritual drumming: Candomblé and Umbanda; 6.-8. November: Pandeiro: Intensiv course with the little allrounder; 2.-6. Dezember: Bateria total! Sambafieber: technique, new grooves, solo parts
9.-11.10.2015 Afrobrasil festival for all fans of Afro-Brazilian percussion, dance and culture! Madrid invites you to percussion workshops with Mario Bomba, dance workshops with Lizandra Duarte (Malê) and the big show of the blocos!
23.-25.10.2015 Berlin invites you to the 1. Samba Berlin meeting for dance-aficionados. If you love dancing Brazilian styles and are up for some great several-day workshops to learn or improve Samba de Gafiera and Samba no Pé, then this might be fun for you!
24.-27.9.2015 20 years anniversary for the Sambasyndrom in Berlin! Workshops for all ages and levels, percussion from all over Brazil, dance, kids and family programm, beginners, intermediate, master class - come and join for a 4 day Samba marathon! The Kalango festival booth is also in!
28./29./30.8.2015 Come and join the Atarrabia Burrunban festival in Villava, Spain! Relaxed atmosphere, an encontro for batucadas of Samba Reggae and a great oportunity to say farewell to the summer, learn some new stuff in workshops, meet nice sambistas, parties and life concerts in the evenings...
14.-16.8.2015 Dani Brazila (Days of Brazil) - Samba carnival and festival in Novi Sad, Serbia! Come and join in for advanced Samba workshops with wellknown sambistas and mestres, party with us and spend a fantastic time with the Samba family of Serbia!
SAMBA REGGAE IN BARCELONA - SPAIN! 25.-26.7.2015 Alex Rosa (Ilê Ayê) and Barcelona´s Afro Samba community invites you to their beautiful city and international percussion, dance and Brazilian culture festival!: Afro Brasil, Samba Reggae, Maracatu, Brazilian beats - 11 workshops, 5 mestres, concerts, parade, parties..
25.-29.6.2015 A greek island in the Aegean Sea - a Samba dream and and a deep dip into Afro-Brazilian Music & Culture. 5 days, 16 hours non-stop percussion and dance workshops, live shows, BBQs and the magical beach of Santa Maria on Paros island, Greece.
23.-26-7-2015 The Mega-Samba event in Portugal! What could be more beautiful than playing Samba on a beach in the sun with friends? Right - also having a caipirinha in your hand! Great programm & workshops - Sesimbra invites you to Samba, beach, sun, seaside, party!
Percussion first! 1 week - 4 continents - 7 instructors:
For beginners, semis and professionals who want to learn more about international styles in a very divers program! Percussion is the spice of any music ensemble, here you can visit 2 intensive workshops and experiment lots of different drums and rhythminstruments!
For beginners, semis and professionals who want to learn more about international styles in a very divers program! Percussion is the spice of any music ensemble, here you can visit 2 intensive workshops and experiment lots of different drums and rhythminstruments!
With Chris Quade Couto and Serrinha Raiz - you want intensive, fun and efficient training for your bateria and useful professional instruction for all sections? Learn all about the tricks and techniques of Rio style Samba! Chris and Serrinha will help you to to train all your Samba skills and bring your bateria to a whole new level. Workshops for any level - few dates left!
Fancy a short trip to Rome? Join in for a great workshop weekend in a beautiful city - 16./17. of may 2015 you can rock your instrument with the Kirimbas: 2 superintensive workshop days - 5 mestres - 5 sections!