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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..

Ready for the island? On July 1st/2nd 2016, Lloseta - a small town in Mallorca - turns into a Samba capital. The Samba Reggae formation Sandungueros from the pretty village invited you to great workshops e.g. with Marivaldo Paim (Ilê Ayê).

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!

You are travelling to Olinda or Recife? The night of the silent drums is only one of the North-east Brazilian highlights. Precarnival is one of the best times to be in Brazil and it offers you plenty of opportunities to get to know music culture of many regions!

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!

27.11.2015 Tropical Diaspora presents another unforgettable night with the Maracatu All Stars Berlin! Live music, encontro de Maracatu and Dj sessions at the turntables promise a very fine north-east Brazilian night out in Berlin!

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 ça va groover à Marseille !
Rencontres de cultures afro-brésiliennes! Danse et percussions, jam-pagode, concerts, festival !

21./22.11.2015 On the occasion of the Dia da Consciência Negra, Casa Pelodum in Essen, Germany invites you to celebrate with them. They have prepared a lovely cultural programm and workshops including a masterclass by Mestre Memeu Nunes!

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

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...

From the 23.-29.8.2015, the Austrian Percussion Camp will take place right on the shore of beatiful Ossiacher lake in Carinthia, Austria. Allrounder & ethno percussion for all ages and levels! From the 25th on the Teacher Days guarantee top class courses for all percussion freaks!

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!

10.-12.7.2015 This year we have quite some special surprises for you in our luggage: new Samba percussion stuff fresh from Brazil, extra exhibition area and a larger booth full of Samba drums and Brazilian instruments and accessories! Looking forward to seeing you there!

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!

Another new Samba highlight: 29.-31.5.2015 Sorrir por favor! invite the European Samba scene to their Dragon Samba Meeting in Kraków, Poland. Spend a fantastic weekend with Samba friends in Krakóv, play, party, train your skills in Workshops and simply enjoy being part of the European Samba family!

5.-7.6.2015 Scandinavian Samba! G.R.E.S. Unidos de Oslo from Norway invite all Samba friends to their carnival to play Samba and celebrate solidarity and diversisty, and - to give Oslo its carnival back! Come and join for a whole weekend of music, Samba, dance, shows and the big street parade!

Ready for holidays on an island? On the 26th / 27th of June 2015 Lloseta in Mallorca will turn it´s little town into a big Samba party! The band Sandungueros invites sambistas to join them for workshops a.o. with Marivaldo Paim (Ilê Ayê) and Sean Tahiri (Mulêketú), parties, a street parade and show performances!

Come to Santiago de Compostela on the beautiful Atlantic coast of Spain! On May 30./31. 2015 the A.S.C. Trópico de Grelos invites you to their VII festival BATEBATUKE offering workshops, concerts and shows - all a sambista heart needs

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!

Du 8 au 10 mai, Villeneuve vibre au son du Brésil !
Bahia Steel et Tempo Soleil organisent les 8-9-10 mai 2015 la quatrième édition du festival Villeneuve-Rio, le Brésil en Ardèche.