Samba Planner 2025 Festivals & Workshops
Samba Festivals & Workshops – Your Samba Calendar for 2025 / 2026 *
Your Samba Calendar for 2025! Here you’ll find a list of workshops, festivals, and percussion trips!
If you know of or are organizing an event that isn't listed here and would be happy to welcome international samba guests, feel free to reach out! We aim to keep this event planner as complete as possible. We’re happy to feature samba events that include workshops and opportunities for participation.
JANUARY 2025:
6.-15.1.2024 WORKSHOP BRASIL - 10 days of percussion workshops with plenty of time for relaxation. A cultural and musical journey to Salvador da Bahia with Dudu Tucci.
FEBRUARY 2025:
28.-30.3.2025 PANDEIRO INTENSIVO with Dudu Tucci, PAC BERLIN
MARCH 2025:
29-30.3.2025 D'LA SAMBA DANS LES ÉPINARDS (DLSDLE) - Workshop festival with concerts, workshops, shows, and family-friendly activities (Maromme La Maine, Parc Signa), near Rouen, France), organised by Agogo Percussions.
APRIL 2025:
4.-6.4.2025 Candomblé Rhythms with Dudu Tucci, PAC Nord Berlin, Germany
25.4.-8.6.2025 GABRIEL LOPES (MONOBLOCO) - EUROPA TOUR Samba Rio Style, workshops for groups.
MAY 2025:
3.-5.5.2025 WELSH ENCONTRO Samba get-together in Wales with workshops, gigs, shows
8.-11.5.2025 SAMBA COM VIDA Festival featuring workshops, international guests, concerts, and mestres from Rio, focused on Rio Samba, in Estarreja, Portugal.
24.5.2025 RITMOS QUE INTEGRAN A solidarity-focused samba percussion festival supporting people with intellectual disabilities, in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. tributupujume
29.5.-1.6.2025 CONGA TOTAL with Dudu Tucci at PAC NORD Berlin, Germany
29.5.2025 Samba Beats with Gabriel Lopes in Nijmegen, Niederlande
bis 8.6.2025 GABRIEL LOPES (MONOBLOCO) - EUROPA TOUR Samba Rio Style, Workshops für Gruppen
JUNE 2025:
6.-9.6.2025 KARNEVAL DER KULTUREN KDK Berlin’s vibrant festival featuring plenty of samba
6.-8.6.2025 PERCUMON Spain's Samba pearl - focused on Samba Reggae, with workshops, shows, and parties (Sagunt, near Valencia, Spain).
6.-8.6.2025 10 YEARS ESCOLA DE SAMBA CURINGA, Aix-en-Provence, France
bis 8.6.2025 GABRIEL LOPES (MONOBLOCO) - EUROPE TOUR Samba Rio Style, workshops for groups
9.-15.6.2025 HELSINKI SAMBA CARNIVAL Samba street carnival through the heart of the Finnish capital
22.-28.6.2025 FESTIVAL VILLAGE BORRÉGO organised by Couleurs Brazil, cultural festival in Paris, France.
23.-29.6.2025 CHORO CAMP a workshop for Choro fans (Northampton, MA 01063, USA).
25.6.2025 - 17.10.2027 TRAINING PROGRAM RAIZES DO BRAZIL with Dudu Tucci
27.-29.6.2025 SAMBBARAJOTE PERCUSSION FEST - Workshop Festival für Samba Reggae, Rio Samba und Tanz - Lorquí, Murcia, Spanien
JULY 2025:
11.-13.7.2025 INTERNATIONAL SAMBA FESTIVAL COBURG - Groups from all over the world, concerts, dance shows – a classic among European samba festivals. Come visit us at our Kalango stand at Schlossplatz!
25.-28.7.2024 MEGASAMBA Sesimbra, a workshop festival on the beach of beautiful Sesimbra, Portugal.
AUGUST 2025:
8.-10.8.2025 SAMBA IN HARTBERG Workshop festival, pagodes, and community gathering – Styria, Austria.
24.-25.8.2025 NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL LONDON - A Caribbean festival with a grand parade and lots of samba.
SEPTEMBER 2025:
5.-7.9.2025 TIMBAL INTENSIVO Timbal workshop with Dudu Tucci at PAC NORD Berlin.
21.9.2025 PLAY OUT LOUD in Nijmegen, Netherlands
OKTOBER 2025:
28.-30.3.2025 PANDEIRO INTENSIVO 2 with Dudu Tucci, PAC BERLIN
NOVEMBER 2025:
19.-23.11.2025 SAMBA FIEVER - BATERIA TOTAL A classic for whole groups, individual players, and music teachers, intensive Samba workshop week with Dudu Tucci.
DECEMBER 2025:
22.-6.12.2025 WORKSHOP TRIP TO RIO with JP (UK). The 2026 dates are already online.
JANUARY 2026
7.-16.1.2025 WORKSHOP BRASIL - 10 days of percussion workshops with plenty of time to relax. A cultural and musical journey to Salvador da Bahia with Dudu Tucci.
FEBRUARY 2026:
Dates to be confirmed: BRAZIL TRIP TO SALVADOR, Percussion workshops, parties, and pre-carnival with Volker Conrath, Bahia Connection, Bloco Explosão Berlin.
Dates to be confirmed: DRUMS OF BRAZIL Percussion trip to Salvador da Bahia with Mireille Linger, Netherlands.
*We are constantly updating this list for you, however, we are not responsible for the content of the event pages.
