Afrekete 2022 - Special 10th Birthday Edition

We are SO EXCITED to be celebrating a MILESTONE birthday of Afrekete in 2022 and we'd love to INVITE YOU TO JOIN US 😍 The 1st dedicated Afro-Cuban Dane & Music Camp in Australia is going to MAKE HISTORY once more with it's FIRST 5-DAY EVENT in the beautiful southern Gold Coast - TUGUN - only 3min from Gold Coast Airport 💃🏽🎼🕺🏼 💛 26-30 January 2022 💛 🎉 YES it's our 10th birthday in 2022 - so in little Coffs Harbour on Gumbayggirr country, on top a rock by the sea in sunny Sawtell, with my two incredible talented heart warrior brothers Adrian Medina & Israel Ortiz, our collective dreaming birthed Afrekete Afro-Cuban Summer Dance Camp and it has further evolved to what it is TODAY🌊💙 🌟 DAY 1: Wednesday 26th January We start with 'Cuba in Australia' Day on with a collaborative community art project 'Roots of Rhythm' - an evolution of our previous art exhibitions to incorporate the spirituality of nature and connection to rhythms of many cultures in a mural art at the Southern Beaches Community Gardens behind the Tugun Village Community Centre. All this with the amazing local Yugambeh/ Kombumerri talented family of Luther Cora as well as our special guests Gerib Sik Torres Strait Islands Corporation! FREE ENTRY but BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL for special TSI KupMurri lunch at community prices. 🔥 DAY 2: Thursday 27th January Our pre-party at the gorgeous rooftop bar The Salty Fox at Rydges Hotel Gold Coast Airport! 6-9pm FREE ENTRY 💥 DAY 3: Friday 28th January Then our official OPENING NIGHT delicious Cuban creole dinner & professional showcase 'A Night in Cuba' to live band Lazaro Numa and Sabor a Cuba 6-11pm $55 prebooked includes dinner & show (included in Full weekend pass) 🌊 DAY 4: Saturday 29th January The start of a whole weekend of workshops in the Roots of Salsa with some extra special musical editions 10am-5pm Full weekend passes or individual day passes available. 🔥🔥🔥 PLUS our HOTTER THAN HAVANA NIGHT White-themed Cuban night to the best Cuban dance band on the planet - El Timbon 7-11.30pm $30 prebooked (included in Full weekend pass) 🪘🎼🥁 DAY 5: Sunday 30th January Workshops continue 10am-3pm with uber special guests with the Feria Cubana out in the gardens AND to end things off a RHYTHM REVOLUTION 3.33pm from the Diaspora to other cultures influenced by the rhythms of the earth! Full weekend passes or individual day passes available. ALL THIS RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACK YARD 🤩 Don't hesitate and BOOK NOW ⚡️ Full Event tickets available now on afrekete.com for the whole shebang with plenty of 'Free to community' parts of the event as well as individual event tickets. https://afrekete.com/shop/ Look forward to sharing an AUTHENTIC piece of Cuba with you very soon 🇨🇺