Brazilian Samba Weekend Free Workshops & Carnival Warm-Up

Before the streets of Oslo explode with rhythm and color during Verdenskarneval the 6th of June… we warm up the Brazilian way. 🇧🇷🥁 In Brazil, this is called an Esquenta — a warm-up gathering filled with music, dance, food, rehearsals, community, and celebration before carnival begins. Join us for a full weekend of samba workshops, bateria rehearsals, pagode, dance, social gatherings, and Brazilian energy right in the heart of Oslo. Whether you are: ✨ completely new to samba ✨ a dancer or musician ✨ a family with kids ✨ a teenager curious about Brazilian culture ✨ or simply looking for an amazing atmosphere… …you are welcome to join us! 🎶 WHAT TO EXPECT 🥁 Samba percussion workshops 💃 Dance workshops for all ages 👨‍👩‍👧 Family activities 🔥 Pagode & social gatherings 🍖 Brazilian churrasco 🎭 Open community events 🇧🇷 Authentic Brazilian pre-carnival atmosphere ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📅 FRIDAY – SAMBA BATE-PAPO ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Sofienberg Kirke (Rathkes gate 18, 0558 Oslo) Start the weekend with a relaxed samba gathering open to everyone. 17:00-18:00: Samba Bate-Papo – open to all (Verdenskarneval event) 🗣A relaxed and welcoming samba gathering where music, rhythm, and conversation come together. “Bate-papo” means casual chat, so expect an informal session with live samba vibes and a friendly atmosphere. Open to everyone—come listen, move, and connect. More info about the Samba Bate-Papo: https://www.facebook.com/events/1311467807725647 19:00-22:00: Bateria and dance rehearsal (Dance: 19-20:30) 🎶 Open for spectators to see the full energy of the bateria and dancers preparing for the carnaval ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📅 SATURDAY – WORKSHOPS & SOCIAL ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Sofienberg Kirke (Rathkes gate 18, 0558 Oslo) A full day dedicated to learning, rhythm, and our community. No experience needed — just bring your energy! 12:00-13:00 Family Samba - Dance/Music Workshops (Age 5-12, Verdenskarneval event) 👨‍👩‍👧 Fun workshops for kids and their parents (Music: age 10-12) 13:30-14:30 Youth Samba - Dance/Music Workshops (age 13-17, Verdenskarneval event) 🧑 Workshops for teenagers focused on rhythm, movement, confidence, and expression More info about the dance workshops: https://www.facebook.com/events/1449777236836601 More info about the music workshops: https://www.facebook.com/events/3904166146553125 13:30-15:30 Designer for a Day: Trash to Carnaval Fashion Lab 💃 Create your own Carnaval costume using plastic bags and recycled materials in this fun, high-energy workshop. No sewing experience needed. Just imagination, and Carnaval energy! More info about the costume workshop with Charlene Costa: https://www.facebook.com/events/2829857557364526 15:00-18:00 Samba 4 all - Dance/Music Workshops with bateria (Age >18, Verdenskarneval event) 💃 Open-level workshops for adults (18+) in both dance and percussion (Dance: 15:00-16:00) 18.00-20:00 Churrasco (BBQ) & Social Gathering 🍖 Churrasco/food available for purchase: 200 NOK adult plate 100 NOK kids plate 20:00–23:00 Roda de Samba, 🎟 Free entrance for everyone 🎶 Join us for an evening of live pagode, samba, social gathering, and Brazilian atmosphere. More info about the churrasco (BBQ): https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1608088341322601 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📅 SUNDAY – CARNIVAL PREPARATION ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 Sofienberg Kirke 12:00-17:00 Bateria and dance rehearsals (with intervals) 🎶 Open to spectators to see the heartbeat of a real samba school as the bateria prepares for the upcoming carnival celebrations with rehearsals throughout the day. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ ALL LEVELS WELCOME 🎟 FREE PARTICIPATION 🇧🇷 COMMUNITY • CULTURE • RHYTHM Come experience the warmth, joy, and energy of Brazilian samba culture together with us in Oslo. Bring your friends, family, dancing shoes, and good vibes — and join the Esquenta! 🥁🔥 The workshops are in collaboration with Verdensfolk, the organization behind the Verdenskarneval festival and parade.