SambaFunk! Carnival Season 2025

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Get ready for an energizing, uplifting community experience! Our goal is to have 50+ Dancers and 20+ Drummers, so please invite your friends and community members!

Instructors:

King Theo Ogum

Queen Carmen Carrasco

Queen Joy Broussard

Registration fees and dates

Early bird registration is $45 through April 13.

General registration is $55 through May 11. After this date registration will be for Spirit Section only.

How to stay in touch

Join our Community Text Messages for updates on class times and locations, rehearsals, etc. Text “funk” to ‭510. 800.7395‬ and follow the prompts to sign up.

Weekly Classes & Rehearsals

Please attend as many as possible to learn choreography and rhythms

#SambaChurch

Sundays 3:30 - 5:30pm | Live drums | $19

East Oakland Sports Center, 9161 Edes Ave Oakland, Oakland

African Brasilian Technique

Thursdays 6:00 - 7:15pm | $15

Zhi Dao Guan - The Taoist Center, 13824 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland

*class time will extend beyond 7:15 as we approach Carnival. Be prepared to stay until 8 or 9 pm in the weeks leading up to performances.

Outdoor rehearsals

Saturdays 1-3pm beginning April 12

Astro Park, 1210 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland

Key Dates

Sun April 6th: Costume prototypes reveal in class

Sat Jun 7: Oakland Carnival & Wellness Festival, 12-8p Mosswood Park, Oakland

Sun Jun 15: Berkeley Juneteenth Festival, Alcatraz @ Adeline, Berkeley

IMPORTANT: Before registering please read the Carnival Information Packet & FAQs You will be asked to acknowledge the Performer Expectations when you register.

Host or Publisher SambaFunk!