SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion (www.sambafunk.com)

SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion (www.sambafunk.com) SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion is a cultural dance fitness workout which features music & dances from GEt Connect'd ..... JOY'n the FUN!

Carnaval Explosion is the funkiest cultural dance fitness experience around. It brings people together through cultural dance and combines Samba, Funk & selected Carnaval dances for Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa to bring out the Joy from within its participants. Carnaval Explosion is comprised of

-Weekly Dance and Drum Classes led by King Theo
Sundays 3:30-5:30 pm @ the Malonga Cente

r for the Arts
14th & Alice Streets, Oakland
Studio A - All Levels - Men Encouraged - Families Welcome
$17 per session

-A performing company called the Funkquarians, featuring Lords & Queens of SambaFunk!, (beautiful male and female dancers) and the FunkTyme Playahs ( a drum "bateria" with special guests on other instruments), and Daughters of Funkquaria.


-A diverse community of fun-loving "Funky People" They come in all shapes, sizes, and ages, and have a variety of skills and outside interests, but they all share the same JOY in life and SOUL to feel the funky beats. Text: 510-800-7395 for the most up-to-date information
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05/19/2026

BAY AREA!!!! We are beyond honored to announce our very own DANDHA DA HORA as our MADRINHA DA ESCOLA!!!!!
Born and raised in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Elisangela
"Dandha" Da Hora Sousa has been a dancer with llê Aiyê, one of Brazil's most prominent cultural organizations, since the age of six. As a lead dancer with llê Aiyê, Dandha has collaborated with Brazilian artists such as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Daniela Mercury and has performed and instructed dance globally.
Residing in Santa Cruz, California, since 2003, Dandha imparts dance classes and performs as the lead vocalist with the band SambaDa. Additionally, she serves as the Artistic Director and Principal Artist for Cheza Nami Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting cultural diversity and arts programming.
Dandha continues to deliver workshops and lectures on Afro-Brazilian dance and culture internationally.

SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion (www.sambafunk.com)

Funkuarians in Carnaval mode rehearsing. Join us at San Francisco Carnaval parade Sunday May 24, at the Mission distric...
05/16/2026

Funkuarians in Carnaval mode rehearsing. Join us at San Francisco Carnaval parade Sunday May 24, at the Mission district. Also Oakland Carnaval Saturday June 6.


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📣26th Annual Malcolm X JazzArts Festival📣🌞San Antonio Park, Oakland 🌞FREE to the community🌞Saturday, May 16, 2026🌞11:00...
05/12/2026

📣26th Annual Malcolm X JazzArts Festival📣
🌞San Antonio Park, Oakland
🌞FREE to the community
🌞Saturday, May 16, 2026
🌞11:00 - 7:00 PM

✨Jazz Stage Featuring
The Futurelics, Ryan Nicole & Nu Dekades, Daria Nile. YGB, DJKLAV�Bantaba Drum Call: Baba Mosheh

✨MIKE "DREAM" GRAFFITI COURT
Black Book battles, Graffiti Walls and Live Art Custom Caps Workshops.�Teach Them Young! Space for young aspiring artists
Prizes, Supply Giveaways & more!

✨Belafonte KidZone
Activities offered by Afro Play, Oakland Public Library, and MOCHA.

✨Javad Jahi Soapbox Stage
Bay Area poets, organizers, and culture workers speak out on local and international issues and campaigns

✨Zumbi Court
Dj's • emcees • dance cyphers • battles

✨Katherine Dunham Dance Stage
Curated by José Ome Navarrete Mazatl.
Featuring Diamano Coura West African Dance Company,
Cultura y Tradición Afro-Puerto Rican Traditions,
Hip-Hop Final Battle: Winners of the Zumbi Court Cyphers,
SambaFunk! w/ King Theo

✨Vendors & Organizations
Artisan Gallery featuring local artists and craftfolk

✨Local community organizations

✨Wellness Zone
Practitioners provided by APTP, Freedom Community Clinic and other trusted community healers providing wellness modalities for free to our community.

✨Food Court
International flavors of the Town!

🖤🤎💛❤️*We deliberately gather our respective communities to celebrate Black Liberation as a compass toward a unified Third World Community- at the 26th annual Malcolm X JazzArts Festival at San Antonio Park. Together we celebrate the teachings and strength of Brother Malcolm and the tradition spawned twenty six years ago when EastSide Arts Alliance set out to create a Third World Cultural Center to serve and unite the Black, Brown, Asian & Indigenous communities that compose East Oakland and internationally

Save The Date!

05/10/2026

Come to dance class, . 1428 Alice St, Oakland. 3:30 pm. Let’s get ready for carnival season.

SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion (www.sambafunk.com)




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05/07/2026

Get ready for Carnival season. Join us today at 6 pm at 3824 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland.





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