Friday, 08 August 2025 - Sunday, 10 August 2025 Show all dates

Samba-Festival in Hartberg

The Samba Festival will again provide an exciting weekend in Hartberg in 2025
Program:

Friday: 8.8.2025   

12:00 – 23:00 Brazilian food and drinks (at our stands directly at the main square)
13:15 – 13:35 Opening of the festival with Escola de Samba BATURIM (on the stage at the main square)
13:50 – 14:15 Dance Mix Workshop with Marcelo & Luciana (on the stage at the main square)
15:00 – 18:00 Crafting Carnival instruments for children (in front of Gotthardts Sonne)
14:00 – 15:30 Workshop Samba Percussion: Beginner – with Clarissa Altmann (Music School Hartberg)
14:30 – 15:00 Dance Austria, Hip Hop from Hartberg (on the stage at the main square)
14:45 – 16:15 Dance Workshop Samba: Beginner with Luciana Sousa (rooms at Kirchplatz)
15:15 – 15:45 Brasileiwand, Poldis Bossa (on the stage at the main square)
16:00 – 16:15 Presentation of Beginner Workshop: Samba Percussion (on the stage at the main square)
16:35 – 17:30 Ingoma – Tambores from Minas Gerais, Brazil (on the stage at the main square)
17:50 – 18:50 Alegria Geral – Axé and Samba Reggae from Graz (on the stage at the main square)
19:30 – 22:00 Roda de Samba (at the main square in front of the stage among the guests)

from 23:00 After-Show Party in the venues near the main square

Saturday: 9.8.2025

9:30 – 13:30 Workshop Samba Batucada Bateria: Advanced- with Gabriel Policarpo and Clarissa Altmann (Music School Hartberg) 10:30 – 12:30 Afro-Brazilian Dance Workshop with Anderson Pinheiro da Silva (rooms at Kirchplatz)
12:00 – 23:00 Brazilian food and drinks (at our stands directly at the main square)
13:00 – 16:00 Crafting and Face Painting for children (in front of Gotthardts Sonne)
13:00 – 13:30 Chiara Maria – Loop Queen (on the stage at the main square)
13:45 – 14:15 The SexyBamBam Band, Soul-Grooves with Latin American rhythms & Funk ( main square stage)
14:35 – 15:05 Banda Berimbau, Samba Reggae from Italy (on the stage at the main square)
15:25 – 15:55 Andre Rio, Forró from Brazil (on the stage at the main square)
16:15 – 16:45 Vento Sul, Samba Reggae from Graz (on the stage at the main square)
17:00 – 17:50 Carnival Parade with workshop presentations Samba Batucada Bateria, City Band Hartberg, Vento Sul and others (main square – parking deck – Wiener Straße – main square)
18:10 – 18:25 Welcome speech by the Mayor and the organizing team of Samba in Hartberg (on the stage at the main square) 18:40 – 19:10 City Band Hartberg (in front of the stage at the main square)
19:25 – 19:50 Escola de Samba BATURIM Show (on the stage at the main square)
20:10 – 20:45 Derico Alves & Forró Sapecado (on the stage at the main square)
21:00 – 21:15 Vienna Samba Dance Show – Luciana Sousa & Friends (on the stage at the main square)
21:30 – 22:00 ABC – Austro Brazil Connection: Austrian instruments meet Brazilian percussion (main square stage)
 
from 23:00 After-Show Party in the venues near the main square

Sunday: 10.8.2025

10:00 – 11:15 Open-air Samba Mass with Dean Dr. Josef Reisenhofer (on the stage at the main square)
11:15 Brazilian food and drinks (at our stands directly at the main square)
11:35 – 12:10 Austro Brazil Connection: Austrian instruments meet Brazilian percussion (main square stage) 12:30 – 12:50 Schuhplattler Show – Landjugend Hartberg (on the stage at the main square)
13:05 – 13:40 BATALA – Samba Reggae, Axè, Afoxé, and Samba-Afro from Vienna (on the stage at the main square)
13:00 – 14:30 Yodeling Workshop with Vinz Härtel and Jojo Gansch (in the rooms at Kirchplatz)
13:55 – 14:15 Capoeira Show (on the stage at the main square)
14:30 – 14:50 Presentation of Yodeling Workshop (on the stage at the main square)
15:10 – 15:40 Escola de Samba BATURIM (on the stage at the main square)
15:40 – 17:00 Closing in the venues at the main square

Take the opportunity and arrive by public transport:

• Regional buses and trains at www.verbundlinie.at
• Shared taxi Oststeiermark Stop number: HF 6138, Booking hotline +43 50 36 37 38 or www.oststeiermark.at/sam