Soñemos
21 – 23 FEBRUARY 2025
A small festival in a beautiful town of Zagreb, Croatia. Join us a for a wonderful weekend full of tango – learn, dance, socialize and taste local cuisine with your fellow tangueros. Let’s share this dream together.
Made by for eternal dreamers.
This year’s festival superstars:
Fernando Sanchez
& Ariadna Naveira
About Soñemos
Soñemos (“lets dream”) Festivalito arose as an idea from a handful of Zagreb tango scene veterans and eternal dreamers.
Festivalito found its home in the finest dance club in Zagreb – Peti Kupe. With its wonderful wooden floor, top of the line acoustics and snazzy urban interior it is truly a perfect place for our lovely tango weekend. This year Soñemos hosts the incredible Fernando Sanchez & Ariadna Naveira, their first Zagreb appearance since Zagreb Tango Fever Festival in 2016. Workshops, private classes, guided practica, carefully picked international DJs, over 20 hours of socializing and dancing with a sprinkle of gastronomic moments make Soñemos a dream you want to dream. More info soon.
Entire festival weekend is happening in Peti Kupe dance club.
Striving for the best social dancing experience and given the limited legroom of our venues, we can only host up to 250 dancers and therefore registrations are mandatory.
There is no selection process, everybody is welcome, however for your careless dreaming we will keep an eye on leader-follower and country balance.
Our groovemasters
Festival schedule
Friday
18:00 - 19:30
Turns and change of direction
Exploring the path of the turn and possibilities for displacement. (Intermediate)
19:45 - 21:15
Fundamentals for an organic dance
Developing body awareness and tools to use it effectively. (All levels technique class for leaders and followers)
22:00 - 04:00
“Sweet welcome” milonga
DJ Asya
Saturday
11:30 - 13:00
Long and short boleos
The anticipation and precision of sharp movements. (Intermediate/Advanced)
13:15 - 14:45
Milonga
Fancy steps for social dancing to the milonga rhythm. (Intermediate/Advanced)
15:00 - 20:00
“Coffee and tango” afternoon milonga
DJ Dušica
22:00 - 05:00
“Dreamful embraces” milonga
DJ Gianluca and performance by Fernando & Ariadna
Sunday
12:45 - 14:15
Ganchos, boleos or sacadas?
Understanding the initiation of movement to avoid common mistakes. (Advanced)
14:30 - 16:00
Combination of sacadas
Linking one sacada to the next, creating continuous movement and reacting to the free leg’s momentum. (Intermediate/Advanced)
16:00 - 22:00
“Sweet last tandas” milonga
DJ Rosita
Prices
Soñar y nada mas
80€ (you save 20€!)
Friday evening
25€
Saturday afternoon
20€
Saturday evening
30€
Sunday afternoon
25€
Workshops
30€
Location
Club, PETI KUPE
Honestly speaking, the location was our first inspiration for this event. It sounds incredible, but this new dance club, in addition to offering high-quality music events, offers its visitors hours and hours of dancing on the perfectly maintained oak wooden floor, which makes them a unique clubbing venue in the city of Zagreb.
The proximity to the train station, extra-large windows, adjacent garden and the red brick exterior reminds irresistibly of those dreamy Berlin tango lofts. A perfect ratio of exquisite, cool and charming ambience… and that’s exactly how we dared to imagine this event.
For detailed location check Google Maps
By plane
Zagreb is well connected all year round with other major European cities and with Ryanair recently introducing low cost flights you can now reach Zagreb more easily than ever. Thanks to its position you can fly in from any corner of the Europe within 2 to 3 hours.
Check following links for more details:
Once you’re at the airport, getting to city center is easy, Taxis await in front of the airport and for less-pricey option you can order Uber or Bolt (we recommend this option). Another alternative is a Shuttle Bus which departs every 30 minutes and takes you to Zagreb Bus Station for approx. 6 EUR (one way ticket).
By car
If you are driving to Zagreb for the first time, you can expect pleasant motorway ride. Zagreb is well connected and within several hours from nearby cities: 1,5 hours from Ljubljana, 2,5 hours from Trieste, 4 hours from Venice, 4 hours from Vienna, 4 hours from Belgrade, 3,5 hours from Budapest.
By bus
If you decide to take a bus to Zagreb, you can expect the pleasant motorway ride too. We suggest checking Flixbus website to get the most affordable bus options from your town. For other alternatives you can search Zagreb Bus Station official site. Note that Zagreb Bus Station is also 20 minutes walking distance from our venue or 5 minutes by tram.
By train
Zagreb has railway connections with Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia and Switzerland. You can browse connection and ticket options directly on Croatia Railways website.
Zagreb Central Railway Station is few minutes’ walk from Sonemos’ Peti Kupe venue on one side and city’s major square (Ban Jelačić Square) on the other side.
Getting around Zagreb
Once you’re in our beautiful city, you can expect to easily get from one place to another. All you need to see and everything you need to taste is in the city center and within a walking distance.
City’s public transport is a smooth operator and you can easily get anywhere by Zagreb’s famous blue tram or bus (day and night). Alternatively, you can call a Taxi and for best prices we recommend using Uber or Bolt apps.
Where to stay
There are plenty of options you can choose from to find your perfect stay for the Festivalito weekend. As Zagreb city center is divided into Upper and Lower Town, whichever you choose, you’ll choose right.
Airbnb has bloomed over the past several years and nowadays you can find accommodation for every taste and budget.
If you prefer to stay in a hotel or a hostel, there’s also plenty to choose from. We bring you the ones we consider to be most convenient in terms of closeness to the main venue:
About our city
Zagreb is the city of rock and chanson, love potions and craft beer. Under the same roof, it hides the secrets of the old nobility, contemporary art and skilled, ancient crafts, which together bind the soul of Zagreb.
It is a story woven from countless opposites, unusual destinies and turbulent times: the story of beautiful countesses and mighty tanners, legendary witches and masters of the written word.
Zagreb was relished by kings and serfs, forbidden lovers and brave soldiers and they all gathered around the same well: this is how stories and mysteries were created, still present in every corner of the city.