Soñemos
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.
Registration is closed!
Online registration for Sonemos is closed. If there is any leader or couple interested in joining, please contact us on our official email registrations@zagrebfestivalito.com. There will be no at-the-door ticket sales.
Made by for eternal dreamers.
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 two maestro couples – the stars of our first edition, Carlitos and Agustina and a new up and coming couple from the heart of Italy, Francesco and Rachele. 6 workshops, guided practica, 4 carefully picked international DJs, over 20 hours of socializing and dancing with a sprinkle of gastronomic moments make Soñemos a dream.
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. It is a festival with a marathon twist.
There is no selection process, everybody is welcome, however for your careless dreaming we will keep an eye on leader-follower and country balance.
So join us from 23rd until 25th of February 2024, we can’t wait to host you in our city.
Tajana, Iva, Dražen & Zrinko.
Teachers
Festival schedule
Friday
17:15 - 18:45
Ideas to build useful sequences (all levels)
19:00 - 20:30
Technique for followers with Agustina (all levels)
21:00 - 03:00
“Welcome embraces” milonga
DJ Davor and performance by Francesco & Rachele
Saturday
11:30 - 13:00
Levels: use of levels to create circular movements (intermediate)
13:15 - 14:45
Active leader and active follower, communication, listening and interpretation (intermediate/advanced)
15:00 - 20:00
“Coffee & tango” afternoon milonga
DJ Irena
22:00 - 05:00
“Party animals” milonga
DJ Gabbo and performance by Carlitos & Agustina
Sunday
12:30 - 14:00
Milonga: use of silence, create speed using the center of the body (intermediate/advanced)
14:15 - 15:45
Variations in turn, changes of direction, sacadas (advanced)
16:00 - 17:00
Guided practica with Rachele & Francesco: Translation & rotation of axis for sacada (all levels)
17:00 - 23:00
“Sweet last tandas” milonga
DJ Luka
Prices
Soñar y nada mas
Full milonga package which is definitely your best option. Stay for the whole Soñemos experience - you won't regret it!
75€ (you save 25€! Crazy!)
Friday evening
Welcome milonga with DJ Davor and the performance by Francesco & Rachele
25€
Saturday afternoon
"Coffee & Tango", our first afternoon milonga with DJ Irena
20€
Saturday evening
The main "Party animals" milonga with DJ Gabbo and the performance by Carlitos & Agustina
30€
Sunday afternoon
"Sweet last tandas" - last milonga of the festival! Lazy afternoon embraces with DJ Luka!
25€
Workshops
One workshop with our maestros
30€
Guided practica
With the lovely Francesco and Rachele
15€
Women's technique
With Agustina Piaggio <3
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
Our groovemasters
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.
Meet the team
These are the faces behind Soñemos festivalito. Few of Zagreb tango scene veterans in love with tango and sleepless nights.
Tajana Burger Casas
Iva Babić
Dražen Babić
