Previous editions offered around fifty 90-minute workshops, from beginner to advanced level, percussion workshops, morning yoga and group activities. Two covered dance floors, main beach and south beach, host the workshops. Between classes, the lake and the pine forest are part of the stay.
Concerts and bailes bring the camp together. We come to listen to bands from Brazil and Europe, get back on the dance floor and dance to the DJs’ selections, late into the night.
Edition 4 · (20-21) 22 to 25 May 2026
Forró Bordeaux Camp #4
Four or six days of celebration, 11 concerts and 55 workshops, with more than 400 festival-goers. For this edition, we wanted to honour the women and Black artists who keep forró alive, evolving and shining, and to open a window onto artists still too little known outside Brazil.
Bands: Paulla Zeferino, Lia, Amanda Requião, Forró Juriti, Trio Cristalino, Nandinho Barros, Dhu Messias, Carlos Valverde.
DJs: DJ Âmy B., DJ Sandro.
Teachers: Gisa, Bel Loyola, Bia, Marion Lima, Leo Sant’Anna, Lydio Neto, Marcelo Chagas.
Edition 1 · 26 to 29 May 2023
Forró Bordeaux Camp #1
The first edition: 20 workshops, 8 concerts, bailes and forró DJs all day long, from Friday 2 pm to Monday 2 pm.
Bands: Coisa de Zé, Carlos Valverde and Forró Magnético, Jorge do Rojão, Dhu Messias, Forró de Rabeca (Lisbon), Léo Corrêa, João Arruda, Aqui do Norte.
DJs: DJ Tick, DJ Pam (São Paulo).
Teachers: Cacau Moutinho, Marion PBP, Marcelo Chagas, David Bosco & Isabelle Monti, Kevinn Costa.
Yoga: Emmanuelle Oliviero.
Coisa de Zé · concert
Formed in 2009, Coisa de Zé spreads a modern, high-energy forró: baião, xote, xaxado and every facet of forró, with influences from samba, jazz, salsa and rock. Winners in 2014 of the biggest forró festival in the world, FENFIT in Itaúnas, the band has toured Europe twice (2016 and 2018) and has three albums, featuring Pinto do Acordeon, Mestrinho and Marcelo Mimoso.
Carlos Valverde and Forró Magnético · concert
Carlos Valverde devotes his career to spreading and celebrating the traditional culture of Brazil. Attached to the tradition of the pífano, the bamboo flute of the Northeast, he shares his passion through many concerts in France, Europe and Brazil, with strong interaction with the audience through singing and dancing.
Jorge do Rojão and Dhu Messias · concert
Accordionist, singer and composer from São Paulo, Jorge do Rojão has accompanied João Silva, Antônio Barros, Zenilton, Azulão de Caruaru, Rastapé, Bicho de Pé, Peixelétrico and Trio Alvorada. His third album, “Energia” (2019), features “Forró na Neve”, one of his greatest hits. He is joined on zabumba by percussionist Dhu Messias, also from São Paulo.
Forró de Rabeca (Lisbon) · concert
Forró de Rabeca presents authentic forró, as it was born, played with the rabeca, the first melodic instrument used to create the rhythm in the Brazilian Northeast. Dirceu Melo (rabeca and vocals), Dani Ella (vocals and percussion), Éverton Santos (pandeiro and percussion), Ronnie Nascimento (bass) and Solon (zabumba).
Léo Corrêa, João Arruda · concert
Léo Corrêa, musician, composer and luthier from São Paulo, carries us to the warm lands of the Northeast with his voice and his rustic fiddle, the rabeca. João Arruda, singer, viola, rabeca and percussion player, composer born in Campinas, is considered one of the promising young artists of Brazilian music, committed to celebrating the songs of Brazil’s popular culture.
Aqui do Norte · concert
A band created in Lille during lockdown by Cacau Moutinho da Silva, forró dance and percussion teacher, and his percussion students. They introduce audiences to the traditional music of forró.
DJ Tick and DJ Pam (São Paulo) · DJs
DJ Tick was one of the first to bring vinyl to forró dance floors. Co-founder of the blog Forró em Vinil and of the Rootstock Festival Brasil, resident DJ at KVA from 2001 to 2005, he continues to research and preserve the traditional music of the Northeast. DJ Pam, music lover, record collector and researcher, has played at the Rootstock Festival, Remelexo, Baile dos Ratos and Itaúnas.
Cacau Moutinho · teacher
Born in Serrinha (Bahia), Cacau Moutinho grew up with forró dances at the festas juninas. Based in Lille since 2008, he founded the Biscoitinho association and the Vamo que Vamo festival (2013), won the London forró festival award in 2016 and teaches at many festivals across Europe. With Cacau, the forró never stops!
Marion PBP · teacher
A Parisian by birth and an accomplished tap, modern-jazz and salsa dancer, Marion met forró in 2004 and went to train in Brazil with Marinho Braz. Her teaching rests on the idea that forró is a popular dance open to everyone: beyond technique, you learn the jeitinho, another way of touching and approaching the other. She leads the Compagnie du P’tit Bal Perdu.
Marcelo Chagas · teacher
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Chagas has studied Brazilian ballroom dances since 1992 and has taught since 2002 (samba de gafieira, bolero, soltinho, forró, lambazouk, samba no pé). Holder of a master’s degree in dance and body awareness, he pursues his teaching and artistic work in Bordeaux, where he teaches at Forró Bordeaux.
David Bosco & Isabelle Monti · teachers
David Bosco, ballroom dance teacher and choreographer for over twenty years, pioneered forró in Barcelona, where he founded Cafofo, a Brazilian cultural centre. Isabelle Monti, born in Sweden, fell in love with forró on a trip to Brazil and trained as a teacher with David Bosco at Cafofo.
Kevinn Costa · teacher
From Espírito Santo, Kevinn Costa has devoted himself to forró pé de serra since 2016 and founded in 2019 the project “Rasta Pé no Mar”, whose classes are paid for with food donated to charities. He has led workshops at many festivals in Brazil and Europe.
Emmanuelle Oliviero · yoga
A member of the Forró Bordeaux association, Emma discovered forró in Brazil in 1996. Trained in traditional hatha, energy yoga and kundalini yoga, she has been teaching and training teachers for twenty years. Her offer: openness, listening and joy, strength, flexibility and balance.
