Quilombola de Luz Atlanta

🎭 EVENT SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎭
Get ready for a full week of movement, rhythm, culture, and connection at Evento Afro II!

🗓️ September 10–13
📍 The Anchor :645 Grant St SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
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Capri kickback is free entry with Evento Afro tickets
Or $20 entry

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Event schedule for Evento Afro II is here and we can’t wait to share space with all of you beautiful souls! 🖤🌍

This year’s event is packed with a full week of cultural exchange, training, dance, and rhythm, as we bring together capoeira and its Afro-diasporic family—now featuring Hip Hop Breakin’, Samba de Roda, and the Saturday night dance party to celebrate it all: “Capri Kickback”! 🎶🪩

Here’s what to expect:
🌀 Daily Capoeira Training
🥁 Maculelê & Orixá Movement Workshops
💃🏾 Samba de Roda Circles
🎤 B-Boy/B-Girl Sessions & Hip Hop Expression
📚 Cultural Discussions + Community Building
🔥 Capri Kickback – Saturday Night Dance Party
🎓 Closing Roda + Reflections on Sunday

✨ Whether you’re coming to train, dance, learn, or connect—we’ve got space for you. Don’t miss this celebration of rhythm, roots, and resistance.

Come to the full event or just the kickback . All are welcome!

👉 Tap the link in bio to get your tickets and join us in ATL!
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After an unforgettable first edition, Evento Afro returns to Atlanta bigger, bolder, and deeply committed to celebrating the roots and futures of Afro-diasporic arts.

This event is about building bridges and deepening connections within Atlanta’s Afro-diasporic community. By coming together to explore and learn from each other’s art forms and histories, we grow stronger and our practices become richer and more complete.

We honor our ancestors and the resilience that has carried our arts through generations. Each new art we engage with helps us become authentic stewards of our culture, rooted in tradition yet evolving for the future.

We are unapologetically Afro, sharing these arts in ways that are deeply connected to their history, culture, and spirit. Our unity is our strength, bringing knowledge, empowerment, and joy.

Join us for four days of immersive experiences and cultural moments that bring the Afro-diaspora to life in its most authentic and powerful form. Evento Afro is more than an event. It is a movement to come together, learn, and grow as one.

Each evening from Wednesday, September 10 – Saturday, September 13, join dynamic sessions that pair Capoeira with complementary Afro-diasporic practices:

Samba de Roda

Orixá Dance Movement

African Drumming

Breaking (B-boy/B-girl Cyphers)

…and more

We’re honored to welcome an incredible lineup of artists and cultural leaders:

✨ Mestre Lobão ()
50+ years of Capoeira mastery; co-founder of Besouro Mangangá academy in São Paulo.

✨ Contra Mestre Gugu Quilombola ()
Leader of Quilombolas de Luz and a pillar of Atlanta’s Capoeira community.

✨ Instrutora Formiga ()
Co-founder of Axé Brasil and Unidos Atlanta; honored as madrinha of Rio’s União da Ilha Carnaval School for 2024.

✨ King Quic ()
Creative force in Atlanta’s Hip-Hop and Breaking culture; DJ and educator.

30 Years of Legacy. A Future Full of Light. ✊🏾🌍

This year we celebrate 30 years of Quilombolas de Luz Capoeira — 30 years of movement, resistance, community, and culture. 🎉

We honor the vision and life of Mestre Paulão, who planted the first seeds of this family, rooted in ancestry, forged in the roda, and illuminated by the spirit of Zumbi. His legacy lives on in every ginga, every berimbau beat, and every student who walks this path.

Today, that legacy continues to grow strong here in Atlanta under the guidance of Contra Mestre Gugu, who carries the mission with heart, excellence, and purpose. The seeds being nurtured today are powerful — full of rhythm, resilience, and potential.

💬 To everyone who is part of this journey — past, present, and future — this celebration is for you. The tree is still growing, and the light is still shining.

Axé to 30 years. Axé to the next 30. ⚡️🌳



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30 Anos de Legado. Um Futuro Cheio de Luz. ✊🏾🌍

Este ano celebramos 30 anos do Quilombolas de Luz Capoeira — 30 anos de movimento, resistência, comunidade e cultura. 🎉

Homenageamos a visão e a vida do Mestre Paulão, que plantou as primeiras sementes desta família, enraizada na ancestralidade, forjada na roda e iluminada pelo espírito de Zumbi. Seu legado vive em cada ginga, cada toque de berimbau e em cada aluno que trilha este caminho.

Hoje, esse legado continua crescendo com força aqui em Atlanta, guiado pelo Contra Mestre Gugu, que carrega a missão com coração, excelência e propósito. As sementes cultivadas hoje são poderosas — cheias de ritmo, resistência e potencial.

💬 A todos que fazem parte desta jornada — do passado, do presente e do futuro — esta celebração é para vocês. A árvore continua crescendo, e a luz continua brilhando.

Axé pelos 30 anos. Axé pelos próximos 30. ⚡️🌳

Updated schedule for this weekend, starting today!

Both Fri and Sat will be in Marietta at Marietta Performance Training center. Tonight starts at 6pm instead of 5.

Sunday roda with starts at 1pm in Little Five Points plaza

Here's a look at what we've covered so far...

..and what is still to come.

Stay tuned to our Stories for schedule up dates.

Edit: Sunday roda with will be at Little Five Points, Findley Plaza.

We are AFRO.

Can words adequately describe what you feel when you see these pictures??