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Dates- February 9-February 14 2026 New Orleans Louisiana<\/h4>

Mardi Gras Brazil Carnaval Conference 2026 :<\/h2>

Escola de Samba Casa Samba will be sponsoring the first New Orleans Mardi Gras Brazil Carnaval conference. Five days of training culminating into the biggest parade in New Orleans Endymion Parade.<\/h3> <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row opacity_bg_pattern=”0.1″ el_id=”about” el_class=”about-section division” css=”.vc_custom_1727139001149{padding-top: 100px !important;}”][vc_column width=”8\/12″]
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Annual Mardi Gras Brazil Carnaval Conference 2026<\/h3>\n

Five days of training culminating into the biggest parade in New Orleans Endymion Parade. Come and be a part of this historic event.<\/p>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”4\/12″ el_class=”m-bottom-30″]

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Why Attend Mardi Gras Brazil Carnaval Conference 2026?<\/h4>Join us at the inaugural New Orleans Mardi Gras Brazil Carnaval conference, sponsored by Escola de Samba Casa Samba! Get ready for four days of training leading up to the epic Endymion Parade, the biggest parade in New Orleans. Don’t miss this priceless opportunity to be part of history and experience the magic of the parade from the inside. It’s an experience of a lifetime!<\/b><\/b>\r\n\r\nAlong with this lifetime experience, you will be helping to restart the NORDC and Casa Samba Community children’s program called the Samba Kids www.sambakids.com<\/a>\u00a0 The program has been around for more than 20 years, with the proceeds from the registration for this Carnaval conference in 2026. Casa Samba will be able to build our children’s program back up to doing the festivals and performances around the city representing Youth involved in Afro-Brazilian culture.\r\n\r\nDescription:<\/b> The Conference will take place from February 9 to February 14th. Rehearsals will be held from Monday to Friday, with two sessions per day from 10 AM to 12 PM and 3:15 PM to 5 PM. Additionally, there will be two mandatory rehearsals on Thursday and Friday. On Friday, costume distribution will take place for the percussion band (Bateria), and a dress rehearsal for all participants, including individual animal sections. Important instructions regarding meeting points and items allowed at the parade will also be provided.\r\n\r\nUsing Afro-Brazilian rhythms and dance of Carnaval in Rio and Bahia, a mixture of both. Plus, this is a melting pot city, we have to include the Oxossi rhythms in this Carnaval 2025 mixture of Brazil and New Orleans rhythms.\r\n\r\n
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Check-in - Monday 10 AM to 5 PM for registration and check-in<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>

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Rehearsals - Monday - Friday General rehearsals between 10 to 5 PM, including a 30-minute snack break<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>

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Night rehearsals - Tuesday through Friday for dancers and drummers.\r\n\r\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>

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Costume fitting - Thursday the 12th and Friday the 13th for inspection, distribution of costumes, and information and credentials<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>

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Endymion Parade - Saturday, February 14th, the big day in the big easy! This is the day of the parade. We meet the Bus at the Annunciation Center, 800 Race for 10A.M. The Location the Parde will start is at Marconi Drive and city Park Avenue in City Park<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>[vc_btn title=”READ MORE” style=”classic” color=”warning” css_animation=”fadeInRightBig” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.casasamba.com%2FRegistration%2Fevent-description%2F|title:Read%20More|target:_blank”]

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Quality Time with both New Orleans and Brasilian Experts on Culture<\/h4>World-renowned Master jazz drummer Jason Marsalis, the incomparable James Andrews, one of the greatest premier trumpeters, touring the world representing New Orleans, we are expecting guests surprise appearance from various artists from the city of culture. Because everyone is extremely busy during Mardi Gras time Big Chief Shaka Zulu, Big Chief Honey, two of the pioneers of the Mardi Gras Black Indian culture, YMO Young in Olympia social aid and pleasure club (Second line dancers), and New Orleans ambassador of Afro-Brasilian culture Mestre Curtis. Mestre will speak about the new cultural update on the Street rhythms of New Orleans. Due to his being born and raised in New Orleans rhythms and submerging his life into Brazilian culture rhythms, he holds the most accurate knowledge, therefore putting himself at the Crossroads of\u00a0 Carnaval. Come here to his story of Drumming in New Orleans.<\/div>
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Who Should Attend?<\/h4>Anyone can be a part of this great spectacular event. Even if you are 14 years and older you can join with proof of age. If you are a professional or semi-professional dancer or musician\/drummer. You would be eligible to be in any of the following sections. Section 1 Drummers(Bateria) Section 2 Dancer (Passistas) Section 3 Zoo animals. If you are a non-professional and want to have fun, we suggest you join section 3 the Zoo Animals section.\r\n

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Registration check in auditions<\/p>\r\n

Complementary fruit and snacks and registration for Mardi Gras Brazil Carnaval Conference 2026 Pick up your name tag, and credentials and schedule the week’s activities. Drum and dance auditions for\u00a0 Samba Skill-level casting.<\/p>\r\n

from 10am to 12pm, introduction of the Samba instrument rehearsal session. The introduction rehearsal section is for everyone who is considered a beginner player. The introductory of instruments session will be on the percussion section, Plattinella, Tamborim, Reco-reco, Cuica, and Agogo(Agogo quartro boca ), and then the drum section. Repequie and Caixa section, Repequie de More, and a Surdo section.\r\nThe daytime 12:15 pm to 5 pm section is for everyone, Bateria (drummers) and Passistas (dancers). The drummers will be assigned to their instrument sections. Dancers will be divided into three groups: Samba Dancer sections A, B, and C. Section A will represent the professional Samba dancers.<\/p>\r\n

Night Rehearsal Session 6 – 9 pm<\/b><\/p>\r\n

NOTE:There will be two rehearsal sessions. One during the day for out of town visitors and one during the night for local people who work during the day. You can also attend both sessions. The Group rehearsal will be from 12pm to 5pm and from 6 pm from 9 pm. There will be a 30-minute break between each rehearsal sessions. This will be an all-day section for everyone to rehearse together as a group, under the direction of Mestre Curtis Pierre and his Directors.<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The daytime 12:15pm to 5pm and the night time sessions is From 6pm to 9pm the rehearsal section is for everyone Bateria (drummers) and Passistas (dancers). The drummers will be assigned to their instrument sections. Dancers will be divided into three groups: Samba Dancer sections A, B, and C. Section A will represent the professional Samba dancers. Section B will be the non-professional Samba dancers. Section C will represent the animal section, which will be divided into six groups according to the name of the animal costume they have. In the second half of rehearsal, everyone will rehearse as a group.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>

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Registration is now open for the biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the United States! Join us from February 9th to February 14, 2026, and experience the rhythms of Brazil with CASA Samba at the New Orleans Mardi Gras 2026. Don’t miss out on the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of the epic Endymion Parade. Limited to 50 positions available as of Feburary 9, 2026, for Drummers (25 spots) and Dancers in section one (25 spots) and section two (50 spots). The animal section is still open.<\/h3>\r\n

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Casa Samba and Mestre Curtis are seeking volunteers to carry lighted animal puppet heads as part of our Enredo\/theme, inspired by the zoo. This is more than just a song – it’s a powerful message. If you’re interested, please get in touch with us.<\/h3>\r\n\n \n
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Mardi Gras Brazil Carnaval Conference 2026 Schedule<\/h3>

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