Guide for the Festival Bachatero – what every dancer must know before going to the Festival!

Top tips before going to a dance festival:

1. Don’t delay!! Buy your fullpass as soon as possible: Early Birds or at the lowest price level!! For Bailame and Bachaturo you can use our discount code SMARTDANCER.
2. You can decide to buy a partypass and participate only in the parties.
3. It is worth meeting up with people before the festival with whom it will be more enjoyable to experience your first festival.
4. For regular festival goers, find a partner for workshops and stand under the stage to see the instructors.
5. Plan in advance which workshops you want to go to, don’t do it at the last minute spontaneously.
6. Take care of nutritious food and hydration.
7. Eat a solid meal before the evening events because you will finish dancing around 5 am and you need to have strength.
8. Trust your body and go to sleep when it tells you that you have had enough dancing that day.
9. Stretch after dancing and roll because it is easy to get injured with so many hours of dancing.
10. Organize your transport to and from the festival. In festival chats people offer rides, remember that you can use them. Book your accommodation well in advance before the places near the festival run out or the prices skyrocket.

Remember!! It’s not the number of festivals that counts, but the adjustment to your preferences and goals. It’s worth thinking about buying your Pass a little earlier and saving money. It’s worth getting Early Birds or buying your pass in the first tier, because the price in the first and last tier differs significantly. For festivals such as Bailame and Bachaturo, you can use our discount code SMARTDANCER. Also, find a team for the trip, because everything is easier and more fun in a group.

It’s worth focusing on 2 or 3 festivals and getting the most out of them, remember you don’t have to be everywhere. Going to a festival is sometimes not just about development. Some of you have already been to more than one festival and know that a festival is amazing fun for them. There are different types of festivals and if you go there only with the goal of development, you can end up losing the pleasure of your passion.

Most often, however, we don’t appreciate the value of a festival if we haven’t been to any of them yet. We think that it’s not worth going because it’s too difficult, that we won’t take advantage of all the workshops or events. We negate many elements of the festival instead of daring, trying and feeling this state of flow. No dance school event or workshop can replace the extraordinary atmosphere, integration with people from all over the world, days and nights filled with dance and unforgettable emotions of the festival. Don’t delay, just choose your festival gems of 2025 and dance!!

Author: Małgosia Andrzejewska