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💜 Cologne Zouk Festival 2026 - GERMAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 💜08.-12. April 2026
10 years anniversary
We are celebrating a decade of Zouk in Cologne! For our 10th anniversary, we’re going bigger, better and longer. Experience a new venue, more dance floors and the same legendary family atmosphere - now leveled up.
💎 The Highlights We Keep
🏆 Win the German Open Championship
🏆 Official BZDC JnJ: 5+ Divisions (Newcomer to All-Stars + new Pro/Am Division).
⚖️ Balanced Follwer Leader Ratio
🎓 Deep Learning: Longer workshops for more progress & training time with daily topics instead of random classes (Connection, Technique, Musicality, Expression)
🎓 ZoukCologne methodology (updated level descriptions with higher levels)
🎥 Professional videographers capturing your best demos and social moments.
🥰 Cologne Family Atmosphere
💪 German Efficiency
• 5 Days of Workshops and Parties
• Strong limitation for the masterclasses
• Special JnJ training
• Safer space guidelines
• Solo classes to work on your expression & technique
• Workshops, Bootcamps & Masterclasses for all levels (Beginners & Headmovement as well)
✨ What’s New for 2026?
☀️ Day Socials: More hours to dance during the day! (also during JnJ)
🏠 New Main Venue: More space to breathe and dance (Hürth).
💃 New Tracks: Dedicated Lambada & BachaZouk tracks
🏆 Pro-Am JnJ: A new way to compete and shine.
• One extra room with workshops for up 3 levels at the same time
• BachaZouk track (Beginners bootcamp, Headmovement Intensive, Special Skills Intensives)
• Lambada track (Sunday Intensives)
✨ Artist Line-Up ✨
Allan & Vitoria
Alex de Carvalho
Ale & Vic
Ania & Kassio
Bruno & Fae
Carlos de Oliveira
Diego & Thieli
Gui & Paloma
Laura & Rachel
Marck & Melyssa
Mariana & Ítalo
Rau & Isa
Julinha
Jade
Ilse
Patrycia
Pedro
Wilson
More to be confirmed
🎧 DJs 🎧
Auler
Alex
Beija-Flor
Denise
Ecco
Hannah
Kel
Kyong
Putou
Sal
🎥 Videographers 🎥
Mondy
PPZ
🎤 MCs 🎤
Ilse
Rebas
🧠 JnJ Mental Coach 🧠
Omar
more to come...
📍 --- New Main Venue (Fri-Sun) --- 📍
Bürgerhaus Kulturzentrum Hürth
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 40
50354 Hürth, Germany
🅿️ PARKING OPTIONS
• Hürth Park Shopping Center: Free parking is available in garages P1, P2, and P4–P6. (Note: Some areas may require a parking disc/Parkuhr, so please check the signs!).
• At the Venue: There are limited short-term parking spaces directly at the Bürgerhaus.
• P+R Hermülheim: About 91 spaces available, located only 550 meters (a short walk) from the venue.
✈️ CLOSEST AIRPORTS
• Cologne/Bonn (CGN): Only 15 min away! (Best Choice)
• Düsseldorf (DUS): ~40 min
• Frankfurt (FRA): ~50 min via high-speed train (ICE)
• Dortmund (DTM): ~2 hours
🚆 LONG DISTANCE TRAINS & BUSES
• Main Train Stations: Cologne Central Station (Köln Hbf) or Bonn Central Station.
• Long Distance Bus: Cologne Airport (CGN) or Leverkusen.
🚋 LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT
• Tram Line 18: Get off at “Hürth-Hermülheim” (from there it’s a short walk or quick bus ride).
• Regional Bus: Get off at “Hürth Rathaus / Bürgerhaus” – it stops right at the venue!
🏨 We recommend H+ Hotel Köln Hürth as closest accommodation possibility
🍕 FOOD & DRINKS 🍻
Please note that the restaurant inside the venue has recently closed. There are many nearby restaurants & cafes but some shut around 20:00, so we recommend planning your dinner early!
Workshops: Feel free to bring your own drinks.
Parties: Our Tanzraum bar will be open! To support our staff, the party is bar-only, and we will be conducting bag checks at the entrance.
Every drink you buy helps us keep the event running. Thanks for your understanding! 🙏
(Keep an eye on the schedule for locations/venues of the Pre-Parties and Workshops before Friday)
🤳 All updates & information also on our Instagram channel: @zoukcologne
https://www.instagram.com/zoukcologne
👩🏫 --- Schedule Draft --- 👨🏫
might be subject to changes
👩🏫 Monday: regular Bochum classes with Bruno Prado & Julinha - at Ko-Labor (Stühmeyerstr. 33) - included in Fullpass
19:00 JnJ Training with Bruno & Julinha
20:00 -22:00 Pre-Pre-Pre Party
👩🏫 Tuesday: regular ZoukCologne classes with Gabi & Justus - at Tanzraum Nippes (Neusser Str. 216) - included in Fullpass
18:30 Level 1
19:30 Practica 15 min
19:45 Level 2
👩🏫 Wednesday: regular ZoukCologne classes - at Tanzraum Nippes (Neusser Str. 216) - included in Fullpass
18:45 Lambada with Sonja & Pedro
19:45 Practica 30 min small room
20:45 Welcome Class to the festival
21:45 Pre-Pre-Party (Topic: ZoukCologne Uniform - beige shirt & black sweatpants)
👩🏫 Thursday:
19:00-22:00 Beginners Bootcamp - at Tanzraum Zentrum (Salierring 33) included in Fullpass
with Anna, Gabi, Julinha, Justus, Lea, Marcel, Melanie, Stefaan, Viktor & Viktoria
22:00-02:00 Preparty (Topic - Tropical Vibes)
Preparty will very probably take place at Tanzraum Nippes (Neusser Str.216) but we still try to find an affordable bigger venue
👩🏫 Friday: Topic Connection & Teamwork
Main Venue (Hürth)
15:00-18:00 Headmovement Intensive with Julinha & Pedro
19-22:00 regular Workshops
20-22:00 Masterclass Special Skills (Suitable for Bachazouk and Brazilian Zouk)
22:00-04:00 Party (Topic: ZoukCologne Colours - blue, pink, purple)
👩🏫 Saturday: Topic Technique
Main Venue (Hürth)
12:00-19:00 regular Workshops
13:30-17:30 Masterclass Special Skills (Suitable for Bachazouk and Brazilian Zouk)
16:00-22:00 Day Social
19:00-22:00 Jack and Jill (Newcomer, Novice, Intermediate Prelims & Finals)
22:00-04:00 Party (Topic: Dress up as your favourite artist)
👩🏫 Sunday: TopicMusicality & Expression
Main Venue (Hürth)
12:00-19:00 regular Workshops
13:00-17:30 Intensives Lambada
16:00-22:00 Day Social
19:00-22:00 Jack and Jill (Pro-Am, Advanced, All-Stars, Prelims & Finals)
22:00-04:00 Party (Topic: Birthday Party)
🎫 --- Tickets & Prices --- 💸
Fullpass:
all regular workshops, all day socials and night parties, beginners bootcamp, discount on intensives & jnj
First 10 Tickets 125€
Lot 1: 155€
Lot 2: 175€
Lot 3: 195€
ATD: 215€
Couple Fullpass
Lot 2: 350€
Lot 3: 390€
Partypass: all preparties, day socials, all main parties
70€
Couple Partypass
140€
— *Parties At The Door* information —
Entrance only for Couples of 1 Leader & 1 Follower to maintain follower/leader balance
Wednesday Preparty: 5€ pP
Thursday Preparty: 15€ pP
Friday Main Party: 25€ pP
Saturday Main Party: 25€ pP
Sunday Main Party: 25€ pP
Beginners Bootcamp Thursday
• 40€ as stand alone ticket
• already included in Fullpass & BachaZouk Pass
Headmovement Bootcamp Friday
• 60€ as stand alone ticket
• included in Fullpass & BachaZouk Pass
Tickets soon to come:
• BachaZouk Pass (Beginners bootcamp, Headmovement Intensive, Special Skills Masterclasses)
• Intensives (Friday & Saturday Masterclasses)
• Lambada Pass (Sunday Intensives)
• JnJ and Pro-Am Registration
🎫 https://buytickets.at/zoukcologne/1733254
🤑 --- Discounts --- 🤑
All discount codes are only applicable to the Fullpass and cannot be combined.
10€ Group Discounts:
• Gather a group of at least 6 people and send all 6 names + email address to [email protected] and we will send your discount code so each of you can book your individual ticket with 10€ discount with the code
10€ Community Leader / Teacher Discount
• If you are a Brazilian Zouk teacher and want to build a group with your students: Participants who use your code will receive a €10 discount on the full pass. Please send an email address to [email protected] and we will send your discount code so each of your students can book their individual ticket with 10€ discount with your code
- As the Community Leader you will receive a party pass for yourself free of charge if you bring 5 participants to the Cologne Zouk Festival (or the applicable amount for the partypass refunded to your own ticket). If you bring 10 or more participants, you will receive a free full passes for yourself instead (here the same, so if you already bought a ticket, you will get the applicable amount for the pass refunded to your own ticket).
- So the easiest way to get your discount is to buy your own ticket that you want, and if 5/10 of your students baught a ticket with your code, we will refund you the partypass/fullpass amount when you come to the event. Like this you don’t have to wait before getting your own ticket.
10€ MAC Discount:
• If you are an approved MAC instructor please send an email with proof (screenshot of your profile on the MAC homepage) to [email protected] and we will send your fullpass discount code.
10€ Intermediate Discount:
• If you are BZDC intermediate please send an email with proof (screenshot of your profile on the BZDC homepage) to [email protected] and we will send your fullpass discount code.
20€ Advanced Discount
• If you are BZDC Advanced please send an email with proof (screenshot of your profile on the BZDC homepage) to [email protected] and we will send your fullpass discount code.
Teacher
• If you have ever taught on any ZoukCologne event please send an email to [email protected] and we can see what we can do for your discount.
📩--- Questions & Communication --- 📩
If you have any questions, these are the 3 fastest ways to get your answer, because we have a team that helps answering all of these channels:
• email to [email protected]
• message inside our WhatsApp group "ZoukCologne Events"
• message to our instagram "ZoukCologne"
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Event Venue
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 40, 50354 Hürth, Deutschland, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 40, 50354 Hürth, Deutschland, Hürth, Germany
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