Palm Springs, California · 23–24 Jan 2027

Capoeirano2027

Two cities, one roda. The batizado & troca de cordas of Capoeira Brasil Palm Springs — five days of workshops, rodas and music with Mestre Mindinho and mestres flying in from Paris and Brussels, ending in the ceremony that changes what you wear.

Register — early bird What is a batizado?
Palm Springs
Sat 23 & Sun 24 Jan
Los Angeles leg
The days before
Visitors from
$85 early bird

For anyone who has never been to one

What actually
happens here

A batizado is the day a capoeirista is given their first cord, in front of everybody, by playing. A troca de cordas is the exchange — everyone else trades the cord they wear for the next one. Around those two ceremonies we build five days of workshops, music and rodas, and anyone can come and watch for free.

01 · The batizado

Your first game

In the roda, with a mestre, in front of the whole school. You come out of it wearing a cord you did not have that morning. It is a beginning, not a graduation from anything.

02 · The troca

The exchange

Everyone ready moves one rung. Little kids go first, then big kids, then adults — that is the order of the whole Sunday ceremony, and it has not changed in decades.

03 · The roda

The circle

Music, clapping, two people playing in the middle, everyone else holding the ring together. Saturday night we run the main roda of the year.

Hand-dyed capoeira cords laid out in color order
“The cord is
my gift.
It doesn’t count
in the price.”

Mestre Mindinho

Nobody buys a cord here and nobody ever will. You pay the same whether you receive one this year or not. What the ticket buys is training with some of the best capoeiristas alive — and it is what pays for their flights.

One festival, two cities

Los Angeles
then the desert

The two schools share the guest teachers and let each other’s students in free. Everything else — money, tickets, organization — stays separate. One ticket does not cover both cities.

Los Angeles

Hosted by our partner school. Rodas, workshops and their own graduation, in the days before the desert weekend.

  • WhenThe days before — dates confirming
  • Run byThe LA partner school
  • TicketsSold by them, separately

Palm Springs

Ours. Saturday is the festival day — kids camp, workshops, the main roda, then the social. Sunday is the ceremony, done by 1pm.

  • WhenSat 23 & Sun 24 January 2027
  • Run byCapoeira Brasil Palm Springs
  • TicketsHere, from $85

Who you are

The LA days

Palm Springs

CBPS student

Free

Your ticket

LA school student

Their ticket

Free

Visitor from anywhere else

Pay them

Pay us

Family and public, Sunday

—

Free

Register — early bird See the five days

Who is teaching

Mestre Mindinho chooses every guest personally — old friends, and people who bring a room to its feet.

Two are confirmed and flying from Europe. More get added as registrations come in, because your ticket is what buys their seat.

Mestre Mindinho

Host · Capoeira Brasil Palm Springs

Portrait coming

Mestre Cara de Peixe

Flying from Paris

Portrait coming

Mestre Zamis

Flying from Brussels

Portrait coming

Two or three more

Announced as registrations land

Unlocked by you

Every ticket sold moves the budget up. The first tickets pay the two confirmed flights from Paris and Brussels; after that, each block of registrations pays for the next guest. Register early and you are choosing who else gets on a plane.

Names, titles and photographs are confirmed with each guest before they go on this page. We would rather show you an empty card than a name we cannot stand behind.

The shape of the week

Five days
two cities

Times firm up closer to the date, and every registrant gets the final running order by email. The venue address goes out with your confirmation.

Los AngelesThe days before
OpeningRoda at the partner school
ThenTwo days of workshops and rodas with the same guests
Their ceremonyThe LA school’s own graduation — Mestre attends to support
Your ticketBought from them, not here. CBPS and LA students go free either way.
Sat 23 JanPalm Springs The big one
MorningKids camp — their own workshops, their own space
All dayWorkshops with every guest, adults and 13+ together
EveningThe main roda of the year
NightThe social — everybody, food, music, no schedule
Sun 24 JanPalm Springs
From 10amBatizado & troca de cordas
The orderLittle kids, then big kids, then adults
By 1pmDone. Everyone eats, everyone goes home.
WatchingFree and open — bring your family, bring the neighbors
Register — early bird What it costs

What it costs

Every ticket covers all workshops, all rodas and the event shirt.

Prices step up twice between now and January — on 1 November and again on 1 January. Nothing here ever gets cheaper, so the number below is the lowest it will be.

Now → 22 November · visiting adult

$85

The early-bird price for a capoeirista visiting from another school. Both Palm Springs days — every workshop, every roda — plus the shirt.

Register — early bird Read the small print
Visiting kidUnder 16 · no graduation$50
CBPS adultOur students · graduates$100
CBPS kidUnder 16 · graduates$65
Family & public, SundayOpen doors · no ticketFree

Why our own students pay more

Because they carry it. CBPS students’ tickets are the money that books the flights from Paris and Brussels before a single visitor has registered — and they are the ones receiving their cords on the Sunday.

The extra is never for the cord. A student pays the same whether they graduate that year or not.

From 1 November

Visitor adult$100
Visitor kid$60
CBPS adult$120
CBPS kid$80

From 1 January

Visitor adult$120
Visitor kid$70
CBPS adult$140
CBPS kid$95

$360

Bring three friends

Four visiting adults, one payment, $90 each — and it is the one price on this page that never moves. Not in November, not in January. $360 is $360 until the doors open. Visiting adults only.

Coming to watch is free

Sunday’s ceremony has open doors. Family, friends, neighbors, anyone curious — no ticket, no capoeira required. This is how most people here started.

Palm trees against the Palm Springs mountains at dusk

Getting here

It’s a week
in California

Most people flying in are not coming for a workshop. They are coming for the trip — two hours from LAX, palm trees, desert, and a roda they will talk about for a year.

01

Fly to LAX

Every major carrier lands there, and January is the cheap end of the year out of Europe. Book once your registration is confirmed — not the week before.

02

We bring you over

Los Angeles to Palm Springs is about two hours. The carpool board opens in September; most people ride over together after the LA days.

03

Stay with the group

There is no hotel block. There is a lodging-share board, a list of places we actually recommend, and people splitting rentals.

Ticket — visiting adult, early bird$85
Shared rental, three nights, split four ways~$180
Ride from LAX, shared~$40
Food for the weekend~$120
The Palm Springs weekend, before your flight~$425

Rough, honest arithmetic — not a quote. Every number above except the ticket depends on who you end up sharing with, which is exactly what the boards are for.

Carpool board

Leaving somewhere at a time with seats free? Need a ride? Place, time, seats — claim it and go. Opens September.

Lodging share

“I have a place, three spots, these dates.” “Looking to share, this budget.” You take it from there. 18+ only. Opens September.

On both boards: CBPS never books anything, never holds anyone’s money, and never guarantees an arrangement. The board introduces two people — they sort it out between themselves.

For parents

The kids get
their own day

Saturday morning is the kids camp — their own workshops, their own space, their own teachers. On Sunday they go first in the ceremony: little kids, then big kids, then adults.

Kids from four up. Under sixteen pays the kid ticket even if they already train in the adult class. Parents watch free.

Before you ask

Questions

Anything else, text or email — a person answers, usually the same day.

Do I have to do capoeira?

No. Sunday’s ceremony is free and open — come and watch. If you want to try, first-timers are welcome in the workshops; tell us when you register and we will put you where you should be.

Can my kid do this?

Yes. Saturday morning is their own camp — their own workshops, their own space, their own teachers — and on Sunday they go first in the ceremony. Kids from four up; under sixteen pays the kid ticket. You watch for free.

Do visitors graduate?

No. Visitors take every class and play in every roda, but the cords are for students Mestre is responsible for. If you train under one of his network instructors and he has agreed to graduate you, you pay the CBPS rate — say so when you register.

Can I get a refund?

Registrations are transferable, not refundable. If you cannot make it, pass your spot to someone else and tell us the name — no fee, no argument. That is a better deal than a refund policy, and it keeps the budget honest for everyone who did commit.

Is the Los Angeles leg included?

Not automatically. The two schools are separate events sharing the same guests. Our students get into the LA days free and theirs get in here free — but if you are visiting from anywhere else, you buy each one separately.

Where is it, exactly?

Palm Springs, California. The venue address goes out with your registration confirmation — that is how we run every event.

What do I bring?

White trousers if you have them, your cord, an instrument if you play one, and a water bottle. Everything else — shirt included — comes with the ticket.

Register

Take your
spot

Put your email in and we send you a link to finish — who you train with, how many of you, birthdates, shirt sizes, the waiver and payment. Two minutes.

Email us instead

Early-bird pricing holds until 22 November. (424) 646-3464 · info@capoeirabrasil.me