A mark on Balkans Social Dancing History
Albania Afro Latin festival was found in 2017. It started as a gathering of 5 International Artists and 250 guests in 2017 named first as Tirana Afro Latin. It was our first initiative to grow and successfully reach dancers from all over the world.
The first Edition of Albania Afro Latin festival happened back in 2019 in Tirana.
This edition started on the 19th of April 2019 and ended successfully on the 21st of April 2019.
The second edition was planed on 15th-17th of May 2020 but due to the COVID-19 situation all over the world, the festival organizers decided to postpone it for October as a social edition.
11-17 May 2022 our fourth edition was bigger with dancer from all over the world, like Canada, Australia, China, Bali, Dubai and our main supporters from Europe.
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The Social Edition was held from the 9th of October to 12th of October 2020, followed by strict regulations to prevent infection. Despite the situation, the social edition was very successful full of dancers all together in the best location “Grand Blue Fafa Resort”. The venue is a perfect location for workshops, indoor and outdoor parties, very comfortable accommodation all together in a very special location right next to the sea.
On May 13-17, 2021, the third edition of Albania Afrolatin was held and we can say that it was the BOOM edition where it and became famous all over the world. Albania Afrolatin was the first event after the pandemic and gave everyone the opportunity to finally enjoy freedom and a glimmer of hope that everything was returning to normality.
The founder and main organizer of Albania Afro Latin Festival is KIZAL: A dancing school that for the very first time introduced kizomba in Albania .
- From the beginning we had the support of the Co-Organizer Love and Dance Prishtina, the largest social dance school in Kosovo, we were able to share good times and create dance memories for each guest in previous editions. We are really happy to have a partner like Lux Event for two years. Lux Event is a global event planning agency with an outstanding contribution to the largest kizomba festival in the world.