About the event
About El Sol Festival 2026
Welcome to El Sol Festival in Warsaw a focused, social dance gathering that brings together salsa, bachata and Cuban dance floors across two nearby hotel venues. Expect purpose-built workshop rooms by day and multiple party floors by night, where daytime socials and evening parties give you plenty of space and time to practise, meet partners and enjoy relaxed, friendly dancing. The programme for this edition includes an extensive workshop schedule across levels, with dozens of classes to choose from and roughly 90+ hours of teaching across styles. Workshops are organised by level so you can pick classes that match your experience, and the festival schedules longer breaks between blocks to make moving between venues straightforward. Social dancing, parties and shows El Sol places social dancing at its centre: day socials run alongside the workshop programme and night parties occupy four dedicated floors, allowing salsa, bachata and Cuban music to flow on separate dance floors. The festival also presents evening shows and gala events, plus opportunities for participants to take part in staged performances and competitions that are part of the official programme. Venues and getting around Events are hosted across two nearby hotels within walking distance of each other. A free daytime shuttle operates between venues during workshop hours, and schedule spacing is designed to make transfers practical. Both hotels provide multiple workshop rooms and on-site spaces for day socials and night parties, so most festival activity is concentrated and convenient for dancers. The atmosphere and connections The festival draws an international crowd and emphasises communal dancing and connection. Expect a friendly mix of solo travellers and groups, accessible social floors where people of varied levels dance together, and structured moments that encourage meeting other dancers between workshops and at socials. The organisers explicitly encourage dancers who prefer a single style to choose a focused pass and still take part fully in the social life of the festival. If you want concentrated classes in salsa, bachata or Cuban alongside multiple daily socials, evening parties on several floors and a festival layout that supports movement between venues, El Sol in Warsaw offers a clear, social-focused environment where you can practise, share dances and connect with other dancers. Consider joining this edition to dance, learn and meet the wider community.
Welcome to El Sol Festival in Warsaw a focused, social dance gathering that brings together salsa, bachata and Cuban dance floors across two nearby hotel venues. Expect purpose-built workshop rooms by day and multiple party floors by night, where daytime socials and evening parties give you plenty of space and time to practise, meet partners and enjoy relaxed, friendly dancing.
The programme for this edition includes an extensive workshop schedule across levels, with dozens of classes to choose from and roughly 90+ hours of teaching across styles. Workshops are organised by level so you can pick classes that match your experience, and the festival schedules longer breaks between blocks to make moving between venues straightforward.
Social dancing, parties and shows
El Sol places social dancing at its centre: day socials run alongside the workshop programme and night parties occupy four dedicated floors, allowing salsa, bachata and Cuban music to flow on separate dance floors. The festival also presents evening shows and gala events, plus opportunities for participants to take part in staged performances and competitions that are part of the official programme.
Venues and getting around
Events are hosted across two nearby hotels within walking distance of each other. A free daytime shuttle operates between venues during workshop hours, and schedule spacing is designed to make transfers practical. Both hotels provide multiple workshop rooms and on-site spaces for day socials and night parties, so most festival activity is concentrated and convenient for dancers.
The atmosphere and connections
The festival draws an international crowd and emphasises communal dancing and connection. Expect a friendly mix of solo travellers and groups, accessible social floors where people of varied levels dance together, and structured moments that encourage meeting other dancers between workshops and at socials. The organisers explicitly encourage dancers who prefer a single style to choose a focused pass and still take part fully in the social life of the festival.
If you want concentrated classes in salsa, bachata or Cuban alongside multiple daily socials, evening parties on several floors and a festival layout that supports movement between venues, El Sol in Warsaw offers a clear, social-focused environment where you can practise, share dances and connect with other dancers. Consider joining this edition to dance, learn and meet the wider community.