On Saturday, December 2nd and Sunday, December 3rd, Concordia will host the 1st Litoral Carnival Symposium and Expo. It will be held at the Convention Center, with free admission. There will be stands for businesses related to carnival expression as well as for the comparsas, which will showcase their history and preview the presentations they will perform in the 2018 edition, a Food Court, and many surprises. Within the framework of the Symposium, there will be percussion clinics, Samba No Pe workshops, float design, feathering techniques, and backpiece and backpack structures.
Designer Ramón Ayala, Mestre Sombra Marcos Rezende (from Sao Paulo, Brazil), and dancer Yolanda Reis from Rio de Janeiro, among other artists, will be present. On Saturday night, a Roda de Samba will be held at the "Atanasio Bonfiglio" Corsódromo.
Access to the ExpoCarnaval is free, and participation in the various workshops and clinics has a cost and requires prior registration. For more information, please visit the Ente de Carnaval offices at the former North Station (San Lorenzo and Gobernador Cresto). Further information can also be consulted on Facebook at "Simposio Carnaval Concordia", by email at carnavalpurapasionconcordia@outlook.es or by calling 154-045360 and 156-250252