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SambaFunk! holds weekly African-Brazilian classes at the Malonga Casquelourd Center in downtown Oakland every Sunday. Sambaxé runs Thursday samba nights in San Francisco. BrasArte anchors Berkeley. For baile funk, BoomBoom Bay Area throws periodic club nights.

On Sunday afternoons at 1428 Alice St in downtown Oakland — the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts — SambaFunk! fills a studio with what it calls "#SambaChurch": an open-level African-Brazilian movement class backed by live drumming from its FunkyTime Players. Two sessions run back to back, 3:30 to 5:30 PM and then 6:00 to 7:30 PM, admission $19. The classes cover samba, samba reggae, afoxé, and Dance Afro — roots styles of the Afro-Brazilian tradition, not the glittering carnaval floor work that closes out Mission Street each May.

In San Francisco, Sambaxé San Francisco holds all-levels samba no pé and percussion classes on Thursday evenings at ODC Dance Commons, 351 Shotwell St. Founded by Creative Director and choreographer Raffaella Falchi-Macias and Musical Director Alfie Macias, the company describes itself as celebrating "20+ years of sharing Brazilian culture through samba no pé dance classes, percussion classes, performances, and music and dance retreats." This fall it also runs a ten-week performance workshop, September through November, closing with a weekend of shows at the ODC Theater; registration is through ODC directly.

In Berkeley, BrasArte has operated as a nonprofit hub for Brazilian dance, music, and cultural events for over 25 years, by its own account. Their calendar includes classes, workshops, and annual festivals — Brazilian Day, Yemanja Arts Festival, Camp Eré — that draw the regional diaspora community. In San Jose, Bloco do Sol holds regular samba classes and intensives at the School of Arts & Culture. At 3700 E. 12th St in East Oakland, Axê Oakland — a capoeira and samba community center that relaunched after a fire — has returned with ongoing programming under founder Mestre Chipa.

For baile funk — the high-BPM funk carioca and brega funk of Rio's baile scene — the Bay Area's answer is more event-driven than class-based. BoomBoom Bay Area hosts periodic baile funk nights in San Francisco; a May event at The Great Northern featured baile funk, brega funk, and Brazilian pop in a self-described queer-friendly space. There is no confirmed fixed weekly schedule — Eventbrite, where BoomBoom lists its events, is the reliable place to track new dates.

The one style the original question flagged — quadrinho, the folkloric square-dance form associated with festa junina — hasn't surfaced in any regular Bay Area programming this year.