How It Works

BachaMap focuses on festivals where bachata is a primary dance style. We include bachata-specific congresses, multi-style festivals with significant bachata programming, and dance events that feature bachata workshops, parties, and performances. All festivals go through a manual curation process. Our team reviews each event to ensure it meets our quality standards and provides accurate, up-to-date information. We verify dates, locations, ticket pricing, and lineup details from official sources whenever possible. Quality control is critical to building trust. We prioritize accuracy over quantity, which means we may not list every bachata event immediately. BachaMap focuses on upcoming festivals to help you plan your dance calendar. Past festivals are automatically archived after their end date.

We aim for 95%+ accuracy by combining automated data collection with manual verification. Every festival goes through our quality control process before being published. If you find any incorrect information, please use the suggestion form or contact us directly. We typically update corrections within 24-48 hours.

Yes! BachaMap offers comprehensive filtering options: - Location: Filter by country or city - Dates: Find festivals in specific date ranges - Price: Set your budget with max price filters - Artists: Search for festivals featuring your favorite instructors or DJs - Dance Styles: Filter by bachata, salsa, kizomba, etc. - Special Features: Jack & Jill competitions, discounts, early bird availability All filters work in combination to help you find exactly what you're looking for.

Automated updates run weekly, bringing in new festivals and changes from our partner sources. Every update is followed by manual review by our curation team before going live, ensuring accuracy and quality. Each festival page shows a "Last updated" date, so you always know how current the information is. We strive to keep all details accurate, but if you spot something outdated, please let us know.

BachaMap is bachata first. It's not a generic event listing site that happens to include dance festivals. It's built from the ground up specifically for the bachata community. Here's what sets us apart: - Curated, not automated. Every festival is manually reviewed. We care about quality over quantity, ensuring you only see events worth your time and money. - Powerful filtering system. Find festivals by country, date, price range, specific artists, dance styles, and special features like J&J competitions, all at once. - Plan your trip without leaving the page. Each festival page includes personalized links for Booking.com, Google Flights, and Kiwi.com, nearby airports when relevant, and directions from the airport to the venue. - Every festival treated equally. Whether a festival has a partnership with us or not, it gets the same visibility, the same curation standards, and the same attention to detail. - A true passion project. BachaMap was born from a love for bachata and a frustration with how hard it was to find and compare festivals. That's still what drives every decision we make. - Map-first discovery. See all festivals on an interactive map and plan your season visually, the way it should be.

Not yet, but it's coming! We're planning to add: - Email notifications for new festivals in your favorite countries - Alerts when your favorite artists are announced - Price drop notifications for festivals you're watching Want to be notified when this launches? Drop us a message and we'll make sure you're first to know.

BachaMap is where bachata dancers across Europe discover and plan their festival season. Your festival is most likely already listed. The question is what your page says about you. We offer four ways to work together: 1. Free self-managed listing. Claim your page and keep everything up to date yourself. Edit dates, lineup, ticket prices, images, branding, hotel info, airport details, and more, using all the tools BachaMap already offers. No subscription, no setup fee, ever. 2. Sell tickets through BachaMap. Dancers buy tickets without leaving the platform. Free to set up, with a small per-ticket fee. Money arrives after every ticket sold. 3. Personalized festival page. Editorial content, headliner spotlights, pass comparison tables, past editions gallery, and priority placement in discovery. 4. Full festival website. Your own domain, full brand control, schedule management, artist pages, and blog. Built by our team, not a template. Every paid plan includes analytics, a dedicated BachaMap contact, and priority updates. On top of that, every festival page on BachaMap already includes built-in trip planning tools for your attendees: personalized links for Booking.com, Google Flights, and Kiwi.com, nearby airports when relevant, and directions from the airport to the venue. Dancers can plan their entire trip without leaving your festival page. See everything we offer and get in touch →

Listing your festival on BachaMap is free. We monitor the bachata community for new festivals, so there's a good chance we'll discover your event automatically. Want to make sure you're listed, update your information, or take your page further? The best way is through our festival organizer page, where you can tell us exactly what you need. You can also email us directly at [email protected] for priority listing.

Yes! BachaMap offers a ticket-selling platform built specifically for bachata festivals. - Free to set up: no monthly fee, no setup cost - Small per-ticket service fee: you decide who covers it (you, attendees, or split) - Money arrives after every ticket sold: not after the festival ends - Tier management: full passes, day passes, early bird, VIP, with automatic waitlists - Buyer insights: see which tiers sell fastest, where buyers come from, and how they found you Dancers already browse BachaMap to plan their season. Now they can buy tickets in the same place, without being redirected. Less friction, more conversions. Get started with tickets →

No! Your basic festival listing on BachaMap is completely free, and always will be. We believe in making bachata festivals discoverable for everyone. Want to go further? We also offer personalized festival pages, a ticket-selling platform, and full festival websites. But your standard listing costs nothing.

Probably! We build artist profiles automatically from festival lineups across Europe and beyond. If you've performed at a bachata festival, chances are your profile already exists, whether you're a solo artist, part of a duo, or both. Every profile is completely free and includes: - Professional photo - Bio section - YouTube video showcase - Social media links - Complete festival history and timeline - One shareable link that tells your entire bachata story You can claim your profile, update your information, or request changes anytime. Want to stand out even more? We also offer personalized premium profiles and personal artist websites built by our team. Find your profile and get started →

Transparency matters to us. BachaMap earns revenue in a few ways: - Affiliate commissions: When you book tickets through partner links on BachaMap, we earn a small commission. You often get discounted prices through these links, so you're actually saving money. - Premium services: We offer paid services for festival organizers (personalized pages, ticket selling, full websites) and artists (premium profiles, personal websites). - Community support: Donations from community members who believe in our mission help keep the platform running. Affiliate relationships never influence curation. Every festival is reviewed with the same standards, gets the same visibility, and receives the same attention, regardless of whether they offer commissions. Our search and filter algorithms are completely independent of commercial relationships. If you find BachaMap valuable, consider supporting us to help cover hosting costs and continue improving the platform.

Yes! BachaMap is completely free for dancers. No subscription fees, no hidden costs, no account required. Browse festivals, use filters, compare prices. Everything is free. We believe festival discovery should be accessible to everyone in the bachata community.

BachaMap aggregates festival data from multiple trusted sources across the bachata community: - Established event platforms: Major bachata ticketing and listing sites - Community calendars: Trusted dance event databases - Social media: WhatsApp groups, Facebook events, Instagram announcements - Direct submissions: Festival organizers and community members - Private networks: Bachata community WhatsApp groups and organizer networks All data goes through manual verification before publication to ensure accuracy and completeness.

BachaMap is a passion project built for the bachata community. There are several ways to help: - Make a donation: Even a small contribution helps cover hosting, data maintenance, and development costs. Support BachaMap → - Suggest festivals: Know a festival we're missing? Submit it and help us grow the directory - Report issues: Spotted incorrect information? Let us know so we can fix it - Spread the word: Share BachaMap with your dance friends, in your WhatsApp groups, or on social media Every bit of support, financial or not, helps us keep building the best bachata festival discovery platform.

We appreciate your help keeping BachaMap accurate! If you spot incorrect or outdated information: - Use our suggestion form to report issues - Contact us directly We typically process corrections weekly during our regular data refresh cycle.

Yes! We do cover festivals outside of Europe, but we have a more limited selection due to our data sources focusing primarily on European events. Help us grow our global coverage! If you know of amazing bachata festivals in other continents, please submit them through our suggestion form. Your submissions help us build a truly worldwide bachata festival directory.

We'd love to hear from you! Here are the best ways to reach us: - Contact Form: For feedback, questions, or general inquiries, use our contact form - Email: [email protected] for any direct inquiries - Festival Submissions: Use our Suggest a Festival form specifically for submitting festivals - Festival Organizers: Visit our festival organizer page to get in touch about services - Artists: Visit our artist page to claim or update your profile