An important part of STF is all the time outside the dance studio, where you get to hang out and share with other dancers from all around the world. Let's have some fuuuuuun!!
We offer many different activities to enjoy dance & music, as participant or spectator, and it's open for everyone so invite all friends and family!
STF 2026 Evening Events
Wednesday, April 1st | STF 2026 Opening Show feat. MAX POLLAK GROUP
We are thrilled to present the amazing MAX POLLAK GROUP, opening this year's festival with their high energy dance & music show! ๐คฉ๐๐ฅณ
"๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ข๐ป๐ป, ๐ต๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ-๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐บ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ!
๐๐ข๐น'๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ, ๐พ๐๐ช๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฬ๐จ, ๐๐๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฟ'๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐, ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฟ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ค ๐๐ฬ๐ง๐๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ช ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐.
๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต, ๐๐ข๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐.๐. ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.โ
๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐๐ - Artistic Director
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - piano
New York based pianist who has been playing, touring, and/or recording with musical greats as Bobby McFerrin, Common, Christian MeBride, Sheila Jordan, Ingrid Jensen.
๐ฆ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ - percussion
A 2019 Latin Grammy Award Winner who has worked with giants as Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito DโRivera, Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea, LA Philharmonic, Shakira.
๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ข - bass
Award winning composer, producer, bandleader, bassist, and educator, and founder of The Plaza Roja in New York City.
๐๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข - vocals, tap dance, body percussion
Started her professional dance career at the Deutsche Open Berlin at the age of nine, and she has been featured on the cover of Dance Teacher Magazine.
๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ - tap dance, body percussion & percussion
A 2014 Bessie Award Winner, and one of the worldโs leading tap dancers, who starred in STOMP and was Associate Artistic Director of Dorrance Dance for over a decade.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง - vocals, tap dance, body percussion
NYC based performing artist with an international career in music & theater, who has performed in many musical productions, both on Broadway and on tour around U.S.
Special Guest Artists: ๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ - ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฌ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข
- THEATER INFO & TICKET BOOKING -
Tickets for the show can only be purchased from the theater. Any questions about tickets or the booking procedure are handled by them, not STF.
Max Pollak, courtesy of IBMF 2009
Thursday, April 2nd | Faculty Panel Talk - STF 2026 Cutting Contest
Welcome to the STF Cutting Contest, where tap dancers battle to be the 2026 champion! Join in and challenge yourself and your fellow students, or sit back and enjoy as a spectator.
The cutting contest will have two divisions:
- AMATEUR (for levels 1-4)
- ADV./PRO. (for levels 5-6)
Winners of 1st - 3rd place in each division get to choose a prize from one of our sponsors!
But, first we start off the evening with a Panel Talk with the festival artists.
- At Kulturama, address: Heliosgรฅngen 18
- Latest entrance is 23.30. After that, the door is locked and only used as an emergency exit.
- Leaving after 23.30 is done only through the exit door by the stairs on floor 2.
- The venue is open until 02.00
Tickets: 150 SEK (student/youth 100 SEK) Only sold at the door, pay cash or with Swish. Children up to 12 years old can accompany for free.
(Evening is included in the Main Schedule package.)
Friday, April 3rd | Show with WOODEN IMPACT - Live Music Jam - Tap Culture Talk
We are very excited to present another addition to the festival lineup, WOODEN IMPACT, from Switzerland ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐คฉ๐คฉ๐คฉ This dynamic duo will perform their critically acclaimed show "Ta-bam!!!"
On stage: DANIEL BORAK - MANUEL LEUENBERGER
Winner of 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Award
โ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆโ
โ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ - ๐ข ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ
Warming up for the show, a few festival participants will be selected to perform. For application info, go to: Open Stage
For the jam, we have some of the finest jazz musicians in town joining to play with us: ERIK PALMBERG trumpet - FREDRIK OLSSON guitar - MATS DIMMING bass - JOJO DJERIDI drums. There's a piano and PA + mikes. Bring any other instrument you play!
The evening also includes a panel talk about tap dance culture, moderated by Dr. Marie N'diaye. Marie is a board member of Collective Voices For Change, a non-profit organization working to address the issues of racial inequalities and cultural appropriation in the Jazz dance community in Europe and around the world.
- At Kulturama, address: Heliosgรฅngen 18
- Latest entrance is 22.30. After that, the door is locked and only used as an emergency exit.
- Leaving after 22.30 is done only through the exit door by the stairs on floor 2.
- The venue is open until 02.00
Tickets: 250 SEK (student/youth 150 SEK) Only sold at the door, pay cash or with Swish. Children up to 12 years old can accompany for free.
(Evening is included in the Main Schedule package.)
Saturday, April 4th | All Style Battle - Footage/Talk - Jam
As always, we welcome ALL dance styles to this battle! Anything goes! Tap, breaking, popping, locking, hip-hop, jazz, modern, house, waacking, voguing, modern, ballet, charleston, bring whatever you got.
Come out and compete or just hang out clubbing with amazing dancers and crazy energy! 1st place takes home 4000 SEK!
There will also be other tap stuff happening during the evening: master classes, film screenings and jam, see below.
MC - NIKI AWANDEE
DJ - PATRIK 'PRIME' HELGE
Judges DAMON FROST - JASON JANAS - IDA 'INXI' HOLMLUND - SAGA 'FAIRYTALE' AX - MAELE 'CHEZA' SABUNI
Sign up for the battle is done on the spot, so be on time if you want to compete. (all times after the qualification round are approximate)
TAP STUFF:
- At Kulturama, address: Heliosgรฅngen 18
- Latest entrance is 22.30. After that, the door is locked and only used as an emergency exit.
- Leaving after 22.30 is done only through the exit door by the stairs on floor 2.
- The venue is open until 02.00
Tickets: 150 SEK (student/youth 100 SEK) Only sold at the door, pay cash or with Swish. Children up to 12 years old can accompany for free.
(Evening is included in the Main Schedule package.)
Nicholas 'Nack o Flexx' Ramza
- winner of the 2025 battle
Sunday, April 5th | STF 2026 Professional Showcase Gala
Stockholm International Tap Dance Festival is proud to present some of the world's leading tap dance artists in this gala show with swinging live music, pulsating rhythms and mighty grooves! Welcome to the STF 2026 Professional Showcase Gala!
Among the artists are several Bessie Award winners, and many of them have performed on Broadway and venues such as Carnegie Hall, Sadlers Wells, Lincoln Center, and The Joyce Theater.
On stage:
SAM WEBER - ROXANE BUTTERFLY - DERICK GRANT - MAX POLLAK - NICHOLAS YOUNG - LISA LA TOUCHE - MARK MENDONCA - STAR DIXON - ANTHONY MORIGERATO - CLAUDIA RAHARDJANOTO - JASON JANAS - SARAH SAVELLI - CARTIER WILLIAMS
Musicians:
AMANDA SEDGWICK altosax - ERIK PALMBERG trumpet - BRITTA VIRVES keys - MATS DIMMING bass - JONAS BรCKMAN drums
- THEATER INFO & TICKET BOOKING -
Tickets for the Gala can only be purchased from Ticketmaster. Any questions about tickets or the booking procedure are handled by them, not STF.
Lisa La Touche
Monday, April 6th | Goodbye Dinner - Open Stage - Theme Party
Last evening of the festival :-( But we go out with a bang! Enjoy the dinner buffet, then we have the Open Stage, and last but not least: go crazy at the theme party!
The theme for the party will be announced soon. But whatever it is, dress up cause best costume wins a prize from one of our sponsors!
The Open Stage is not just for tap but can also be other dances, singing, juggling, or whatever good stuff that you wanna share with us! Apply by sending a link to an uploaded video of the performance, and give some info about you and the act. If you're using recorded music, attach audio file. Email to: open.stage@stockholmtapfestival.se
Note - We premier creations of your own, but it's also possible to showcase someone else's work, for instance recreating a vintage act.
Goodbye Dinner Buffet must be pre-ordered by Friday April 3rd.
- At Kulturama, address: Heliosgรฅngen 18
- Latest entrance is 22.30. After that, the door is locked and only used as an emergency exit.
- Leaving after 22.30 is done only through the exit door by the stairs on floor 2.
- The venue is open until 04.00
NO TICKETS AT THE DOOR. This evening is only for registered festival participants.
Open Stage and Theme Party is included in the Main Schedule package.
Theme Party has an age limit of minimum 18 years old. Everyone must show photo ID when entering the party.
Everything is subject to change.
Special Presentation: Tether - Monday April 6th, 20.00
A creation residency supporting emerging voices in tap and movement-and-sound choreography, led by Barcelona-based choreographer Ayesha Zangaro as part of the NIDO research and creation platform.
Tether is a choreographic work for three dancers that explores dependency and autonomy through tap as an acoustic extension of movement, where rhythm, silence, and breath shape the composition. The residency culminates in a showing of the piece and a short audience conversation.
Director & Choreographer - Ayesha Zangaro
Assistant Choreographer - Clara Martรญnez
Dancer & Choreographer - Mari Marie Nyvoll
Dancer & Choreographer - Phoebe Sirett
Dancer - Luna Miragaia
Scenographer - Valiana Areco
Assistant Director (development phase) - Barbara Pardo
Choreographic Collaboration (development phase) - Rhianna Scott
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