BsAs 2009 - Tango 24/7?
There is this idea I used to have that tango in BsAs is 24/7. Well, I wish it was, but at least right now, it's not even close. Most people don't even arrive at milongas before midnight, and dancing goes till about 2 during the week or 4 during the weekends. Some milongas, like La Viruta might go longer, but most people dance between midnight and 3. While there are milongas in the evenings and afternoons, I was unable to find many where I would like to dance at. The ones I found are Glorieta on Sat & Sun (mostly on Sundays) from 8pm to 10pm (ish), and Villa Malcom on Mondays (9pm to midnight). Neither are particularly busy at this time of the year, but there are some good dancers attending them.
So, if you're coming here during the same period, you better have something to do during the morning, day and evening.
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Morning - sleep until noon
Noon - eat breakfast
1:00 - free tango concert every Thursday at the Teatro Alvear (when the suspension for flu is over)
Afternoon - walk around the city, shop for tango CDs and DVDs at Musimundo, see the tango dancers on Florida in front of Galerias Pacifico
Evening - 6:00 milongas at El Beso, Maipu, Leonesa, and Lo de Celia; El Arranque opens at 3:00. You can go watch the dancers and listen to the music.
Saturday, July 11 is "Dia del Bandoneon" with a special concert at 6:00 at La Trastienda, Balcarce 460 in San Telmo. Four of the greatest musicians will perform. 30pesos. Dia del Bandoneon commerates the birthday of Anibal Troilo born July 11, 1914.
I was there a few weeks back, and found that there are early milongas and late ones. The web site: http://www.batangoportal.com/event_display.cfm was a good resource (along with talking to the locals to find out which ones they recommended).
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