Here is the list of tango festivals I have heard about. This is me Igor Polk. I am dancing Argentine Tango in San Francisco.
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The list is updated as soon as organizers send me the info. This is a rather list to websites, dates are approximate and some festivals are cancelled ( but still maintaining websites). Check the schedule with organizers! Need corrections? E-mail me ( I am sorry, I do not put festivals in the list unless asked ) "True Festivals" or "Dance Camps"? . Regular Tango weekends can be here also, and cruises !
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Tango Festival List: USA, Canada, Mexico, South America
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| Month | Date ( approxi- mate) | Where | Name of the festivals and some information | Links |
| January | around 1 | Providence | New Year Tango Festival ( with alternative spice, I believe ). They run it in such secret, that they even can not advertise it on the Web! Contact them, if you have questions. There is an unbelievably long milonga there! | |
| January | 3-6 | San Diego, CA | San Diego Tango Festival | website |
| January | 21-24 | Ann Arbor, MI | Michigan Tangofest | website | 2005 |
| January | 25-27 | Houston, TX | Houston Tango Festival | website |
| February | 10-13 | Dominican Republica | Punta Cana II Fest 2012 | website |
| February | 15-20 | Portland, OR | Annual ValenTango | website | 2007 | 2005 |
| February | 18-25 | Puerto Rico Cruis | Argentine Tango Group Cruise - February 18-25, 2012. Homer & Cristina Ladas of San Francisco. Small, intimate group cruise departing San Juan, Puerto Rico aboard Royal Caribbean, Serenade of the Seas to the Southern Caribbean islands. 12 Hours of Tango instruction, guided practica and 3 milongas, complimentary cocktail party, $25 onboard cabin credit. Detailes on the website-> |
website or: Harford |
| February | 20-25 | Maui, Hi | Maui Tangofest | website 2007 |
| Feb | 24-26 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | the first international Tango Festival | website |
| March | 2-4 | Tempe, AZ | ASU Tango Experience 2012 | website |
| March | 2-4 | Tampa, Fl | The Argentine Tango Club at The University of South Florida 1st Annual USF Tango Festival |
website |
| March | 5-8 | Tucson, Arizona |
Tucson Tango Festival | website |
| March | 9-11 | Washington, CD, Arlington, VA | ¿por qué no? Festival | website |
| March Not held any more. |
18-20 | Washington DC | DC Tango Marathon. In memory of Anne-Sophie. Here is her website. |
website ( 2009 and back) |
| March | 19-23 | Nijmegen, Holland | International Tango Festival Nijmegen "Doble Ocho" | website |
| March | 24-Apr 4 | Fort Bragg, CA | Dancing Fools’ Tangofest | 2010 |
| March | 30-Apr 1 | Austin, Texas | Austin's Spring Tango Festival 2012 | website |
| March | 30-Apr 1 | Todos Santos, Mexico | TodosTango Festival 2012 | 2012 |
| April | 1-3 | MD | Terrapin Tango Festival at the University of Maryland - College Park | website |
| April | 8-10 | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Tango Social | website |
| April | 11-17 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | 2011 Puerto Vallarta Tango Festival "Milongas will be held in exquisite villas with open air floors designed specifically for dancing" | 2011 |
| April | 9-11 | College Park | Inaugural Terrapin Tango Festival at University of Maryland | 2010 |
| April | 13-15 | Purdue University, IN | Tango your way to Purdue! ( Alternative ) | website |
| April | 14-17 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Mini Tango Festival | website |
| April | 27-30 | Sacramento, CA | Neo Tango Festival (I have heard rumors that this one is cancelled for 2007, check with organizers ) |
website |
| May | 3-6 | Montreal, Canada | Neo Tango Festival | website |
| May | 6-10 | Los Angeles- Santa Monica, CA | The Santa Monica International Tango Holiday - The SMITH- the first annual tango festival in beautiful sunny Santa Monica, CA starring Claudio Gonzalez & Melina Brufman, Gabriel Angio & Natalia Games, Alejandro Larenas & Marisol Morales |
website |
| May | 19-21 | Champaign, IL | Refinery Tango Festival "Our first Tango Festival located in Champaign, Illinois, home of the University of IL in Champaign, Urbana May 19-21, 2006. Our instructors will be Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo, Gloria and Eduardo and Carina Losano / Tono Gallesio. All events and classes will be held at refinery, the show will be on Saturday night. The website is www.refineyourself.com under the dance section. This is a new facility with sprung floors, movable walls, full bar, beautifully modern. We will be having minimum 3 milongas, late night/all night, we have no restrictions only tired DJ's and approx 36 hours of non conflicting classes. The area hotels are affordable. The local airport is Willard, we also have Bloomington, IL , 40min drive, Indi ,approx 1 1/2 and the airports of Chicago. Thank you" Leah Heil |
webpage |
| May | 26-30 | Vancouver, Canada | Vancouver's Tango Festival, Vantangofest 2011, Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC Great line up of Argentine Tango Masters, Fabulous line up of international DJ's, Beautiful Vancouver B.C. Please see photos and videos of last years enormously successful event |
website, 2010 |
| May | 25-30 | Denver, Colorado | Annual Memorial Day TangoFest ( Milonguero ) | website |
| May | 25-28 | Providence | Annual
Alternative Tango Festival Workshops with Homer + Cristina Ladas, Evan Griffiths, and Carlos + Tova Moreno, 6 great DJs playing alternative and traditional music, 4 nights of dancing, 2 Practicas, a Tango Jam, a DJ workshop, Comme il Faut shoes for sale and the usual awesome food, fun and ambiance. |
website |
| May | 27-30 | Houston, Texas | Pampa Cortes presents Memorial Day Argentine Tango Festival | website |
| May | 27 - June 4 | Miami, Florida | Tango Fantasy | program |
| May | 28-30 | Philadelphia | 1st Philadelphia International Tango Festival | website |
| June | 4-7 | Austin, Texas | Fiesta De Tango | website |
| June | 7-10 | Toronto, Canada | 8th Annual Toronto Tango Festival | website |
| June | 10-13 | Salt Lake City, UT | UTango festival | website |
| June | 15-19 | Boston, Massachusetts | The 8th Annual Boston Tango Festival |
website |
| July | 1-6 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Tango Week | website |
| July | 2-4 | Phoenix, Arizona | Phoenix Tango Retreat 2010 "Our venue is an amazing, historic 5-star resort hotel, the Arizona Biltmore Resort,a luxurious, restful setting for our tango retreat. Our goal is to stay close to the true essence of tango. We are offering hotel rates that are incredibly affordable, especially given the high quality of the venue." |
website |
| July | 1-8 | San Francisco, California | Annual Nora's Tango Week ( Salon ) | website |
| July | 10-19 | Montreal, Canada | Montreal International Tango Festival | website |
| July | 21-24 | New York, New York | New York City Summer Tango Festival | schedule |
| July | 26-29 | Seattle, Washington | Annual Seattle Summer TangoMagic | website | 2005 |
| August | 5-7 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Planet Tango's New Orleans Tangofest | website | 2005 |
| August | 5-7 | Mt Vernon, MS | Meet in the Middle | website 2004 |
| August | 6-8 | Victoria, Canada | Passion For Tango Victoria Tango Festival | website |
| August | 6-9 | Baltimore, Maryland | Tango Element Baltimore | website |
| August | 15-17 | Baltimore, Maryland | Baltimore Tango Festival | website |
| August | 20-23 | Minneapolis, MN | Heartland Tango Festival | website |
| August | 28-30 | Chicago | International Chicago Tango Fest | website |
| August | 27 | Hollywood, California | HollywoodTango Festival | website |
| August | 31 - Sep. 5 | Denver, Colorado | Denver Labor Day Milonguero Fest | website |
| Sept | 2-5 | Bermuda | Bermuda's first Tango Festival | 2010 |
| Sept | 4-8 | Colombia | First International Festival Tango and Milonga | website |
| Sept | 8-9 | Vancouver BC | LA GARUFA, International Argentine Tango Festival | website |
| Sept | 12-14 | Brandon, VT | Moonlight in Vermont Tango Weekend | 2008 |
| Sept | 19-20 | Las Vegas, NE | Magic, Lucky Tango Nights Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo, and Hugo Latorre |
website |
| October | 5-7 | New York, NY | New York Tango Festival Maestros: Julio Balmaceda and Corina de La Rosa, Pablo Villaraza and Dana Frigoli, Pablo Pugliese and Noel Strazza; Musicians: Avantango and Eternal Tango; DJs: Ko Tanaka, Ramu Pyreddy, Tine Herreman, Robin Thomas |
website |
| October | 7-11 | Portland, Oregon | Annual Portland TangoFest | website |
| October | 20-23 | Toronto, Canada | El Congreso Argentine Tango Congress | website |
| October | 21-23 | Denver, CO | Natural Tango Festival | website |
| October | 28-30 | Puerto Rico | Tango Del Encanto | website |
| October | 28-Nov3 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Puerto Vallarta Tango Seminar with Paulo Araujo & Cecilia Gonzales | website |
| October ( will be November) | 28-30 | Boston, Massachusetts | Tango de los Muertos | website | ad on my page |
| October | 28-30 | Charlottesville, VA | HallowTango Festival | website |
| October 2008 | 31-Nov 2 | Los Angeles, CA | First International Halloween Tango Congress, organized by Orlando Paiva Jr. and Laura Tate | website |
| November 2007 | 2-4 | Los Angeles, CA | 3 US Festival Internacional de Tango Argentino Hilton Hotel, Costa Mesa California. Masters are: Miriam Larici & Hugo Patyn; Nito & Elba Garcia; Natalia Patyn & Jorge Tagliaferro; Facundo & Kelly Posadas; Natalia Hills & Francisco Forquera & Juan Patyn. Orchestra is Tango To Tango Orchestra Dir. Osvaldo Barrios and Dj is John Tice www.losangelestangofestival.com Email: USFITA @ cs.com TEL: 562-695-7345 |
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| November | 4-7 | Albuquerque | Albuquerque Tango Festival | 2010 |
| November | 12-15 | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles de Tango International Tango Festival | website |
| November | 21-23 | Princeton, NJ |
Princeton Tango Festival |
website |
| November | 24-27 | Ashland, OR | Ashland's TurkeyTango Festival | 2011 |
| November | 25-29 | Austin, Texas | Annual Fandango de Tango | website | 2005 |
| December | 6-9 | St Louis, MO | Hot Winter Tango III Instructors: Evan Griffiths, Tomas Howlin, Shorey Meyers, Rebecca Schulman, Brigitta Winkler |
website |
| December | 8-10 | Madison, Wisconsin | Ochos on Ice: The First Annual Madison Winter Argentine Tango Festival |
website |
| December | 10-12 | Charlotte, NC | Candlelight Tango Festival | website |
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Monthly Tango Events |
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| every 3.weekend | Berlin, Germany | Las Milongas - Tangoweekend | website | ||
Festivals |
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| Month | Date ( approxi- mate) | Where | Name of the festival and some information | Links | |
| Feb | 23-26 | Helsinki, Finland | Tango Frostbite | website | |
| March | 2-6 | Istanbul, Turkey | Tango To Istanbul festival | website | |
| March | 30-April 1 | Tuscany, Italy | Montecatini Terme Tango Festivalito 2012 | 2012 | |
| April | 8-11 | Porto, Portugal | Festival Internacional de Tango do Porto | 2010 | |
| April | 8-12 | Nijmegen, Holland | International Tango Festival Nijmegen "Doble Ocho" |
2009, 2008 | |
| April | 9-11 | Paris, France | Festival Couleurs Tango | 2010 | |
| April | 23-26 | Porto, Portugal | Tango, Port de Honra, International Festival | 2009 | |
| April | 23-May1 | Krakow, Poland | Krakow Tango Festival | website | |
| April | 25-29 | Beirut, Lebanon | 4th edition of the Beirut International Tango Festival | website | |
| May | 7-10 | Bonn, Germany | Bonner Tangofestival | website | |
| May | 17-20 | Nice, France | Festival International de Tango des Illuminations Argentines | website | |
| May | 18-20 | L'Aquila, ITALY | International L'Aquila Tango Festival 2012 | website | |
| May | 21-24 | Luzern, Switzerland | Tangofestival | website | |
| May | 23-26 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Dubai Tango Festival 2012, 4th Edition | website | |
| May | 24-27 | Bali, Indonesia | Tango Bali Festival | website | |
| May | 27-30 | Alghero, Sardinia/Italy | Tangofestival | website | |
| May | 26-30 | Lisbon, Portugal | Lisbon International Tango Festival | website | |
| May | 28-31 | Sardegna, Italy | Tango festivAlghero | website | |
| June | 2-5 | Messina, Italy | MONTALBANO Tango Festival | website | |
| June | 3-6 | Utrecht, Netherlands | Tango Touch festival | 2010 | |
| June | 9-13 | Berlin, Germany | 11th International Tango Festival Berlin | 2011 | |
| June | 10-13 | Genova, Italy | Genova Tango Festival | website | |
| June | 19-22 | Prague, Czech R. | Festival Tango Alchemie | 2008 | |
| June | 24-27 | Wellington, New Zealand | New Zealand Tango Festival | website | |
| June | 30-July 3 | Damnoni, Crete island, Greece | Sunny Tango Vacations | website | |
| June | 30-July 3 | Porec, Chroatia | Mideterranian Summer Tango Festival | webpage | |
| July | 1-3 | Dublin, Ireland | The Summer Fiesta with Geraldine Rojas and Ezequiel Paludi | website | |
| July | 1-4 | Istanbul, Turkey | 7th International Istanbul Tango Festival |
2009 | |
| July | 2-10 | Cagliari, Italy | Tango Art Festival ( on the island of Sardinia ! ) | 2011 | |
| July | 22-26 | Corfu island, Greece | Tango Greece Festival 2009 | website | |
| July | 23-31 | Zürich, Switzerland | Tango Week in Zürich | website | |
| July | 24-26 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Amsterdam Tango Marathon | website | |
| July | 29-Aug 1 | Odessa, Ukraine | "Tango d'Amore" | website 2010 |
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| Aug | 5-8 | KALIAKRIA, BULGARIA | BLACK SEA TANGO MARATHON HOLIDAY 2010 | website | |
| Aug | 10-16 | Pohorje, Slovenia | Tangocamp Slovenia | website | |
| Aug | 10-16 | Catania, Sicily, Italy | Catania Tango Festival | website | |
| Aug | 25-28 | Hamburg, Germany | 14-th Hamburg International Tango Festival | website | |
| Aug | 26-29 | Latvia | 3rd International Argentine Tango Festival in Latvia: Tango Sun Festival 2010 | 2010 | |
| Aug | 26-29 | Reykjavík, Iceland | TANGO on ICEland festival | website | |
| Sept | 1-4 | Opatija, Croatia | International Tango Festival Opatija | website | |
| Sept | 7-11 | FIVIZZANO, Italy | TANGOWORLD 2011 |
website | |
| Sept | 7-12 | HAARLEM, The Netherlands | Zangofestival This festival connects singing and dancing with tango music |
2010 | |
| Sept | 10-13 | Paris, France | Abaneraz International Tango Festival | website | |
| Sept | 16-18 | Tampere, Finland | World of Tango Festival, Main Programme | website | |
| Sept | 16-19 | Amman, Jordan | International Tango Festival in Jordan | website | |
| Sept | 16-21 | Wuppertal, Germany | International Festival Wuppertal | website | |
| Sept | 29-Oct 2 | Lodz, Poland | 1st International Festival of Tango de Salon | website | |
| Sept | 30-Oct 4 | Sydney, Australia | Sydney Tango Salon Festival | website | |
| Oct | 6-10 | Tokyo, Japan | "SOL NACIENTE" |
website | |
| Oct | 14-23 | Devon, UK | Tango Mango in Devon | webpage | |
| Oct | 16-19 | Glasgow, Britain | Glasgow Tango Festival | website | |
| Oct | 23-25 | Prague, Czech republic | Tango Fiesta Praha | website | |
| Oct | 31-Nov 2 | Antwerpen, Belgium | The Tiempo Tango festival | website | |
| Nov | 18-20 | Porchester Hall (Bayswater), London, UK | 6th London International Tango Festival | website | |
| Nov | 24-27 | Freiburg, Germany | Tango Freiburg Festival | website | |
| Dec | 27-29 | Amsterdam, Holland | Tangomagia, MagiaMarathon | website | |
| Dec | 27-31 | Rimini, Italy | Tango Fusion - 1 Festival Adriatic Coast | 2008 | |
| Dec | Dec 30-Jan 4 | Austerlitz, Netherlands | 3rd International Taboe Tango camp | 2008 | |
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| Month | Date ( approxi- mate) | Where | Name of the festival and some information | Links | |
| Nov | 26 - Dec 4 | Lamu, Kenya | Lamulonga 2011 Tsavo Safari & Tango Festival | website | |
Need corrections?
E-mail me
( I am sorry, I do not put festivals in the list unless asked )
( Note !!! I link only to FESTIVAL websites and pages, not to regular dance websites. If you want a festival webpage to be linked to, BE CAREFUL IF IT IS IN A FRAME! I will link TO THE PAGE NOT TO THE FRAME !!! It means if you do not have navigation links from your page, user will not be able to navigate to your site ! )
Argentine Tango Festivals are the best way to progress in dancing. They are not as good for beginners as for intermediate and for advanced dancers, but for beginners they are very inspiring. The festival atmosphere when everybody are into Tango is rarely happens on regular milongas. They are true celebrations of spirit when participants are not passive watchers but more than active actors on the scene.
Other tango festivals-information websites:
festivals.tango.info
www.tangofestivals.net
My name is Igor Polk. I dance and teach argentine tango in San Francisco. I like and dance all styles of tango. All 6 of them.
Argentine, Argentin Tango, Argentinian Tango, Tango Argentino, Milonguero style.
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