The 2011 Buenos Aires’ Tango Festival

The 2011 Buenos Aires World Tango Festival, now in its 11th addition runs from August 16th until August 30th. This year’s festival is a few days shorter in duration than last year’s event but it still packs a tango punch with over 150 live shows, classes, conferences and other activities featuring over 500 national and [...]

Best of San Telmo Fair: Tango

Tango for Export The corner of Defensa and Humberto Primo, at the very heart of the San Telmo, is the capital of tango as a commodity on Sundays. There is often a tango performance here but once you push past the crowds to see what’s going on, you may wonder what all the fuss is [...]

Amerika–Buenos Aires’ Largest LGBT Nightclub

Buenos Aires’ most popular gay club, Amerika has three floors of music and room for 1,800 people meaning here there is something for everyone — gay or straight. The roots of the Amerika gay club scene harkens back to the days of Argentina’s repressive military government when it was still taboo –and even dangerous– to [...]

The Roxy: Buenos Aires’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Temple

The Roxy of Buenos Aires is a house of worship for Porteño rockers and worthwhile option amongst the myriad of Palermo nightspots. Like its famous namesakes, The Roxy has a rock ‘n’ roll soul, but it also has something for those who prefer dancing the night away to funky beats. The club is split into [...]

Buenos Aires Dance Club

Buenos Aires Dance Club is a large dance school downtown on the pedestrian-only Florida Street that offers classes every afternoon until evening Monday through Saturday. The best deal to check out the school is Saturday afternoons when they offer three beginner classes in three different dance genres for AR$25. The first class is choreographic of [...]