Ciudad Emergente 2012

Ciudad Emergente, Buenos Aires’  free youth cultural festival has rolled around again, and will take place Wednesday the 6th of June until Sunday the 10th. The winter festival aims to appeal to young people of every persuasion from metalheads to electronic-music fans with live music, films, poetry readings, dance performances, fashion shows, stand-up comedy and [...]

Foto of the Week: New Year’s Eve Litter Tradition

Littering — it’s a Buenos Aires tradition. On the last work day of the year employees downtown toss the pages of the previous year’s agenda out their office windows, so that the pages fall like summer snowflakes onto the streets. Buenos Aires’ downtown streets are covered with agenda pages of the previous year.     [...]

The San Telmo Fair

There is always a lot to see and do in ‘The Republic of San Telmo,’ but the colorful Sunday street fair is the bohemian neighborhood’s biggest attraction. The Feria de San Telmo began as a 270-stall antiques market in 1971, and has grown into a huge come-as-you-are street bazaar that draws over 12,000 people every [...]

San Telmo Fair Shopping Tips

Art and Antiques To get one of the 270 official stalls at the San Telmo Antiques Fair is a mythical prospect these days — there is a long waiting list, a rigorous approval process and someone pretty much has to die for a spot to become available. Many of the vendors at the San Telmo [...]

Best of San Telmo Fair: Music

Tango, folk, jazz, bossa nova and Argentine ‘national rock’ –- it can all be heard live on the San Telmo streets for free on Sundays. Tango Among the most remarkable groups is the 12-piece tango orchestra, El Afronte, who perform on Humberto Primo near the corner of Defensa. While here, you can check out the [...]