Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day fall on Saturdays and Sundays this year. If you’re visiting town over the festive period, and using Happy Tango as your guide, here are a few places from the book that are promising Christmas and/or New Year tango (but with some adjustments from their normal routine), plus some definite closures.
Remember that public transport and taxi availability will be reduced, especially on 24th and 31st (the nights of the traditional family meals and celebrations in Argentina), so you might end up having to walk a bit further than usual; do take care as you go.
Make a phone call or check the organiser’s website before setting out, to avoid disappointment!
In my Traditional* category:
La Milonguita (milonguitabaile.com.ar)— Sundays 25th and 1st open for dancing from 8pm, but in Club Sunderland and not in its usual venue Centro Montañés which is closed.
Sueño Porteño (clubdetango.blogia.com) — Open on Sunday 25th, for a specially themed milonga “ROJO” – you are invited to wear red. As far as I know, also open on Sunday 1st January. In the same venue, Boedo Tango will be open on New Year’s Eve Saturday 31st for a special dinner with dancing to “todo los ritmos (all rhythms)”, for more details see their website boedotangoresto.com.ar here.
Plaza Bohemia (plazabohemia.net in its new location at Alsina 2540) — Open for a special dinner on 31st December, telephone number for reservations in the photo below:
Club Gricel (clubgriceltango.com.ar) is open on Sunday 25th December.
Cachirulo — Saturdays 24th and 31st (Villa Malcolm), CLOSED.
In my Informal* category
La Viruta (lavirutatango.com), Armenia 1366 — Saturdays 24th and 31st, offering a book-in-advance “Tenedor Libre (All you can eat buffet)” in La Viruta, details in Spanish here. Begins at 8.30pm with welcome drink. At 1am doors open to everyone else for a night of dancing. For dancing tango on the Saturday night of Christmas Eve 24th into Christmas Day 25th, La Viruta may be the only option. If I hear of others I will add them, of course.
Milonga10 (facebook.com/MILONGA10) in Club Fulgor de Villa Crespo, Loyola 828 — Saturday 24th and Saturday 31st CLOSED.
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*For my definitions of Traditional and Informal, read Happy Tango. In the book, I define and use three broad categories in an attempt to guide visitors to the venues, milongas and prácticas in Buenos Aires that are most likely to be some of their ‘tango homes’.
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