I’ve got good and bad things to say about all tango events.
But did not feel fair to share overly negative things about past events as many of them do take feedback and improve over the years. These are all events I’ve actually been to and speaks to my firsthand knowledge. If I mention any without having seen it myself, it’s only because I heard great things from others (and will comment on it).
America
- Valentango
- Tucson Tango Festival
- SoCal Tango Championship & Festival
- Las Vegas festival
- San Francisco Tango Marathon
- Electric Tango Buenos Aires
- Portland Tango Marathon
- LA Summer Tango Marathon
- San Diego New Years Tango Festival
Europe:
- Bucharest Tango Groove
- Cannoli Ospitanti
- X-Tango Experience (Torino)
- Torino Tango Festival
- Pippo’s Tango Marathon
- Ojos Negros
- Kolasin Summer Camp
- Sultans Istanbul….march or november?
- Noches de Hungria
- TangoAmadeus
- Carnivalito (Chisinau)
- Astana Tango Festival & Championship – beautiful venue, lovely show,
- Prague Tango Marathon (September)
- Abrazame (Barcelona)
- Bari Tango Congress – very Italian/Argentinian style event of maestros and wannabe maestros. mostly older folks, and then all young ones are professionals or there for the classes. great instruction, small cozy event in small town Italy.
- European Tango Festival & Championship (bari)
- Summer Tango Contact (Stockholm)
- Remolino (Kiev)
- Los Higos (Kalamata)
- Lisbon Tango Marathon
- Belgrade Encuentro, Summer Tango Marathon
- The Wave –
- Kolasin –
- Cerasielo (Napoli) – small event of high level dancers. nice venue with amazing views overlooking the city. city itself is fun to walk around and easy to explore. go out for dinner.
- Quiero Verte (Krakow) – nice venue and friendly vibe, many dancers of all levels and age range. great maestros and performances. krakow old town itself is beautiful and easy to walk around.
- BTT – heard great things.
Asia
- Spicy Tango Weekend – small marathon with mostly young crowd (China & Korea) of decent level.
- Beijing Ideal Marathon – modern but warm art space venue, good level and friendly vibe. lots of comfortable seating with great views all around the room.
- Shanghai Tango Festival – beautiful venue with colorful lights, looks like a futuristic modern spaceship. great performers and wide mix of all levels of dancers (from mostly asia).
- TUTU Tango Marathon (Hong Kong) – strong level event with many solid dancers.
- Taipei Tango Weekend (TTW)