Argentine Tango Championships in San Francisco

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It’s that time of the year once again. The Argentine Tango USA Official Championships and Festival takes place in San Francisco at the end of March. Now in its third year, this event has grown in both popularity and quality.  Andrea Monti and Hugo “Gato” Valdez, two well-respected Argentine Tango Maestros, are responsible for bringing [...]

SFTM Making the Bay Area Proud

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The 2012 San Francisco Tango Marathon has now come and gone, leaving us dancers craving more. The festival started off with a bang at Broadway Studios, a place fondly remembered by veteran tangueros here in San Francisco.  The dance floor is on the smaller side for the amount of people that showed up, but it [...]

Buy or Sell Tango Clothes and Shoes at SF Tango Marathon

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San Francisco Tango Marathon Starts Friday Night! 400 dancers have already registered and purchased the passes (almost half from out of town). Friday’s venue is at the classic and much loved Broadway Studio with LIVE MUSIC: by Seth Asarnow y Su Sexteto Tipico +1 and DJ Robin Thomas. Saturday starts at 12:30pm with a special [...]

No Panic at Antipanico

Josefina and Fabian after their Association/Dissociation class on Sunday afternoon, modeling their new Antipanico shirts.  Photo and caption by: Emily Pierce

The third annual Antipanico Tango Festival held in in San Francisco’s Mission district not only survived it’s third year but it flourished. So, the headliners, Sebastian and Mariana had to cancel less than a month before the event, but that did not keep the Tango addicts from showing up and the event being enjoyed by [...]

Operation Tango = Free Tango

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I’m sure you all have heard about Antipanico by now. In the odd case that you have not, I’ll tell you it’s an incredibly fun, exciting and well-run Tango festival right here in San Francisco’s Mission district.  Not only is it held in a cool location, but they bring in some of the top Tango [...]

The 4th San Francisco International Queer Tango Festival

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The 4th San Francisco International Queer Tango Festival kicks off this Wednesday, June 27 at 8pm at CELL SPACE in San Francisco. Each year the queer tango festival’s opening show is an exciting event with incredible performances.  Come early for the show and stay to dance with visiting festival attendees and local dancers. This year [...]