Practica Milonguera

Monday evening - 9-10:30pm - Argentine Tango Practica (Milonguero / Close Embrace) - hosted by Linda Garwood / Tango Essence.

Milonga

Wednesday evening - 8:30-10:30 pm - Argentine Tango - Milonguita - Jan Wilcox DJ - may run until 11:30 pm. No charge but please buy a drink or food to support the business!

Large aircraft hanger style studio with over 2000 square feet of dance space. Two smaller classrooms are usually used for the Tango classes.

Milongas -

Weekends - Hosted by Linda Garwood / Tango Essence, Argentine Tango instructor.

2nd & 4th Saturdays - Milonga Nocturna - 9pm - 2am
Admission $10
February 14, 2009 - Attended for the first time at the new location on Clairemont Mesa Blvd., very impressive turnout, perhaps a 100 dancers, a massive increase from the old location.
July 11, 2009 - This venue continues to be the largest regularly scheduled Tango event in San Diego, at least 110 showed up.

1st Sunday (2nd Sunday if the first Sunday falls on the first day of the month) - 8:30pm-midnite - Tango Milonga Loca de Amor, hosted by Linda Garwood, Argentine Tango instructor. "Beginner friendly"
Admission $8

3rd Sunday (4th Sunday if the first Sunday falls on the first day of the month) - Milonga Loca de Amor - 8pm-12am. Argentine Tango, hosted by Linda Garwood, Argentine Tango instructor.
Admission $8

Milongas / Practicas -

Friday evening - 9-10:30pm Supervised Practica

1st & 3rd Saturday evenings - 8-8:40pm free intro class; 8-8:50 PreMilonga class; 9pm-2am - Milonga La Reina, $10 cover - various DJ's ($15 for the PreMilonga class and the Milonga). Visited 10:30pm Saturday June 5, 2010 - only three people in the room so I immediately left. When this venue is head to head with the Whirl Milonga, the Whirl is the place that attracts the tango dancers.

Sunday Afternoon - 3-6pm. Milonga. $5.00 cover. Restaurant and Bar are open. Visited 4pm Sunday May 30 2010 - nice turnout for this venue 20-25 dancers with a good mix of available partners.

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Argentine Tango Masters Association Syllabus

A major new studio by Yolanda Vargas. The largest dance studio in San Diego, 3900 square feet with one pole, plus two classrooms 250 and 500 square feet.

Milongas

Friday evening - Discontinued as of July 17, 2010? Not every Friday, check Calendar - 8pm-"all night" - Joe Chepetsky's Tangralaa...! "Traditional Tandas and Electronic Tandas: which inspires you to dance and that you have grown to love." I attended this venue for the first time at Infinity on May 14, 2010. Billed two days earlier as "Beautiful Tango Music: Traditional Tangralaa ...! Tandas:  Lots of Bandoneon. Lots of violin. Lots of danceable music that inspires you." The dozen or so songs that I stayed for was all Nuevo (music with percussion) - "Traditional Tangralaa" does not mean "traditional music". I myself prefer Golden Age, perhaps because I'm still fairly new to tango and am continuing exploring / learning the depth of Golden Age. None-the-less, this venue should do OK, as the other Milongas (Linda Garwood @ Dance For 2, Sin Nombre @ Patti Well's Dancetime, Whirl, etc.) tend to focus on Golden Age, leaving a void for those who want mostly Nuevo. 35-40 people were there with a few more women than men.

Studio. Nice ballroom dance floor on the second floor, 1300 square feet; large classroom dance floor on the first floor. Tango instruction held on either the first or second floors.

Milonga - Hosted by Milonga Sin Nombre.

Friday evening
Admission $8 ($5 full time students with ID)
Argentine Tango. The music is played in the traditional tanda format (music of the same variety [Salon Tango, Milonga or Vals] played in groups of three, sometimes four separated by a Cortina). The average skill level is intermediate to advanced in the early going and advances during the course of evening. Beverages and snacks served. This venue has a loyal following and is doing quite well. Visited June 4, 2010 - a very good turnout, perhaps 70 dancers with a wide range of experience.

4th Sunday - 8-11:30pm - Milonga - Classic, Vals, Milongas

Practica

Wednesday Evening - 8:15-9:15PM - Room 106

Nuevolonga

Friday Evening - 9-10:30PM - Room 106 - Tango Nuevo -$15 includes a Tango Nuevo class from 8-9pm, class may run to 9:30pm

Whirl Ballroom

Nice cozy studio, about the size of Pattie Wells.

Milongas

1st & 3rd Saturdays - 9pm-1am - Milonga Toca Tango - Florentino Guizar & Isabelle Kay - Tango, Milonga, Vals with some Swing and Salsa
Cover $15. Includes a food spread.