Events Calendar February 2009

After not having posted something about events in BA, sorry, I made a new list for events in February. So stay tuned and read all about the coming FASHION WEEK, ATP TENNIS and ALANIS MORISSETTE.

Open Argentinian Polo Championships

Yesterday I went to the Polo field in the heart of Palermo (Las Cañitas) to watch the Open Argentinian Polo Championships. This was great! I had seen a pologame before, but that one was by far not as spectacular as what I saw yesterday.

other pologame, forgot to bring my camera…

The game is fast, wild [...]

Events Calendar | October and November

I have updated the events calendar with events for October and November in Buenos Aires. Because everything is new for me as well I cannot write about them out of personal experience, but I think there are some events that could be really nice and I will highlight them.
The first event is from October 29th [...]

6# Visiting Buenos Aires | Recoleta

This chique and fashionable area is one of the most expensive of Buenos Aires. “La Recoleta” was founded in the 18th century as a place for pray and retreat for Franciscan monks. Around 1871 the rich settled here, fleeing the outbreak of yellow fever in the southern parts of the city. This upscale neighbourhood has [...]

Update: Events calendar Buenos Aires

I updated the events list with more events I found for September.

Map of events in Buenos Aires

Map with the location of events in Buenos Aires.

Pricked by operatiecreatie with Nomao

Calendar | August and September 2008

What will be organized in Buenos Aires in August and September? Here is a list with events in this period.

Festivals:

Festival of the Light | August – September | Photography festival with several activities, exhibitions, forums and workshops around Argentina
Festival Buenos Aires Tango | 15 – 24 August | Enjoy tangoshows or take classes. Ends with [...]

5# Visiting Buenos Aires | Feria de Mataderos

If you are up for something different and not afraid to go to the outskirts of the city, try the Fería de Mataderos. This is a very nice market with all kinds of handicraft, homemade goods, leather ware and more from the countryside. There is a band playing, traditional dancing, you can eat (parilla of course) everywhere around the market square and there are (real) gaucho’s walking around (some on horseback). Every gaucho wheres clothes related to the region they (originally) come from. To learn more about the traditional gaucho lifestyle you can visit the Gaucho museum.

4# Visiting Buenos Aires | mind your step

If you have ever walked on Schiphol Airport on one of those speed walkways, you probably remember the female voice at the end saying “Mind your step” (very annoying after a while…). Well the streets here in BA could sometimes use a female voice saying “Mind your step” too. At some points the sideways are so bad that you can hardly walk there at all.

2# branding on the facade

I discovered some more houses that are painted with a branding purpose in mind (at least that is what I presume). One is for sure, it’s a Nokia cafe/club. The other is a hairdresser men/women. And the last one is an advertising agency that asked an artist to paint the facade. As I have already mentioned in my prior post about this topic, I really like this type of branding. In Holland for example you cannot just paint your facade (or do anything else with it for that matter) without having a permit to do that (and likely get it declined), but here evidently there does not seem to be a problem.