Saturday, February 28

So excited that the famed DJ Rainier Pereira will return to Philadelphia for our February Milonga Qilombo. He’ll be joined by his partner, Sonya Tsekanovsky for the pre-milonga class. It’s going to be an exceptional night. Don’t miss out!

8:30-9:30 pm: All-levels Pre-Milonga Class: Rainier & Sonya
9:30 pm- 2 am: Milonga Qilombo with DJ Rainier

Pricing in advance:
Class + Milonga: $30
Milonga only: $20

REGISTER NOW

Pricing at the door:
Class + Milonga: $35
Milonga only: $25

Start 2026 with tango

What better way to launch the New Year than to commit to dance tango?

Join us for a Beginner Intensive, covering the basics of tango movements and lead-and-follow communication in a friendly environment where everyone tries both roles. The Intensive is a fun and efficient way to jump-start your tango, in the course of one weekend.

No experience or partner necessary!

Pricing:
Full intensive: $80
Single day: $50

Dates:
Saturday & Sunday, February 14 & 15: REGISTER

Saturday, February 28 & Sunday, March 1

2-4 pm each day

Join us for another edition of our popular Advanced Beginner Intensive (level 2). This intensive prepares students to take any intermediate-level classes or workshops at the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School. To prepare for the Advanced Beginner Intensive, students should take the Beginner Intensive, or attend Wednesday 8 pm Beginner classes for at least one month.

All students will practice both roles. Because we are practicing both roles, even students with much more experience can benefit from taking the Advanced Beginner Intensive.

Topics covered include:

• Cross System
• The Cross Basic Step
• Back Ochos and steps that are easily accessible from them
• Lead-and-follow improvisation
• Navigation of the social dance floor
• Basic musicality: Phrasing and the Beat

Pricing:
$80 - Full Intensive
$50 - Single Intensive day

REGISTER NOW

Students who register for the full intensive receive free entrance to two events:

• Saturday, February 28: Milonga Qilombo, including the pre-milonga class
• Sunday, March 1: Practica de los domingos

May 22-25, 2026

Registration is open!

The 14th edition of the Philadelphia Tango Festival will take place May 22-25, 2026 (Memorial Weekend). Each year, we choose a theme to unite the various activities of the festival: the workshops, seminars, practicas, milongas, concerts and more.

This year’s theme is CONSCIOUS IMPROVISATION. At the heart of this theme is a paradox: through deep study of tango’s structure and components, we can achieve greater freedom, fluidity and musicality in improvisation. This is conscious improvisation, rooted in tango structure, but exploring the infinite possibilities that this structure affords. Our festival activities develop this sense of conscious improvisation by honing our understanding of musicality, technique, movement combinations and the subtleties of lead-and-follow communication.

We have assembled an extraordinary team to guide us on this exploration…

TEACHERS / PERFORMERS
Octavio Fernandez & Carolina Giannini
Rino Fraina & Graziella Pulvirenti
Andres Amarilla & Olesya Kershaw
Pablo Garcia Gomez & Iwona Ionescu
Ignacio Ondartz & Meredith Klein

LECTURER
Matias Mauricio

MUSICIANS
Tipica Messiez
Duo Villarreal Crom
Mariano Castro
Emiliano Messiez

DJs
Maria Valentina
Gabriel Gaumond
Octavio Fernandez
Ignacio Ondartz

Learn more on the festival website…

The Philadelphia Argentine Tango School (PATS) strives to create spaces and events that are safe, welcoming, and inclusive for everyone, regardless of age, race, gender, sexuality, ability, experience, or background.

We’re very happy to launch a Safer Spaces Program to support this effort. Please check it out!

Huge thanks to our Safer Spaces Coordinators, Kate Donohue, Gustavo Rueda, and Amy Yang, who have been working tirelessly on this effort. They can be reached at [email protected]. You can report a an incident or concern here.