Argentine Folklore "Peña" Party in Rotterdam - SAVE THE DATE

Name: Argentine Folklore "Peña" Party in Rotterdam - SAVE THE DATE
Start: 2026-04-11T15:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-11T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Cuartito Azul Rotterdam - Tangoschool

Schedule

Sat Apr 11 2026 at 03:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Cuartito Azul Rotterdam - Tangoschool | Rotterdam, ZH

🔥Argentine Folclore "Peña"🔥
Saturday 11rd April 2026 | 15:30 - 20:00
We are starting with the introduction workshop
"Chacarera from scratch"!
15:30 - 16:15
Price: 5 euro p/p
No partners needed to participate - just join us!
Peña starts at 16:00!
Argentinian Folk and Tango Party with Jam of Live Music + Dance + Home Made Food (CHorizo+Pasta Frola+Medialunas+ Empanadas) and the best PARTY MOOD
Join us for a fantastic evening with some of the fines artist from Argentina, The Netherlands and more!
Artists:
Dancers: Mariano Laplume 🇦🇷 & Julia Ozols 🇺🇦
Musicians: Alvaro Ruiz 🇦🇷, Guitar + Mirre Valkenburg 🇱🇺, Voice + Marcelo🇦🇷 Voice & Guitar, more TBA soon.
>>>>Entrance €5 ONLY<<<<<
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FOOD🧉🍷🌭 🥟
There is going to be also a small buffet with Argentinian delicatesens.
*EMPANADAS (Argentinian kind of pastry with meat or vegetarian filling)
*PASTAFROLA(Argentinian sweet speciality) and hot and cold drinks on sale.
*CHORIPAN(Argentinian style sousage in bread with special souce)
*Hot and cold Drinks
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LOCATION & PARKING:
- Cuartito Azul - Schoterbosstraat 17, 3032 CN, Rotterdam
https://kaartlaag.rotterdam.nl/parkeren
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ARTISTS & TEACHERS:
Alvaro Rovira - Guitar - Argentina
Outstanding Argentine Tango and South American folklore 8 stings Guitarist with more than 20 years of experience with a dregree from “Escuela de Música Contemporánea” in Buenos Aires and Codarts Rotterdam(2010) where he is also teacher.
https://www.nuevostangosviejos.nl/
Mirre Valkenburg - Voice - Netherlands
Fanstastic Singer with a bachelor's degree in Latin Singing at Codarts. Her focus in the last 10 years has been in Tango and Argentine Folclore inspired in her year living in Buenos Aires. She is also a chorus conductor and teaches privately in her studio in Rotterdam.
https://www.nuevostangosviejos.nl/

Mariano Laplume - Tango & Folclore teacher and performer - Argentina
A multifaceted artist from Buenos Aires, Mariano is a musician(Viola, Violin and Bombo) and Argentine Tango and Folclore dancer. He regularly teaches and performs in Europe and runs a succesful tango school in London, UK. He is also former member of Orquesta Academica del Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires and Sexteto Milonguero.
http://www.maralmariano.com/

Julia Ozols - Tango & Folclore teacher and performer - Ukraine
Her heart fell in love with Argentinian Folklore and Tango 8 years ago.
After countless hours of intensive study and training with top Maestros, she is now sharing her knowledge and experience of more than 50 folklore dances in lessons and performances in Europe.
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MORE ABOUT ARGENTINE FOLCLORE:
Argentina has a very rich tradition of popular and folcloric music and dances.
Tango is one of them, and perhaps the most known outside of Argentina. But there are more than 70 different dances that are played and danced on the whole Argentina with a rich and ALIVE continuity since the birth of the country.
You might be surprised to know that Argentine Folclore( Zamba, Chacarera, Gato, Escondido, etc) is much bigger and popular than Tango, especially since the "boom of Folclore" in the 1950's and keeps growing.
Argentine Folclore has it's roots from 3 different cultural sources: native americans, African slaves and europeans and their decendents(criollos)
In modern times Folcore is played and danced in big popular festivals(with 100.000s people each year) and small local events called "Peñas Folcloricas", a mix of live and recorded music, dancing, traditional and regional food, and sometimes lessons to learn and practice the different Folc dances.
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