Festival Schedule
THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER 2025 - LET’S GET WARMED UP
#1 Free Pre-Festival Mixer Milonga at SALT Food Market (Open to all) - DJ: Wikus Engelbrecht
Time: 6PM – 9:30PM
Location: 9 Lower Burg street, Cape Town City Centre
FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER 2025 - STRICTLY FESTIVAL REGISTRANTS ONLY
#2 Feldenkrais Method and Tango with Monja Boonzaier - Part 1
Time: 11AM- 12PM
#3 Tango Workshop - with Wikus Engelbrecht & Sarah Chollet-Alleau
Time: 12PM-1:30PM
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#4 Tango Workshop - with Wikus Engelbrecht & Sarah Chollet-Alleau
Time: 2PM-3:30PM
#5 Afternoon Practica - DJ: Monja Boonzaier
Time: 3:30PM - 5:00PM
#6 Followers’ Technique & Decorations with Almiria Wilhelm
Time: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
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Evening Milonga - with live Tango music by Porteños SA (Silvia and Alberto Otero) and Leon Oosthuizen - DJ: Matteo Radaelli
#7 Pre-Milonga Chacarera lesson (*Chacarera is an Argentine folk-dance common to international milongas) with Wikus Engelbrecht & Catriona Ross
Time: 7PM-8PM
#8 Milonga
Time: 8PM - Midnight
Location: All at Girl Guides Hall, 9 Central Square, Pinelands, Cape Town
SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER 2025 - STRICTLY FESTIVAL REGISTRANTS ONLY
#9 Feldenkrais Method and Tango with Monja Boonzaier - Part 2
Time: 11AM- 12PM
#10 Tango Workshop - with Wikus Engelbrecht & Hannah Tam
Time: 12PM-1:30PM
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#11 Tango Workshop - with Wikus Engelbrecht & Hannah Tam
Time: 2PM-3:30PM
#12 Afternoon Practica - DJ: Nicholas Dallas
Time: 3:30PM - 5:00PM
#13 Tango DJ-ing Workshop with Johan Steyn
Time: 5:00PM - 6:30PM
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#14 Tango History Talk - Wikus Engelbrecht
Time: 7PM - 8PM
#15 Evening Milonga - with live Tango music by Porteños SA (Silvia and Alberto Otero) and Leon Oosthuizen - DJ: Johan Steyn
Time: 8PM - Midnight
Location: All at Girl Guides Hall, 9 Central Square, Pinelands, Cape Town
SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER 2025 - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
#16 Tango Fundamentals Lesson - Wikus Engelbrecht & Catriona Ross
Time: 12PM - 1PM
#17 Afternoon Milonga - with live Tango music by Stanislav Angelov and the Cape Town Tango Ensemble - DJ: Matteo Radaelli
Time: 1PM - 3:30PM
Location: Time Out Market, V&A Waterfront
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#18 Waterfront Sunset Milonga - DJ: Nicholas Dallas
Time: 5PM - 8PM
Location: V & A Waterfront pier, Clocktower district
MONDAY 8 DECEMBER 2025 - CALLING ALL FESTIVAL SURVIVORS
#19 Good Monday MdC Tango Practica (Open to all - ZAR 50 entry not included in festival pass)
Time: 6PM – 8PM
Location: The Waterfront Theatre School, Cnr Port Road & Alfred Str, Waterfront
The Cape Town Tango Community calendar is available here.
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