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 Workshop - with Wikus Engelbrecht & Sarah Chollet-Alleau
Topic: Boleos I - A Boleo is a dynamic, whipping expression of the Tango dancer’s free leg, adding flair to the movement. In this workshop we will examine the fundamental techniques for creating different kinds of Boleos, with essential examples and key precepts.
Time: 12PM-1:30PM
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#4 Workshop - with Wikus Engelbrecht & Sarah Chollet-Alleau
Topic: Boleos II - In the second Boleos workshop we will explore these steps further, looking at more intricate examples, advanced sequences and placement within the musical phrasing.
Time: 2PM-3:30PM
#5 Afternoon Practica - DJ: Monja Boonzaier
Time: 3:30PM - 5:00PM
#6 Tango 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 Workshop - with Wikus Engelbrecht & Hannah Tam
Topic: Milonga I - Milonga is a strongly African-influenced, often percussive sub-genre of music and dance within the Argentine Tango. In this workshop we will cover milonga basics in a straightforward and approachable way, also seeing how more experienced dancers can often simply interchange or ‘convert’ movements that they already know from Tango and Tango Vals to work within the characteristic technique and musicality of Milonga.
Time: 12PM-1:30PM
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#11 Workshop - with Wikus Engelbrecht & Hannah Tam
Topic: Milonga II - In the second Milonga workshop we will take the foundational concepts further, introducing more complex examples, advanced sequences and musicality.
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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