Tango Festival

  
The sultry tango was born in Buenos Aires, and is celebrated in the city in fine style for six days and nights during the annual Tango Festival. Visitors and locals, experts and beginners, all swirl and twirl in legendary Corrientes Avenue itself, and the numerous 'milonga portena' dance salons. There are demonstrations, free lessons and plenty of music played in concerts by soloists and orchestras.

Argentine Open 
 
Polo was introduced to Argentina by the British and has become a major national sport. Argentina is home to the world's best players, most of whom travel to England or the US in the winter to earn their living and return to Buenos Aires to compete in the most gruelling tournament of the year, the Argentine Open. The teams - which are often dominated by the big polo families of the Heguys, Merlos and Pieres - play a series of eight-chukka matches to a packed crowd at the Palermo stadium.