Category: Live Music

Come on out for a milonga (tango social dance) with live music by Bandonegro, in Berkeley on their second US tour! The evening starts with a tango dance class that is open to all. Then Bandonegro takes the stage for an unforgettable performance.

6:45 pm: doors open
7:00-8:00 pm: tango class
8:00-12:00 pm: milonga
8:30 pm: first live set begins

$21 advance tickets
$26 general admission at the door
$12 for students with ID (at the door only)

Bandonegro is a world-class tango orchestra, among the most original and recognizable performers of the genre. The ensemble plays traditional Argentine tango, tango nuevo, and original compositions influenced by jazz. They have extraordinary passion, fresh sound, and a unique style that is perfect for dancing.

All four members of Bandonegro were born in Poznań, Poland, and have been playing music together since they were kids. The musicians are Michał Główka, (bandoneon), Jakub Czechowicz (violin), Marek Dolecki (piano), and Marcin Antkowiak (double bass).

The tango class is taught by Luz Castineiras, a Bay Area tango teacher who was born and raised in Buenos Aires. Luz is a heart-and-soul tango dancer, and her dance communicates her strength and her knowledge of the music.​ In her classes, students are encouraged to explore tango techniques, connection and musicality.

DJ Diego Zubiat plays tango music for dancing during the breaks.

Ashkenaz has great sound quality and a wooden floor with plenty of space for dancing. Beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, and vegetarian empanadas are offered for sale. All ages welcome.

Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Ave
Berkeley, CA 94702

There is free parking across the street from Ashkenaz in the REI/Walgreens parking lot.

Advance tickets:
https://www.ashkenaz.com/full-calendar#/events/120045
More info on Bandonegro:
https://bandonegro.com/en/

Heyni Solera and Rodrigo Avalos present selections from their new album, Bach en Bandoneon.  These are original arrangements for two bandoneones!  The event begins with begins with a sit-down concert, classical-music style.  After the concert, we transform the space into a milonga, and Heyni and Rodrigo play tango duets for dancing. 

This event is inclusive to queer, trans, and non-binary people. Role-switching is welcome.

7:00-7:45 pm concert
7:45-10:00 pm milonga with live music and DJ

$25 general admission
$15 student with ID

Albums will be for sale at the milonga!  Make sure you get yours signed.

Drinks and empanadas are for sale at Morgan’s Bar and Lounge, and you may carry them into the ballroom.  All ages are welcome in the concert-milonga.

For more info on Heyni Solera’s music: https://heynisolera.com/

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and go straight to get to the back courtyard. No parking in the City Club lot. Extra parking is available for $2 per hour at the Ellsworth Structure at 2337 Haste St.

Event organized by Lindsey Newbold

Join us for a milonga (tango social dance) with live music by Seth Asarnow (bandoneon) and Marcelo Puig (guitar and voice). With DJ’d music by Homer Ladas. This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Dancers and listeners welcome.

7:00-10:00 pm milonga
Live music begins at 7:45

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 students with ID (cash only)
$10 members of the Berkeley City Club (cash only)

Drinks (full bar) and mini beef empanadas are available for purchase. All ages welcome.

This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor of the Berkeley City Club, which has a wooden floor.

We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and go straight to get to the back courtyard. No parking in the City Club lot. Extra parking is available for $2 per hour at the Ellsworth Structure at 2337 Haste St.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

Event organized by Lindsey Newbold

Bandonegro is a world-class tango orchestra from Poland that plays traditional tango music, tango nuevo music, and original compositions influenced by jazz and classical music. They love playing for dancers! This is a queer-friendly milonga where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Plenty of seating is available for listeners. Drinks (full bar) and refreshments are offered for sale. All ages.

Wednesday, Nov. 1st, 2023
$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 students with ID (cash only)

Orchestra members:
Jakub Czechowicz: violin
Marcin Antkowiak: double bass
Marek Dolecki: piano
Michał Główka: bandoneon

With DJ Jonas Aquino playing traditional tango and alternative music. Live music starts at 7:45.

There is no dance class on this date. Join us for our milonga rhythms class starting Wednesday, November 8th, with Jonas and Xiaomin.

Bandonegro has toured extensively in Europe and Argentina, and they played at the Mundial de Tango in 2019. Their albums are Color Aires (2022), Tangostoria (2020), Hola Astor! (2019), and Tanchestron (2017). Find out more at https://bandonegro.com/en/

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard. No parking in the City Club lot. Extra parking is available for $2 per hour at the Ellsworth Structure at 2337 Haste St.

Sumi Lee (piano) and Sinai Rim (bandoneon) present a concert of contemporary tango music. Arrive on time to enjoy the concert, and then stay for the dancing! With DJ Homer Ladas playing traditional and alternative tango music.

Wednesday, August 23rd

6:30 doors open, bar open
7:00-7:40 sit-down concert
7:45-10:00 milonga with two tandas of live music

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 full-time students with ID (cash only)
$10 City Club members (cash only)

Masks optional.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Drinks (full bar) and empanadas are offered for sale (cards accepted for refreshments). All ages welcome.

http://www.sumilee.com/

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704

This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor. To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard.

Milonga La Bruja with live music by Duo Villarreal-Crom from Argentina! Guitarists and singers Juan Villarreal and Patricio “Pato” Crom have been touring together for over 10 years, and have made four albums together, the most recent of which is “D’Arienzo en guitarras.” This is a tango social dance. Dancers and listeners are welcome.

Masks are optional.

Wednesday, April 26th
7:00-10:00 pm

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 student with ID (cash only)

DJ Jonas Aquino plays tango music and alternative music between live sets. Live music begins at 7:45 pm.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow.

Full bar available at Morgan’s Bar and Lounge until 9:00 pm.  Empanadas offered for sale.  All ages welcome.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. No non-member parking in the Berkeley City Club lot. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard.

www.villarrealcrom.com

Trio Tangazo, the dynamite tango trio made up of Sascha Jacobsen (bass), Seth Asarnow (piano), and Adrian Jost (bandoneon), takes the stage for the first time at La Bruja. Join us for an epic evening of music and dancing.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
7:00-10:00 pm

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 students with ID (cash only)
$10 City Club members (cash only)
Masks required.

With DJ Jonas Aquino! Live sets begin at 7:45 and 9:15.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow.

Drinks (full bar) and empanadas are offered for sale (cards are accepted for refreshments). All ages welcome.

This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor. The floor is slippery.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard.

Las Almas presents traditional and contemporary Argentine tango music that will take the audience on a magical journey to Buenos Aires. Las Almas is a collaboration between powerhouse female tango musicians Sumi Lee, Heyni Solera, and Teagan Faran. This concert will feature the famous tango singer Romina Bianco from Barcelona as a guest artist.

Arrive on time to enjoy the concert, and then stay for the dancing! With DJ Robert playing traditional tango music.

6:30 doors open
7:00-7:40 sit-down concert
7:40-10:00 milonga with two tandas of live music

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 full-time students with ID (cash only)
$10 City Club members (cash only)
Masks required.

Those who arrive between 7:00 and 7:40 will be seated during the applause between pieces.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Drinks (full bar) and empanadas are offered for sale (cards accepted for refreshments). All ages welcome.

The mission of Las Almas is to present contemporary Argentine tango through virtuosic artistic performance and educational events. Sumi Lee, Heyni Solera, and Teagan Faran originally bonded in Buenos Aires, drawn by a mutual love of tango music, as well as by a realization of the inequality of professional opportunity for women in the tango genre. They studied under the same maestros and performed with prestigious tango orchestras in Buenos Aires. They now frequently perform around the world, including in their respective adopted cities of San Francisco (Sumi), Washington, DC (Heyni), and NYC (Teagan). All of the musicians also produce their own music.

http://www.sumilee.com/
https://www.teaganfaran.com/
https://heynisolera.com/
https://www.rominabianco.com/

The Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704

This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor. The floor is slippery.
To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard.

Milonga La Bruja presents live music by Hugo Satorre (bandoneon) and Crystie Nicci Shum (piano)! Hugo and Crystie play danceable favorites with electrifying energy. This is a milonga (tango social dance). We welcome dancers and listeners.

Wednesday September 21st, 2022
7:00-10:00 pm

$20 general admission (cash only)
$15 student with ID (cash only)
$10 Berkeley City Club members (cash only)

7:00 milonga begins with DJ
7:45 first live set
8:45 dance performance of Malambo Sureño by Anahí
8:50 second live set

DJ Robert plays traditional tango music. Anahi from Buenos Aires performs Malambo Sureño on stage. (This Argentine folk dance was formerly for men only–not anymore!)

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow.

Masks are required when not actively eating or drinking.

Drinks (full bar) and hors d’oeuvres are offered for sale. (Cards accepted.)

Hugo Satorre is a bandoneon player from Argentina, as well as a composer, arranger, and teacher. He has played tango music with the ensembles “Otros Aires”, “Orquesta Victoria”, “La tuba tango”, “Tanghetto” and the orchestra of the show “Tango Fire,” with which he made multiple world tours. In 2016 he created his first solo work, an album dedicated to the work of Máximo Mori. He also plays in two guitar-bandoneon duos, Dúo Ramírez Satorre and Dúo Faryna Satorre.

Born in Hong Kong, Crystie Shum began piano lessons at four, and studied for eight years.  In 2017, she decided to play piano again, and fell in love with Argentine tango after playing in the CMC Tango Ensemble directed by Scott O’Day.   Since then, she has been receiving coaching from maestros such as Hector Del Curto, Pablo Estigarribia, Gustavo Casenave, Hernan Possetti, Nicolas Ledesma, Adrian Enriquez, Cesar Salgan, Julian Peralta, Juan Pablo Gallardo, etc. through workshops and in Buenos Aires.  In August, 2022, she performed in the Stowe Tango Music Festival Orchestra, and experienced playing a piece for the Che Bandoneon International Competition.  Crystie is currently a pianist, vocalist, and arranger in La Orquesta Fusion Tango, Orquesta Tipica Domo, TangoLuna, and Tango Brumoso.  She also began bandoneon lessons in 2021.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. No non-member parking in the City Club lot. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and then go straight until you are outside again.

http://hugosatorre.com.ar/

Milonga La Bruja presents the famous tango duo of Seth Asarnow (piano) and Adrian Jost (bandoneon). With DJ Robert playing traditional tango music.

7:00-10:00 pm

$20 general (cash only)
$15 for full-time students with ID (cash only)
$10 for Berkeley City Club members (cash only)

This is a milonga (tango social dance). We welcome dancers and listeners. This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. The duo’s sets begin at 7:45 and 9:15 pm. The floor is slippery.

Masks are required when not actively eating or drinking.

Drinks (full bar) and hors d’oeuvres are offered for sale. (Cards are accepted for refreshments.)

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. No non-member parking in the City Club lot. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and then go straight until you are outside again. Nearby parking lots.