Modern Tango World N° 6 (Montreal, Quebec) | Page 8

In August, the Montréal International Tango Festival, organized by Tango Libre, is Montréal’s first tango festival,
having celebrated its fourteenth edition in 2016. Every
summer, the six-day FITM invites dancers and musicians
from Argentina and Montréal to perform. In addition
to the workshops with the guest maestros, there are
nightly milongas held at the beloved Rialto Theatre and
free outdoor concerts open to the general public with
tango shows performed by guest musicians and dancers.

Finally, in October, the Montréal Loves Tango Festival is organized by the Collectivité Tango Montréal
Buenos Aires. It is held over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, bringing together the Montréal
schools alongside some of the greatest tango artists
of our time. A true tango celebration!
Montréal is an artistically and
culturally rich city, in general.
There is always a festival of
some kind going on, whether
it’s celebrating music, circus,
dance, theater, cinema, food...
The Montréal International
Jazz Festival is one of the
top jazz fests in the world.
With all this art and culture,
tango spreads well beyond
the milongas and social dance
scene. Montréal regularly offers
tango music concerts, dance
performances, tango painting
and photography exhibits, film
projects and discussion groups,
such as those regularly hosted
at Las Piernas.

Tango visitors will love the city
In the late summer, visitors can enjoy the Montréal itself with its bilingualism, multi-culturalism, European
Summer Tango Fling (The Fling).This anti-festival is the flavor, laid-back attitude, rich cultural scene and, once
brainchild of a couple of Montréal tangueros. It was again, its nice people.
created in 2006 to encourage out-of-towners to discover the city’s regular tango spots rather than special
events like festivals and marathons. The regular milongas are celebrated, highlighted and promoted, with visitors from all over gping milonga-hopping for a week.

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