Featuring all of the passion of tango and none of the grace, the Red Bull Soapbox Race is set to tear up the streets of Buenos Aires for the very first time.

This hugely popular international event is a competition for amateur teams that compete against each other to build and race colourful, creative and outrageous non-motorised soapbox vehicles. 

On October 5, 1884, the Hipodrómo Argentino de Palermo inaugurated what would become the most important race in the yearly calendar. This great prize is also known as the "Argentine Derby". The 2012 winner of the race was the fantastic Indy Point.

This outstanding 2500-meter race is very attractive for the public since due to the distance the start is located facing the grandstands.

The Great Prize "Gran Premio Nacional" will be the center of a spectacular journey that will start at 1:00 pm. Other classics (GI) are included in the day's schedule: Gran Premio Hipódromo de Palermo and Gran Premio Maipu.

This fantastic day for the whole family will be closed with a music show by popular Argentine artist Diego Torres, at 9 pm.

Free entrance.
Wbsite: www.gpnacional.com.ar/

The Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires presents the 10th Edition of La Noche de los Museos - Museum Night 2013, that will take place on November 9, 2013, from 8 PM until 3 AM.

Since 2004 one Saturday night the museums of Buenos Aires stay open all night offering different cultural activities, all of them free of charge, in the same way as in other 130 cities around the world.

During this special night visitors will be able to enjoy free guided visits, special exhibitions, as well as conferences, shows, theater performances, dance, screenings, video, multimedia, and diverse concerts of classical music, jazz, tango, folk, and rock, and move around the city on more than 80 bus lines that will offer free rides during the night, by printing this free pass.

Over 180 museums and art spaces will be participating in this edition.

For more information and complete program, visit La Noche de los Museos official website (site in Spanish only).

The record stores of Buenos Aires will remain open during the night of Thursday, November 7th, 2013, for the 5th Record Store Night (Noche de las Disquerías) an event similar to the "Record Store Day" celebrated in different cities around the world.

There will be three circuits to enjoy free live shows and important discounts at the participating music stores:

Live shows:

Musimundo – Av. Corrientes 1753

Ultra Bar – San Martín 678

Silbando discos (Av. Corrientes 1543)

Club del Disco - Humboldt 1857

8:00 pm: La impertinente señorita orquesta.

The ninth edition of Buenos Aires Photo will take place at Centro Cultural Recoleta from November 1st through November 4th, 2013. This is the only art fair specialized in Photography in Latin America.

This exhibition brings together 500 photographs by 150 artists from more than 30 art galleries from Argentina and different countries.

The works by the finalists of the Petrobras Buenos Aires Photo Award 2013 will be presented. There will be conferences and book presentations every day during the fair.

Two of the most important Argentinian photographers, Aldo Sessa and Sara Facio, will be honored in a joint exhibition with Buenos Aires as central theme.

The 15th International Show Jumping Competition CSIOW Haras El Capricho will take place on November 7- 10, 2013, in the town of Capilla del Señor, 80 km North of  Buenos Aires. This is one of the most important Show Jumping competitions in Latin America, sponsored by the Argentine Equestrian Federation and the International Equestrian Federation (FEI).

The contest will take place in 2 of the 4 international level courses of El Capricho, with fences brought specially from the Olympic games.

Thursday, November 7:
3.00 pm: International Competition
Friday, November 8: 
12 pm: International Competition
3:30 pm: International Competition Preliminary to FEI World Cup

Saturday, November 9:
3:30 pm: Speed Derby

Sunday, November 10
3:30 pm: International Competition Grand Prix

As every year, there will be live music shows at the stage located next to the main jumping course:
Saturday, November 9, 12 pm: Agapornis
Sunday, November 10, 12 pm: Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas

Haras El Capricho offers top level infrastructure and services to enjoy a nice day in the countryside for the whole family:

All the activities are free of charge, and are not suspended for rain.

For more information, online results, general rules and courses of the competition, access map, and schedules, visit Haras El Capricho official website.
Don´t miss the opportunity of attending this world class event. Contact me if you want to  arrange for  private transportation.

On Saturday October 19th, 2013, the traditional Mataderos Fair, moves to Recoeta to celebrate the 281st anniversary of the neighborhood, offering a festival that will feature craft stalls, regional products, and a folk music show that will feature the famous Argentine singer Antonio Tarragó Ros as central figure.

The event, similar to the Fair held every Sunday in Mataderos, will take place from 11 am to 8 pm on Av Figueroa Alcorta and Austria (Plaza Naciones Unidas).

Dance and music shows will be presented on the main stage, with the presence of artists like: María Leguizamon, Los Mensajeros de Colombia, Pancho y Sus Manos Brujas, Llequen; folk dances by Ballet Quimey, Ballet Folclorico Argentino Jorge Cafrune, Ballet Arte Argentino. The closing will be in charge Antonio Tarragó Ros, one of the great folk authors in our country.

The Fair will feature around 300 stalls with traditional crafts from our provinces, like “mates”, cutlery, silverware, textiles, leather and handicrafts of indigenous peoples, local products from around the country, including goat cheese, olives, wine, salami and alfajores, and traditional foods such as empanadas, locro, humita, tamales, meats, tortas fritas and pastelitos.

The Festival and all activities are free of charge, and will be suspended in case of bad weather.

The 120th Hurlingham Club Open Championship, the oldest Polo tournament in the world, will kick off this Tuesday, October 15, 2013, with the participation of the eight best worldwide Polo teams and the top ranked polo players.

The Hurlingham Club Open is the second of the championships in the Argentine Polo Season that make up the "Triple Crown", following the Tortugas Open Championship and preceding the Argentine Open Championship.

Don´t miss the opportunity of attending this world class event., and experience Polo the Argentine way. Contact me so I can arrange transportation for you (if possible, at least 48 hours in advance).

San Ignacio de Loyola, the oldest church in Buenos Aires, located in the historic Manzana de las Luces, presents the VIII Ancient Music Festival, a program of concerts destined to raising funds for the restoration of the temple, a National Historic Monument built 300 years ago by the Jesuits.

The program will consist of Ancient Music and Latin American Baroque concerts, performed by outstanding groups from Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay, that will take place every Tuesday between November 5 and December 10, 2013 at the same church of San Ignacio de Loyola, located in Bolivar 255, San Telmo. The inaugural concert, on October 15th, will be dedicated to Pope Francis.

Schedule:

Tuesday, October 15, 8 pm:

Inaugural Concert of the Festival "Honor to Pope Francis"

Orquesta Barroco Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay.

Choir of Centro del Conocimiento, Posadas, Argentina.

Conductor: Gabriel Garrido.

Tuesday, November 5 - 8:00 pm:

Ensamble “De Profundis”, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Conductor: Cristina García Banegas.

Tuesday, November 12 - 8:00 pm:

La Barroca del Suquía

Conductor: Manfredo Kraemer, Córdoba, Argentina.

Tuesday, November 19 - 8:00 pm:

String Orchestra of San José de Chiquitos, Bolivia.

Conductor: Rubén Darío Suárez Arana Mercado.

Tuesday, November 26 - 8:00 pm:

String Orchestra of Santa Ana de Velasco, Bolivia.

Conductor: Rubén Darío Suárez Arana Mercado.

Tuesday, December 3 - 8:00 pm:

Ensamble del Instituto de Investigación Musicológica "Carlos Vega".

Conductor: Sergio Pelacani. 

Facultad de Artes y Ciencias Musicales, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina.

Tuesday, December 10 -8:00 pm:

Closing Concert

Capilla Musical de San Ignacio y Orquesta Infantil- Juvenil de San Ignacio. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Conductor: Felipe Delsart.

Free entrance. Donations will be destined to the restoration of the church.

The main producers of organic and healthy food in Argentina will gather again in a street market in Buenos Aires, on Saturday, October 12, and Sunday, October 13, 2012, from 10 am to 7 pm, with free access to the public. Visitors will be able to taste for free and buy at a promotional prices, natural foods and beverages in an area specially located in La Boca, on Ave Benito Pérez Galdós 100, between Caboto and Ministro Brin, near La Usina del Arte. The event is organized by Planeta Joy magazine and sponsored by the city of Buenos Aires.

More than 40 gazebos will be installed, where the participating producers will offer products in the following areas: Oils; Alcoholic drinks; Soft drinks; Cereals and seeds; Spices; Nuts; Fruits & Vegetables; Farm produce; Delicatessen; Gourmet food; Flour and derivatives; Mushrooms; Infusions; Vegetables; Dairy; Bakery; Jams; edible Flowers; Pasta; herbs; Snacks, and more.

Autoclasica 2013, the biggest festival for classic cars and motorcycles in South America will take place between Friday October 11 and Monday October 14, 2013, at the Gardens of San Isidro Race Track.

This year exhibition will feature the largest collection of Honda icons, from Ayrton Senna´s McLaren to the NSX. From the S800 Roadster to the S2000, motorcycles and all time Civic/Accord, as part of the celebration of the 35 years of Honda in Argentina.

Casa FOA is the most important yearly exhibition in which decorators, architects, designers, and landscape architects, selected for their talent and prestige, showcase the local and international trends in architecture, interior design, and landscaping. It will take place this year at Edificio Tornquist with the name "Casa FOA - 30 Casas", from October 4th to November 10th, 2013.
The Tornquist Building, was designed by the famous architect Alejandro Bustillo, built in the year 1926 and inaugurated two years later. Located on Bartolomé Mitre 531, this building is one of the best examples of neoclassical historicism in downtown Buenos Aires. It has been declared as National Historic Monument for its architectural value.
Casa FOA was born in 1985 as an initiative of Mercedes Malbrán de Campos and a group of ladies with the purpose of raising funds for the Argentine Ophthalmology Foundation "Jorge Malbrán" (FOA). With a growing success, Casa FOA has become one the most important events in the country´s cultural agenda.

The strategic selection of the venues and the careful and profound restoration of the chosen buildings give every edition of Casa FOA an indisputable value for the community, making it possible to associate its name not only to Argentine design but also to the preservation of buildings of great historic and cultural value, like: Casa de la Moneda (1995), Hotel de Inmigrantes (2000), Monasterio de Santa Catalina (2001), Casa del Patio de la Reconquista (2003), Hotel Avenida de Mayo (1991), Puerto Madero Dock 5 (1993), Palacio Alcorta (1994), Tattersal de Palermo (1998) Apostadero Naval (2000), Terrazas de Buenos Aires (2002), Tribuna II Palermo (2004), Puerto de Frutos de Tigre (2008), among others.

Dates: October 4 - November 10, 2013.

Opening hours: 12 noon to 8 PM

Location: Bartolome Mitre 531 (corner Florida), Buenos Aires

Entry fee:

General: AR$ 60

Wednesdays: 2 x 1
Students: AR$ 48 Monday to Friday

Disabled and children under 12: Free

Casa FOA official website.

A large scale installation by the renowned pop and performance Argentine artist Marta Minujín will be inaugurated on Thursday, October 3, 2013, 4.30 pm, at Plaza Alemania, Av. del Libertador & Cavia, in the neighborhood of Palermo.

Inspired on the Temple of Hephaestus, place where Greeks gathered in the V century BC to discuss democracy, this installation called “El Agora de la Paz" (The Agora of Peace) consists of 32 columns, several of them installed crooked on purpose, following the philosophy of the diagonals where everything changes according to one´s point of view. The temple is covered with books published by the artist containing quotations on Peace, Friendship and Freedom. 

Just like all the ephemeral and mass participation artworks that Minujín performed, this one will also be installed in a public space. The 25,000 books that cover the temple will be offered to the public that attend on the closing day, in a collective performance act.

Similar to the “Parthenon” that Marta Minujín installed in 1983 with books banned during the dictatorship, the “Obelisk of sweet bread”, the “Carlos Gardel of Fire” and the “Tower of Babel of Books”,  “El Agora de la Paz” will be built with tubular structures, covered with 25,000 books wrapped in plastic bags and attached to the columns, entirely covering the surface.

The installation will be open to the public from Thursday October 4 until Sunday October 13, when visitors will be allowed to take away the books that compose the artwork.

Characters with white clothes reciting quotations from the books, choirs and orchestras will be performing every day during the project. The idea is to dazzle visitors visually by fluorescent colors, and mentally by the content of the sentences.

There will also be a series of programmed activities including lectures, storytelling and musical performances celebrating the last 30 years of democracy in Argentina.

Inauguration: Thursday, October 3, 4.30 pm

Open to the public October 4 - 13, 11 am to 7 pm

Dismantling and book handover: Sunday 13, from 3 pm.

FREE ENTRANCE

Organized by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, the International Buenos Aires Festival (Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires -FIBA), will take place between October 4th and October 20th, 2013.

FIBA takes place every two years, featuring diverse artistic expressions through theater, dance and musical theater. FIBA offers special free activities such us open talks with artists, workshops and masterclasses, books presentations, films, and an Exhibition of Stage Design.

This year the international program will feature 20 shows by directors and companies from Germany, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Congo, France, Italy, Mexico, Poland, United Kingdom, and Uruguay. With the presence of prestigious creators such as the German director Thomas Ostermeier, Jan Fabre from Belgium, the Italian Romeo Castellucci, Matthew Lenton from the UK, Roberto Suárez from Uruguay and Manuela Infante from Chile, among others.

The Festival will also include 36 National shows.

For the first time the Great Opening of the Festival will be with a large scale show at Dique 2 in Puerto Madero, on Friday, October 4th, at 8 pm, with free entrance to the public. The show is called "Fous de Bassin" (Water Fools) by the French company ilotopie, a show that takes place on the water and in which actor-chimeras, fire jousts, musical flights and incandescent machinery go on to evaporate the expected and give voice to a different world.

Due to the bad weather conditions, the concert by José Carreras has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 29th, at 5.00 pm.

The Government of the City of Buenos Aires inaugurates a new venue specially designed for open air shows, called "La Ciudad del Rock", with a spectacular free concert by the great Spanish tenor José Carreras.

José Carreras will be singing "Misa Criolla" together with Maestro Jaime Torres, with the participation of the renowned Argentine soprano Verónica Cangemi, the Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra, and a local choir.

On the first part of the concert José Carreras will sing popular Spanish arias, and on the second part he will share the stage with Jaime Torres performing the Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez, accompanied by the folkloric group Anacrusa.

Location:

Av. Fernández De la Cruz y Av. Escalada

Av. Avenida Coronel Roca y Av. Escalada

Free entrance

Free transportation service, starting 3 pm, from:

Acoyte & Rivadavia

Carabobo & Rivadavia

San Juan & Boedo

Obelisco

A big festival celebrating the foreign communities that live in Argentina and the 2013 Immigrants´Day will be held on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 of September, 2013, in the neighborhood of Retiro.

The "Immigrants Day" was instituted on September 4, 1949, with the purpose of paying a permanent and public tribute to the immigrants of all times.

More than 45 groups representing the different communities that reside in Argentina will offer their typical dances and culture, in an event for the whole family.

There will be 50 stands offering typical crafts, regional products, books, clothes, ceramics, bijou, musical instruments, and traditional food and drinks. The international menu will include German beer, Oriental shawarmas, Brazilian cachaça Spanish paella, Paraguayan soup, Bulgarian kebapche, Armenian shis ke bab, Croatian sarma, Slovenian goulash with spetzel, German lebkuchen, Venezuelan arepas, Italian lemoncello, Peruvian papa a la huancaína peruana, among many other typical dishes.

During the weekend the newly reopened Immigration Museum will be open to the public. Visitors will have the chance to consult the Immigration data base and get a certificate about the arrival of their ancestors in the port of Buenos Aires.

The event will take place at Direccion Nacional de Migraciones, Av. Antártida Argentina 1355.

Saturday 28: 11 am to 7 pm

Sunday 29: 11 am to 5 pm

Free entrance

In case of rain the event will be postponed for the following weekend.

The Tourism Entity of the City of Buenos Aires, together with Pietro Sorba, renowned gastronomic journalist author of numerous local restaurant guides, present the event "Semana de los Bodegones Porteños", a week dedicated to honor the gastronomic traditions in Buenos Aires, from September 28th to October 4th, 2013.

"Bodegones" are simple, family owned restaurants, that serve huge portions of popular Argentine food, usually adapted from traditional Italian and Spanish dishes.

Each restaurant will offer a fixed menu with a set price of $ 79 pesos for lunch and $ 129 pesos for dinner.

Click here for the complete list of participating establishments.

A new event dedicated to Italian gastronomy, art, and spirits called "Gancia Tour d’ Italia" will be  held from September 26th to September 29th, 2013, at the Boulevard Cerviño in the neighborhood of Palermo.

The famous Voulez Bar, Guido's Bar, Guido Restaurante, Bella Italia, Anetta, Leopoldo, The Pick Market and Taco Box will be offering menus at special prices inspired in the Italian flavors, paired with cocktails prepared with Italian aperitifs.

The bars will offer cocktails Gancia 2 x $80 Pesos.

During the whole weekend some of the shops in the area will be offering complimentary Gancia Spritz drinks to all their customers, and the boulevard will be transformed in a photo shooting set for a renowned magazine.

The event will finish on Sunday with a spectacular closing show by the electronic music group Poncho, with free entrance to the public.

Program of activities:

Thursday 26 

Opening

Friday 27

5 pm to 7 pm: Live shooting: fashion production inspired on the Italian mood.

Saturday 28

4 pm to 6 pm: Painting performance + artistic interventions in the streets

6 pm to 7 pm: DJ Set by Sophie Taylor

Sunday 29

4 pm to 6 pm: Artistic audiovisual performance + illustrations in the streets

5 pm to 9 pm: DJ Set Richie Hell

7 pm: Poncho. Free entrance. Cerviño and República Árabe Siria.

The gastronomic, artistic and cultural festival "Al Dente, Día de la Italianidad" will be held on Sunday, September 22nd, 2013, from 10 am to 7 pm, in the neighborhood of Palermo Hollywood.

"Al Dente" is a celebration of the Italian gastronomy, that also includes cultural, artistic and musical activities.

During the whole day the neighborhood will be intervened to celebrate its Italian roots, creating the basis for the foundation of Little Italy in Buenos Aires.

A giant communal table, the "Tavola Della Familiglia", will be set on Gorriti street, between Arevalo and Bonpland.

Musical shows will be presented in every corner, as well as food stall from the Italian restaurants in the area.

Program of activities:

Escenario Originale

11.00 Lorena Mayol

11.30 DJ Oriol Opening

12.00 DJ Oriol Opening

12.30 Los Heladeros del Tiempo

13.00 Giorgio and Francesca Lorito

13.30 César Pavón and the accordeon orchestra

14.00 DJ Oriol Siesta Lunch

14.30 DJ Oriol Siesta Lunch

15.00 Dr. Rojo with Lunares

15.30 Tom Lupo Recites a poem, with Los Liyeras de la Boca.

16.00 Henry Donati Country Music in Little Italy

16.30 Official Inauguration of Little Italy with consul Scognamiglio

17.00 Giorgio Lorito & Fabio Pompetti Cantano l'Italia

17.30 Robot Zonda

18.00 Serafino Set Acustico

18.30 Fabio Alberti + Gioia d'Italia

19.00 "Grand Final Closing": We are the world, we are little Italy with all the artists friends of "Trattoria Il Ballo del Mattone" Restaurant, creators of the Festival

Escenario Culturale

11.00 DJ Fernando De Leo

11.30 DJ Fernando De Leo

12.00 DJ Fernando De Leo

12.30 DJ Fernando De Leo

13.00 DJ Fernando De Leo

13.30 DJ Peyote

14.00 Juan Acosta

14.30 La chilinga

15.00 Alí Funk

15.30 Jeronimo & Olivia

16.00 Erica Garcia with Tito Losavio 

16.30 Official Inauguration of Little Italy with consul Scognamiglio at escenario originale

17.00 Iwanido

17.30 Frescolate & Wonder

18.00 Hijas de Zion