Museum Night 2024


A new edition of La Noche de los Museos - Museum Night 2024, the biggest cultural event of the year, will take place in Buenos Aires on Saturday, October 9th, 2024, from 7 PM until 2 AM.

Every year since 2004, one Saturday night the museums in the city 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. 

Over 250 museums, cultural centers and art spaces all across the city will be participating in this edition. During this special night visitors will be able to enjoy numerous 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. 

There will be numerous activities specially organized for kids, like workshops, guided visits, plays, performances, concerts, and much more. 

Buses and Subte lines will offer free rides during the night, presenting the Free Pass that can be downloaded through the city app BOTI. 

Mor more information and complete program through this link (in Spanish only)




Lapacho trees announce the arrival of Spring in Buenos Aires


This splendid specimen, one of the most famous trees in Buenos Aires is popularly known as the "Lapacho de Ezcurra". It is a "lapacho rosado" (Tabebuia impetiginosa), a tree native from the North-West of Argentina, that was planted many years ago by landscape artist Martin Ezcurra on the corner of Ave. Figueroa Alcorta and Mariscal Castilla, in Palermo Chico, and by the end of September every year punctually announces the arrival of Spring with an explosion of pink flowers:



The Lapacho on Figueroa Alcorta Ave above is the most spectacular of all, but there are many other specimens of lapachos scattered around Buenos Aires, like the ones below:




This wonderful spectacle only lasts for a few days, so those who are in Buenos Aires at the end of September / beginning of October are very lucky to witness it.

Children's Book Fair 2024



From July 8th through July 28th 2024, the 32nd edition of the Buenos Aires Children´s Book Fair (Feria del Libro Infantil y Juvenil) will take place at Palacio Libertad (former CCK), with free entrance to the public. The Fair is a place destined for the cultural and educational upbringing of children, in an entertaining and joyful environment.

In addition to the exhibition and sale of books, the Fair will offer free activities for youngsters and kids, such as:

° Workshops: drawing, story telling, painting, modeling, magic, science, illustration, comics, reading, cooking, creativity, music, puppetry, and much more.
° Theater, puppet, circus, and music shows
° Games and contests
° Story-telling
° Talks with writers
° Signing of copies
° Children´s Library
° Science corner

Kids will be able to meet their favorite writers, participate in the workshops, read at the library or enjoy the shows organized by the exhibitors, that will take place at their exhibition stands.

Dates: July 8th - 28th, 2024
Location: Palacio Libertad (former CCK), Sarmiento 151
Opening hours:
Monday 8: 9.00 am to 6:00 pm
Tuesday 9 (National Holiday): 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Wednesday 10 to Friday 12: 9:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday 13 to Sunday 28: 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Free entrance
For more information: Feria del Libro Infantil y Juvenil official website (in Spanish only).

Exposición Rural 2024: Cattle Breeding & Agriculture Exhibition


The traditional Livestock and Agriculture Exhibition ("La Rural"), held every year in Buenos Aires for over a century, is one of the most important of its kind worldwide, bringing together more than a million visitors among producers, tourists and general public. 

In it's 2024 edition, that will take place from July 18th through July 28th, more than 4500 animal exhibitors and 400 commercial brands will be showing their products: laboratories, leather goods, banks, automotive industries, farm machinery, and providers of services and goods for the agricultural industry.


Visitors will have the opportunity to attend the many activities that take place every day during the Fair, such as:

° Cattle and equine competitions
° Cattle and equine auctions
° Cattle and horse breed exhibitions
° Traditional folk costumes contests
° Rein skills
° Polo exhibitions
° Indoor Pato (Horseball) exhibition
° Show jumping competitions
° Carriage exhibitions
° Military bands
° Farm machinery exhibition
° Live music shows
° Activities and workshops for kids

As well as exhibitions of all kinds of farm animals, sale of Argentine crafts, folk shows, and tastings of traditional products at the exhibition´s pavilions.







Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Av. Sarmiento 2704
Dates: July 18th through July 28th, 2024
Opening hours: Every day from 9 am to 8 pm.

Admittance Fees:

Online through this link
Thursday to Sunday: AR$ 8500
Monday to Wednesday: AR$ 7500
Family pack 4×3:
Thursday to Sunday: AR$ 25500
Monday to Wednesday: AR$ 22500

At the venue's box office:
General adnittance: AR$ 10000.-
Seniors and Pensioners: Monday & Tuesday: Free - Wednesday to Sunday: AR$5000 (only at the venue)
Children under 8: Free every day

More information: Exposicion Rural official website

Food and Crafts Fair Caminos y Sabores (Roads and Flavors) 2024



The 18th edition of the food and crafts fair "Caminos y Sabores" (Roads and Flavors), will be held at La Rural Exhibition Center between July 6th and July 9th, 2024, featuring typical food, tourism and handicrafts from all the regions in Argentina.

Caminos y Sabores is a large federal market of regional products made with added value by food producers, artisans, chefs and entrepreneurs who market, exhibit and present their specialties, conduct cooking classes and demonstrations before the general public. In this way, the fair brings producers from different parts of the Argentine territory closer to an audience with an increasingly demanding palate.

For 4 days, visitors will travel 9 thematic Roads to discover the flavors and richness in the country: The Federal Road, the Roads of: the Sweets, of Picadas, of Fruits of the Earth, of Infusions, of Oils and Dressings, of Drinks, of Tourism and Tradition, and the Road to Your Kitchen.

Meanwhile, the heart of the Fair will be made up of more than 500 food and beverage producers, artisans and entrepreneurs from Argentina who will allow the visitor to know what is hidden behind each product, the way they are made, the land from which they are produced. In this way the secrets of each grandmother, the memories of immigrants and the tradition of the natives, are once again valued.

In addition, 19 provinces will be present on the Federal Route with their own spaces where gastronomy and tourism will combine in a journey through the senses. 

For their part, 50 chefs will put their stoves into action to prepare the typical dishes of their regions, provinces and localities. 

More than 400 producers from all the Argentine provinces will be represented in the exhibition through their native foods and crafts. As every year from the first edition in 2005, visitors will have the opportunity to sample and buy: olive oil; home made salamis; cow, sheep and goat cheeses; wines from family owned wineries; homemade jellies; yerba mate and tea; craft beer; dulce de leche; just to mention some of the hundreds of products available.

At the Food Court visitors will be able to try and enjoy typical Argentine dishes and drinks such as Gin Tonic and Draft Craft Beer, knife-cut Lamb Empanadas, wild boar choripanes, cheese tamale, braised pork sandwich, cannoli with walnuts or almonds filled with sabayon, dulce de leche or chocolate, iced Alfajor, artisanal tea, etc.


Foto: Caminos & Sabores

Dates: July 6th through July 9th, 2024
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Entrance through Av. Sarmiento 2704.
Opening hours: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Admittance:
General: AR$ 10,000
Promotion 2x1 every day.
Children under 16: free
Tickets on sale at the venue.

More information: Caminos y Sabores official website.