Shows

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Café Tortoni is the most historically significant café and cultural showroom in Argentina — a legendary 1858 institution on Avenida de Mayo where Jorge Luis Borges, Federico García Lorca, Albert Einstein, and virtually every important cultural figure of 20th-century Argentine and Spanish-language culture has sat, written, debated, and performed. The café's basement Bodega hosts ongoing tango and jazz performances in one of the most atmospheric cultural rooms in South America, making Tortoni a cultural showroom of extraordinary Argentine literary and artistic heritage significance.

Av. de Mayo 825, C1084 Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Centro Cultural General San Martín is Buenos Aires's most important municipally-operated cultural center and showroom complex — a massive modernist complex on Sarmiento that houses multiple theatres, exhibition spaces, and performance rooms presenting outstanding contemporary art, experimental theatre, dance, film, and music programming that represents the cutting edge of Buenos Aires cultural life. The center's extraordinary programming breadth and its remarkable role in democratizing access to cultural experiences for Buenos Aires citizens create a showroom of genuine Argentine public cultural significance.

Sarmiento 1551, C1042 Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Estadio Obras Sanitarias (Obras) is the most legendary rock concert venue in Buenos Aires — a 8,000-capacity arena that has hosted the formative live concerts of Argentine rock culture, from early Sandro and Almendra shows to the legendary rock nacional performances that defined Argentine rock identity during the military dictatorship and the return to democracy. Obras's extraordinary significance in Argentine rock history (virtually every important Argentine rock artist has had a landmark Obras concert) creates a showroom of singular Argentine popular music cultural significance.

Av. del Libertador 7395, C1428 Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires's Avenida Corrientes theatre district is the most important theatrical showroom corridor in the Spanish-speaking world outside of Madrid — a "street that never sleeps" where dozens of independent theatres present outstanding Argentine theatrical productions round the clock in a culture where theatre attendance per capita rivals that of London's West End. Argentina's extraordinary theatrical tradition (Buenos Aires has more theatres per capita than any other city in the world) and Corrientes's remarkable concentration of outstanding productions create showrooms of genuine Spanish-language theatre significance.

Av. Corrientes 1283, C1043 Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Rojo Tango at Faena Hotel Buenos Aires is the most prestigious tango dinner showroom in Argentina — an intimate 150-seat theatre presenting extraordinary professional tango performances to international visitors who come specifically to Buenos Aires to experience tango, the UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage that is Argentina's most important contribution to world culture. Tango's extraordinary origin story (born in the conventillos of La Boca and San Telmo in the late 19th century from a fusion of African, Italian, and Spanish immigrant cultures) and Rojo Tango's exceptional production quality create a showroom of singular Argentine cultural heritage significance.

Carlos Calvo 227, San Telmo, Buenos Aires, C1102

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Teatro Avenida on Avenida de Mayo is one of Buenos Aires's most historically important Spanish-language theatrical showrooms — a beautifully preserved 1908 Italian neoclassical theatre that has presented outstanding Spanish and Latin American theatrical and musical productions for over a century, serving as a cultural bridge between Argentina and the Spanish-speaking world. The theatre's extraordinary longevity, its remarkable architectural character, and its role in sustaining Spanish theatrical heritage in Buenos Aires create a showroom of genuine Argentine Hispanophone cultural significance.

Av. de Mayo 1222, C1085 Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Teatro Coliseo in Retiro is one of Buenos Aires's most elegant classical music and theatrical showrooms — a beautifully preserved 1907 theatre that presents outstanding orchestral concerts, chamber music, and theatrical productions for Buenos Aires's most sophisticated classical music audiences. The Coliseo's remarkable acoustic quality and its extraordinary contribution to Buenos Aires's world-class classical music culture create a showroom of considerable Argentine performing arts significance.

Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125, C1058 Buenos Aires

Córdoba, Córdoba

El Teatro del Libertador General San Martín is the most important performing arts venue in Córdoba — a magnificently restored 1891 Italian neoclassical opera house that serves as the home of the Córdoba Symphony Orchestra and Ballet Estable de Córdoba, presenting outstanding classical music, opera, and dance to audiences in Argentina's second city. Córdoba's remarkable intellectual heritage (home to the oldest university in Argentina, founded 1613, and birthplace of the 1918 University Reform that transformed Latin American higher education) and the Teatro del Libertador's architectural grandeur create a showroom of genuine Argentine national cultural significance.

Av. Vélez Sársfield 365, Córdoba, X5000, Argentina

Mendoza, Mendoza

Teatro Independencia is Mendoza's most important performing arts showroom — a beautifully built theatre presenting outstanding theatrical, musical, and dance productions to Argentina's wine capital city. Mendoza's extraordinary position at the foot of the Andes Cordillera (the Aconcagua, at 6,961 meters the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere, is visible from the city) and the Teatro Independencia's cultural role create a showroom of genuine Argentine regional performing arts significance.

Chile 1084, Mendoza, M5500, Argentina

Rosario, Santa Fe

El Círculo Theatre in Rosario is the most architecturally stunning performing arts venue in Argentina outside of Buenos Aires — a magnificent 1904 Italian opera house modeled on La Scala Milan and Teatro Colón, whose extraordinary acoustic quality and beautiful interior have made it one of the finest theatrical showrooms in South America. Rosario's remarkable distinction as the city of Che Guevara, Lionel Messi, and Argentina's most passionate football culture (Rosario Central and Newell's Old Boys create one of the world's most intense football rivalries) and El Círculo's architectural magnificence create a showroom of considerable Argentine regional significance.

Laprida 1235, Rosario, Santa Fe, S2000, Argentina