The grid of festivals that the provinces will display during February will have a special color with the regional carnivals in each municipality of the country, as well as the musical shows and theme parties to accompany the summer season that will include recitals, Creole skills, gastronomic fairs, contests and tributes to local artists.
Buenos Aires province
The province of Buenos Aires announced for the city of Balcarce, from February 2 to 5, the National Automobile Festival in its thirtieth edition in the Plaza Libertad with the delivery of the Juan Manuel Bordeu and Juan Manuel Fangio prizes to the Champions of the ACTC, in addition to track activities at the racetrack, the Mujeres en el Automovilismo exhibition and more than 20 free musical shows with Turf, Axel and Los Nocheros.
That week, Necochea will hold its 62nd National Children’s Festival that offers circus shows, murgas, kermesse and workshops for children, shows by Topa, Canticuentos and others.
With Pedro Aznar we honor Atahualpa Yupanqui! ?
? Saturday February 4-19 pm.
? Juan A. de la Peña (route 188 km 62), Parchment.
? The duo Arriazu Matías, Cecilia Pahl and different local artists will participate.
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— Cultural Institute of the Province of Buenos Aires (@CulturaPBA) January 26, 2023
The Provincial Festival of the Raspberry will be held in Benito Juárez with the Chaqueño Palavecino, Fabiana Cantilo and La Beriso, with tickets of $1,500, while in Tandil the 57th Festival of the Pastor will be held at the Palacio Sans Souci, with Creole skill of prominent horsemen , competitions with important, country lunch and artistic shows and La Plata will have its Platense Tomato Festival on the 4th, at the Gorina Experimental Station.
Punta Indio will celebrate the Festival of the Flag Butterfly, at the El Tala municipal playground on the 4th to pay homage to the Morpho Epistrophus Argentinus, considered the national butterfly for its coloration identified with the colors of the flag, while Saavedra will hold his Horsemanship and Folklore Festival with the participation of herds, horsemen and folklorists and Pehuen Có will have its Rock festival between 10 and 11 with a food court, raffles and more than 20 bands on stage.
Adolfo Alsina will have its Provincial Thermal Tourism Festival, with artistic shows and a swimming tournament, Carlos Casares will celebrate the National Sunflower Festival with performances by Soledad Pastorutti, Turf and Amboe, Baradero will hold the National Festival of Argentine Popular Music with Abel Pintos, Destino San Javier, Lito Vitale, Soledad, Peteco Carabajal and Luciano Pereyra, while Coronel Rosales will hold the Fiesta de los Humedales and the Claromecó spa organized the 24-hour festival of the Corvina Negra, a most important sport fishing contest in South America.
From the 24th to the 26th, in Villa Gesell, the summer enduro championship will be held, while the Bon Odori, a traditional Japanese dance festival that welcomes the souls of the ancestors, will be held on the 25th in La Plata.
Cordova
In Córdoba, several tourist towns scheduled summer events such as AltaGracia with the 33rd edition of the Annual Meeting of Communities, from 1 to 5, to enjoy flavors, art and culture with tickets from one thousand to two thousand pesos and shows by Abel Pintos, Lucio el ” Indio” Rojas, Cacho Buenaventura, Coki Ramírez, Cristian “El Loco” Amato, Negro Videla, Los Caligaris, the Carlitos Band and Juan Fuentes.
Villa María will hold the 55th Peñas Festival at the Municipal Amphitheater from 10 to 14, with tickets ranging from 2,600 to 6,000 pesos to see Tini, MyA, Callejero Fino, Luana, Tiago PZK, Trueno, Nicki Nicole, Dale Q .Va, Ulises, Camilo, Luciano Pereyra, Alejandro Lerner, Diego Torres, among others, and on February 24 there will be a ‘bonus track’ with Ricky Martin.
In the town of Capilla del Monte, the Alien Festival will take place from the 18th to the 20th with UFO observation and astrotourism activities, as well as a costume parade, mystical fair, meditation and musical shows, among other proposals, while in Leones del 16 The National Wheat Festival and the National Wheat Days will be held on the 19th, with shows by Q’Lokura, Ángela Leiva, Jorge Rojas, Juan Fuentes and Damián Córdoba.
Santa Fe
In Santa Fe, the agenda will begin on February 2 in Las Toscas, with the National Festival of Wetlands to value these ecosystems through sporting events, club night, tourism fair, fish pie, artisan walks and artistic show.
On the 11th, the town of Santo Domingo will celebrate the Regional Beer Festival, in the San Martín square with free admission, while in Providencia on the 18th the Provincial Homemade Choripán Festival will be held in the central square with free access.
The Santa Fe Secretary of Tourism highlighted that it is the most popular festival in the region and provides canteen services, beer sales, fast food, election of the ambassador, gift raffle, fireworks show and musical groups.
Between February 24 and 25, Gobernador Crespo summons young people to a new edition of Crespo Rock, to be held in the Bicentennial Park, where national artists combine with their local and regional colleagues.
Jujuy
In Jujuy, on February 2, the patronal festival in honor of the Virgin of Candelaria will be held on the esplanade of the monument to the Heroes of Independence in Humahuaca, an event of great religious and cultural significance that brings together thousands of Jujuy residents who participate of the mass and a procession animated by bands of sikuris and gaucho groups.
The next day the corsos of San Pedro begin, in that homonymous town that will last until February 25 with indigenous troupes, murgas, dance groups and individual costumes in the circuit of the so-called Carnival of the Yungas.
The National Carnival Festival will be held on the 7th, in Humahuaca, in honor of Edmundo Zaldívar, creator of one of the most characteristic songs of the ravine “El Humahuaqueño”, with dances and a musical festival for the anniversary of his death, while the The chicha and copla festival will be held on the 17th, free in Uquía
Between rivers
Entre Ríos will celebrate its provincial Mining Festival on Saturday 4 at the “Pirayíu” municipal campsite, some 90 kilometers from the city of La Paz, with shows by Los del Gualeyan, Juan Manuel Bilat and Grupo Tiempo, while in Oro Verde the Canta y Baila festival will present Los Palmeras, Los Saraluceños, Las Gildas, and Mario Pereyra with tickets of 2,500 pesos on average.
The National Crafts Festival will be held in Colón from 4 to 12, with more than 200 artisans from the country and Latin America, a marathon, the renowned National Meeting of Craft Carvers and shows by Nahuel Penissi, Estelares, Los Auténticos Decadentes, La Beriso , La Contra, Miguel Mateos, Jóvenes Pordioseros and Ráfaga, while Hernandarias announced the Provincial Fiesta del Yeso with Víctor Heredia, Coty, Los Iracundos and groups of chamamé, quartet and humor.
Meanwhile, in Paraná, every Saturday at the Héctor Santangelo amphitheater in Parque Urquiza there are shows of cumbia, rock, reggae and different artists such as La Mancha de Rolando, Los Bam Band, Andando Descalzo, Deja Vu, El Gitano y su Banda , among other.
Santa Cruz
In Santa Cruz, from the 2nd to the 5th there will be the National Bass Festival in Puerto Santa Cruz with artisans, a fishing contest, a beer garden and live music, while from the 12th to the 20th the National Festival of the Argentino Lake will be held for the baptism of that water course by the expert Francisco Pascasio Moreno on February 15, 1877 with an extensive program that includes BZRP, Lali, Los Ángeles Azules, La Konga, Duki, Tini, Damas Gratis, Abel Pintos, Los Palmeras, Ysy A and Kapanga.
During the first fortnight, there will also be the National Festival of the Cueva de las Manos, in the city of Perito Moreno located in the northwest of the province.
Neuquen
The Ministry of Tourism of Neuquén reported that from Friday the 3rd to Sunday the 5th the Fiesta del Río Chimehuín will be held free of charge in Junín de los Andes, with a gastronomic tour, commercial stands, band shows and workshops, while the National Puestero Festival It will take place between the 9th and 13th in that same city to bring together the gauchaje of the region with an exhibition and sale of country items, gastronomy and Creole skills.
From 10 to 12 the Ñaco Provincial Festival will be held in El Cholar with musical shows and tastings, while the National Confluence Festival, from 14 to 19, will take place in Neuquén, with national and international artists, gastronomy, cultural and sports activities .
The National Garden Festival, in Villa La Angostura, will go from 16 to 19 with parades of floats, training for caring for the environment, sale of plants and seedlings, a fair for artisans and producers, and a gastronomic sector to taste the delicacies of the region.
Tucuman
Tucumán announced that from 8 to 12 the 54th National Cheese Festival will be held at the Tafí del Valle Democracy Complex, with the presentation of national and provincial artists, while on Saturday 25 it will be the turn of a Caporales Meeting to celebrate culture boliviana for free, while in Amaicha del Valle from 15 to 21 the 75th Pachamama Festival will take place.
chubut
In Chubut there will be some 16 popular festivals in different regions, in a calendar that will begin the first weekend with the National Barbecue Festival in Cholila.
To this celebration are added in Trevelin the Festival of Culture, Tradition and Customs (4 and 5), the National Festival of southern fishermen in Rawson (3 to 5), the Carrero Festival in Esquel (11 and 12) and the Provincial Festival of El Calafate in Tecka (11 and 12).
On the weekend of 10 to 12, the National Steam Train Festival will take place in El Maitén, the Provincial Festival of the Rural Work Dog in Telsen, the Río Festival in Rawson and the Cordilleran Cypress Festival in Trevelin, while in Trevelin they will celebrate the tortilla to the embers, to the Energy in the Florentino Ameghino dam and the Provincial Festival of the Horse will be held from the 17th to the 19th in Gobernador Costa.
