What to do for free in CABA on the weekend?

Fairs, recitalssamples of art and much more to enjoy weekend in the Buenos aires city. There are cycles of music and free dancethe premiere of The Corsair in it Colonthe last functions of the works of the Theater Complex, gastronomic fairs and much more. I know what to do in CABA this weekend.

What to do for free this weekend in Buenos Aires?

Dance at the Parque Centenario Amphitheater

The Pucará dance company will perform at the Parque Centenario Amphitheater (Leopoldo Marechal and Av. Lillo), with its show “After all”, in which the avant-garde is combined with folklore. This Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Admission is free until the venue’s capacity is exhausted.

Lightning Mystery

The House of Reading and Writing Library (Lavalleja 924) invites you to celebrate the closing of its first cycle. This Friday at 6 p.m. with free admission, students from the workshops and clinics will read, along with the writer Rom Freschi and the writer Hugo Mujica.

open air tango

The Buenos Aires Tango Orchestra, under the direction of Maestros Néstor Marconi and Juan Carlos Cuacci and the interpretation of the singers Lautaro Mazza and Jesús Hidalgo, will give a unique show to close the year at the Parque Centenario Amphitheater (Leopoldo Marechal and Av. Lillo). Free admission: entry on a first-come, first-served basis until the venue’s capacity is exhausted. This Friday at 8pm.

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World Music in Notable Bars

On Saturday at 9 p.m., the Tozzola-Cacoliris Duo, made up of guitarist Matías Tozzola and percussionist Horacio Cacoliris, will perform at El Símbolo (Av. Corrientes 3787). Free entrance.

Venezuela Feels

A festival that seeks to celebrate and share Venezuelan traditions reclaiming its roots, with a gastronomy and crafts fair and more than 40 musical shows and typical dances. On Saturday from 12 to 22 with free entry, in the Parque de la Estación (Lt. Gral. Juan Domingo Perón 3326).

open air symphony

On Saturday at 8 p.m. the Symphonic Band of the City of Buenos Aires, under the direction of Maestros Carlos David Jaimes and Luciano Gabriel Falcón, will give a unique show to close the year at the Parque Centenario Amphitheater (Leopoldo Marechal and Av. Lillo ). Free admission: entry on a first-come, first-served basis until the venue’s capacity is exhausted.

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Exhibitions

• Faivovich & Goldberg: Otumpa. In this exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (Av. San Juan 350) the new installment of the investigations by the artist duo Faivovich & Goldberg on the meteorites that fell in Campo del Cielo, Chaco Austral, Argentina is exhibited.
• The 67th Manuel Belgrano Plastic Arts Hall opens: Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Sívori Museum (Av. Infanta Isabel 555). More than 200 awarded and selected works in the categories of painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving and monocopy brought together in an exhibition that gives an account of the local art scene.
• Art exhibitions at the Recoleta Cultural Center: from Tuesday to Sunday in Junín 1930 you can visit the following exhibitions:

• Red Hot: an exhibition by the pioneering and multifaceted Renata Schussheim.
• Young Group, art and contempt in the ’50s: traces the historical path of the artistic group from its first geometric experiments on paper, playfully and collectively constructed, to the subsequent individual production of its members.
• Sovereign Architectures: The exhibition presents a series of 25 color digital photographs by Raquel Bigio of interior and exterior spaces of emblematic local and foreign architectures.
• Alley of the Elements: a collective intervention on the walls of the Patio del Aljibe carried out by Hernán Borda, Luciano Gatti and Mauro Gauto.
• chaos. Images of the overflow: composed of 50 graphic works by 50 Latin American artists.

• Usina del Arte: from Tuesday to Sunday at Agustín Caffarena 1, La Boca, you can tour Tender Vortex Tormenta, an installation designed by Martin Huberman & El Estudio Normal for the Central Hall; Energy: Symphony for Useless Systems by artist Román Vilati; This is Luz made by the Mendoza collective Manglar and Contacto Visual, an exhibition in the Laberinto room with works by Andy Cherniavsky, Irina Werning, Lisa Giménez, Matilde Marin, Nora Lezano, Rocío Fernández Charro, Sol Abadi, Violeta Capasso and Vivian Galban.

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Twelve films in the Leopoldo Lugones Room

The Jeonju Cinema Project cycle: 10 years, takes place in the Leopoldo Lugones Room of the San Martín Theater (Av. Corrientes 1530). The program includes titles by filmmakers Bong Joon-ho, Matías Piñeiro, Naomi Kawase, Lav Diaz, Benjamín Naishtat, Hong Sang-soo and Eric Baudelaire, among others. General admission: $2,000. Students/retirees: $1,000.

Gastronomy, fairs and tours in CABA

• Christmas edition of Knows the Earth: The healthy food fair will have its special edition for Christmas. More than 30 stands will bring the best products to make classic dishes and set up the sweet table. It will be in Parque Rivadavia, this Friday and Saturday, from 4 to 11 p.m. Admission is free. It’s suspended in case of rain. In addition, the market will also be established on Sunday in three different parts of the City in Plaza África and Parque Saavedra, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and in Parque Las Heras, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• BA Market will make a new night edition. It will take place in Plaza Aristóbulo del Valle (Cuenca and Baigorria) this Friday and Saturday, from 5 p.m. to 12 p.m. It is suspended in case of rain.
• The patios of Los Lecheros, Parque Patricios, Rodrigo Bueno and Costanera Norte and the Bonpland, Belgrano and San Nicolás markets They offer a wide variety of dishes. Tickets for all proposals are free of charge.
• Mataderos Fair: a place to tour the country through a Gastronomic Patio and a Walk of Crafts and Regional Products, to taste our typical dishes and purchase manufactured products from different regions of the country. It takes place on Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Av. Lisandro de la Torre and Av. de los Corrales.

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Circuits to get to know the City by bike

There are ten self-guided tours to enjoy the gastronomy, urban art, shops, emblematic places and green spaces of Buenos Aires. Maps can be accessed on the web.

Botanical Garden

The park has more than 900 hectares and more than 1,500 species of trees and plants from all over the world. It has five self-guided circuits, a butterfly garden and a mansion where art exhibitions and workshops are held, among other proposals. Open Saturdays and Sundays, from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free.

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Theater

This Sunday, December 17, there will be the last performances of the following plays. Tickets are on sale on the Complejo Teatral website and at the box office of each Theater.

Cyrano

Version of Edmond Rostand’s classic with translation, adaptation and direction by Willy Landin and starring Gabriel Goity. Performances: Wednesday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. In the Martín Coronado Room of the San Martín Theater (Av. Corrientes 1530).

The times

It brings together fragments of all the works of Federico León that, when put together, create a new work. Performances: Wednesday to Sunday at 8pm. At the Sarmiento Theater (Av. Sarmiento 2715).

Long day trip into the night

A new version of Eugene O’Neill’s classic, directed by Luciano Suardi, is offered in the Casacuberta Room of the San Martín Theater (Av. Corrientes 1530). The cast is made up of Arturo Puig, Selva Alemán, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk, Diego Gentile and Julia Gárriz. Performances: Thursday to Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Sundays 7:30 p.m.

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Colon Theater

Tickets are on sale on the Teatro Colón website and at the box office located at Tucumán 1171.

• The Corsair: with 11 scheduled performances, it will be the closing of the 2023 Season of the Ballet Stable of the Teatro Colón, under the artistic direction of Mario Galizzi. The first performance will be on Sunday at 5 p.m.
• This is not a wild tale: The functions continue in the Experimentation Center room. Through the Higher Institute of Art, this children’s show set in the Misiones jungle is restored. Last two performances, Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m.
• Concert in the Golden Hall: Students of the Singing program and the Singing Improvement Course of the Higher Institute of Art of the Teatro Colón will perform scenes from emblematic operas of the 19th century. On Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in the Golden Room (Libertad 621). Free entry with prior reservation of seats.

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• Handel’s Messiah: the Baroque Cycle of the Teatro Colón will present Händel’s The Messiah, one of the great oratorios in the history of music. Monday at 8pm.
• Guided visits: every day starting at 10. They leave every 15 minutes and last approximately 50 minutes. There are two daily visits in English that take place at 1 and 3 p.m. There are different types of rates for Disabled Accompanying, Disabled, General, Retirees, Children under 7 years of age, Cultural Pass, Residents in Argentina and Resident Students.
• Colon Factory: a tour of the great productions of the Teatro Colón, in the Arts District of the La Boca neighborhood (Av. Pedro de Mendoza 2147). Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 12 to 18.