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Bilbao Tango Festival & Cup

Full program
February 9-15, 2026

Milongas · Classes · Championship · and more!
URH Palacio de Oriol · Santurtzi, Bilbao

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Monday Feb 9

Free beginners tango class with Borja & Chris:

5:30pm - 6:30pm (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Night Milonga:

7.00pm - 11.00pm DJ Silverio Maqueira (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Tuesday Feb 10

Guided tour of Santurtzi:

10:30am (Guided tour of Santurtzi Maritime Museum, in Spanish and English, meeting point outside Palacio Oriol front steps)

Free beginners tango class with Borja & Chris:

5:30pm - 6:30pm (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Night Milonga:

7:00pm - 11:00pm DJ Christina Gómez (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

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Wednesday FEB 11

Guided tour of Santurtzi:

10:30am (Guided walking tour of Santurtzi, in English and Spanish, meeting point outside Palacio Oriol front steps)

Class 1 with Borja & Christina: volcadas and ganchos

12:00pm - 1:00pm (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Class 2 with Borja & Christina: figures using syncopation and double time

5.30pm - 6.30pm (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Night Milonga:

7:00pm - 11:00pm DJ Angel Landro (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Thursday Feb 12

Pintxos tour around Santurtzi bars and cafés:  

10.30am (La Txitxarra area, meeting point outside Palacio Oriol front steps)

Morning Milonga:  

12.00pm - 2.30pm DJ Jaak (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Class 1 with Fer & Pame - The Embrace:  

11.00am - 12.00pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Class 1 with Juan & Stefi - Crosses + Calesitas:  

12.15pm - 1.15pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Class 2 with Juan & Stefi - Giros 1:  

1.30pm - 2.30pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Afternoon Milonga  

5.00pm - 8.00pm Christina Gómez (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Tango Apero - Show de Borja y Chris & open air milonga: 20.30h-21:30h DJ Angel Landro (Plaza Juan Jose Mendizabal, Santurtzi)

Night Milonga:  

10.30pm - 3.00am DJ David Reus, show Borja Alkalde & Christina Gomez, Ronda Maestros (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

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Friday feb 13

Pintxos tour around Portugalete bars and cafés:  

10.30am (Hanging bridge area, meeting point outside Palacio Oriol front steps)

Afternoon Milonga:  

12.00pm - 4.00pm DJ Diego Doigneau (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Class 1 with Cami & Eze - choreography workshop:  

11.00am - 12.00pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Class 2 with Cami & Eze - choreography workshop:  

12.15pm - 1.15pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Class 2 with Fer & Pame - Milonguero ganchos:  

1.30pm - 2.30pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Class 3 with Fer & Pame - Pugliese:  

2.45pm - 3:45pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Check-in for championship:  12.00pm - 3.30pm (3rd Floor, Palacio Oriol). See more info here

Metropolitango Spain Qualifying Rounds (all categories): 5.00pm - 9.00pm (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Tango Apero - Live Music + open air milonga:  

6.30pm - 8.30pm DJ Silverio Maquiera & Duo "No me vengan con milongas" (Plaza Juan José Mendizabal, Santurtzi) in collaboration with Bilbotango

Night Milonga:  

10.30pm - 4.00am DJ Carmen Villafuerte, show Fernando & Pamela (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Saturday Feb 14

Pintxos route around Santurtzi bars and cafes:

10.30am (Cagonillos area, meeting point outside Palacio Oriol front steps)

Tango Apero - Live Music + open air milonga:  

12pm - 13.30pm DJ Silverio Maquiera & Duo "No me vengan con milongas" (Plaza Juan José Mendizabal, Santurtzi)

Metropolitango Semi-finals & Bilbao Tango Cup qualifiers (all categories)

11.00pm - 2pm (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Afternoon Milonga:

3.00pm - 7.00pm DJ David Reus (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Championship Grand Final & Tango Show at Teatro Serantes, Santurtzi. Buy tickets here.

6.30pm - 9.30pm (Final Metropolitango & Bilbao Tango Cup categories. One big show: championship, live tango singers and orchestra, tango shows with dancers, Basque traditional dances...)

Night Milonga:

10.30pm - 5.00am DJ Vivi La Falce, Show Camila & Ezequiel, La Argenta Ensemble live (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

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Sunday Feb 15

Morning milonga:  

12am - 2.30pm DJ Jaak (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Class 3 with Cami & Eze - choreography workshop:  

11am - 12am (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Class 3 with Fer & Pame - Milonga:

12pm - 1.15pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Class 4 with Juan & Stefi - giros con adornos:  

1.30pm - 2.30pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Class 4 with Juan & Stefi - giros con voleos:  

2.45pm- 3.45pm (Mikel Trueba Sports Center)

Class 4 with Cami & Eze - choreography workshop:  

4pm - 5pm (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

Afternoon Goodbye Milonga:  

5pm - 8pm DJ Carmen Villafuerte, show withJuan & Stefanía (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

After Party: 

8pm - midnight DJ Diego Doigneau (Salón Batela, Palacio Oriol)

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