Wednesday, January 31st, 2024: Seth Asarnow and Marcelo Puig

Join us for a milonga (tango social dance) with live music by Seth Asarnow (bandoneon) and Marcelo Puig (guitar and voice). With DJ’d music by Homer Ladas. This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Dancers and listeners welcome.

7:00-10:00 pm milonga
Live music begins at 7:45

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 students with ID (cash only)
$10 members of the Berkeley City Club (cash only)

Drinks (full bar) and mini beef empanadas are available for purchase. All ages welcome.

This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor of the Berkeley City Club, which has a wooden floor.

We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and go straight to get to the back courtyard. No parking in the City Club lot. Extra parking is available for $2 per hour at the Ellsworth Structure at 2337 Haste St.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

Event organized by Lindsey Newbold

Wednesday, November 1st, 2023: Milonga La Bruja with Bandonegro!

Bandonegro is a world-class tango orchestra from Poland that plays traditional tango music, tango nuevo music, and original compositions influenced by jazz and classical music. They love playing for dancers! This is a queer-friendly milonga where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Plenty of seating is available for listeners. Drinks (full bar) and refreshments are offered for sale. All ages.

Wednesday, Nov. 1st, 2023
$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 students with ID (cash only)

Orchestra members:
Jakub Czechowicz: violin
Marcin Antkowiak: double bass
Marek Dolecki: piano
Michał Główka: bandoneon

With DJ Jonas Aquino playing traditional tango and alternative music. Live music starts at 7:45.

There is no dance class on this date. Join us for our milonga rhythms class starting Wednesday, November 8th, with Jonas and Xiaomin.

Bandonegro has toured extensively in Europe and Argentina, and they played at the Mundial de Tango in 2019. Their albums are Color Aires (2022), Tangostoria (2020), Hola Astor! (2019), and Tanchestron (2017). Find out more at https://bandonegro.com/en/

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard. No parking in the City Club lot. Extra parking is available for $2 per hour at the Ellsworth Structure at 2337 Haste St.

Wednesday, August 23rd: La Bruja Concert-Milonga with Sumi and Sinai

Sumi Lee (piano) and Sinai Rim (bandoneon) present a concert of contemporary tango music. Arrive on time to enjoy the concert, and then stay for the dancing! With DJ Homer Ladas playing traditional and alternative tango music.

Wednesday, August 23rd

6:30 doors open, bar open
7:00-7:40 sit-down concert
7:45-10:00 milonga with two tandas of live music

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 full-time students with ID (cash only)
$10 City Club members (cash only)

Masks optional.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Drinks (full bar) and empanadas are offered for sale (cards accepted for refreshments). All ages welcome.

http://www.sumilee.com/

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704

This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor. To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard.

Wednesday, April 26th, 2023: Milonga La Bruja with Duo Villarreal-Crom

Milonga La Bruja with live music by Duo Villarreal-Crom from Argentina! Guitarists and singers Juan Villarreal and Patricio “Pato” Crom have been touring together for over 10 years, and have made four albums together, the most recent of which is “D’Arienzo en guitarras.” This is a tango social dance. Dancers and listeners are welcome.

Masks are optional.

Wednesday, April 26th
7:00-10:00 pm

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 student with ID (cash only)

DJ Jonas Aquino plays tango music and alternative music between live sets. Live music begins at 7:45 pm.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow.

Full bar available at Morgan’s Bar and Lounge until 9:00 pm.  Empanadas offered for sale.  All ages welcome.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. No non-member parking in the Berkeley City Club lot. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard.

www.villarrealcrom.com

November 30th, 2022: Milonga La Bruja with Trio Tangazo!

Trio Tangazo, the dynamite tango trio made up of Sascha Jacobsen (bass), Seth Asarnow (piano), and Adrian Jost (bandoneon), takes the stage for the first time at La Bruja. Join us for an epic evening of music and dancing.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
7:00-10:00 pm

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 students with ID (cash only)
$10 City Club members (cash only)
Masks required.

With DJ Jonas Aquino! Live sets begin at 7:45 and 9:15.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow.

Drinks (full bar) and empanadas are offered for sale (cards are accepted for refreshments). All ages welcome.

This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor. The floor is slippery.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard.

October 19th, 2022: La Bruja Concert-Milonga with Las Almas and Romina Bianco

Las Almas presents traditional and contemporary Argentine tango music that will take the audience on a magical journey to Buenos Aires. Las Almas is a collaboration between powerhouse female tango musicians Sumi Lee, Heyni Solera, and Teagan Faran. This concert will feature the famous tango singer Romina Bianco from Barcelona as a guest artist.

Arrive on time to enjoy the concert, and then stay for the dancing! With DJ Robert playing traditional tango music.

6:30 doors open
7:00-7:40 sit-down concert
7:40-10:00 milonga with two tandas of live music

$25 general admission (cash only)
$15 full-time students with ID (cash only)
$10 City Club members (cash only)
Masks required.

Those who arrive between 7:00 and 7:40 will be seated during the applause between pieces.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Drinks (full bar) and empanadas are offered for sale (cards accepted for refreshments). All ages welcome.

The mission of Las Almas is to present contemporary Argentine tango through virtuosic artistic performance and educational events. Sumi Lee, Heyni Solera, and Teagan Faran originally bonded in Buenos Aires, drawn by a mutual love of tango music, as well as by a realization of the inequality of professional opportunity for women in the tango genre. They studied under the same maestros and performed with prestigious tango orchestras in Buenos Aires. They now frequently perform around the world, including in their respective adopted cities of San Francisco (Sumi), Washington, DC (Heyni), and NYC (Teagan). All of the musicians also produce their own music.

http://www.sumilee.com/
https://www.teaganfaran.com/
https://heynisolera.com/
https://www.rominabianco.com/

The Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704

This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor. The floor is slippery.
To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, enter through the service entrance at left, and then go straight to reach the back courtyard.

September 21st, 2022: Milonga La Bruja with Hugo and Crystie

Milonga La Bruja presents live music by Hugo Satorre (bandoneon) and Crystie Nicci Shum (piano)! Hugo and Crystie play danceable favorites with electrifying energy. This is a milonga (tango social dance). We welcome dancers and listeners.

Wednesday September 21st, 2022
7:00-10:00 pm

$20 general admission (cash only)
$15 student with ID (cash only)
$10 Berkeley City Club members (cash only)

7:00 milonga begins with DJ
7:45 first live set
8:45 dance performance of Malambo Sureño by Anahí
8:50 second live set

DJ Robert plays traditional tango music. Anahi from Buenos Aires performs Malambo Sureño on stage. (This Argentine folk dance was formerly for men only–not anymore!)

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow.

Masks are required when not actively eating or drinking.

Drinks (full bar) and hors d’oeuvres are offered for sale. (Cards accepted.)

Hugo Satorre is a bandoneon player from Argentina, as well as a composer, arranger, and teacher. He has played tango music with the ensembles “Otros Aires”, “Orquesta Victoria”, “La tuba tango”, “Tanghetto” and the orchestra of the show “Tango Fire,” with which he made multiple world tours. In 2016 he created his first solo work, an album dedicated to the work of Máximo Mori. He also plays in two guitar-bandoneon duos, Dúo Ramírez Satorre and Dúo Faryna Satorre.

Born in Hong Kong, Crystie Shum began piano lessons at four, and studied for eight years.  In 2017, she decided to play piano again, and fell in love with Argentine tango after playing in the CMC Tango Ensemble directed by Scott O’Day.   Since then, she has been receiving coaching from maestros such as Hector Del Curto, Pablo Estigarribia, Gustavo Casenave, Hernan Possetti, Nicolas Ledesma, Adrian Enriquez, Cesar Salgan, Julian Peralta, Juan Pablo Gallardo, etc. through workshops and in Buenos Aires.  In August, 2022, she performed in the Stowe Tango Music Festival Orchestra, and experienced playing a piece for the Che Bandoneon International Competition.  Crystie is currently a pianist, vocalist, and arranger in La Orquesta Fusion Tango, Orquesta Tipica Domo, TangoLuna, and Tango Brumoso.  She also began bandoneon lessons in 2021.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. No non-member parking in the City Club lot. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and then go straight until you are outside again.

http://hugosatorre.com.ar/

Milonga La Bruja with Live Music by Seth and Adrian: Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

Milonga La Bruja presents the famous tango duo of Seth Asarnow (piano) and Adrian Jost (bandoneon). With DJ Robert playing traditional tango music.

7:00-10:00 pm

$20 general (cash only)
$15 for full-time students with ID (cash only)
$10 for Berkeley City Club members (cash only)

This is a milonga (tango social dance). We welcome dancers and listeners. This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. The duo’s sets begin at 7:45 and 9:15 pm. The floor is slippery.

Masks are required when not actively eating or drinking.

Drinks (full bar) and hors d’oeuvres are offered for sale. (Cards are accepted for refreshments.)

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. No non-member parking in the City Club lot. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and then go straight until you are outside again. Nearby parking lots.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2022: Concert-Milonga with Ramiro Boero and Las Almas del Tango

Acclaimed bandoneonist Ramiro Boero, on tour from Buenos Aires, joins the US tango duo Las Almas del Tango, made up of San Francisco pianist Sumi Lee and Washington DC bandoneonist Heyni Solera. The ensemble will play a selection of classic tangos as well as original pieces by Maestro Boero. With DJ Robert Hammond playing traditional tango music.

6:30 pm doors open
7:00-8:00 pm sit-down concert
8:00-10:00 milonga

$20 (cash only)
$15 for full-time students with ID (cash only)

Arrive by 7:00 to hear the concert! Then dance to DJ’d music (traditional), with one live tanda of Pugliese and Troilo pieces by Sumi and Heyni.

This is a queer-friendly event where all genders are welcome to lead and follow. Drinks (full bar) and empanadas are offered for sale (cards accepted for refreshments).

Mask required except while actively eating or drinking.

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704

This event takes place in the ballroom on the second floor. The floor is slippery!

Maestro Ramiro Boero is a soloist and teacher in the Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce, and received the Carlos Gardel Award in the ‘Best Tango Album’ category in 2014. He currently teaches Bandoneon at the Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda. In 2012 he was awarded First Prize by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes for his album “Tres Expresiones Porteñas.” In 2018 he released a solo bandoneon album entitled “Acontece,” published in the collection El Arte del Bandoneón.

Heyni Solera received her Master of Music degree in Ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She regularly performs with the Da Capo Tango Orchestra, which focuses on playing danceable tangos; and is part of the cello/bandoneon duo, Arco & Aire, with cellist Maxfield Wollam-Fisher. She is also the bandoneonist of Orquesta Solidaridad Tango, which features female tango musicians in a typically male-dominated genre.  Past projects include playing in the orchestra of the IN Series production of Le Cabaret de Carmen at Source Theatre in Washington, D.C. and at Baltimore Theatre Project in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sumi Lee studied piano performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Universitat Mozarteum Salzburg. She studied tango music performance in Buenos Aires at the Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce, where she worked with Ramiro Boero.  She has taught music classes in the Redwood City school district and classical piano classes at East Bay Center of Performing Arts, the Northern California Music & Art Center and Marin Country Day School.  She has performed with various tango ensembles including Las Malevas and Orquesta Solidaridad Tango, in which Heyni Solera also plays.

To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!” We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and then go straight until you are outside again. Nearby parking lots.

https://ramiroboero.com
https://heynisolera.com
http://www.sumilee.com

January 5th, 2022: Seth Asarnow and Marcelo Puig

Milonga La Bruja presents the famous tango duo of Seth Asarnow (bandoneon) and Marcelo Puig (guitar and voice). With DJ Robert playing traditional tango music.

7:00-10:00 pm (doors open at 6:30)

$20 (cash only)
$15 for full-time students with ID (cash only)
$10 for Berkeley City Club members (cash only)

This is a milonga (tango social dance). We welcome dancers and listeners. All genders are welcome to lead and follow. The duo’s sets begin at 7:45 and 9:15 pm. To enter the building, ring the bell and say “tango!”

Proof of vaccination and ID required. Masks are required when not actively eating or drinking.

Drinks and hors d’oeuvres are offered for sale. (Cards are accepted for refreshments.)

We are a 10-minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART. No non-member parking in the City Club lot. For bike parking, use the bell to enter through the service entrance, and then go straight until you are outside again. Nearby parking lots.