Tango’s world
The Mundial and the festival boom
How the world came to dance tango in Buenos Aires, and how festivals spread across it, one year at a time. Only what we hold, each figure with its source; a stage the organisers did not publish says so.
Festival editions we hold, each year. Choose a year.▾ 23 in 2020 (72 in 2019)
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The Mundial in 2024
24 countries · 720 entries · The 2024 edition
167 of the 720 entries we hold name a country (23%). A couple in two categories counts in each.
Senior
- entries10
- semifinalnot published
- final10sheet
Where the couples came from
- Argentina114
- Colombia10
- Russian Federation9
- Italy4
- Mexico3
- Brazil3
- Japan3
- Germany2
- China2
- Uruguay2
Other countries (14): 15
Festivals in 2024
47 editions we hold
Every festival edition in 2024
- 19 Mayıs Tango Festivali
- Abrazos Tango Festival
- A los Amigos Tango Festival
- Ankara Tango Festival
- Argentina Tango Salon Festival
- Austin Spring Tango Festival
- Baden-Baden Tango Festival
- Bari Tango Congress
- Belgrade Tango Encuentro
- Bratislava Tango Festival
- Brisbane Moonlight Tango Festival
- Brussels Tango Festival
- Catania Summer Tango Week
- Catania Tango Festival
- Cosenza International Tango Festival
- Dubai Tango Festival
- EMBRACE BERLIN
- Festivalito Tango Primavera
- Gavito Tango Festival
- Istanbul Tango Festival
- Krakus Aires Tango Festival
- La Boca Tango Festival
- Las Vegas Tango Festival
- Limouzi Tango Festival
- Lisbon Tango Festival
- Mallorca Tango Festival
- Mediterranean Summer Tango Festival
- Milongueros All Aboard
- Mujercitas Tango Festival
- Októberpest
- Philadelphia Tango Festival
- Quiero Verte Tango Festival
- Reading Tango Festival
- Sarajevo Tango Festival
- Shanghai Tango Festival
- SULTANS OF ISTANBUL
- Tango Maya Fest
- Tango Tage Halle
- TanGo To Istanbul
- Tango Unchained
- Tarbes en Tango
- Torino Tango Festival
- Toronto Tango Festival
- Tucson Tango Festival
- White Nights Tango
- Windy City Tango Festival
- WinterTangoNapoli
Judges who had danced a final
11 of 77 final judges with a dancer page had danced a Mundial final themselves.
| Judge | Finalist | Judged the final |
|---|---|---|
| Natacha Poberaj | 2005 | 2019sheet |
| Cristina Sosa | 2008 | 2022, 2025sheet |
| Fabián Peralta | 2005 | 2022sheet |
| Noelia Hurtado | 2006 | 2022sheet |
| Daniel Nacucchio | 2008 | 2024, 2026sheet |
| Fernando Carrasco | 2013 | 2024, 2026sheet |
| Aoniken Quiroga | 2006 | 2025sheet |
| Hugo Mastrolorenzo | 2011 | 2025sheet |
| Paola Tacchetti | 2009 | 2025sheet |
| Ines Muzzopappa | 2007 | 2026sheet |
| Jonathan Spitel | 2009 | 2026sheet |