TangoNut News January 7 2026
lcom...@bigpond.net.au
Dear friends,
A sunny, warm welcome to 2026 to the tango world – enjoy the weekend’s offerings.
If you have friends who would like to receive this newsletter, direct them to tangonut.com where they can hit Subscribe and they are in!
See you soon…
Lydia
Date Claimers
The latest information on special events, festivals and marathons is in the
Date Claimers section, later in the newsletter.
The calendar:
The TangoNut Calendar is your dance hub with the most up-to-date source of information on social tango dance events.
All the details and any changes to events are put in the online calendar first so check it if you are unsure:
TangoNut
Calendar
Recent calendar news:
- Maleny Social Tango Milonga dates for 2026 have been added to the calendar
This week in summary:
Milongas:
Friday 9 January – Love St Milonga
Saturday 10 January – Sunshine Coast Monthly Milonga and Tango Bravo Milonga
Sunday 11 January – Love St Sunday Afternoon Tango and Marvell Tango Milonga
Practicas:
Saturday 10 January – Alma de Tango Practicalonga
This week’s Milongas / tango events
Friday 9 January 2026
Love St Milonga
DJ Wendy
7:45 – 11:15pm
A relaxed and enjoyable evening of dance and friendship
10 Love St Spring Hill $10 pp, Air-Con
www.e-tango.com.au/Wordpress/milongas-and-practicas-4/
Saturday 10 January 2026
Sunshine Coast Tango Monthly Milonga
Time: 7:00pm-10:30pm
Venue: Masonic Hall, 211 Main Rd, Maroochydore
Cost $10
DJ: Cath
Supper provided including Cakes by Cath
Tango Bravo Milonga
Saturday 10th January
At Helensvale Community Centre 31 Discovery Drive Helensvale.
7.00 PM - 10.30 PM,
$20 entry,
Fully Air-conditioned, great dance floor and ambience.
BYO.
Music mix between Traditional Tango and Alternative music.
Sunday 11 January 2026
Love St Sunday Afternoon Tango
DJ Greg
Drop in any time between 2 & 5:45pm for excellent tango music, floor and friendship in a relaxed ambience
10 Love St Spring Hill $10 pp, Air-Con
www.e-tango.com.au/Wordpress/milongas-and-practicas-4/
*Marvell*Milonga*Byron*
6-9pm NSW time
Entry $15 - BYO - DJ Carl
"Every Second Sunday of the Month, come join us
in the refurbished Marvell Hall.
Music from the Early, Golden and modern Eras"
This week’s Practicas
Saturday 10 January 2026
Alma de Tango Practicalonga
When: 6.00 – 9.30pm
Where: 45 Balaclava St, Woolloongabba
Entry: $10.00 - card payment (contactless, transaction fee applies), cash, bank transfer
Preferred to bring your own dance partner but it is not essential. Everyone is welcome.
BYO drink and food.
Practilonga including an hour solo practice with Jason and Shirley for both Leader and Follower with some tips.
Please note: Alma de Tango Saturday Practicalonga runs Every Saturday unless notified of changes in TangoNut Calendar or newsletter; or through social media in Brisbane Tango group or Alma de Tango page.
Date claimers and recently added events:
Love St themed milongas
January 25: Sunday afternoon Australia Day Love St Milonga: Bring a plate of your favourite Aussie day afternoon tea treats to share with your tango friends
February 13: Friday night Love St: Valentine’s theme night …florals / hearts/ red / white / pink colour scheme
February 20: Friday night Love St Milonga: Chinese New Year theme: Year of the horse
April 3: Easter- themed “Treats & Tango” Love St Milonga will be a very good Friday for dancing
Byron Bay Tango Festival - 6 – 8 March 2026 NEWS!
1.This year the immersion class (Red pass) and workshops class (Blue pass) are filling up super-fast. The feedback I'm getting is that Andres' Molina and Natacha Lockwood are awesome and keen dancers like yourself don't want to miss out on their classes. Don't you miss out.
2. All passes, including for single follow/lead and milongas-only are now open. However more follow-only have booked, so we'll be halting this option very soon to allow lead-only bookings to catch up and maintain lead: follow balance. The message here is that leads may like to secure their place a little earlier this year. It will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
3. Did you know that numbers at the festival are limited to avoid overcrowded milongas? This festival provides a stress-free environment for learning and dancing.
4. Finally, the cost of passes are sooo.. reasonable for such an iconic festival in such a spectacular destination.
5. The festival is now organized by a team (myself, Sammi, Glen and Yulia) and "the team" is looking forward to your company.
Conrad
You'll find all the details here:
https://www.tangonut.com/bbtf-2026-booking
Noelia Hurtado’s visit 9 – 14 April 2026
Thanks to Fabio's initiative on bringing the Queen of Rhythm back to Australia, collaborating with other cities, Noelia Hurtado's Brisbane leg of her 2026 Australian tour is currently set from 9th April to 14th April 2026 (subject to change), with a Special Milonga to be held on Saturday 11 April at Wellers Bowls Club, run by Alma de Tango.
Sunshine Coast Neotango Festival 24 – 26 April 2026
Sunshine Coast Neo-Tango Festival – Sunshine Coast Tango
Cecilia Gonzalez and Luciano Bastos in Brisbane 13 - 20 May 2026
Hosted by e-tango
Moonlight Tango Festival 15 – 20 September 2026
Tickets & info: https://www.moonlighttango.org
Questions: in...@moonlighttango.org
Gala Milongas: Brisbane City Hall
Friday 18 Sept: 6 pm - 11:30 pm
Saturday 19 Sept: 6 pm - 11:30 pm
Sunday 20 Sept: 1pm to 6 pm and 6 PM- 11 pm
…plus workshops and other events
Dos Mujeres Afternoon Milonga schedule for 2026
Thursday 1 January
Monday 26 January
Friday 3 April
Monday 6 April
Saturday 25 April
Monday 4 May
Wednesday 12 August
Monday 5 October
Thanks Mara and Vicki!
More info and links:
Access the
TNN calendar for details of all the practicas and milongas, throughout the week, up and down the South East coastline at:
http://tangonut.com/
Follow TNN on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/377049705705310/
To see an online copy of this and all previous editions of the TangoNut News follow this link:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tangonut