About
Glasgow has a lively and friendly Argentine Tango scene with a wide range of events organised across the city. From a tentative start in the late ’90’s, there has been a steadily growing number of people making the most of burgeoning tango events in the city. Classes, Milongas and Practicas as well as Balls, Weekend Workshops and Festivals are all regular features of the tango calendar in and around Glasgow.
Over the years many guest professional dancers and musicians have shared their enjoyment, skills and insights with the local enthusiasts. There are now a number of local teachers whose classes feed a scene that is characterised by its openess and friendliness. Both beginners and experienced dancers make the most of the regular opportunities to dance socially and express themselves together in a tango embrace.
The website itself aims to be impartial and listings are by day, time, frequency and alphabetical, in that order (although the Links page has a bit of geographical proximity and general theme added in the mix.) The site occassionally hosts pages for events that have no other web presence. Of course we are only as good as the information we get, so please consult and confirm details of events via the links offered, especially in non-term times.
Organising a tango class or event?
Are you planning to run a tango class or event in or around Glasgow? There are a few resources here to help.
- RATS Glasgow Google Group (Running Argentine Tango Stuff Glasgow!) This is a local Yahoo Group for tango organisers in Glasgow. It’s used for checking-in with other organisers, to help with scheduling and avoiding potential clashes. The group is also there to offer encouragement and advice as well as opportunities for collaboration. To join send a blank email to ratsglasgow+subscribe@googlegroups.com. Look out for the confirmation email in your inbox/spam and send a blank reply.
- Tango in Glasgow Google Group This the main mailing list for tango announcements in and around Glasgow. With many subscribers these announcements reach a large number of dancers by email but will also appear on the News Feed on this site’s Homepage. If you want to make use of this service join first by sending a blank email here: tangoinglasgow+subscribe@googlegroups.com. Look out for the confirmation email in your inbox/spam to which you need to reply with another blank mail. After joining contact the moderators using the contact form below and we can set up your posting privileges.
Any initial queries or problems in joining either of these groups you can use the form below to contact the site admin.