IN TANGO FESTIVALITO was born in 2023 from the collaboration between the Municipality of Sammichele di Bari and Angela Vallarelli. The three-day summer event is dedicated to Argentine tango with free evening Milongas in the beautiful and large Piazza Vittorio Veneto, and collateral events such as lessons, performance and live music. La piazza immediately proved to be a success thanks to a flooring completely suitable for Tango dancers and its location close to the ancient town. Sammichele di Bari is welcoming and offering dance opportunities so that Argentine Tango is fully accepted in the buena onda of a town that dances.

2025 – we are in the 3rd year and the days will be July 23, 24, 25. Midweek days that do not affect the busy Apulian calendar of summer Milongas. In these three days we will have free access to evening milongas in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, presentation of pre-milonga books on Tango, live music and Mediterranean & Argentine folklore.

This year’s protagonists will be the Argentine Tango masters OSVALDO ROLDAN and ANNA MARIA FERRARA (July 23, 24, 25). We will also have YATMA DIALLO who will be musicalizing on July 25 but will be with us from July 24. Teresa Furno and Andrea Cioni of PASION FOLKLORIKA and Samantha Di Paola with Fabian Villalon of PASION FOLKLORICA are back for Argentine folklore. We will have an afternoon literary appointment on Tango with the Argentine JOSE’ DE LA QUIMERA (July 25). On the afternoon of July 24 there will also be a table where the two local teachers of Social Tango, Massimo Terzi and Carmela Fiorentino will sit together with the other guests present. Each will bring their own experience as a passionate teacher. Nothing will be missing! Not even the poetic moment with Nicolaia Valenzano and the artistic exhibitions of Luigi Pacifico, the latter will be visible inside the Caracciolo castle.

The EVENINGS will be special! THREE free MILONGAS with three INTERNATIONAL DJs of Argentine Tango: DAMIAN BOGGIO, GRAZIANO SPORTELLI, YATMA DIALLO (23, 24, 25 JULY).

23 JULY

Punto y Branca (Jorge)

24 JULY

Graziano Sportelli

25 JULY

Yatma Diallo

2024 – In the 2nd Edition of InTango Festivalito on the dance floor and in the lessons this time there were the teachers and dancers Veronica Toumanova and Asya Moiseeva. We also wanted a rich program of Argentine Folklore with Teresa and Andrea Cioni, Makiko Mori, Irene Coccia, as well as the Duo Golondrinas, as well as a literary and documentary moment on tango with Josè El de la Quimera, and his book Milongueros. At the console of the Milongas that this year were two there were Asya and Graziano Sportelli.

Il Festivalito opened its 1st Edition with three Milongas, the concert of the Trio Pichuco in the bandoneon, piano and voice formation, to the tunes of Astor Piazzolla, tango, vals and milonga lessons with the maestri Osvaldo Roldan e Annamaria Ferrara. At the console of the Milongas we had Punto y Branca (Jorge), Makiko Mori and the Trio Pichuco who played live danceble tango music with also dj. Amedeo Gianfrancesco.  The maestri performed at the inauguration of the Festivalito on the terrace of the Castello Caracciolo where the concert was held. A rare performance because it is not in their style to dance exhibition tango. Howewer, we thank them because they dance with technique & soul. True art.