Milonga Café Pacífico (Live Music, Online)

Emily Pierce and Derrick Del Pilar cordially invite you to the second monthly edition of Milonga Café Pacífico, a virtual tango event, on Saturday, August 22, 2020, from 7 to 10 pm PDT (GMT-8).

At our virtual milonga, we provide the standard milonga format tandas and cortinas for all who wish to listen in live. You can dance along at home, listen in, chat with friends, or have the music play in the background. Our monthly event happens on the fourth Saturday.

Our DJ for the evening is Derrick Del Pilar:
More about Derrick: https://poesiadegotan.com/

Our co-hosts for the evening will be Felipe Martínez and Ayano Yoneda.
Ayano’s Tango Poetry Project currently runs two online weekly programs
More about Felipe and Ayano: www.felipetango.com

LIVE MUSIC

Pablo Estigarribia, the world-renowned tango pianist, arranger and composer, will be performing live on Zoom that night from Buenos Aires, Argentina, at 7:30 pm PDT (GMT-8)!
More about Pablo: https://www.pabloestigarribia.com/

We are also excited to announce that Arco and Aire (Heyni Solera on bandoneón and Max Wollam-Fisher on cello) will be performing live from the Washington, DC area on Zoom that night at 8:30 pm PDT (GMT-8)!
More about Arco and Aire: https://www.facebook.com/arcoaire/

DONATIONS

We are also using this platform to help our tango artists and community members who have been affected by this pandemic; thus, 100% of the donations collected after we pay our event costs will go toward our musicians performing at our event. If you would like to make a donation, please do so via PayPal:

Please send donations via PayPal to:
milongacafepacifico@nullgmail.com

Note: please use the option “send to friends” if possible. For transparency, we will post our donations statement after the event.