Colombia · Expat Life

Key Facts

What it is. The Medellín Tango Festival is a week of mostly free tango shows, dance contests and street parties, running through Sunday, June 14.

Why here. Tango is Argentine, but Medellín adopted it after the music's biggest star, Carlos Gardel, died in a plane crash in the city in 1935.

It is free. More than 40 events are spread across theatres, plazas and working-class neighbourhoods, most of them with free entry.