popular festivals to enjoy the weekend

We are on winter vacation, the weekend is coming and many are thinking about making a escape Somewhere.

Outdoors, a bit of countryside, a town with history and local flavors tempt you. Also the popular festivals -some linked to local traditions or production- are a good excuse to go for a walk.

Here, some of the main proposals on the calendar of towns and cities in the province of Buenos Aires.

245 km from the City of Buenos Aires, General Alvear celebrates its 155th anniversary. Saturday 20th to Monday 22nd There will be live music, parades, dances, clubs, artisans and a great barbecue to celebrate.

Sunday will be the day they will distribute 17 thousand free sandwiches among all those present. Those in charge of the roast will be 80 pilgrim gauchos who will roast about 12 heifers donated by local people.

Between the artists, they announce Los Leales for Saturday night, while on Sunday it will be the turn of Marianela Acosta, Carlos Ramón Fernández, Los Etchemendy and Nicolás Mattioli (son of the renowned Leo Mattioli) will close. On Monday, the day of the formal ceremony-civic-military parade, General Alvear’s great party will close with Los Tipitos.

It will take place on July 20, 21, 26 and 27, from 11 a.m., in Plaza del Bosque, 45th Street and Copacabana, in Mar Azul, Villa Gesell district.

There will be medieval combats, characters from series and movies, archery for the whole family, aerial and elven dances, acrobatics, gastronomy, medieval crafts, live Celtic music, cosplay contest, rune reading, makeup artists and much more. Safety pin. Admission is free.

Saturday the 20th and Sunday the 21st, at 10, on the Municipal Public Promenade there will be celebrations with music, exhibitions, sports, art, fair and gastronomic patio. Free entrance.

About him stage will be presented Carlos Montalvo, Los Charros, La Nueva Luna, Peteco Carabajal, Mel Muñiz, Seba Díaz Ramos, Nico Aulet and Priscila Colom.

From Friday the 19th to Sunday the 21st, at different times and physical spaces in Lincoln and with free admission.

On Friday, at 3:30 p.m., Tedeum in the Inmaculada Concepción parish and at 4 p.m. official ceremony in front of the Municipal Palace.

During the weekend, from noon, live music, sports competitions, food court and crafts and manualists fair. Great closing show.

On Sunday from 11, civic-institutional parade along Massey Avenue.

With free admission, from Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Sociedad Rural (Avenida Centenario Nº 2175). There will be food trucks, entrepreneurs, children’s activities and musical bands. Free entrance.

On Friday the 19th, live cooking and presentation of the book Menu Bonaerense by Juan Braceli.

Saturday, master classes by Valu Ramallo.

On Sunday classes by Mauricio Asta and Rocío Espinillo.

To take into account, transportation will be offered to go from the city center to the party site.

With free admission, it will take place on Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Mar Del Tuyú Social, Cultural and Sports Club (2nd street and 81st corner).

More than fifteen alfajores producers They will offer different varieties of products.

Also, chocolates, gastronomy, live shows and crafts.

Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, starting at 12, at the Miramar Sports Stadium. Admission is free.

Food truckcraft fair, entrepreneurs, games space, musical shows, tastingspastries, cocktails and live cooking.

On Saturday, at 9 p.m., Kapanga will close and on Sunday at 8:15 p.m., Carolina Díaz.

On Saturday the 20th, from 1:00 p.m., at the Municipal Complex. As part of the celebrations for Pellegrini’s 117th anniversary there will be Creole lunch, musical shows and grill contest. Admission is paid.

From Sunday the 21st to Friday the 26th, at different times, at the Héctor Schwerdt Cultural Center and with free admission. Activities to enjoy, learn, and share with family in the German colony.

Commemoration of the 261 years since the departure of the first immigrants from German lands to Russia. There will be games, dances, music and typical meals and the German language as the central axis.

On Saturday, July 20 at 2:30 p.m. in Plaza Los Gurises there will be music, games and entrepreneurs.

Tour led by a local resident which will invite you to visit the chapel and the train station where the Rural Museum operates and tools, objects from the former railway and utensils from Fortín Manuelita are exhibited (the activity is free). The organization is in charge of the neighbors together with the Municipality of General Viamonte.

For car fans, from this Thursday the 18th to Sunday the 21st, from 2 to 9 p.m., at the Roberto De Vicenzo Municipal Activities Center (148th and 18th streets).

Show with more than 70 vehicles and 25 vintage motorcycles. Admission is free.

From this Thursday the 18th to Sunday the 21st, starting at 11 a.m., in Plaza San Martín. Admission is free.

As part of the celebrations for the 150 years of Mar del Plata, the community fair renews its gastronomic and cultural proposal.