Porteño Carnival 2013

Porteño Carnival 2013

This year there will be 112 murgas that will shine in the 37 corsos organized in the neighbourhoods of the City of Buenos Aires. They will start on Saturday 4^th February and they will continue during all the weekends of the month, including the 11^th and 12^th of February, that corresponds to the Carnival holidays.

A corso is a mask and costume parade organized in a special place or in the street, decorated for the Carnival party. In this corsos you will see many murgas, groups of drum musicians, dancers, and fantasies (people that carry flags, dolls and umbrellas) that decorate the parade.

When: Saturdays from 19 to 2 h, Sundays and Carnival holidays from 19 to 24 h.

Where to find them:

Abasto: Av. Córdoba between Agüero and Sánchez de Bustamante

Almagro: Av. Corrientes between Av. Medrano and Bulnes / Lambaré between Sarmiento and Perón

Núñez: Ramallo between Arcos and Vuelta de Obligado

Balvanera: Av. Corrientes between Uriburu and Riobamba

Boedo: Av. Boedo between Av. San Juan and Av. Independencia / Av. Belgrano between Maza and Colombres

Coghlan: Av. Congreso between Donado and Mariano Acha

Colegiales: Av. Federico Lacroze between Gral. Ramón Freire and Martínez / Benjamín Matienzo between Conesa and Gral. Ramón Freire / Av. Federico Lacroze between Gral. Ramón Freire and Conesa

Monserrat: Av. Independencia between Virrey Cevallos and San José

Palermo: Darwin between Honduras and Gorriti

Saavedra: Av. Balbín between Plaza and Jaramillo / Av. García del Río between Pinto and Conesa / Av. Balbín between Pico and Arias

San Telmo: Av. San Juan between Tacuarí and Perú