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Escape to
Tango Monterey Bay Marathon 

Schedule 2026

Thursday, August 20

Carmel Plaza Welcome Mixer Milonga & Dinner
DJ Tim Raben (Monterey, CA) 

🕰 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

📍 Carmel Plaza, Carmel-by-the-Sea

Dinner is not included in the pass.

Friday, August 21

Beach Milonga – Monterey Window on the bay
William Baird/DJ Osito (Sacramento, CA)

🕰 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Night Milonga
"Coastal Breeze"
Event colors: BLUES, WHITES, LIGHT NEUTRALS
DJ Grisha Nisnevich (Denver, CO)

🕰 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM

Saturday, August 22

Point Lobos Hike with Rob 

🕰 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Suggested donation: $10

Yoga for Tango Dancers
Instructor: Jacqueline Rangel (Monterey, CA)

🕰 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

Suggested donation: $10

Workshop: Vals syncopation & Turns
Instructors: Homer G. Ladas &
Cristina N. Ladas (Bay Area, CA)

🕰 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Price:
* $20 — full-pass holders
* $25 — non-full-pass holders

Afternoon Milonga (70/30)
DJ Yelizaveta Nersesova (Los Angeles, CA)

🕰 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Night Milonga
"Milonga de Gala"
Event colors: GOLD, SILVER, BLACK, CHAMPAGNE, DEEP TONES
DJ Ashvin (San Francisco)
🎶 Live Music: Orquesta Típica Tarareando (San Francisco, CA)

🕰 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM

Sunday, August 23

Garapata State Park Hike with Rob

🕰 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Suggested donation: $10

Workshop: Saying Yes! to the Music
taught by Alexander Zeyliger
and members of OT Tarareando

🕰 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Price:

  • $20 — full-pass holders

  • $25 — non-full-pass holders

Workshop: Women Leading — A Social Tango Starter Lab
Instructor: Yelizaveta Nersesova
(Los Angeles, CA)

🕰 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Price:

* $20 — full-pass holders
* $25 — non-full-pass holders

Afternoon Milonga
DJ Olga Bogatova (San Francisco, CA)

🕰 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Night Milonga
DJ Paul Akmajian (Albuquerque, NM)

🕰 8:00 PM – 1:45 AM

"Carmel Glow"
Event colors: CREAMS, SAND TONES, SOFT GOLD, WARM LIGHT
Tango Monterey Bay Marathon
Pastel Gradient Background

Additional Experiences

🐋 Whale Watching

Available any day during the marathon
Use code Tango with Princess Monterey Whale Watching for a special discount

🍷 Wine Tasting — Galante Family Winery (Carmel-by-the-Sea)

Enjoy 2 tasting flights for the price of 1 (with bottle purchase)
Use code “Tango”
All classes & milongas after beach milonga will take place at the main venue — Hyatt Regency.
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