Festathon is a meeting place for tango friends.

It is an annual event in Cheltenham UK, this year it will be 11th edition.

    

We have combined two words “festivity” and “marathon” into one and it became FESTATHON.

    

We want to celebrate our love for tango, to enjoy dancing tango, to meet people who share the same passion and make new friends.

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We believe that tango unites ALL people.

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Festathon is a role balanced event, which means that the number of leaders and followers will be balanced. We also accept dual role dancers, if they genuinely dance 50/50 as leaders and followers.

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We are asking all our event attendees to follow tango etiquette.

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We encourage dancers to use the mirada and cabaceo if one wishes to ask someone to dance. We think it is polite to catch someone’s eye (the mirada) in order to ask them for a dance. This gives leaders and followers the option to glance away if they are not currently interested in a dance.

   

We ask everyone to follow the line of dance and form inner dance lines if there isn’t enough space in the outer one. Our event usually has at least 300 people and we want everyone to have great experience.

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During the Festathon weekend we offer over 30 hours of dancing in a beautiful Cheltenham Town Hall with a real wood sprung dance floor.

   

For the evening Milongas we have two rooms available for dancing - the Ballroom and the Tango Bar. 

In the Ballroom we have traditional tango music played by world class DJs during the day and the evening.

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In the Tango bar during evening Milongas we have DJs playing alternative tango music as well as the actual bar where you can buy drinks and some snacks.

  

During the day the Town Hall Café serves cold and hot light meals and drinks. During the evening Milongas we provide complimentary light snacks and fruit.