[Tango-L] The Business of Milongas

[Gulden Ozen]

The answer to your question could be either B or C but not A, not even in
large cities.
The admission you may be able to charge for a regular monthly milonga cannot
exceed $15/person including food and beverages, in most cases.
Without food and/or beverages included, the max. admission fee is usually
around $10/person. In some cities/communities like ours, organizers make a
special effort to offer discounts for students.
With the rentals and publicity expenses in a not-so-expensive city, a
milonga can fund itself if the minimum number of participants is around
~40-50.
If we're talking about "making a decent living", one should perhaps look
into possibilities other than organizing tango events (or even teaching
tango!).

Having organized regular weekly/monthly milongas and special milongas over
the last 9 years, I can tell you that it is a labor of love not a way to
make any kind of living :-)

Best,

Gulden Ozen

On 4/24/07, Caroline Polack <runcarolinerun at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm wondering about the business of running a Milonga.
>
> Is it:
>
> A) Milongas is a money-making business. I can certainly make a decent
> living
> at hosting milongas.
>
> B) I'm just breaking even, I neither profit nor lose money at running
> milongas.
>
> or is it
>
> C) Most of the time, milongas cost me money, I usually pay the deficit out
> of my own pocket.
>
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