[Tango-L] The bar versus other venues for milongas

[Felix Delgado]

Our tango group is looking for a location for a milonga. One suggestion has 
been to host it at a campus bar that is available on a slow night. They have 
a successful salsa dance on another night. The dance floor is pretty nice. I 
sometimes go to and enjoy the salsa dance. However it is a bit noisy (the 
dance floor is near the bar, not in a separate area) and people cross the 
dance floor to get ot the rest rooms. To me tango is different than salsa in 
that you need to concentrate more and I prefer quieter places. With tango 
recordings being older and not as loud, I can imagine the bar noise being 
distracting. I would prefer a place that we could dedicate to tango, but 
several members of our group are excited about holding a milonga in a bar 
and say that having a milonga in a public place will attract people. I don't 
think we want to attract the people who come there to get drunk and I think 
we could find a better place.

Does anyone have experience with hosting or going to milongas in a bar? What 
characteristics make a good milonga venue, other than a good dance floor and 
sound system and proximity to tango people? Is access to alcohol a 
necessity? What about food service?

Felix

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