Although, famous for its coffee and notorious for its weather, Seattle is a city bustling with culture. For the tango lovers, this means that it has an extremely active and well developed tango culture and a big tango community. There is a tango event happening in Seattle every night of the week and on most days there are multiple options to choose from.

A very good friend of mine, who also happens to be an excellent tango dancer himself, was based there for two years and had a great time enjoying all the classes, milongas and practicas that Seattle has to offer. For the itinerant tanguero passing through Seattle, he highly recommends putting on your best pair of tango shoes the following :

You must go to

• Practicas at Century Ballroom on Tuesdays.
• Practicas in Dance Underground on Thursdays.

There’s also a milonga at Dance Underground on Saturdays which is cool.

The best place (online) to check out the scene is  http://allseattletango.com/

Thanks to Satyen for sharing this information with us.

If you are looking for tango instruction in seattle, I would highly recommend taking classes from James Fridgen. I attended his workshops at the Princeton Tango Festival in 2007 and I really liked his teaching style and the conceptual way to think about tango. He teaches at the 8th style school of tango.