Winter break is in full force and evident by all the goings-on around the city. Make your way through festivals, pop in Querida Rosa for Armenian food and a coffee grounds fortune-telling, or drop by the Un buen día showing and enjoy how awful it is. This weekend Buenos Aires is anything but boring.

Suiza Pop

Wednesday 23 through Sunday 27

El Cultural San Martín (Paraná 310, San Nicolás)

Free entry

Driven by the Embassy of Switzerland in Argentina, Suiza Pop is a free cultural event for children and teens over winter break. It’s an interdisciplinary initiative that showcases Swiss innovation and creativity through a space for discovery and exchange. It brings together animation, video games, visual arts and children’s literature as the focal point of film screenings, workshops, creative industry meetups, talks and more

Highlights include special guests like Clémence Pun of Oscar-nominated My Life as a Zucchini, the Argentine premiere of Sauvages, gaming labs with the Swiss Game Center and live music accompanying classic Swiss animation. The main venue is El Cultural San Martín, with additional activities at the Recoleta Cultural Center (Junín 1930) and the Alliance Française (Av. Córdoba 946).

Zodiac Dinner for Leos 

Thursday 24 — 8:45 p.m.

Querida Rosa (Aráoz 568, Vila Crespo)

This zodiac dinner is centered around Leo season (July 23 through August 22, for all you amateurs). It features six courses of modern Armenian cuisine with Mediterranean flavors, inspired by the passion of Leos.

Expect an intimate vibe with a candlelit ambiance and shared tables. There will be an astrological talk about what this season will bring, and an opportunity for Querida Rosa’s signature coffee grounds fortune-telling where you can ask about personal matters.

¡Esto Es Historieta! Cinema and comic festival

Runs from Thursday 24 to Sunday, August 3

Sala Leopoldo Lugones, Teatro San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530, San Nicolás)

Tickets are ARS $7,000, Students and retirees price is ARS $4,000

¡Esto es historieta! returns for its second edition, celebrating connections between comics and film. The festival features ten films — ranging from international classics like Astérix and Obélix to recent releases like El tema del verano.

There will also be tributes to The Eternaut writer Héctor Germán Oesterheld and the late journalist Fabián Polosecki who hosted cult TV show El otro lado. Organized by the Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires, the event also includes workshops, panels, live performances and a publishing fair. A full program of events is available online.

Un buen día double feature screening

Friday 25 — 6 p.m.

Cine Teatro York (Juan Bautista Alberdi 895, Olivos)

Free admission

Lumiton presents a cult-favorite double feature: Un buen día (2010) screens in 35mm, followed by the new documentary Después de un buen día (2024). The first, a bizarre yet beloved romantic drama, is an arguably awful film that Argentines love. 

The second, directed by Néstor Frenkel, explores the strange afterlife of this cinematic oddity and the artists behind it. Whether you’re part of the cult, or are wondering what all the fuss is about, it’s worth going to this back-to-back screening. Still not convinced? Check out the trailer here.