Making plans in Buenos Aires this weekend? If you’re still in the city, you’re in on the capital’s best kept secret: January is the perfect month. Sure, it’s sweltering. But there’s a certain luxury about inhabiting an empty city. No line outside El Cuartito, the good pastelerías aren’t sold out of medialunas, and you can squeak across 9 de Julio all in one go.

And while we had to scour the internet twice to find out what’s happening in Buenos Aires right now, a mellow weekend is welcome after the wild ride that was 2024. So here are your recommendations — go forth and delight in the easy parking. Oh, and don’t bother making reservations.

Vinyl, Wine & Vermouth in Punto Mona

Friday 10 — 6 to 10 p.m. 

Punto Mona (Fraga 93, Chacarita)

Punto Mona kicks off the year with its first fair of 2025: aimed at music lovers, foodies, and connoisseurs of fine beverages. Expect records, cocktails, tapas, and a wine market.

The fair will feature six specialized vendors offering a wide selection of vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes for purchase and collection. The groove will be handled by music producer and curator Funkaplastic, and Nina Misterio, a DJ from Pibas Vinileras and founder of Samba Discos. Think funk, R&B, hip hop, disco, and house.

Punto Mona will be serving a selection of wines by the glass and Cantieri Navali vermouth, along with a tapas menu. Housed in a renovated factory, the space blends industrial design with glamour. 

Summer Jazz Festival at BeBop

Showtimes: Monday to Saturday, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Sundays, 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.  

Aftershows are Fridays and Saturdays from 12:30 a.m. 

BeBop (Uriarte 1658, Palermo)

Tickets can be purchased online

The Palermo jazz club BeBop, founded by Aldo Graziani, is hosting its third Summertime Jazz Festival throughout the month of January, featuring performances by renowned national and international artists. 

On Friday 10 and Saturday the 11, the Unno Trio will perform — that’s Hugo Fattoruso’s newest project with young musicians Mateo Ottonello and Rolo Fernández.

Other performances to watch out for include Jazz & Beatles, Déborah Dixon & La Fundación de Funk, the Porteña Jazz Band, and Belén Pérez Muñiz’s quartet, among others. The program also features shows ranging from tablao flamenco to a bolero series.

Can’t make the show times? BeBop club is worth stopping by for a drink. It has a chic, intimate atmosphere and an impeccable menu from Aldo’s Restaurant.

Puertas a Mundos and Blow Up Experience

La Rural (Av. Santa Fe 4201)

Puertas a Mundos runs from Friday, January 10 through March 13

Blow Up Experience runs from Friday, January 10 through February 16

Tickets available online: Puertas a Mundos is ARS$15,000 (US$14.16 at the official rate, US$12.89 at the MEP rate) for kids, ARS$17,000 for adults. Blow Up Experience is ARS$14,000 for kids, ARS$18,000 for adults

Two similar-ish exhibits open on Friday in La Rural. They’re both (mostly) aimed at children, but just as much fun for adults.

Puertas a Mundos is an immersive, interactive exhibit (think: a zillion photo-ops) with 10 doors leading to different worlds. Swing among the clouds, walk in outer space, explore a land of giant sweets, and enter a room made entirely of plush. 

This is the first fully-immersive exhibition created, designed, and produced in Argentina. You’ll find this exhibit in Pavilion 8 of La Rural, with entry at Sarmiento 2704. 

Next door, the Blow Up Experience is an international inflatable art phenomenon merging virtual reality with dynamic projections, live performances, magical lighting, and the latest mapping technology.

Expect a kaleidoscopic dome, an infinite maze, an XL ball pit with inflatable slides, and mixed-media rooms with 3D installations. From an immersive dinosaur safari to a virtual reality moonwalk, this exhibit is built to transform perception by playing with illusion, synesthesia, paradox, and hallucination. It’s located in the Frers Pavilion.