We back at the Wyndham for the 2026-2027 NYE festival.
Felipe Martinez
As a DJ, Felipe has played music at most important festivals in the US like those in Portland, San Francisco, Baltimore, Denver, Washington DC, Atlanta, Houston, Fort Bragg, Austin, Houston, San Diego as well as in many other communities like Providence, New York, Los Angeles, Montreal. He DJs regularly in the Bay Area at The Beat, Genesis, Alberto’s and The Great Northern and has also played music in Europe (Spain, Germany, Istanbul) and Buenos Aires, where he was invited to play music at El Beso and Villa Malcolm Club in several occasions. He was also invited to DJ in Asia at the Seoul Tango Festival (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), the Bali Tango Festival, the Taipei Tango Festival, the Singapore Tango Festival and the Hong Kong Tango Marathon, as well as in Tainan, Taichung and Tokyo. Felipe’s musical selection is based on the classics that ensure a great atmosphere for dancing.
Sabah “The Tango Yak”
Sabah got addicted to Tango in the late nineties. It started with dancing and now it includes being a DJ.
“…Tango music occupies my thoughts and energizes my spirit and I am in constant search for good music. Although I try to vary the music I play, I am heavily influenced by the style of dance in Buenos Aires as well as the music played at the milongas there so feel free to call me old fashioned. I live for Golden age music. The emotional impact of the music is what I look for in addition to the musicality.”
Ayano Yoneda
Ayano travels frequently for tango, dancing in milongas around the world, including a pilgrimage she makes yearly to Buenos Aires. She regularly DJs at the local milongas in the San Francisco Bay Area where she is based. She has been invited to DJ in Asia and in Europe, as well as at major events in the United States such as the Portland Tango Festival, Nora’s Tango Week, Holiday Tango in DC, San Diego Tango Marathon, etc,
In 2019, Ayano co-founded the Tango Poetry Project, (an online source for translated tango lyrics) producing two 45-60 minute capsules each week from March 2020 until June 2021. A true passion of hers, Ayano sometimes dj’s while synched lyrics are projected to her music, she also gives interactive lectures, all with the goal to bring attention to and raise interest in the poetry of tango. To learn more about her projects, see: tangopoetryproject.com
Olga Bogatova
When Olga took her first tango class she immediately discovered that this dance was a meaningful language with endless possibilities to create and interact. She became addicted to the dance and started collecting traditional and alternative tango music right away.
DJing has opened new doors for her to entertain dancers and connect with the community. With a diverse music taste, Olga combines tandas that tap into the mood of the milonga. Her goal is to keep everyone dancing and let the dancers experience the range of emotions that tango communicates. You can catch Olga at the milongas in San Francisco and East Bay.
Brick Robbins
Vincent Wong
Vincent immersed his life in tango since 2007 in Los Angeles, in late 2009 he started studying the tango music and playing for Practicas as to practice dancing as often as possible for free. He started DJing in milongas in 2011 and Festivals in 2012 and never stop listening and learning from other DJs at every tango festivals/marathons he worked or attended.
Along Vincent’s tango journey he also learned to see dancing as painting a picture matching or fitting with every tango song. So in another word, music he plays in a milonga would represent a large painting gallery which is telling a story as in a book or a movie.
America Milonguera
