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- Nightly Folklore Concerts: The core of the festival, held in an open-air venue with major and emerging folklore acts performing chacarera, zamba, and chamamé until the early hours. The energy shifts as the night goes on, from families with kids to full-on dance floors.
- Poncho Weaving Demonstrations: Artisans from Catamarca's rural departments set up looms on site, showing the slow, exacting process behind the region's famous ponchos. Watch decades of skill move through someone's hands in real time.
- Artisan Market: Hundreds of stalls sell textiles, leather goods, silverwork, and ceramics from producers across the northwest. Prices are notably lower than in tourist shops in Salta or Buenos Aires because you're buying direct.
- Regional Gastronomy Stalls: Locro, empanadas catamarqueñas, and humita
- Nightly Folklore Concerts: The core of the festival, held in an open-air venue with major and emerging folklore acts performing chacarera, zamba, and chamamé until the early hours. The energy shifts as the night goes on, from families with kids to full-on dance floors.
- Poncho Weaving Demonstrations: Artisans from Catamarca's rural departments set up looms on site, showing the slow, exacting process behind the region's famous ponchos. Watch decades of skill move through someone's hands in real time.
- Artisan Market: Hundreds of stalls sell textiles, leather goods, silverwork, and ceramics from producers across the northwest. Prices are notably lower than in tourist shops in Salta or Buenos Aires because you're buying direct.
- Regional Gastronomy Stalls: Locro, empanadas catamarqueñas, and humita served from family-run stands, often the same families returning year after year. The food area doubles as a social hub between concert sets.
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