In Buenos Aires there are many experiences that you may not have discovered yet and are waiting for you. Some are so intimate and particular that they are only known by word of mouth, recommended by those who have already lived them. If no one told you about them, here we are: these are the 12 immersive experiences in Buenos Aires that are worth living at least once.
1. Meta Park
The border between the real and the virtual becomes blurred at Meta Park, the first metaverse experience park in Argentina. Its four locations offer game stations equipped with Oculus Quest 2 viewers, where you can explore digital worlds, participate in simulators, visit art exhibitions or attend virtual concerts.
📍Various branches: Trepark and Escape Games Almagro / San Telmo / Urquiza
2. Art Masters: a journey inspired by the works of the Prado Museum.
In Art Masters, virtual reality becomes an open door to art. Through multi-user technology, you will go through five masterpieces of the Madrid museum and explore their details as never before: walk through the hall of Las Meninas by Velázquez, get lost in the worlds of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch or come face to face with Goya’sThe Coven. One of the immersive experiences in Buenos Aires that proves that art history can also be experienced in 360°.
📍La Rural
3. Candlelight
Immersive experiences can also be lived without the need for screens or virtual reality. Candlelight demonstrates this with concerts where live music is combined with an environment illuminated by thousands of candles. The result is a multisensory concert that makes classical music or tributes to artists such as Queen or Soda Stereo be experienced in a totally different way. Discover here the program in Buenos Aires.
📍Several branches: Margarita Xirgu Theater, San José School Auditorium and Asturian Center of Buenos Aires.
4. Next to Normal Immersive
The Broadway phenomenon arrives to the immersive format with Next to Normal Immersive, one of the most anticipated immersive experiences in Buenos Aires. In this version, the audience becomes part of the story: the actors move among the spectators, the projections transform the space and the sound envelops each scene. After its world premiere in Barcelona, the Argentine version recovers the strength and sensitivity that made this musical a contemporary cult work.
📍CAI Immersive Audiovisual Center
5. Intergalactic voyage
Intergalactic Journey invites you to rediscover Gyula Kosice’s Hydrospatial City in a fulldome experience that combines art, science and technology. Under the dome of the largest dome in Buenos Aires, 360° projections and 3D reconstructions revive the artist’s utopian project, where humanity inhabits the sky in floating structures. The production, created jointly by the Buenos AiresPlanetarium, MALBA, the Kosice Foundation and UxArtLab, pays tribute to one of the most audacious visionaries of the 20th century.
📍Galileo Galilei Planetarium
6. The Lojia
In a hidden space in Palermo that is only revealed when you book, you will find La Lojia, an experience of magic and illusionism for a small group of people that happens right in front of you. If you always thought that, being close enough, you could discover the secret behind the magic, La Lojia and Jota -one of the most outstanding Argentine illusionists in Latin America- will make you doubt everything.
📍Serrano and Aguirre
7. Blind Theater
The Teatro Ciego is the only one in the country where all the shows take place in complete darkness. The proposal seeks to make the public experiment with other senses: sound, touch and smell replace sight. You can go to a play, a concert or a dinner and experience the story from another place, guided only by the voices and the music that go through the room.
📍Jorge Luis Borges 1974
8. The Jury Experience
A trial, a defendant and a verdict that depends on the audience. The Jury Experience is an immersive theater in Buenos Aires that recreates a courtroom with all the trimmings: lawyers, testimonies, forensic evidence and a jury of which you are part.Ideal for those who love immersive experiences with a good dose of tension and drama. You can check the dates and tickets for upcoming trials here.
📍Margarita Xirgu Theater
9. JAT ZARRÁ multisensory experience
Jat Zarrá proposes an immersive blindfolded experience where live music, surround sound, aromas, flavors and vibrations combine to stimulate every sense. It is part of the Multisensory Concert series and will be presented on November 6 and 7. The same series includes proposals such as CHRONOS Home Experience, a version to enjoy at home that incorporates its own sensory box.
📍Nazareth Space
10. Benito
Benito is an audiovisual installation inspired by the universe of Benito Quinquela Martín. Through 360° projections and surround sound, the public enters the port Buenos Aires that so marked the artist. Shipyards, boats and docks are mixed with music and visual effects in this experience that, until October 31, seeks to rescue the work of one of the country’s most beloved painters.
📍Liberty Palace
11. Hell Experiment
Hell Experiment takes immersive experiences in Buenos Aires into the realm of fear. In this theatrical experiment, participants become volunteers in a supposed sleep study… until nightmares take over. Scenarios inspired by horror classics, eerie lighting and fourth-wall-breaking performances build an atmosphere as intense as it is disturbing. Perfect for those looking to experience the spirit of Halloween in Buenos Aires in the flesh.
📍Sarmiento 1666
12. Frenessi Buenos Aires
Among the experiences in Buenos Aires that break the mold, Frenessi is a dinner that seems to come from another planet. Literally: with each dish you travel to a new world where flavors, aromas and even the temperature of the environment change. Virtual reality is mixed with haute cuisine and signature cocktails to create a sensory journey that goes far beyond just eating well. A gastronomic experience that seduces, challenges and leaves everyone wanting to repeat the journey.
📍Juana Manso 1860