What to do in March in Buenos Aires: Your 10 plans to start 2026 on a high note

If you’ve never been, March is the month to discover these tribute concerts. At Candlelight concerts, you’ll find yourself surrounded by an ocean of candles, excellent live classical and contemporary music performed by the best local musicians: from Vivaldi to Queen. This March, you’ll be able to enjoy three concerts in Buenos Aires. Discover the beauty of Candlelight and buy your ticket.

March 8 is Women’s Day, and in Buenos Aires , marches and demonstrations are expected, but also events to celebrate women. If you don’t have plans but would like to do something special that day, you should know that Puerto Madero is a neighborhood where its streets and many of its corners represent and commemorate great Argentine women, so you can take a different kind of Women’s Day tour.

The 2026 edition of Lollapalooza brings together the best and most diverse of the music world in just a few days. Mark your calendar for March 13, 14, 15, and 16 at the San Isidro Racetrack. The line-up is huge and includes Sabrina Carpenter, Tyler, The Creator, Chappell Roan, Deftones, Skrillex, Lorde, Doechii, Turnstile, Lewis Capaldi, and Paulo Londra.

March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day, the perfect excuse to get together with friends or even colleagues from work for an after-office gathering to enjoy a good beer. In Buenos Aires, there’s no shortage of great places to do this, as there are excellent breweries where you can spend a memorableSt. Patrick’s Day . And if you like green, it’s your day.

March 24 is commemorated every year as the Day of Remembrance, Truth, and Justice. The city of Buenos Aires will host marches and demonstrations to remember that there are moments in history that must not be forgotten, but there will also be events and many cultural centers in Buenos Aires will schedule films and cultural events to commemorate the significance of that date.

We leave summer behind, but March is the beginning of autumn and a beautiful time to visit the gardens and parks of Buenos Aires. One of the most beautiful is the Japanese Garden. If you haven’t been there in a long time, now is the perfect time to see the Koi fish, visit the cultural center, or have tea at the Japanese tea house. And remember that there are several dates during the month when admission is free for residents.

The gastronomic offer in Buenos Aires is enormous: romantic restaurants, beautiful restaurants, many internationally recognized, casual dining, perfect places for a snack, quality sushi, specialty restaurants. If you want to start March off calmly, go out and discover the new restaurants that opened while you were on vacation.

There are more and more food festivals that don’t stop with the arrival of autumn. Check out what they all are and if there are any you haven’t been to yet, March could be your month: there are festivals dedicated to meat, barbecues, and hamburgers, food courts, picnics in monumental and passive locations, and even options for eating in parks at night.

The Oscars are on March 15, and although there are no Argentine films among the nominees, this year in particular, each nominated film is better than the next, and there are some theaters in Buenos Aires where you can see them. Don’t miss them because it’s worth buying a ticket to see them. Discover the nominees and where to see them.

On March 3, you will be able to witness one of those astronomical phenomena that are rarely seen in Argentina, especially from Buenos Aires. At midnight between March 2 and 3, a total lunar eclipse—known as a Blood Moon or Red Moon—will begin and will be visible in the city. We’ll tell you what this event is all about and what time you should look up at the sky to see the 2026 lunar eclipse.