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Chamame and Popular Culture Festival in Mercedes
Mercedes' long-running chamamé and folk-culture festival, staged at the Julián Zini Amphitheater with more than thirty musical acts across several January nights. Frames itself around Corrientes province's broader popular culture — gastronomy, dance and folklore — rather than chamamé alone. Now past its nineteenth edition, it offers a mid-scale alternative to the provincial capital's larger flagship chamamé festival.
Mercedes stages its own chamamé gathering at the Julián Zini Amphitheater, pairing more than thirty accordion and folkloric acts with the wider culture of Corrientes province rather than treating chamamé as the sole focus.