Rata Blanca's U.S. run heads south: Chicago to West Palm Beach in eleven days

Argentina's heavy-metal standard-bearers, marking 35 years of "Magos, espadas y rosas," play eight more network dates from Nov. 5 to Nov. 15.

The ballad "Mujer amante" is one of Rata Blanca's best-known songs. This month the band behind it, Rata Blanca, is playing clubs and event halls across the U.S., and the run hits eight On at 8 markets over the next two weeks.

The schedule as of today, Monday, Nov. 2:

Thu, Nov. 5 — V Live Chicago, Chicago, 8 p.m. Fri, Nov. 6 — Chispas Discoteque, Indianapolis, 9 p.m. Sat, Nov. 7 — Casa Grande Event Center, La Vergne (Nashville), 9 p.m. Sun, Nov. 8 — Atlanta Eagles Arena, Atlanta, 9 p.m. Thu, Nov. 12 — Scottish Rite Masonic Center, Tampa, 9 p.m. Fri, Nov. 13 — Flamingo Theater Bar, Miami, 9 p.m. Sat, Nov. 14 — Flamingo Theater Bar, Miami, 9 p.m. Sun, Nov. 15 — La Noche Lounge and Night Club, West Palm Beach, 9 p.m.

The tour opened on the East Coast in the last days of October, with dates on the books at The Palace in Northern Virginia (Oct. 29), World Stage in Philadelphia (Oct. 30), Centro Nightclub in Boston (Oct. 31) and Times Square in Manhattan (Nov. 1). From here it turns west to Chicago, then works its way down through the Midwest and the Southeast before finishing in South Florida, where Miami gets two nights at Flamingo Theater Bar.

The occasion is an anniversary. "Magos, espadas y rosas," Rata Blanca's second album, came out on Polydor in 1990 and is widely cited as the best-selling heavy-metal album ever made in Argentina (Wikipedia). The band has spent 2026 celebrating its 35th anniversary on the road, with shows from Argentina to Spain (Misiones Online, La Ganzúa). Alongside "Mujer amante," the record includes "La leyenda del hada y el mago."

The band is guitarist and founder Walter Giardino's project, with Adrián Barilari on vocals, and Giardino's neoclassical lead guitar is the sound people know them by. Rata Blanca split up in the late 1990s, and Giardino spent that stretch leading a side project, Walter Giardino Temple, before the band regrouped around 2000 (Wikipedia). Their audience has followed them for decades since.

The rooms are nightclubs and event halls, not arenas, so the people who grew up on these songs will be right up front.

What to watch: the two Miami nights are the clearest sign of where the demand is, and the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Tampa is the most unusual room on the run. Most shows start at 9 p.m., late enough that the crowd will still be filling in after the start time. Chicago, on a Thursday, starts an hour earlier at 8.

Ticketing varies by stop. Chicago and Indianapolis have been promoted through the venues' social pages, and the rest are sold through third-party sellers, so our show pages link each one. Check the venue's own channels before buying.

For the people who've known every word since 1990, this is a band they can still see in a small room. Go sing along.

Sources: Wikipedia — Magos, espadas y rosas (en.wikipedia.org); Wikipedia — Walter Giardino Temple (en.wikipedia.org); Wikipedia — Rata Blanca (en.wikipedia.org); Misiones Online — Rata Blanca celebrates 35 years of Magos, Espadas y Rosas (misionesonline.net); La Ganzúa — Rata Blanca in Pamplona, May 16, 2026 (laganzua.net)