fandango
noun
fan·dan·go
fan-ˈdaŋ-(ˌ)gō 
plural fandangos
1
: a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time that is usually performed by a man and a woman to the accompaniment of guitar and castanets
also
: music for this dance
2
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Dreamfest always gets huge-name acts — with past participants including Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2 — and this year’s fandango not only featured mighty Metallica but rising pop star Benson Boone, who performed across the street from Chase on a stage erected at Bayfront Park.
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass The best free music fandango in — well, arguably — the entire world returns to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
This summer, for instance, the Fourth of July fandango will take place in Camden, New Jersey, not all that far from where the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Apr. 2024
Lia Cirio as street dancer Mercedes and Tigran Mkrtchyan as matador Espada smoldered in the fandango.
—Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
En Garde Arts’ bilingual and interactive play with music about a group of Latin American immigrants gathered to share their stories at a fandango event in the U.S.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass The best free music fandango in — well, arguably — the entire world returns to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
This summer, for instance, the Fourth of July fandango will take place in Camden, New Jersey, not all that far from where the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Apr. 2024
Lia Cirio as street dancer Mercedes and Tigran Mkrtchyan as matador Espada smoldered in the fandango.
—Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
En Garde Arts’ bilingual and interactive play with music about a group of Latin American immigrants gathered to share their stories at a fandango event in the U.S.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
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“Fandango.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fandango. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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fandango
noun
fan·dan·go
fan-ˈdaŋ-gō
plural fandangos
: a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance
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