Andrés Calamaro in Lima, Peru: Argentine Rock Royalty Plays Costa 21 on September 15, 2026
Key Facts
- Date and venue. September 15, 2026, at Costa 21, San Miguel, Lima, Peru.
- The artist. Andrés Calamaro — Los Abuelos de la Nada, Los Rodríguez, and a towering solo catalog.
- The tour. ‘Como cantor’ — the current international run.
- Tickets. Via Teleticket; on sale since June 2026.
- The context. Days after his Festival Cordillera headline set in Bogotá.
Andrés Calamaro Lima 2026 lands on September 15: the Argentine rock legend plays Costa 21 on the ‘Como cantor’ tour — ‘Flaca’, ‘Paloma’, ‘Crímenes perfectos’ and four decades of songbook, with tickets via Teleticket.
For expats in Lima, this is a masterclass night — one of the Spanish language’s great rock songwriters in the city’s premier seaside venue.
El Salmón Returns to Lima
Andrés Calamaro plays Lima’s Costa 21 on September 15, bringing the ‘Como cantor’ tour to Peru days after headlining Bogotá’s Festival Cordillera — a South American run that finds him in vintage live form.
Lima has always been Calamaro country: the city embraced Los Rodríguez in the nineties and has filled every venue he has played since, from theaters to the big seaside rooms.
Four Decades of Songbook
Few catalogs in Spanish-language rock run deeper: Los Abuelos de la Nada’s new-wave classics, Los Rodríguez’s ‘Sin documentos’ era, and a solo career that produced ‘Flaca’, ‘Paloma’, ‘Crímenes perfectos’, ‘Te quiero igual’ and ‘Estadio Azteca’.
A Calamaro setlist is an argument about what to leave out — expect the hits, a handful of deep cuts and at least one extended jam that reminds you the band can play.
The ‘Como cantor’ Tour
The current run is framed around the singer as singer — the crooner dimension of an artist who has always moved between rock, tango, bolero and ballad without asking permission.
Reviews from the tour describe a relaxed, generous show: long sets, a band of veterans, and a frontman clearly enjoying the road more than the myth suggests he should.
Costa 21: Lima’s Seaside Stage
Costa 21, in San Miguel on the Costa Verde, is the venue Lima built for exactly these nights — an open-air concert space facing the Pacific that has hosted the city’s biggest international shows of the decade.
September on the Costa Verde means cool evenings and the season’s mist off the ocean: bring a jacket, whatever the afternoon sun suggests.
Tickets via Teleticket
Teleticket handles the sales, with the show on general sale since June; Interbank cardholders received the presale window and discount earlier in the cycle.
With the concert days away, remaining sections are visible on the platform — the safe route, as always, is the official seller rather than the resale channels that inflate around Argentine rock dates in Lima.
What Expats Should Know
Calamaro’s Lima crowd spans forty years of fandom — expect teenagers next to grandparents, and a sing-along culture that treats ‘Flaca’ as a national anthem by adoption.
The venue is easiest by rideshare; the post-show exit along the Costa Verde moves slowly, so a short walk toward San Miguel before requesting your ride saves twenty minutes of surge pricing.
Why the Region Claims Him
Calamaro is Argentine, but Latin America long ago naturalized him: the Los Rodríguez years made him half-Spanish, the Bolero recordings made him everybody’s crooner, and Lima treats him as a local.
That explains the particular warmth of his Peruvian shows — audiences here do not discover the songs, they remember them, and the exchange between stage and floor runs on shared history.
If You Only Know the Hits
The deep-cut moments are where the show reveals itself: the tango phrasing he absorbed in Buenos Aires, the bolero discipline of his Cuban period, the rock attack of the early solo records.
Arrive with the big five songs memorized and leave with five more — the Calamaro catalog rewards exactly that kind of homework, and the Lima crowd will happily test you on all of them from the first chorus.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does Andrés Calamaro play in Lima, Peru?
Andrés Calamaro plays Costa 21 in Lima, Peru on September 15, 2026.
Where can I buy Calamaro Lima tickets?
Tickets are sold through Teleticket, with general sale open since June 2026.
What is the ‘Como cantor’ tour?
Andrés Calamaro’s current international tour, focused on his singer-songwriter dimension across rock, tango, bolero and ballad.
What songs does Calamaro play live?
Sets typically include ‘Flaca’, ‘Paloma’, ‘Crímenes perfectos’, ‘Sin documentos’, ‘Estadio Azteca’ and ‘Loco’, plus deep cuts from his four-decade catalog.
Connected Coverage
Calamaro also headlined Bogotá’s Festival Cordillera this weekend — read our coverage of the festival.
Sources: Teleticket, RPP (consulted September 11, 2026).
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