Chamamé (Guarani for: party, disorder) is a folk music genre from northeast Argentina and Argentine Mesopotamia.

[1][2] Chamamé is also a traditional musical style appreciated in borders zone[clarification needed] of South America, as Paraguay and Uruguay[3] Jesuit reductions in the area encouraged cultural growth that lasted until the Jesuits were expelled by the Spanish Crown in the late 18th century.

Within this area, Yapeyú, Corrientes was a centre of musical culture that many point to as the birthplace of the original Chamamé.

There are recordings of Chamamé dating back to the early 20th century, and the term 'Chamamé' was already used in 1931; this type of music, prior to that, was often referred to as the Corrientes Polka.

Among chamamé figures of note are Teresa Parodi, Tránsito Cocomarola, Alejandro Brittes, Ramona Galarza, and Chango Spasiuk.