According to José Fernández, owner of the Disco Ton Ton Metek, as 24 August is the day before Uruguayan Independence Day, a national holiday, he once proposed to Pablo Lecueder (director of the broadcast program Old Hits, then at CX32 Radiomundo) to do something on the night that could be commercially profitable.

[3] It may be for this reason that Nostalgia Night is such a success that it was made an official celebration by the Ministry of Tourism.

The tunes of Queen, Simon and Garfunkel, Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Dire Straits, Supertramp, Elvis Presley, Barry Manilow, Bee Gees, and John Travolta are common—disco music, the new romantics, etc.

Over the years, themes from the 1980s of artists such as Miko Mission, David Lyme, Baltimora, Madonna, Toni Peret, Mike Platinas, etc., and music from the 1990s, such as Technotronic, Snap, 2 Unlimited, etc were added.

Over the years, businessmen of the entertainment sector, friends, family, began to host nostalgia parties.