Eight Gay Days a Week
A Calendar of Events
for
Gay Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Autumn 2009 - Spring 2010

Monday - Lunes Hot Go Go boys and Karaoke - Blue Sunset Rooftop Bar at the Blue Chairs hotel gay resort, Calle Malecon y Almendro #4 on Los Muertos beach. Go go boys at 5pm; Karaoke at 7:30pm.  Tel: 222-5040. Mañana - Stripper show in the disco at 11pm. music and dancing on the patio start at 10pm.  290 V. Carranza street.  Tel: 222-7772

Tuesday - Martes Boana Hot Springs  - Enjoy the beauty of Nature, charming ambience of lighting by candles only, natural hot spring waters. Men only. Includes transportation in a/c bus, open bar, BBQ chicken dinner, salad and potatoes. Now back after years, every Tues and Friday, Nov-Apr. Departs at 4:45pm and returns at Midnight. $75 USD. Boana Torre Malibu, 325 Amapas street. Call Suzanne or Denis, Tel: 222-6695, 222-0999.   Hot Go go boys and Gay Bingo - "O-69" with the New Dirty Bitches! Blue Sunset Rooftop Bar at the Blue Chairs hotel gay resort, Calle Malecon y Almendro #4 on Los Muertos beach. No cover, two drink minimum. Go go boys at 5pm; Gay bingo at 7:30pm.  Tel: 222-5040. Joanna Live - Performing her comedy show with songs of Dolly, Judy, Patsy, Bette, Alanis, Lady Gaga and more. Tues, Thurs and Sun at 10pm. Cover of $120 pesos includes night club Manana entry. El Cabaret Theater, 284 Basilio Badillo.  Tel: 222-7772 Original Dirty Bitches Show - Local divas The Original Dirty Bitches (the Diva, Priscilla, Jaqueline and Angelica) for some drag fun and laughs. Tues, Thurs and and Sun, 8:30pm. No cover. Club Manana at the new Skybar, 290 V. Carranza street.  Tel: 222-7772 Mañana - Celebrity Insanity is a marvelous show starring Joanna Banana, formerly known as Hazel Nutz. This gem of a show ran in Provincetown through the summer. Joanna rapid-fires celebrities at you - Sonny and Cher, Whitney, Britney, Patsy Cline, Madonna - until you fall off your seat from laughing. Tickets at 125 pesos. Every Tuesday through March 27 at 10pm.    Stripper show in the disco at 11pm. Dancing and shows by Angelica and Kasandra on the patio start at 11pm.  290 V. Carranza street.  Tel: 222-7772

Wednesday - Miercoles The New Dirty Bitches Show - The new Dirty Bitches for more drag fun after the sun sets. Blue Sunset Rooftop Bar at the Blue Chairs gay hotel resort, Calle Malecon y Almendro #4 on Los Muertos beach. Weds, Fri and Sun, 8:30pm. No cover, two drink minimum.  Tel: 222-5040. Mañana - Diva Weds! Jan 17 - Apr 4, 2007, including Martha Wash, Feb 28 and Thelma Houston, March 21. Call for further details on the various artists and show times. Regular stripper show in the disco at 11pm, for men only. 290 V. Carranza street.  Tel: 222-7772 Paco's Ranch - Amateur drag/transvestite show at 1am and 3am. (Formerly Club Paco Paco) 278 Ignacio Vallarta street.  Tel: 222-1899

Thursday - Jueves Diana's Gay Cruise - On a 48 ft. trimaran, with snorkeling, swimming and sunbathing with Diana DeCoste as hostess. Cruise includes continental breakfast, open national bar, snacks and lunch at Las Animas. Goes to South Shore beach Colomitos. Advance reservations recommended as this Puerto Vallarta gay cruise is very popular and often sold out. $80 USD. Boarding Los Muertos beach pier at 9:30am. (Diana also offers private charters on Tues, Weds, Sat and Sun only) For more details, website at dianastours.com or call Diana at local Tel: 222-1510.  Joanna Live - Performing her comedy show with songs of Dolly, Judy, Patsy, Bette, Alanis, Lady Gaga and more. Tues, Thurs and Sun at 10pm. Cover of 120 pesos includes nightclub Manana entry. El Cabaret Theater, 284 Basilio Badillo.  Tel: 222-7772 Original Dirty Bitches Show - Local divas The Original Dirty Bitches (the Diva, Priscilla, Jaqueline and Angelica) for some drag fun and laughs. Tues, Thurs and and Sun, 8:30pm. No cover. Club Manana at the new Skybar, 290 V. Carranza street.  Tel: 222-7772 Paco's Ranch - Drag/transvestite show at 1am and 3am. (Formerly Club Paco Paco) 278 Ignacio Vallarta street.  Tel: 222-1899 Pool T-dance & Diana's after-cruise party. Blue Sunset Rooftop restaurant at Blue Ocean resort hotel at Calle Malecon y Almendro #4 on Los Muertos beach. 5pm.  Tel: 222-5040.

Friday - Viernes Boana Hot Springs  - Enjoy the beauty of Nature, charming ambience of lighting by candles only, natural hot spring waters. Men only. Includes transportation in a/c bus, open bar, BBQ chicken dinner, salad and potatoes. Now back after years, every Tues and Friday, Nov-Apr. Departs at 4:45pm and returns at Midnight. $75 USD. Boana Torre Malibu, 325 Amapas street. Call Suzanne or Denis, Tel: 222-6695, 222-0999.   Mañana - Stripper show in the disco at 11pm. Ritmo Latino in the disco with dj Beto from 1am-8am.  290 V. Carranza street.  Tel: 222-7772 Paco's Ranch - Drag/transvestite show at 12:30am and 3am. (Formerly Club Paco Paco) 278 Ignacio Vallarta street.  Tel: 222-1899 Sunset T-dance pool party - Blue Sunset Rooftop restaurant at Blue Ocean resort-hotel at Calle Malecon y Almendro #4 on Los Muertos beach. 5pm to sunset. Tel: 222-5040.

Saturday - Sabado Sexy Male Dancers - The Blue Hombre Show with some of the best Puerto Vallarta male dancers. Blue Sunset Rooftop Bar at the Blue Chairs hotel, Calle Malecon y Almendro #4 on Los Muertos beach. No cover. Show at 5pm, followed by Variety Show of Stars at 7:30pm. Tel: 222-5040  Paco's Ranch - Drag/transvestite show at 12:30am and 3am. (Formerly Club Paco Paco) 278 Ignacio Vallarta street.  Tel: 222-1899

Sunday - Domingo Joanna Live - Performing her comedy show with songs of Dolly, Judy, Patsy, Bette, Alanis, Lady Gaga and others. Tues, Thurs and Sun at 10pm. Cover of 120 pesos includes night club Manana entry. El Cabaret Theater, 284 Basilio Badillo.  Tel: 222-7772 The Original Dirty Bitches Show - Local divas The Original Dirty Bitches (The Diva, Priscilla, Jaqueline and Angelica) for some drag fun and laughs. Tues, Thurs and and Sun, 8:30pm. No cover. Club Manana at the new Skybar, 290 V. Carranza street.  Tel: 222-7772 The New Dirty Bitches - Local drag queen divas The New Dirty Bitches, for some drag fun after the sun sets. Blue Sunset Rooftop Bar at the Blue Chairs gay hotel-resort, Calle Malecon y Almendro #4 on Los Muertos beach. Weds, Fri and Sun, 8:30pm. No cover.  Tel: 222-5040. Paco's Ranch - Stripper show Weds-Sun, 1:00 am, with cover Thurs-Sun.

Daily (or almost Daily) - Gay Bar Happenings and other Events/Activities Anthropology - Close to 20 sexy young strippers giving continuous lap dance shows starting around 9pm. You might call this location Puerto Vallarta gay male stripper central. Daily, 9pm-4am.  101 Morelos at the Plaza Rio Cuale.  Boana Horseback Riding - Includes transportation, riding, snacks and two drinks on the mountain.  Any day of the week, 2:30pm-6:30pm. Gay groups of two or more people, with a gay friendly guide or mixed gay/straight, with a english speaking guide. Includes lunch and transportation to and from the ranch. $45 USD. Leaves from Boana Torre Malibu at 325 Amapas street.  Tel: 222-6695, 222-0999. El Pianito Piano Bar - Mercedes de Cuba sings salsa and merengue or piano man Ron Pass are on hand nightly to entertain at El Pianito, upstairs from the new Italian restaurant and theater, El Cabaret. Joanna, Lea DeLaria, Kim Kuzma and other special artists perform at 9pm this season. 284 Basilio Badillo street.  Daily, 8pm-2am. Hot Go Go boys or Sexy male dancers - Blue Sunset Rooftop Bar at the Blue Chairs hotel gay resort, Calle Malecon y Almendro #4 on Los Muertos beach. Almost daily shows, 5pm.  Tel: 222-5040. Vallarta Cora Pool Bar - Gets hot and steamy with their 'interactive' pool, steam room, gay porn video bar and jacuzzi in the backyard. 174 Pilitas at the Vallarta Cora hotel. Cover 50 pesos. Daily, 3pm-midnight.  Tel: 223-2815, 222-6058 or 222-6234.

Happy Hour/Hora Feliz etc. Apaches - 5pm-7pm. 439 Olas Altas. Open Mon-Sat, 5pm-2am.  Tel: 222-4004 Blue Sunset Rooftop Gay Bar - 3pm-5pm. Malecon and Almendro No. 4, at the Blue Chairs resort hotel behind the gay beach on Los Muertos beach. Splendid views. Food and drink daily, 3pm-11pm.  Tel: 222-5040 El Barcito - 6pm-10pm. Video bar, part of Club Manana. Constitucion at Carranza street. Tel: 222-7772 Encuentros - 8pm-10pm. 312 Lazaro Cardenas. Daily, 6pm-2am.  Tel: 222-0643 Garbo - 6pm-8pm. 142 Pulpito. Live music during the winter months.  Daily, 6pm-2am.  Tel: 223-5753 Hotel Mercurio Pool Bar - 3pm-6pm. 168 Francisca Rodríguez at Olas Altas street. Daily, 3pm-10:30pm.  Tel: 222-4793 La Noche - 7pm-9pm.  257 Lazaro Cardenas. Daily, 7pm-2am.  Tel: 222-3364 No Borders - 5pm-9pm. Gay Mexican cantina at 221 Libertad street, upstairs. Daily 5pm-2am except Fri and Sat, 5pm-4am.  Tel: 044-322-136-8775 and 044-322-139-5503  Paco's Ranch - 9pm to 11pm. Formerly Club Paco Paco. 278 Ignacio Vallarta street.  Tel: 222-1899 Stereo - 9pm-11pm. 267 Lazaro Cardenas. Daily, 9pm-4am Viva Bar - 508 Olas Altas. Tel: 222-5957

----------------- Special Events and Occasions Art Walk - Old Town/Downtown 2009-2010 The Old Town Art Walk this year has fifteen participating Puerto Vallarta art galleries which host complimentary cocktail receptions and expositions on Wednesday nights from 6pm-10pm during the high season winter months starting October 28, 2009 until May 26, 2010. People wander from gallery to gallery in search of art, conversation and that near-perfect glass of wine. A good way to meet some Puerto Vallarta artists and make new friends. Galleries participating this year are Art Gallery Millan, Corsica Galeria de Arte I and II, Emociones Art Gallery, Galeria Arte Latinoamericano, Galeria Corona, Galeria des Artistes, Galeria de Ollas, Galeria Omar Alonso, Galeria Uno, Galeria Vallarta, Galeria 8 y mas, Galeria Uno, Galeria Whitlow, Pacifico Gallery, Sergio Bustamante, and The Loft Galeria. Look for a map at your hotel or in participating galleries. Main Puerto Vallarta Art Walk info here Kinsey Sicks - February 2010 America's favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet, the Kinsey Sicks, will be appearing from Feb 5 to Feb 17, 2010 at the Skybar andEl Cabaret theater in the gay club Manana complex. Show time is 9pm, tickets at 300 pesos. 284 Basilio Badillo.  Tel: 222-7772 Puerto Vallarta Festival Gourmet - Nov 13-23, 2010 The annual Puerto Vallarta Festival Gourmet in November features the culinary talents of local chefs of Puerto Vallarta and Nayarit state, as well as some guest chefs from internationally acclaimed restaurants and hotels. Highlights of the Festival include cooking classes, cheese seminars, Tequila Madness Night and the exceptional Gourmet Brunch at Café des Artistes  Participating restaurants include Bianco, Bogart's, De Santos, La Palapa, Porto Bello, the River Cafe and some fifteen others. Puerto Vallarta Film Festival - Dec 6-10, 2010 As an International Film Festival, the event intends to bring together filmmakers of divergent styles and subjects, but who face remarkably similar obstacles to the production and distribution of their films. At its core, the Festival hopes to create a forum where these films and filmmakers can come together and share their art, ideas and cultures. An annual event.  Tel: 297-1605 and 297-1947 Santa Barbara Theater - South Side - 351 Olas Altas - Tel: 223-2048 Cabaret style venue, with seating capacity of 90. Further info on their schedule and events at the Santa Barbara theater website  Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe  -  yearly, December 1-12 The celebrations of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with its colorful religious processions from December 1-12, the most public and extended religious holiday in Mexico. The local gay community usually participates on December 1, World AIDS Awareness Day. December 12th celebrates the miraculous appearance of the Virgin Mary to the peasant Juan Diego near Mexico City in 1531.  Travel tip: If you come during the winter months, the Old Town Art Walks are every other Weds, from late October to mid-April or later; the IFC home tours are every Weds and Thurs, November to April; in early to mid-November there's the Day of the Dead celebrations, the annual Puerto Vallarta Arts Festival, the Sailfish Tournament, the International Film Festival of the Americas, and the Festival Gourmet; in early December, don't miss the daily celebrations of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 1-12; in March, you can check out the Mexican and Iberoamerican Film Festival, presenting more than 40 films.

--------------- Annual Gay Happenings in Puerto Vallarta Annual Latin Fever -  Thanksgiving weekend, November 27 - December 1, 2009  Venues include Blue Seas resort, Paco's Ranch, Blue Chairs hotel, Marazul and Oscar's restaurants. Puerto Vallarta Carnival - Second weekend of February Photos of the Puerto Vallarta Carnival 2010 Steve Buczek's Annual Leather & Bear Week in PV -  January 24-January 31, 2010 Venues and hosts include Blue Chairs resort, Abbey hotel, Club Manana and DeWayne's Oasis. Further info at beefdip.com  Club Atlantis in Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit -  November 6 - November 13, 2010 The all-inclusive resort hotel is actually in the town of Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, approximately 40 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta's South Side and los Muertos beach area. For more info visit atlantisevents.com

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Joe Eviator and friends - photo thanks to Kurt Stamm