puerto vallarta events mantamar circuit partyWelcome to Puerto Vallarta, a city of contrasts that mixes tradition Mexican culture with sunny beaches, jungle adventure, arts and culture and fabulous gay events. Relax on the gay beach and socialize with other LGBT travels in town looking to party at night.  Walk the streets of the Zona Romantica gayborhood and visit charming cafes and exclusive restaurants.  PV is one of the most important LGBT destinations in Mexico, the first city to be Gay Travel Approved in the country. Visiting Puerto Vallarta during a major festival is not only a great way to see the city, its landmarks and learn its history, but also a great way to immerse yourself in the local gay community. Whether it is for Puerto Vallarta gay pride, a gay circuit party or a bear and leather event, this city has it all! What are the main gay events, circuit parties and when are they   Puerto Vallarta is an event and party town. We are well known for its vibrant gay bar and club scene being Mexico’s #1 gay bar and club scene.

So what are the major upcoming Puerto Vallarta Events for the gay traveler to Puerto Vallarta?

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Beef Dip Bear and Leather Week. Look for these at the end of Jan/Feb.Steve Buzcek from Canada brings his world famous gay bear and leather week to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Held annually the last week of January, this popular fetish week sees thousands of bears from all over the world roaming the streets of Puerto Vallarta. Popular events during the week include dance parties at CC Slaughter’s and Mantamar Beach Club, as well as a charity fundraiser swimwear fashion show benefiting Los niños de Magisterio, Setac and Rise Orphanage. Beef Dip has helped raise over $44,500 in the last few years for these charities.

Puerto Vallarta Mardi Gras.  The annual parade celebrating Mardi Gras Carnival in Puerto Vallarta was held on fat Tuesday. The parade normally begins in the hotel zone and proceeds through the world-famous Malecon to Los Muertos Pier.  Previous parades saw over 30,000 cheering residents and tourists from all walks of life together on the city street curbs to be wowed by floats and parade participants celebrating the diversity of our city. Unforunately Mardi Gras Carnival was cancelled in 2019.

Beween March and April is Semana Santa. Holy Week is one of the busiest times in Puerto Vallarta jammed with people, parties and events. CC Slaughter’s normally imports international dj’s and it is usual to find Jubileo/Sunland  sponsoring gay circuit parties at Mantamar. Industry Night Club PV also has circuit parties lasting several nights with international dj’s flying into Puerto Vallarta.

puerto vallarta gay pridePuerto Vallarta Gay Pride (held around Memorial Day in the US) is a week festival of arts and culture events, concerts, entertainment, films, fun, lots of partying and our fabulous Pride Parade. First organized in 2013, Puerto Vallarta gay pride has been recognized as one of the best gay pride events in the world. Also the gay pride event in 2016 hosted the largest number of press core media journalists ever visiting Vallarta in its history for any event. Don’t miss the week of fun and celebrating diversity south of the border.

 

September 16th “El Grito” is Mexican Independence Day. Puerto Vallarta is full of LGBT national travelers enjoying the gay beach. Several gay travel agencies bring groups from Mexico City, Guadalajara, Colima, Tepic and Leon to enjoy a nice weekend of parties on the gay beach in front of Blue Chairs and Manatamar.

Latin Fever was the original circuit party that put Puerto Vallarta on the map for gay clubbing and nightlife. Latin Fever was first held in Puerto Vallarta during Thanksgiving weekend in 2006 at Club Manana. Will Gorges, a Los Angeles party promoter started Latin Fever in the late 90’s and brought the name to Puerto Vallarta. This party eventually became a driving force in re-shaping the Puerto Vallarta gay nightlife. Will produces special events around the world and has built a reputation on meticulously produced parties in some of the world’s most exciting locations like Long Beach, San Diego, Laguna Beach, Malibu, Aspen, Salt Lake City, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Puerto Rico. Will and Club Manana went their separate ways and Club Manana continued the parties renaming them Vallarta Fever in 2011, 5 years into the party. Vallarta Fever was used until Manana closed in 2013. Will came back to Puerto Vallarta in 2015 doing his New Year’s Eve parties at Oscars. He used the name Latin Fever only in 2015, eventually dropping the name all together.

will gorges nye 2021Nothing compares to New Year’s in PV. Look for White Party Puerto Vallarta at Mantamar and Industy Nightclub and Will George to bring an unforgettable New Year’s Eve party to Oscar’s with special DJ’s, fireworks, and more. Celebrate the New Year in style with great music, good times and hot guys!

 

 

 

What are the major gay circuit and theme parties in Puerto Vallarta?

White Party Puerto Vallarta. The first White Party Puerto Vallarta was November 27- November 30, 2015 at Mantamar Beach Club. It was headlined by two of the industry’s powerhouse DJs – Alex Acosta and Cindel – along side local talents DJ Ramses and Daniel Sandoval. In the White Party Palm Springs tradition, big surprises were unveiled along the way, including top performers, White Party signature Go-go Gods, and designer Andrew Christian giveaways. Jeffrey Sanker’s WHITE PARTY Palm Springs started as a small celebration with only a few hundred people in the desert in 1989. It has evolved to become the world’s largest gay dance music festival, attracting more than 30,000 attendees from every corner of the globe. WHITE PARTY PALM SPRINGS founder and producer Jeffrey Sanker says, “ WHITE PARTY has become more than just a party. It is an institution. After 25 years, it’s time we bring the festival outside North America and what better place to do it than in Puerto Vallarta.”

Bearadise International Bear Festival Weekend Parties. What used to be known as Vallarta Bear Weekend has evolved to Bearadise, bringing clothing optional bear and leather pool parties to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Vallarta Bear Weekend first made its premier in 2018 during the Beef Dip Bear Week and during Gay Pride. This fresh new concept was created by local PV bears Christian Serrano & Daniel Amarillas. The parties are a place for all men,  hairy or smooth. A big part of their concept and what makes them unique the venues where Bearadise hosts events are private and men only. They provide a clothing optional experience so that bears can be in their natural habitat in a true BEARADISE. Expect to see these events around the Beef Dip week, Puerto Vallarta Gay Pride week, and maybe even during November.

Two legendary Matinee Circuit Parties were planned for Puerto Vallarta in 2020. Matinee Group and H20 scheduled two legendary gay circuit parties to Puerto Vallarta for the very first time. Matinee was to produce the Circuit Festival and LaLeche parties at Mantamar Beach Club as part of the H20 festival March 27-29, 2020! However both were cancelled due to the Covis-19 pandemic and have been rescheduled. H2O Festival Puerto Vallarta was being produced by the team at Hydrate Nightclub (Chicago) in conjunction with Matinée Group (Madrid), Reload (Los Angeles) & Nocturnal (San Francisco) to bring you the best party weekend Puerto Vallarta has ever seen! Hydrate has been producing the popular outdoor dance party at Market Day’s Chicago each year, as well as booking the biggest and best international DJ’s for its dance floor for the past 17 years. So stay tuned for the return of this party to Puerto Vallarta soon.

The first Papa Party in Puerto Vallarta was to be held during the 1st VALLARTA HEAT FESTIVAL of May 2020. This festival was to be created and produced by Eliad Cohen, Idan Matalon  Almar Resort & Mantamar Beach Club and Industry Night Club PV. The 3-day Festival scheduled 7 parties and 15 International DJs from all over the world, special performances, Shangela’s amazing show (from Rupaul’s drag race). The circuit party was also cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic and is to be rescheduled.

Jubileo Hector Quintero from Mexico City specializes in producing premium gay events and circuit parties especially for the Mexican national market since August 2016. Jubileo produces Sunland and Jubileo LuXXXury Edition series parties in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Guatemala, and Bogota. Jubileo also produces Latin American Pride in Mexico City. Hector was named creative director of Jeffrey Sanker’s White Party Palms Springs July 1, 2018.

 

Here is an event calendar organized by the month.

End of Jan/Feb.

May

  • May is a month filled with culture and culinary events. Cinco de Mayo is a date celebrating a popular event in Mexico, but in reality is more celebrated in the US than in Mexico. So don’t’ look for any big parades but you will enjoy other Americans in Puerto Vallarta celebrating the wonderful life in Mexico.
  • Restaurant Week food festival takes place every year from May 15 to June 10. During these two weeks, the participating restaurants offer innovative three-course menus, with three options available for each course to delight both residents and visitors alike seeking to explore our destination’s outstanding cuisine at a reduced price.
  • Around US Memorial day, look for the world famous Puerto Vallarta Gay Pride.  “Orgullo Vallarta Pride” is an annual event celebrated the last weekend launched in 2013 to celebrate the diverse LGBT community that both lives in and visits Puerto Vallarta, and that over the years has positively influenced and formed part of its culture, heritage and history.
September
“El Grito” is Mexican Independence Day the American July 4th equivalent. Puerto Vallarta is full of LGBT national travelers enjoying the gay beach. Several gay travel agencies bring groups from Mexico City, Guadalajara, Colima, Tepic and Leon to enjoy a nice weekend of parties on the gay beach in front of Blue Chairs and Manatamar. Look for some Jubileo Sunland parties that week.
 
October
  • At the end of October, Puerto Vallarta gay businesses sponsor many halloween costume contests. It is typical to see the Around The Block Costume Contest on Pulpito and Rodolfo Gomez with The Swedes, Blondies PV and Anonimo joining to make a fun evening with cash and prizes.
  • The traditional mexican holiday in Puerto Vallarta closely related to Halloween is a “Day of the Dead” festival where you typically see the famous katrinas. It is a week-long celebration with art shows, parades, and dances along with other festivities where art, religion, life, death, sadness, and humor all come together. It is topped off with “La Caravana de la Muerte” Parade at the end of the week followed by a big party and fireworks. Everywhere you look throughout the week you will find bright colours and flowers. The Malecon, the Plaza des Armas and the areas surrounding are all brightly decorated with the Dia de Los Muertos altars from different organizations, restaurants, hotels and community groups.

November

  • November traditionally starts the increase of vacation and snow bird travel to PV. This is the beginning of several major daily and weekly events. Puerto Vallarta has Mexico’s #1 live theater shows and gay cabaret scene. Rightly called P-town south, there are nightly shows from November until May at Act 2, The Palm, Nacho Daddy or Incanto from the world’s top list of national and international performers and drag queen divas.
  • Also from November until April, the every other week Southside Shuffle on the cobblestone streets of Basilio Badillo in the Romantic Zone feature street music, food and drinks, and artists showing their work in the local art galleries.
  • Discover over 15 wonderful art galleries on the Centro Historic Artwalk  every Wednesday until  10 pm. the art walk provides a pleasant atmosphere for art collectors, art patrons, local residents and interested visitors to discover the great variety and exceptional quality of art available here.
  • Festival Gourmet International Puerto Vallarta. In 1995 Thierry Blouet creator and chef of Cafe Des Artiste and Chef Heinz Reize created the idea of ​​promoting and raising the culinary level to competitive international standards, interacting with new methods and creativity from highly qualified chefs in Puerto Vallarta. The idea behind the festival is to strengthen the gastronomy in Puerto Vallarta as an exemplary showcase and promote the destination through the excellence of good food.  The first Gourmet Festival was held in 1995 with the participation of six hotels and six independent restaurants. The original format remains unchanged: each participating restaurant invites a celebrity from the culinary art scene. In the year two thousand, our chef friend Roland Menetrey was integrated and since then the organization is led by the three musketeers.
  • Thanksgiving week is a huge circuit party in Puerto Vallarta. Look for huge festivals from White Party PV, Jubileo/Sunland, Mantamar and CC Slaughter’s to get things into gear for an upcoming vacation travel season.
December 
  • The Christmas spirit in December abounds as friends and families gather throughout the holiday season, cheerfully wishing each other the best and celebrating the simple things in life. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Mexicans are known to attend a variety of posadas, christmas parties, in which they share in the magic of the season while celebrating with loved ones. There is also the Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the beginning of the month, where masses of “Vallartenses” parade through the center of town in an elaborate display that shows off their religious devotion and vibrant Mexican culture. These parades, which take place on the first 12 nights of December, create a magical scene for visitors who are welcomed by the crowds and invited to participate in one of Vallarta’s largest events of the year.
  • Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, expect many large gay circuit parties. The larger dance clubs (Industry Dance Club and CC Slaughter’s) and Mantamar will bring a series of day and night parties with national and international dj’s spinning to huge crowds climaxing with Will Gorges presents the annual New Year’s Eve festival at Oscar’s on the river.

Gay Clothing Optional Events

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If you are looking for a men only, weekly (In Season) clothing optional hotel with a sexy, pool party in Puerto Vallarta, Pinata PV Gay Hotel is the first place to look. Their popular Saturday Men’s only socials are open to a like minded public with an enforced dress code. The party is from 8-11 pm and packed with like minded men enjoying the pool. This was the location of the very first Justfor.Fans sex party in Puerto Vallarta in NYE 2020. 
The Pool Club Casa Cupula is another place to look for sexy clothing optional fun Bring friends or make new ones at their Saturday swimsuit-optional pool club party sometimes known as Adam and Steve Pool Party with lively DJ music, a full bar and grill, hot tub, heated salt water pool and incredible views of Banderas Bay.
Bearadise International Bear Festival Weekend Parties. What used to be known as Vallarta Bear Weekend has evolved to Bearadise, bringing clothing optional bear and leather pool parties and events to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Check for dates for for this event at end of January, Gay Pride Week, and other big event weeks. Vallarta Bear Weekend first made its premier in 2018 and was created by local PV bears Christian Serrano & Daniel Amarillas. The parties are a place for hairy or smooth men. A big part of their concept and what makes Bearadise unique is they use men only clothing optional venues to host their parties.
Please check our events calendar for seasons and times. Tell us what is your favorite event or party?