Vallarta Pride Brings in the Clowns to Celebrate Puerto Vallarta Centennial

LGBTQ Event finds “100 Reasons to Celebrate” in Fifth Edition.

Manhattan, NY, April 16, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Puerto Vallarta's annual LGBTQ cultural celebration,
Vallarta Pride, will bring a new level of camp to the city's celebration of the 100th anniversary of its
founding with a “100 Reasons to Celebrate” theme, which will culminate on Saturday, May 26 with a
grand nighttime shindig worthy of any small-town summer carnival - if that carnival featured half-naked
“go-go boys” and drag queens galore.

Taking place in Puerto Vallarta from May 20 to 27, Vallarta Pride has grown yearly, with its 2017 edition
attracting more than 17,000 visitors. The event has become a staple in the international Pride calendar,
and now drives a considerable influx of visitors during what used to be the end of Puerto Vallarta's
traditional high season for tourism. This year, Puerto Vallarta has enjoyed one of its most active seasons
for the LGBT market, with multiple events taking place across town and entertainment headliners such as
Hedda Lettuce, Mama Titis, Miss Conception and Kim Kuzma taking up residency across the Zona
Romantica, Puerto Vallarta's “gayborhood.”

This year, Vallarta Pride's annual parade will take place on Thursday, May 24. It will start at the Hotel
Sheraton Buganvilias, flow into the oceanfront Malecón promenade and culminate on Lázaro Cárdenas
Street, where thousands will join a block party with “circuit” music, multicolor light shows, go-go
dancers and fireworks hosted by Fiesta Bar, La Noche, Mr. Flamingo, Los Muertos Brewing, CC
Slaughters and La Margarita.

There will also be multiple women's events. The Vallarta Pride International Film Festival will hold a
Women's Film Festival Screening on Wednesday, May 23; Pink & Proud will present the Official
Women Only Party on Friday, May 25; and an Only Girls Cocktail event takes place at the Verona Bistro
Bar on Saturday, May 26.

Celebrities such as country singer Steve Grand, transgender Mexican singer Morgana Love and Mexican
actress and singer Lorena Herrera will be performing this year, with Herrera performing double duty as
this year's Grand Marshal and the star of the free concert offered by Vallarta Pride on Friday, May 25 at
Teatro Vallarta.

Other highlights include the annual Drag Derby, an LGBT Art Walk, an Adam & Steve Party at Casa
Cupula, a beach gym, a casino night and a sunset “Wet and Wild Cruise,” plus a host of community
activities and cultural events. The Big Top Party will take place May 25 at Puerto Vallarta's newest
venue, Top Sky Bar, hosted by entrepreneur and public figure Eliad Cohen and featuring performances by
music artist Nikki Valentine.

Puerto Vallarta is renowned as the premier LGBT vacation destination in Mexico. The country's first
IGLTA member, since 2014, it was also honored as the first city in Mexico to be granted Gay Travel
Approved status by GayTravel.com. GayCities.com users named Puerto Vallarta their “Fun in the Sun

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Destination” in the site's 2016 “Best of Gay Cities” poll. Puerto Vallarta was also named an International
LGBTQ Destination at tourism industry awards Travvy Awards 2017 and listed as a top beach destination
by Passport magazine in April 2017.

Puerto Vallarta vacation properties are offering special Pride packages online at www.vallartapride.com.

For more information on Puerto Vallarta, please visit: www.visitpuertovallarta.com.

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Contact Information:
Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board
Gustavo Rivas-Solis
917-438-7096
Contact via Email
www.visitpuertovallarta.com

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