Vallarta Pride 2017 Breaks All Attendance Records Vallarta Pride
June 2, 2017

This year, Vallarta Pride brought a whole week of celebration with events such as the Fashion Party, exclusive parties for women and men, the traditional Pulpito’s Drag Derby, pool parties, circuit parties with international DJs, projection of films with a LGBT theme, a health fair in Parque Hidalgo, the traditional Pride Parade and the first Block Party of Vallarta Pride. These last two events were attended by thousands of tourists and locals, who gathered to enjoy the parade, which began at 8:00 pm at Hotel Sheraton Buganvilias, went over the Malecón, and concluded on Lázaro Cárdenas street, where the party did not stop until dawn, as the thousands of attendees joined the Block Party and enjoyed circuit music, multicolor lights, go-go dancers, fireworks, as well as drinks and food from the bars themselves on the street, such as Fiesta Bar, La Noche, Mr. Flamingo, Los Muertos Brewing, CC Slaughters and La Margarita, who also sponsored the event.

It is worth mentioning that this year’s Pride Parade broke its own record of attendance, with more than 7,000 people attending and following the parade, according to official figures. The parade also counted with the participation of more than 60 groups of people from associations, schools, companies, sponsors, and public in general who paraded with their colorful floats through the streets of downtown. Also joining the parade, artists and friends of Pride like singer and Grand Marshal of Vallarta Pride 2017, Johnathan Celestin; The visual artist Daniel Arzola; The ambassadors of Vancouver Pride; The director and producer of the documentary 'Beyond Gay', Robert Christie; Martha Dau, who was the local ambassador of Vallarta Pride; The famous vloggers Bria & Chrissy, among others.

This year's Pride Parade was also very special for another reason: For the first time in its history, municipal authorities joined in, like the Mayor of the city, Arturo Dávalos Contreras, who was accompanied by his wife, the president of the DIF System, Candelaria Tovar Of Dávalos; Regidores Susana Rodríguez, Edelmira Orizaga and Eduardo Martínez; Directors of dependencies and a large group of elements of public safety, tourism police, civil protection and firefighters.

The Vallarta Pride Organizing Committee invites all interested parties to take part in the festival once again and to participate in the organization of Vallarta Pride 2018, which pre-production takes place throughout the year. Funds are also being raised for the organization of the event in 2018 and to cover many of the production costs of this year, which totaled more than 1 million pesos. Please consider making a donation to the Vallara Pride account on Go Fund Me. Together we can achieve a better and brighter Vallarta Pride in 2018!

For more information, visit Vallarta Pride or the official Facebook page

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