On Saturday, May 23 at 5 pm, citizens and visitors of Puerto Vallarta are encouraged to meet at the parking lot of the Holiday Inn to begin a parade, a march en masse to Los Arcos Amphitheater in the City Center exhibiting for the media the image that Puerto Vallarta is still welcoming and safe for tourists.

People, both in the march and not, are encouraged to wear white and businesses are also encouraged to hang white table clothes out of windows, presenting to the world a unified color.

The idea is to gather as many people as possible and march towards the city center, so that the media will show the world that the town is free of the influenza virus and suitable for tourism.

Dale, from Diva’s Bar, and Pete from La Huerta Restaurant are hosting Bingo games every Thursday evening at 6 pm on Thursdays through at least mid-June. Doors open at 5 pm.

Gringos and Nationals (both gay, straight and other) are invited to come and play. Even aged bingo junkies are welcome. The Bingo games ( 8 ) are free (one free card per person) with 50 peso value prizes to the winner of each game. Bar profits will fund the prizes. If you’re feeling lucky, extra cards may be bought for 10 pesos each.

• 15 peso Corona or Pacifico
• 20 peso well drinks
• 15 peso shots of house Tequila
• Mexican menu from the kitchen plus hot dogs and hamburgers.

This is not regular bingo. If you’ve never been to La Huerta, you know what a beautiful setting it is. If you’ve been there already, you will appreciate even more the concept of gay/straight, gringo/National, no buy-in bingo games to enjoy with your drinks.

• easily accessible by bus, taxi or car.
• Free parking on the premises.

La Huerta Restaurant is easy to find in Colonia Paso Ancho. It is on the R-04 Paso Ancho bus line. The buses run every day until 11 pm at night from approximately the Sheraton in the Hotel Zone, through town, and out Cardenas Street to Paso Ancho.

• Phone:222-0306
• 322-132-4429 cell
• sunandfunpv (at) hotmail.com

A contest of Castillos de Morillo, immense towers of moving, sometimes flying fireworks displays.

In an attempt to establish a traditional National Fireworks competition, Puerto Vallarta will host 8 National Fireworks Companies Saturday, May 30 at the Agustín Flores Contreras Sports Stadium Baseball field. The event will be free to the public.

This event will be primarily Castillos de Morillo with live mariachi music and entertainment. The Xiuta Folkloric Ballet will perform.

The companies participating are: Adam Sergio Rodriguez, representing the state of Toluca, Guillermo Suarez Escobar of Coyula, Jalisco; Aurelio Macias Reyes, Guadalajara; Antonio Zagal Flores, Puerto Vallarta, Morán José Luis Rodriguez, Zapopan, Jalisco, Lorenzo López Alejandre, Michoacan, Maria de Jesus Ochoa Negrete, the state of Colima and Javier Sanchez Zayago, Irapuato, Guanajuato.