Oh what a night! One of our favorite events all year, this year was fantastic as usual. The winning combination?
- Five open-air stages with 20 bands performing throughout the night
- A sixth open-air venue, this one where we could watch visual artists create
- Perfect weather, including a gorgeous moon
- Mazatlán’s beautiful architecture and the ocean waves as a backdrop
- The fun-loving, joyous, quick to laugh and dance-till-they-drop Mazatlecos
- Enough of a crowd to feel the pulsating energy, yet uncrowded enough that you can find a good seat, a terrific view, and enjoy a good drink, cena or botanas…
I have not danced, sweated and laughed so much in a while. Thank you, Mazatlán! Below is my two-minute highlight of the evening. After you click “play” you can toggle to view in HD.
Twenty musical groups performed last evening between 7 pm and about 1 am. Those performing on Escenario Paseo Olas Altas (Banda y Tropical):
- Ensamble de percusiones
- Banda la Mazatleca
- Grupo Fussion (my personal favorite of the evening)
Performing on the Escenario Machado:
- Coro Guillermo Sarabia
- Camerata Mazatlán
- Pumcayo
- The Sconek-T
- Klezmerson
Performing on Calle Niños Heroes and Mariano Escobedo, the Escenario Rock y Tendencias:
- Venus Rex Machina
- Claussen
- Carlitos Ojos Rojos
- Los Insensatos
- Dapuntobeat
Performing on Calle Venustiano Carranza, in front of the Art Museum (Música del Recuerdo):
- Suncai Gitano (they were very good also)
- Grupo Fussion (they performed on two stages)
- La Negra, La Blanca y La Redonda
- Zarzuela al Piano
On Calle Venus, entre Constitución y Sixto Osuna (Escenario Fusión), were:
- Chadoma Social Club
- The Lori Davidson Group
- Radio 3
- Belle et Fou Texas
Visual artists at A la Vuelta de Venus:
- Carlos Olvera
- Ster Aguirre
- Dave Gamez
- Hello Sobre
- Iván Lizarraga
- Rodolfo Loaiza
- Iván Mayorquín
- Nava One
- Bacse
- Mayk Silvas C.
- Angelferd
- Salomon Cusehr
- Ferruco
- Norte 23
- Alex Knives
- Julio Montero
- Pablo Llamas
- Crisarth
- Paulina Rueda
- El Dante
- Roberto Vásquez
- Braulio Armenta
Link to our friend Nancy’s blog entry on last night’s events. She has some very nice quality video.
¡VidaMaz! 