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Puerto Vallarta is spending this weekend counting the life along the Río Pitillal. The fifth Home River BioBlitz runs Friday through Sunday, Sept. 18-20, 2026, and it is free. The Centro Universitario de la Costa and its Laboratorio de Ecología, Paisaje y Sociedad invited families, students, photographers, and anyone curious about the river to record … Read more
The Camerata de Puerto Vallarta presents Estampas de México on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at 8:30 p.m. at the Colegio Niños Héroes auditorium. It is a chamber concert of Mexican nationalist music, played by young musicians trained at the Orquesta Escuela de Puerto Vallarta. Mexico News Daily lists a program with works associated with Moncayo, … Read more
Puerto Vallarta will take part in Mexico’s nationwide safety drill on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at 12:00 noon. Jalisco’s State Civil Protection and Firefighters Unit and the national civil-protection platform both set that hour as the single start time. It is a practice, not a real earthquake or tsunami. Hotels, shops, and offices around downtown … Read more
The Vallarta Botanical Garden is hosting a family Fiesta Mexicana today, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Visit Jalisco lists the afternoon as a full-family program of lotería games, a mechanical bull, Mexican antojitos, traditional drinks, and the Grito de Independencia. General admission is 300 pesos. Banderas News reports the same … Read more
Puerto Vallarta is opening a free week of Indigenous food, workshops, and dance on Cuale River Island. Celebrando Nuestras Raíces (Celebrating Our Roots) runs September 14 through 20, 2026, daily from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., with open admission. The municipal Pluricultural and Multiethnic Liaison Office organized this first-time gathering with the Vallarta Institute of … Read more
Puerto Vallarta’s municipal government is inviting residents and visitors to a free four-day Fiestas Patrias program for the 216th anniversary of Mexico’s Independence. Events run Sunday, Sept. 13, through Wednesday, Sept. 16, around Plaza de Armas and the Puerto Vallarta Malecón. Sunday, Sept. 13, opens at 8:00 a.m. with a civic ceremony commemorating the Battle … Read more
Visitors spending Mexico’s Independence holiday in Puerto Vallarta can use bank branches on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, but not on Wednesday, Sept. 16. The national calendar of banking holidays published by Mexico’s National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) in the Diario Oficial de la Federación, and listed by the Asociación de Bancos de México, marks … Read more
Puerto Vallarta will host a free traditional mariachi concert on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. at Los Arcos del Malecón, giving visitors and residents a waterfront look at one of Jalisco’s oldest musical traditions. The performance is Puerto Vallarta’s public stop in the 25th National Traditional Mariachi Gathering, held September 8-12 under the … Read more
Robbie Williams is set to play the VidantaWorld Esplanade in Vallarta-Nuevo Nayarit on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, according to official VidantaWorld Concert Series pages and Visit Puerto Vallarta. The tourism board lists an 8:00 p.m. start, live from the VidantaWorld stage. Official organizer pages name the venue as VidantaWorld Esplanade and include a public checkout … Read more
Spanish singer-songwriter Natalia Jiménez will perform on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at the Vidanta Convention Center in VidantaWorld Vallarta-Nuevo Nayarit. Official VidantaWorld Concert Series pages list the date and venue, with tickets on sale to the general public through the series website. Jiménez, founder and former lead vocalist of La Quinta Estación, is billed with … Read more
Puerto Vallarta will stage its civic-military parade for the 216th anniversary of Mexico’s Independence on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in downtown Centro. The municipal government, through the Civic Events Coordination and the Public Education Directorate, is inviting public and private schools plus civic and cultural associations to take part. Registration remains open … Read more
Puerto Vallarta is scheduled to receive eight cruise-ship calls in September 2026, keeping visitor movement active at the port even during the destination’s lower summer-to-fall travel season. Vallarta Hoy, citing the tentative September calendar from the Secretaría de Marina through ASIPONA Vallarta, reports calls by Navigator of the Seas, Carnival Panorama, Island Princess and Brilliant … Read more
