The Music is in Puerto Vallarta this Month (video)

If you love music, Puerto Vallarta is the place to be in December.

Puerto Vallarta will host the International Fireworks Festival 2014 beginning on December 25 through New Year’s Eve. The event was originally scheduled to begin on December 20, however the planning later changed.

The festival will include music from nationally and internationally recognized recording artists like Lila Downs, Azul Violeta, and Senora Dinamita, among others.

Firework displays will be hosted nightly from Mexico, USA, China, and France. Each fireworks show will last for 20 minutes and be launched from three points around the city; Los Muertos Pier, Malecón, and Peninsula.

Live music performances are scheduled as followed:

December 26 – Miky Laure Jr
December 27 – Lila Downs
December 28 – Plástiko
December 28 – La Cuca
December 29 – Los 3 Zenzontles
December 30 – Azul Violeta
December 31 – Sonora Dinamita

The International Fireworks Festival in Puerto Vallarta comes on the heels of the Vallarta-Nayarit Classic Rock festival, another event bringing top recording artists to our area.

On Friday, December 12, the event will hold the beach concert featuring Micki Free, Spencer Davis Group, Mark Farner (former lead singer of Grand Funk Railroad), Lee Rocker & Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats with special guest Billy Burnette, BoDeans, and Sam Moore.

Saturday, December 13, the festivals beach concert brings Poco, Dave Mason, Firefall, Lou Gramm (former lead singer of Foreigner), and Kansas.

On the final beach concert day, Sunday, December 14, the festival introduces Jefferson Starship, Craig Fuller (former lead singer of Little Feat) Pure Prairie League. Micky Dolenz (lead singer of The Monkees), Foghat, Steve Augeri (former lead singer of Journey), and Cheap Trick.