What’s on in Puerto Vallarta in March

Puerto Vallarta is turning up the vigor this March with a lineup of can’t-miss events that scope from ballet to cacao celebrations and a festival dedicated to the creation of the cleanable Michelada. Whether you’re present for the culture, the cocktails, oregon a small cardio (looking astatine you, marathon runners), there’s thing for each benignant of traveler successful PV this month. 

Here’s your usher to the champion events happening successful Puerto Vallarta successful March 2025.

Mari El Russian State Ballet: Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeare’s astir celebrated emotion communicative gets a stunning ballet attraction courtesy of the Russian State Ballet Mari El. Under the absorption of erstwhile Bolshoi Ballet soloist Konstantin Ivanov, this one-night-only performance features a dreamlike acceptable plan and a formed of 32 top-tier dancers performing Sergei Prokofiev’s moving score. If you admit world-class ballet, this is an unmissable event.

Date: Mar. 6
Location: Teatro Vallarta
Cost: Starting astatine 788 pesos

Puerto Vallarta Cacao Fiesta 2025

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Calling each chocoholics. This 3rd variation of the Puerto Vallarta Cacao Fiesta is simply a heavy dive into the affluent history, culture, and magic of cacao. Expect talks, workshops, artisanal goods, music, and peculiar impermanent speakers — including revered Mayan elders — who volition usher attendees done the ineffable traditions surrounding this beloved bean. In summation to tastings of artisanal chocolate, festivalgoers tin enactment successful hands-on workshops connected cacao preparation, rituals, and adjacent a peculiar cacao and mezcal pairing experience.

Date: Mar. 6-9
Location: Terranoble Art & Healing Center
Cost: Free connected March 6; 900 pesos/day (March 7-9); 1,600 pesos for afloat access

What a Drag

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Straight men successful drag, a raucous audience, and a worthy origin — What a Drag is backmost for its 11th year, and it’s much fabulous than ever. Contestants (teamed up with nonrecreational resistance mentors) vie for the coveted Miss What A Drag crown, each portion raising funds for Casa Esperanza Women’s Shelter. Expect laughs, cheers, and fierce competition. This lawsuit has go 1 of Puerto Vallarta’s must-see performances, blending comedy, inclusivity, and assemblage spirit.

Date: Mar. 9
Location: Teatro Vallarta
Cost: Starting astatine 850 MXN

Fairyland Music Festival

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Puerto Vallarta’s first yearly queer location euphony festival is making a splash astatine Mantamar Beach Club. Four days of sun, sand, and world-class DJs — deliberation Mark Knight, Derrick Carter, and Ultra Naté — volition alteration the Romantic Zone into a nonstop formation party. Attendees tin besides bask excavation parties, themed nighttime events and astonishment performances from apical resistance queens and dancers.

Date: Mar. 13-16
Location: Mantamar Beach Club & Sushi
Cost: Starting astatine 3,900 pesos

Vinoma Fest 2025

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Fine vino meets water breezes astatine Vinoma Fest, wherever implicit 20 nationalist and planetary wineries travel unneurotic for a solemnisation of viticulture. This year’s theme, “Marea de Sabores” (Tide of Flavors), highlights the synergy betwixt wine, gastronomy, and the eternal bushed of the sea. Expect expertly curated pairings, caller seafood, and workshops. Attendees tin articulation masterclasses connected vino tasting, nutrient pairings, and the latest trends successful Mexican viticulture.

Date: Mar. 14-15
Location: Maritime Terminal
Cost: 1,500 pesos

PVR Festival de Micheladas 2025

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If you’ve ne'er tried a Michelada, this is your moment. This beer-based cocktail (think lime, blistery sauce, Worcestershire, and herb juice) takes halfway signifier astatine the 2nd variation of PVR’s Michelada Festival. With implicit 30 exhibitors, contests, and unrecorded entertainment, it’s the cleanable mode to toast Puerto Vallarta’s legendary formation vibes.

Date: Mar. 15-16
Location: Hidalgo Park
Cost: Free introduction (18+ only)

Ruta Turística Puerto Vallarta 2025

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Cycling enthusiasts, cogwheel up for 1 of PV’s astir scenic rides. The seventh variation of Ruta Turística offers 3 routes: a 21km beginner course, a 72km mid-range ride, and a grueling 100km trek to Punta de Mita. Whether you’re successful it for the situation oregon the coastal views, this thrust is simply a bucket-list experience.

Date: Mar.22
Location: From Puerto Mágico to Punta de Mita and back
Cost: 1,100 pesos

Half Marathon Seapal Vallarta 2025

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Runners, lace up for the 13th yearly Half Marathon and 23rd yearly Sports Race, held successful grant of World Water Day. The people winds done Francisco M. Ascensio Boulevard, with categories for each property group. If you’re much of a casual jogger, there’s besides a 5K enactment to support things light.

Date: Mar. 23
Location: Agustín Flores Contreras Sports Complex
Cost: 400 pesos registration fee

Meagan Drillinger is a New York autochthonal who has spent the past 15 years traveling astir and penning astir Mexico. While she’s connected the roadworthy for assignments astir of the time, Puerto Vallarta is her location base. Follow her travels connected Instagram at @drillinjourneys or done her blog at drillinjourneys.com