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Guitarfest 2010 Press Release

7th Annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival Announces Line-Up

By Catherine Krantz

7th Annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival, March 17- 20, 2010,  Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

A week of guitar music in paradise, Zihuatanejo’s popular music festival that has been gathering enthusiastic fans among artists and audiences alike for seven years, comes back in 2010 with great music for a good [...]

Zihua Guitarfest 2010

Coming up SOON is the 6th annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival 2010, with fabulous music events being held in both Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa, Mexico.

The festival is to be held March 17, 18, 19 and 20, 2010.

**Pre-Sales tickets are available at Fund Raiser events at discounted prices.**

2010 Concert Venues and General Schedule

Opening Concert Wednesday March 17, [...]

Local Musicians Showcase

On Thursday, February 25, starting 7 pm at the Gian Frank Center in Ixtapa,  a Local Musicians Showcase concert will be held with a selection of some great Zihuatanejo music from local musicians. This is a fundraising event for the 2010 Zihua Guitarfest coming up in March.

$100 pesos cover charge. Dinner and drinks will [...]

Zihua Carnival 2010

For the past few years Zihuatanejo has been heavily promoting its carnival celebrations that were started up after having been dropped for a time during the late 90s and early 2000s. Right now around town you can see colorful reminders of the upcoming event, with large replicas of masks and banners hanging from [...]

Zihua Sailfest 2010

Zihua Sailfest — the Zihuatanejo Bay Regatta — is coming up soon and volunteers are being sought to help get it all together. There will be a volunteers meeting  at Rick’s Bar (which was for a time Zihua El Faro) on Cuauhtemoc street in downtown Zihuatanejo, on Tuesday January 19th starting at 10 a.m. If [...]

Tequila Flights at Manzanillo Bay

Josie Kuhn will be the featured “Tequila Tuesday” artist at the Inn at Manzanillo Bay in Troncones on Tuesday, January 5th, at the introduction to the Manzanillo Bay “Tequila Flights”. Hours 6:30 to 9:30 pm

Reservations suggested. Tel. 755-553-2884 for more information.

December 2009 Events

Upcoming for the rest of this month of December, 2009, as we wind down toward the end of the year, are these events in the Ixtapa Zihuatanejo area:

December 16 through 24: Mexico celebrates the Christmas season with a series of Posadas, reenactments of the journey of Joseph and Mary seeking shelter for the birth of [...]

Music School Concert

The students of the EMZ, Escuela de Musica de Zihuatanejo, will be putting on a concert at El Pueblito restaurant located on Blvd. Morelos No. 249, just down from the Hotel El Tradicional.

Date and Time: 7 – 9 p.m.,  Sunday December 13th

For more information, please contact school director Aikeke Rose, 755-110-9990.

A Taste of Ixtapa

Join the wandering gustatory crowd next Wednesday, December 9th for the “Taste of Ixtapa” Food Crawl in support of the Sixth Annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival. The crawl will be taking place in the Los Patios – Ixtapa Boulevard – Plaza Ixpamar area of Ixtapa, and five to seven different restaurants will be participating.

Take advantage [...]

Che Mangiamo Anniversary

Che Mangiamo restaurant in Marina Ixtapa is celebrating their 2nd anniversary this coming Saturday evening, December 5th. There’ll be music by Eric and Roberto, with special guest Jay Jackson, and of course Che Mangiamo’s great food (pizzas, pastas, seafood, meats…) with full bar service.

Che Mangiamo is located above Fisher’s restaurant in Marina Ixtapa. Call [...]

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