Extraordinary New Acts Coming to The Palm and Coco Cabaret

I had a quick, fast visit to the Coapinole tianguis with a swatch of peach chiffon that went unmatched. There will be other Tuesdays.

As soon as I got home, I dropped my bags full of new projects-in-waiting, crossed the footbridge by the municipal market, the Isla, the next bridge, and passed old Rizo’s locale and soon-to-be new condo for Rob Burton and Jan Dorland.

Half a block more put me at the exit doors to Coco Cabaret. Minutes later, Mark Robert Rome and Hedda Lettuce (just back from summer in Fire Island) arrived, and we carefully tiptoed around piles of cement and skirted around the immense sound-proofing roof panels that were being assembled far, far overhead on massive steel girders. It is going to be spectacular! There won’t be any side views; every chair faces the stage, which will have storage for props underneath.

After the tour, Mark and I sat down for coffee and went over the “playlists” for both The Palm and Coco Cabarets. Still fine-tuning, of course, but some extraordinary new acts are coming, and some are not returning for various reasons, including being cast on Broadway. Standard (read Fabulous!) acts returning with new shows are Freddie Mercury, Rhianna, Lady Gaga, Pink and Beyonce. New duos – Elton John, Billy Joel; ABBA,and Roy Cruz and Nacho Granados. Both cabarets will tighten schedules so that shows start and stop on time. The Palm reopens around the 7th of October, likely with a by-invitation-only party – to kick off their 25th season in Vallarta. Unprecedented. Vallarta Mirror and Vallarta Calendar wish Coco Cabaret and the Palm’s owners, Adriana and Gustavo, the staff, and all the performers a helluva great season.