Rob, this is not all about you and please don't get old before your time You are worrying me!

The problem with subwoofers is that they aren't just heard by party-goers, their ultra-low frequency damages the properties of other people hundreds of meters away by essentially being an endless earthquake. When subwoofers were invented they were known as earthquake speakers because they were developed for movie theaters playing the movie "Earthquake." So while our house is old and suffers from age and the thousands of little and a few large earthquakes, it also suffers from the vibrations of earthquake speakers. No, it's not about me at all. It's about irresponsible people acting irresponsibly and damaging the property if not also the health of other people. El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.

Yes, it was loud but not to a point that we could not hold conversations and for someone that has been to my share of such events, I thought it was very well run. I did not see a single person sick and of course some had over indulged but most people were just having a good time. The majority of the folks had paid for their tickets Rob. Yes, Cesar brought in a group with the parade but that was not the majority of the folks and it was a good event to give exposure to Mezcal and several of the local reps did very well in sales. As well, several restaurants were represented and did well too. If this was a monthly event, I would tend to agree with you but for a once a year thing, it was great and the right spot as the pier is not ready. As for the drunks created issues late at night, I left Centro at 02:30 and the ones being silly in the street were not coming from the festival but from some of your neighbours/nearby bars.

The subwoofers were at obscenely disrespectful levels. The alcohol culture would be more acceptable if we didn’t pay such a high price for Prohibition 2.0. I’m glad so many folks benefited from the event. My family wasn’t one of them.
Saludos

Sorry to say that it appears to be following tradition: If you can't do it good, Do it loud......

For the few moments I was there after coming back from The Doors show in Ixtapa, the band actually sounded quite good, polished and professional..
I’m sure it was loud however as I walked to Madera on the Paseo and heard them all the way

I did have to dodge a few piles of human reflux leaving the venue.

Excerpt from Z Rob's post--->

...."Apparently whoever was involved with its planning disregarded any consideration for others, such as the neighbors. The revelers were quite loud and obnoxious well into the wee hours."

2-29-2020

@ZihuaRob

Past history indicates that everytime, almost without exception, there is such an event that involves alcohol as it's "theme", what you described in your post is what we can expect.

There is an event involving Tequila that has been held at the pier that results in a similar situation.

Until the next beer, tequila, mezcal, etc., "Fest", cheers.

Instead, how about a properly organized Food Fest that would showcase the variety of delicious local cuisine there is in Z, that did NOT have ANY alcohol involved?

Just a suggestion, anyways.

You just missed the "food fest" of traditional Mexican meals that was held at the Cancha Municipal a week or so ago and a paella festival also at the museum. In a tourist destination alcohol will always be a factor, but while there were surely many tourists at the event, most of the noisy revelers we saw were locals. While generally Zihuatanejo tries to be tolerant of such special events, ones organized around the consumption of overproof alcohol should require additional considerations. The police apparently were present, but people were still scandalizing in the streets. but the most annoying was once again the subwoofers were so loud that even with windows closed and the TV turned up the vibration could be felt through the floors and walls, something that affects the structural integrity of our home and others in the area.

2-29-2020

@ZihuaRob

Past history indicates that everytime, almost without exception, there is such an event that involves alcohol as it's "theme", what you described in your post is what we can expect.

There is an event involving Tequila that has been held at the pier that results in a similar situation.

Until the next beer, tequila, mezcal, etc., "Fest", cheers.

Instead, how about a properly organized Food Fest that would showcase the variety of delicious local cuisine there is in Z, that did NOT have ANY alcohol involved?

Just a suggestion, anyways.

Edit---> U P D A T E

As a happy medium/alternative:
¿Cómo te parece un evento (SIN el ruido a un nivel escandalóso) de Café y Kahlúa, y otros licóres de cafe?
They combine well. Have stands with the various purveyors of coffee as well as a Kahlúa & other booths with a similar licór.
Y para beber, entre otras bedidas de café, un delicioso Frappe de café con Kahlúa?

What was going on downtown light night? Music went on well into the wee hours.

It was a "festival de mezcal" at the museum. They brought alcoholic revelers from the outlying colonias, plied them with mezcal and turned them loose on the town. A terrible and extremely poorly planned poorly located event by the local restaurant association that affected numerous hotels and residences in the area. A damn shame they hold such an event in that spot. Apparently whoever was involved with its planning disregarded any consideration for others, such as the neighbors. The revelers were quite loud and obnoxious well into the wee hours.

What was going on downtown light night? Music went on well into the wee hours.

Mezcal Festival Party/ concert