Mexico -dos and don't

Can't remember your music inclinations but Saturday punk/hc flea market el Chopo. Just past Revolucion station and next to the really cool library.

It was kinda corny but we enjoyed the Mexico Folkloric Dance (and singing) company that performs at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. We also were probably the only gringos at a Victor Manuelle salsa romantica concert ( he’s Puerto Rican) at a place called the Forum that gets rented out for salsa shows

i like all types of music-related places. i am trying to learn something to take home so i can get brownie points at work + personal satisfaction :) i'm collecting things/venues/publications? to google when i have time before the trip. thanks for the tips!

I saw an astonishing Mariachi band in Plaza Garibaldi one night - a skiffle punk version who looked like they slept in their suits - but it might have been a lucky one off. As I said in the DF thread, just go and hang out at one of the shitty pulque places and avoid the big tourist traps.

Here's the link to the Mexico City thread (that I had missed before, doh!) with good, detailed Aldo comments on it:

Mexico City

re music in Mexico City...I am not seeing any upcoming gigs there right now by my faves Julieta Venegas or Cafe Tacuba.

Here's a link for the corny but good Folkloric Ballet company that includes mariachi musicians and dancers and more whom wife and I did see at the Palacio de Belle Artes (they perform here regularly)

https://www.balletfolkloricodemexico.com.mx/presentaciones-ballet-de-mexico-amalia-hernandez/

I read about these Mexico City clubs but uh, never made it to any of them:

La Maraka salsa merengue dance club

Mama Rumba

Mojito Room

Multiforo Alicia - indie

Pasaguero - indie

do: have a blast :)

Near the Mexico City Airport I noticed the Discos Colombia record store but I didn’t have time to go there. It’s on this list from a little while back
http://remezcla.com/lists/music/10-mexico-city-record-stores/

thanks curmudgeon! very helpful. i plan to have 1 or ideally >1 blast :)

going to Tulum (and parts nearby) next wednesday for a week! very excited!

We enjoyed our recent time in Tulum. The beach time was nice despite the seaweed issue there ( lots floating to shore). The Mayan ruins are a must to see and going to cenotes is also fun. We enjoyed a tour of the Sian Kaan Biosphere area where via boat we saw manatees and crocodiles and birds. There we also got to float down a tributary propelled by the current. Dinner at Cetli Restaurant was impressive—fancy Mexican in a casual but nicely designed restaurant ( out on a highway and not with the trendy places on the coastal road.

The Mayan ruins at Coba aren't that far from Tulum. worth seeing as well. Chichen Itza is 2 1/2 hours from Tulum (we didn't end up going there but i want to someday)

Tulum food rec: Pollo Bronco, on the main strip in town. So good.

Can you still climb Coba? You could when I was there but then 10 years is a long time ago.