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Sunday, January 24 – Sunday, January 31, 2027
The circuit parties, afterhours and official events happening across BeefDip Bear Week in Puerto Vallarta — dates, venues and tickets.
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BeefDip Bear Week is the original bear week in Puerto Vallarta, running since 2002 over the last week of January, and the 2027 edition is Sunday, January 24 to Sunday, January 31, 2027, with a pre-welcome party on Saturday the 23rd. The organizers have already published the full nine-day program: pool and foam parties at Blue Chairs and Hotel Delfin by day, club nights at CC Slaughters until 5 AM, a neon beach party, the Tidal Wave charity pool party and the Friday booze cruise. Everything happens within a few blocks of each other in the Zona Romántica. This guide covers the schedule, the Dog Tag passes, the partner hotels and the bars around it.
Pro Tip
Only the Gold tag includes the booze cruise. The organizers have listed stand-alone cruise tickets at $150 USD in past years, so if you want the boat, Gold is the cheaper way in.
This is the program as published on beefdip.com in October 2026. The organizers note that events, venues and performers can change without notice, and the dress code for each night is listed on their events page. Everything is included with the Dog Tag unless marked.
Pro Tip
The daytime parties run noon to 6 or 7 and the club nights start at 10, which leaves a four-hour gap every evening. That is when the Lázaro Cárdenas bars fill up: CC Slaughters, Industry, La Noche and Mr. Flamingo are all on the same block.
BeefDip is the anchor, but the last week of January has become Puerto Vallarta's bear week as a whole, and other promoters run parties around it. Listings for 2027 include Mantamar Beach Club's bear week pool parties from January 25, BearFest by Industry from January 26, and the Mad Bear foam party at Blue Chairs on Friday, January 29 (11 AM to 6 PM, with Benjamin Koll and Bearland's Nalgaroth on the decks). Those are separate tickets from the Dog Tag.
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
Plan Your BeefDip Week
Every Puerto Vallarta bar, the week's parties and the BeefDip schedule in one place, with the map to get between them.
BeefDip does not sell travel packages. For 2026 the organizers named Hotel Delfin as host hotel, The Tryst as a sponsor hotel and Blue Chairs as their longtime partner, and the 2027 rates had not been posted on their travel page when this guide went up. The two venues with rooms are the ones to book first, because the pool parties happen in the building.
Pro Tip
The Zona Romántica is walkable: Blue Chairs, CC Slaughters, Hotel Delfin and The Tryst are all within about ten minutes of each other on foot. Amapas and Conchas Chinas, up the hill to the south, are the quieter places to sleep.
Sunday, January 24 to Sunday, January 31, 2027, with a pre-welcome party on Saturday, January 23.
In Puerto Vallarta's Zona Romántica, mainly at Blue Chairs Resort, Hotel Delfin, The Tryst Hotel and CC Slaughters.
Early-bird 2027 prices on beefdip.com are $290 CAD for Gold (full pass with booze cruise) and $270 CAD for Silver (no cruise). Purchases are final and non-transferable.
Tags are not mailed. In 2026 pickup was at the Blue Chairs lobby Saturday through Monday and the Hotel Delfin lobby Tuesday through Thursday; the 2027 pickup hours were not yet posted.
Only with the Gold tag. It leaves from the pier by Hotel Delfin on Friday, January 29, with check-in at 9 AM.
SETAC, which runs HIV and STI education and testing in Vallarta, and RISE Orphanage. The Tidal Wave pool party on Thursday is the fundraiser.
BeefDip does not sell packages. For 2026 the organizers named Hotel Delfin as host hotel, with The Tryst and Blue Chairs as partner hotels. Book directly with each hotel.
Since 2002, according to the organizers, which makes 2027 the 25th year.
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