Gird your loins, siblings. This huge weekend of events is about to go off in the LGBTQ-ATL, and it culminates in a Sunday Funday Cinco de Mayo for the ages.
“As always, I wanted to give back to the larger community, but also the Latin community,” says Oscar Valdivieso, aka Papi, of the gay-run eatery Las Margaritas. “It’s very authentic and super fun for everybody.”
Papi and Las Marg are famous for their Cinco celebrations. This year’s Sunday Funday Cinco Extravaganza includes a live band, DJ Ceelos, and a huge outdoor screen for the Atlanta United game. That means sporty types from All Stripes and Hotlanta Softball League on hand, too. Of course, Cinco also means the (American) reason for the season: Specials on ‘ritas, cervezas, sangrias and shots.
“We’ll have tons of stuff to remind you where you got ‘Cinco’d’,” Valvidieso says.
In addition to the reliably awesome Las Margaritas, you can count on Cinco de Mayo for a good time all over queer Atlanta. This year, turn up the volume on that sentiment. The official holiday and the unofficial holigay fall on a weekend, so count on more celebrations than usual from queer organizers, and count on them going all day long and into the night.
Every gay watering hole in town will pour your chosen libation, and your favorite restaurants will do that with all the food and entertainment you can handle to boot.
Here are the ones we’re counting on to show you an especially good time this Sunday:
Papi’s Sunday Funday Cinco Extravaganza
Las Margaritas
1842 Cheshire Bridge Road NE
5 De Mayo
Drink specials, shot boys, DJ, free t-shirts
La Hacienda
900 Monroe Drive NE
Mama’s Cocina Latina
Margarita specials, prizes, t-shirts
1958 Piedmont Road
facebook.com/mamas-cocina-latina
7th Annual Party on the Patio
Deejay Cosmo & Frozen Margaritas
Ten Atlanta
990 Piedmont Ave.
Cinco de Mayo Blowout
Taco, Beer Bucket & Frozen Specials
Shooter Boys & Cinco Giveaways
Midtown Moon
1492 Piedmont Ave. NE
Semana de Cinco de Mayo
With Lady Gaay & DJ Kenzie Q
Felix’s
1510 Piedmont Ave
Cinco de Fun Day
Specials All Day
Blake’s on the Park
227 10th St NE
Woofs Cinco Party
Woofs
2425 Piedmont Road NE
Cinco Celebration
Nachos + tequila and beer specials
Friends Neighborhood Bar
736 Ponce de Leon Ave.
Cinco de T’s
With Marg and Cuervo specials
699 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE
Zocalo
with DJ Beats
187 10th St NE
Heifer Review: Cinco Edition
with Ruby Redd & queens on the Patio
Joe's on Juniper, 1 p.m.
Queer AF Cinco de Mayo Show
My Sister's Room, 10 p.m.
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