LUCHA VaVOOM: Set For Two Simultaneous Cinco De Mayo Performances At Los Angeles’ Mayan Theater & Chicago’s Park West May 5

They’ve just announced a “CINCO DE MAYO SPECTACULAR” that will take place simultaneously Thursday, May 5 in two cities: Los Angeles at the Mayan Theater (where they performed two sold-out shows in February) and Chicago at the Park West.  And when LUCHA VaVOOM drops the word “spectacular,” you can rest assured that they’ll amp things up to new levels of insanity at these must-be-seen-to-be-believed shows in celebration of the Mexican holiday.

LUCHA VaVOOM’s CINCO DE MAYO shows are non-stop events that will be comprised of three action-packed wrestling matches and four lusty burlesque ladies (including Carolina Cerisola, one of the most well-known burlesque dancers in the world), all in one intermission-free experience. Attendees can also look forward to the following: strolling mariachis, a donkey photo booth, Aztec and folklorico dancers, a lowrider parade (in Los Angeles), giant Zumba dance (in Chicago), tamales, and–as is traditional with the holiday–lots of tequila courtesy of their friends at El Jimador.

Founded in Los Angeles in 2003 by Rita D’Albert and Liz Fairbairn, LUCHA VaVOOM is good vs. evil played out in quick, exhibition-style, one-fall Lucha Libre matches for maximum enjoyment and action.  The Los Angeles Times said, “Far-out flamboyance always prevails at Lucha VaVOOM, a spectacle of Mexican freestyle wrestling with an L.A. twist (7/09/06).”

Arguably more rock than rock and more punk than punk, LUCHA VaVOOM has created a Los Angeles tradition: from the low-rider car parade escorting the performers as the crowd enters the iconic Mayan Theater, to the local luminaries they attract (Drew Carey and Jack Black have sat in), to Burlesque (which was revived right here in Los Angeles), to Lucha Libre, where masked heroic wrestlers, in character-driven style, flip, fly and amaze.  It all comes together to make one fun, surreal, glam-bam spectacle of raucous entertainment. You could say it’s a wrestling show for people that don’t like wrestling (and those that do).

At LUCHA VaVOOM, they like a little sexo with their violencia. In between matches, the finest handpicked burlesque acts from around the world wow the crowds with their unique striptease skills, including raucous aerial acts, pogo-stick peelers and hula-hoop hotties.

www.luchavavoom.com

“With this perfectly balance evening of sex, comedy & comicbook violence, the populace of earth deserves nothing less than a global tour. Everyone needs a little Lucha VaVoom in their life.”
Bizarre (U.K.)

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