Safiyyah’s weekly entertainment column scopes out the hot spots

This year’s La Reina de la Costa Maya hails from Guatemala. She beat seven other contestants on Thursday night but there is plenty more activities happening this weekend in the Costa Maya Festival that is underway at La Isla Bonita.  Safiyyah has the rundown on that international event along with a stress-free Friday night at Club Next.  But if you are interested in books, there’s an event this weekend in Belmopan that will catch your attention.

Hey I’m Safiyyah and this is What’s Happening Belize? This weekend is all about Costa Maya in La Isla Bonita San Pedro. This weekend will be jam packed with events of fun fun fun. But before I get into that let me tell you about a few things happening here on the mainland that you may be interested in as well.

Tonight Stress free Fridays in Club Next will be doing things extra special for the ladies. All ladies will enter free before midnight and drinks will all be half priced. There will be lots of great giveaways and Music will be provided by Federation 501 sound and DJ Motion.

Also tonight, if you’re in the mood to sing you can head over to the Renaissance Tower where they will be having ‘A Karaoke Revolution’. This will be kicking off at 7pm.  Once you head over there you can enjoy the food and drinks on sale there as well.

On Saturday in Ladyville you can head over to their community center where they will be doing something big that can help a lot of parents. Inside the community center this Saturday there will be a Book swap for all you parents out there with children in school. What this means is that you can take over school books that you no longer need and trade them or sell them in exchange for others. This can be a great opportunity to get some great deals so go check it out.

Now for the activities you can enjoy out in San Pedro this weekend for Costa Maya, we’ll start with tonight. Tonight is the opening ceremony for the festivities and will feature performances by Belize’s very own Nu Generation Dance Group and the Dance from Mexico Ballet Folklorico de Quintana Roo. There will also be Performances Yerbaklan from Honduras and Mario Mejia y su Grupo from Guatemala.

Tomorrow you can head over to San Pedro and enjoy a day in the Sun, and the local island food then in the night you can enjoy International Night of the Festival. This night will feature performances by Berne Velasquez and international reggeaton sensation Angel y Khriz. They will be performing their hits like ‘ven bailalo’.

While on the Island all you party goers can head over to Fido’s restaurant and bar, where they will be having a party called Picante on Fiday and Saturday Night. This party will feature Tagg International and Belizean Movements.

Sunday is Family day and night. On suday night they will be having performances by Ozzy and Chrispin, the Clowns, as well as KTVL Finalists.

Well that’s all the activities I have for now, have an excellent weekend. Bye.