El Dia Del Mustache

Your hairiest dreams have come true, friend. El Dia Del Mustache is back, and with bristly vengeance. We’ve moved our little follicle fest to May because, since last year, it’s been scientifically proven that May is a superior month all around—but also because it provides a more fertile climate for the cultivation of a kick ass ’stache. The details are as follows (please note we’ve also moved to a venue that will NOT smell like human feces):

El Dia Del Mustache 8
May 1st 2010 @ 3PM
Santos Party House
96 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10013

More details will follow as we get closer, but consider yourself warned. And, hey, Jesus Christ grew a mustache because he thought it could save the world. Do him a solid by showing up with something awesome on your top lip.

The first batch of official El Dia portraits are just coming through and, as expected, they’re quite spectacular. We’ve heard from a lot of El Dia faithful about acquiring portraits to display on MySpace, Facebook and all the rest of the social gubbins, and we’ll post info on how to get them as soon as the rest have come in. Of course, stay tuned to the official El Dia site for more of these portraits once we update the official photos section.

In the meantime, check out the event photos:

From Murph

From Schlottmann

From Josh & Miranda

From Aisner

From Rebecca

From Slim

A big thanks to our pals at Gorman & Gorman for the amazing portrait shots. Got your own photos? Send ‘em in to charlie@statemedia.net

UPDATE: The Board’s email address isn’t functioning, so please send and resend all emails to charlie@statemedia.net. Charlie will take care of you.

A big thanks to everyone who came out this year in support of El Dia del Mustache 7. This year’s crowd was undoubtedly the biggest in El Dia history (200?), and for the first time ever we witnessed an on-the-fly addition of a new competitive category: The Magnum PI stache. A pregnant stache and even a toddler stache were also spotted amongst the follicled masses.

Send photos to charlie@statemedia.net and we’ll post them (no, seriously this time). Also reach out to us if you have the pictures, names and contact info of the winners. Farley (pictured above, center) won top honors for Best in Show with that marvelous piece of work on his upper lip. Farley, if you’re reading this, keep in touch and please take care of that beloved baby blue Members Only jacket.

Here are some links to photos that have come in so far. Keep them coming.

From Schlottmann

From Josh & Miranda

From Aisner

From Rebecca

From Slim

LASTLY, a note about the venue. God damn, that place was disgusting. Thanks to everyone who stuck it out depite the inescapable smell of human excrement. We swear it didn’t smell like that the last time we scoped the place out (though there were two homeless dudes sleeping in the back). The point is moot anyway, since we’ll never be going back to Port 41 again. The Board has already begun searching for a new venue for next year. If you have any ideas we’d love to hear them. Hit us up at charlie@statemedia.net.

Those mustache sympathizers over at the Daily News advised their readers of our hirsute hoedown blasting off this afternoon under the armpit of the Port Authority. Come one, come all!

El Dia del Mustache 7
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Port 41
355 W 41st St
(btw 8th & 9th Aves)
New York, NY 10036

Burt just phoned in from the ski chalet with a reminder for everyone:

“Don’t blow it.”

We can only assume he’s referring to this Saturday’s historic celebration of El Dia Del Mustache 7. As always, the jams officially kick of at 3PM. REMEMBER: WE ARE NOT HOLDING THE EVENT AT NO IDEA. We’ve switched venues to the significantly scummier Port 41. Details below. Nominations will be given out by the board in the usual categories: Best in Show, Dad Stache, Molester Stache, Novelty Stache and Shitty Stache. Voting kicks off around 5 or 5:30. Don’t worry if you don’t win top honors—you’re a winner just for having a mustache. See y’all Saturday.

El Dia del Mustache 7
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Port 41
355 W 41st St
(btw 8th & 9th Aves)
New York, NY 10036

As if the majesty of El Dia Del Mustache wasn’t blowing your balls off already, along comes the official t-shirt, available only to those who come out for the day of days:

El Dia del Mustache 7
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Port 41
355 W 41st St
(btw 8th & 9th Aves)
New York, NY 10036

It’s the perfect accompaniment to a bushy top lip and a must-own for El Dia completists. It’ll cost you $20, with all proceeds going to charity.

Ten days to go. Make ‘em count.

Our little follicle fest has just received a shout out from the fine gentlemen at International Mustache Month. Check it out!

International Mustache Month officially kicked off on Super Bowl Sunday and is the kind of initiative The Board can get behind. During the month of February, you’re encouraged to grow the nastiest, meatiest beard that your genetic predisposition will possibly allow. On February 28th, you buzz it all off leaving only the hair that sits atop your upper lip so that you and others may bask in its glory. Goatees, soul patches and other garnishes are strictly prohibited, of course.

It’s the perfect lead-in to El Dia and The Board couldn’t be happier to have an organization of such likeminded individuals to help us spread the gospel of the ’stache.

And in case you forgot, the day of days is nearing ever closer:

El Dia del Mustache 7
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Port 41
355 W 41st St
(btw 8th & 9th Aves)
New York, NY 10036

Be there, or be dead.

Formally Announcing El Dia Del Mustache 7

NEW LOCATION FOR 2009!

Hear ye, hear ye.Has the daily grind left ye battered and broken? Is the current economic downturn shattering your spirit as well as your savings? Well, there’s only one cure for what ails you, and that’s a mustache.

On March 28th, 2009 @ 3PM, bring your finest face follicles (no beards, goatees or fu-manchus) on down to Port 41 - the scummiest bar New York City has ever known, and the only place suitable for hosting the Greatest Show on Earth. We’re, of course, referring to El Dia Del Mustache 7. As you veterans well know, the last four El Dias have been held at No Idea bar on 21st street. But frankly, friends, our little soiree has outgrown the place. In search of a worthy replacement, your El Dia board members launched an exhaustive search across the isle of Manhattan. It was a search filled with many highs and lows, and it doesn’t get any lower than Port 41. This dump is a wart on the assneck of humanity. It’s everything we could ever ask for and more…

Cheap tall boys? Check.

Free hot dogs? Check.

Buckhunter? Check.

Bartenders in bikinis? Check.

A giant Hippopotamus head on the wall? Check.

Homeless ne’er-do-wells lurking in corners and sleeping in booths? You bet.

People, this bar is an authentic Hell’s Kitchen dive — Rudy’s is like the Waldorf Astoria compared to Port 41. But don’t take our word for it. Come see for yourself on Saturday, March 28, 2008. While you’re there, compete for prizes, buy a t-shirt for charity and bask in the company of like-minded souls. Most importantly, INVITE EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

WHAT:
El Dia del Mustache 7

WHEN:
Saturday March 28, 2009

WHERE:
Port 41
355 W 41st St
(btw 8th & 9th Aves)
New York, NY 10036

See here for official mustache growing rules.

Sincerely,
 The Board.

It’s been nearly a year since 2008’s epic El Dia bash last Marzo - plenty of time for your ’stache to recharge for ‘09. Come one, come all, for the seventh installment of the greatest haberdashery of manliness the world has ever known.

El Dia del Mustache 7!!!

When:  March 28, 2009 - 3PM

Where:  TBD (most likely No Idea Bar NYC)

Start now.  The cold weather is conducive to awesome, and we have very little time.  Wear a goatee to a baby’s birthday.  Grow a beard for a southern hemisphere vacation.  Wear a mustache on the bus we know you ride to work for the next two and a half months.  Just get it done.  Please pass the news along to all friends and followers of the mustache.

Yours truly, The Board

Thanks to everyone who attended El Dia Del Mustache 6, which by all accounts was the best, most attended El Dia in history. Keep checking back here in the next few days for photos, and please send photos and links to photos to us at theboard[at]eldiadelmustache.com