PATRON SAINT FESTIVITIES SAN ANTONIO EL CHICO

The main street in Pueblo de Mogán will be decorated from the 6st to the 16th of June to celebrate the local patron saint festivities. The San Antonio El Chico 2019 festivities program integrates tradition, culture, sports, leisure with the participation of many residents in the organisation of activities.

The program of festivities includes musical shows and activities for children, traditional children’s games, traditional games for adults, comedy shows, fiestas and concerts.

This year marks the 541th Anniversary of the foundation of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. From its origins on June 24th 1478, first named  El Real de las Tres Palmas (The Royal Town of the Three Palms), the city celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every summer with an intense program of cultural activities and open-air shows in and around Vegueta, the old quarter, and the festivities are completed every Saint John’s Night (Midsummer) the eve of the city’s Birthday, with an impressive display of fireworks on Las Canteras Beach. Locals and visitors gather by the thousands along the beach promenade to enjoy the show and the cheerful ambiance, a unique attraction for visitors who stay in the city during that time.

Gran Canaria Air Battle Kiteboarding Festival 2019, the largest Kitesurf festival in the Canary Islands is held at the Vargas Beach from June 7 to 16, in the municipality of Agüimes.

The program prepared for this edition includes 7 days of competition during which the Open Canary and Spanish Cup will be held in the Big Air, Waves and Strapless Freestyle modalities and, for the first time, the GKA world championship, GKA Freestyle World Cup Gran Canaria.

During the festival there will be different activities aimed at all audiences.

The highlight of this event will be the celebration of the GKA world championship in the Freestyle-Big Air modality, which will take place from June 13 to 17, where 32 elite international kite-surfing athletes from Europe, South America or Brazil, among others, will be able to compete for the title of World Champion.

Kiteboarding is a sport that has experienced a spectacular growth in recent years, becoming an Olympic modality that will be represented at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

The municipality of Telde celebrates the Fiestas Patronales in honour of San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist), within the historic setting of San Juan.

Main festive day is on the 24^th June, and the night before is celebrated with fireworks and bonfires, which light up every corner of the neighborhood. On St Johns day there are many exhibitions, cattle shows and street shows including artistic performances etc. It is also a local bank holiday in Telde.

On Saturday 22 June 2019, the third Edition of the Romantic Night – Tejeda.

A night, dining by the light of candles, to walk through the streets and corners of this mountain village that will surprise you with its warm lighting and decoration. An evening in which music will put a final touch to this “noche romantico”.

Romantic Night is a celebration without precedent in Spain that worships love with the scene of the most beautiful villages in Spain.

79 of the Most Beautiful Villages in Spain come together in this III Edition, to an event that will take place simultaneously in more than 400 Spanish, Italian, French and Belgian towns during the summer solstice, on the night of June 22nd.

During that night, these more than 400 municipalities will host unique visual spectacles and a varied range of activities. The culminating moment will be when, at 12 o’clock in the evening, when day 22 gives way to 23, thousands of people will show their affection, their affection or their eternal love with the kiss, “the Most Beautiful in the World’.

Artisan Fair at the Parque Municipal (“Parque de las Flores”) Sunday and Monday 23-24 June 2019. Monday is also a local bank holiday in the municipality of Arucas.

Arucas is celebrating their Patron Saint festivities in honour of San Juan Bautista.

It’s San Juan, one of the biggest celebration weekends on Gran Canaria and throughout Spain, and that entails many traditional fiestas, midnight dips in the sea and various rituals with bonfires and fireworks. Every municipality and neighbourhood is likely to have their own bonfire, as long as there is no fire alert, and there are always strict rules to be followed.

The biggest celebration is in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. This year 2019 marks the 541 st Anniversary festivities of the foundation of the city at the same time.

FIESTAS DEL ALBARICOQUE

The picturesque village of Fataga in the municipality of San Bartolome de Tirajana, celebrate their apricot festival 28.6.-1.7.2019
On Saturday evening the Gran Romeria, a pilgrimage offering throughout the streets of this most picturesque little mountain village just 25 minutes drive from Maspalomas.