30 May 2025 | Día de Canarias – The Canary Islands’ Day Events 🇮🇨

‘Diá de Canarias‘

Canary Islands Day, 30 MAY is an annual bank holiday throughout the archipelago. It’s good to remember that government offices, banks, and many local shops etc. will be closed.

On the 30th of May 1983 The Canary Islands officially became an Autonomous National Region of Spain when The Government of The Canary Islands Parliament sat for the first time.  The day has been marked ever since by all municipal town halls, on all 8 islands, in each of the two provinces that make up the archipelago, as the official day for celebration of all things Canarian.

You can expect nearly every town or village to have some sort of public event happening on Thursday, some including Wednesday and previous weekend, with locals dressed in traditional post-conquest clothing and performing folk dances as well as tastings of local produce among other attractions. You might have already seen the shopping centres and shops having loads of Canarian products to sell. 

Of course, as tourism has long been the main focus of the economy here you’ll also find representations of traditional foodstuffs like gofio, potatoes, cheeses, mangoes, avocados, ropa vieja, almonds, wines, rum, honey rum, mojos rojo and verde and many items besides on display in hotels and tourist information centres

HERE ARE FEW DIFFERENT FESTIVITIES ON GRAN CANARIA :

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LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA 

Thursday, 29 MAY – CANARIONA
Festival by Cabildo de Gran Canaria at Plaza de Santa Ana
From 18:30-01:00, Free entry

🔹 18:30-19:30 Inaugural parade with the Banda de Agaete and the colorful Papahuevos.
🔹 19:30-20:30 Parranda de Teror,, Thania Gil and Julia Rodríguez
🔹 20:30 -20:40 Baked Belda
🔹 20:40-21:25 Humour and verse: Darío López and Yeray Rodríguez will make us laugh and move us.
🔹 21:25 -21:35 Baked Belda
🔹 Fusion and dance: NIA, Juseph, and Baked Belda will close the night with rhythms that cross borders.
🔹 Gran Canaria Big Band, and voices like Cristina Ramos and Chago Melián and then some…

🔹30 MAY – XIV Paseo Romero Día de Canarias
at 12:00 Carts, parrandas, folk groups, and pilgrims will leave from Parque Santa Catalina to Plaza de La Luz

Saturday 31 May
21:00 Baile de Taifas at  Plaza de la Puntilla

SAN BARTOLOMÉ DE TIRAJANA

🔹 30 MAY – The 9th Umiaya Festival at Plaza de San Fernando at 20:30
As has become a tradition, the Plaza de San Fernando will host on Thursday, May 30, on the occasion of Canary Islands Day and the town’s patron saint festivities, the celebration of the IX Umiaya Festival, which in this edition will feature the participation of folkloric groups Umiaya and Vegueros de Tinamar, and the children’s dance group of the Municipal Music School of Mogán.

🔹 30 May in TUNTE
Plaza Santiago de Tunte between 09:30-14:00
Artisan crafts and tastings stalls and performance by parranda Los Chanos

SANTA LUCÍA DE TIRAJANA

🔹 29-31 May Artisan Craft and Food Fair at Plaza de Los Algodoneros
Local artisans and Canarian tapas and enyesques from 10:00 to 22:00

Thursday 29 May:
17:00-20:00 Traditional Canarian Games on the Pedestrian Zone of Avenida de Canarias
Taifa Dance with the following groups: Parranda la Polvajera, Parranda del Cura and Parranda el Pajullo
Reserve your table at the Tel.: 928 75 97 06 Participate in your traditional Canarian attire and come enjoy a night full of Canarian culture.
Starting at 20:00 at Plaza de Los Algodoneros

🔹Friday 30 May:
10:00-14;00Musical performances and Folklore gathering with groups from Santa Lucía de Tirajana at Plaza de Los Algodoneros
10:00-14:00 & 17:00-20:00 Demonstration of Canarian games and sports on the pedestrian Zone of Avenida de Canarias
Traditional Gran Canaria club game, shepherd’s jump, stone lifting, and plowing
at 17:00 Children’s Show: The Songbook of the Dragon and the Cats at Plaza de Los Algodoneros
20:00 Concert by Acatife at Plaza de Los Algodoneros
21:30 Concert by Bejeque at Plaza de Los Algodoneros

Saturday 31 May:
10:00-14:00 Canarian Games and Sports Exhibition on Avenida de Canarias Pedestrian Zone
Traditional Gran Canaria club game, shepherd’s jump, stone lifting, and plowing
at 11:00 Children’s Show:The Most Beautiful at Plaza de Los Algodoneros
12:30 La Jalada in concert Plaza de Los Algodoneros
17:00-20:00 Traditional Canarian games on Avenida de Canarias Pedestrian Zone
17:00 Rafaelillo Clown Performance Plaza de Los Algodoneros
18:30 Maestro Florido at Plaza de Los Algodoneros

MOGÁN

TELDE

🔹 Thursday 29 May: Romería Escolar
Pilgrimage by the local schools in Telde at 09:00 in the morning. Departure from calle el Roque via Calle León y Castillo and ending at Plaza de San Juan.

in the evening at Plaza de San Juan, there will be Canarian music and dancing, starting at 20:30 and the orchestra Wamampy will end the night.

🔹Friday, 30 May on Plaza de San Juan popular games and sports from the Islands, Canarian music, children’s workshops, and a craft fair.
Agaete Band will be in charge of closing the party with the accompaniment to the popular papahuevos

GÁLDAR

Friday, 30 May: The 29th traditional Wool Festival in the neighbourhood of Caideros.

ARUCAS

🔹 On Friday 30 May, there is a Concert of  Los Sabandeños at 12:00 on Plaza de San Juan

SANTA BRÍGIDA

🔹 Santa Brígida will celebrate Canary Islands Day with a Neighbourhood Gathering steeped in tradition on Friday, 30 May.

The town of Santa Brígida will be dressed up for the occasion to celebrate Canary Islands Day with ‘Encuentro Vecinal’, taking place from 10:00 on Calle Mirador de la Villa. The event promises to be a tribute to the traditions, flavours, and popular culture of the archipelago.

One of the most anticipated moments will be the collective preparation of watercress stew, one of the most emblematic dishes of Canarian cuisine. In addition, attendees will enjoy folklore, crafts, traditional games, stalls with typical food, and Santa Brígida wine, in a celebration that highlights local products and customs.
The event will feature the collaboration of local groups, neighbourhood associations, wineries, folklore groups, dance groups, and artisans from the municipality, who have all thrown themselves into organizing this event designed for sharing and enjoyment.
A proposal with a Canarian flavor that invites us to celebrate our roots.