30 May | Día de Canarias – The Canary Islands’ Day
‘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
LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA
29 MAY – CANARIONA Festival by Cabildo de Gran Canaria at Plaza de Santa Ana
From 18:30-01:00, Free entry
18:30 – 19:30 101 Brass Band
19:30 – 20:30 Araguaney
20:30 – 21:30 Kike Pérez
21:30 – 22:30 Braulio
22:30 – 22:45 LAJALADA
22:45 – 23:45 Sara Socas
23:45 – 0:00 LAJALADA
0:00 – 1:00 La Pantera
29 May – The Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council organises, through the Culture in collaboration with the Canarian Institute of Traditions, a great Taifa Dance to celebrate Canary Islands Day. The event, which will revolve around music, dance, clothing, and traditional gastronomy, will take place in Plaza del Pilar, in the Guanarteme neighbourhood.
From 21:00 to 23:30, the folkloric groups Entre Amigos and Roque Nublo will entertain the evening, as well as the Dragos y Laurel Association, which will participate in this social and musical gathering.
30 MAY – Paseo Canario
at 12:00 Carts, parrandas, folk groups, and pilgrims will leave from Parque Santa Catalina to Plaza de La Luz
As part of the celebrations by the Government of Canarias:
24 May XVII Meeting of the children folk groups at Plaza de Santo Domingo at 09:00
26 May Exhibition of Canarian wrestling at Playa Grande
Exhibition of “Salto de Pastor” Sheppard’s Leap, etc. – La Puntilla at 13:00
29 May Noche de Taifas – La Puntilla
SAN BARTOLOMÉ DE TIRAJANA
30 MAY – The 8th Umiaya Festival at Plaza de San Fernando at 20:00
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 VIII 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.
TUNTE
Wednesday 29 May: Plaza de Tunte
21:30-00:00 DJ
00:00-02:00 Armonía Show
Thursday 30 May: 10:00-14:00 at Plaza de Tunte
10:00 Artisan crafts and tastings stalls opens
11:00 elaboration of typical Canarian products
12:00 tastings of products of the land
12:30 performance by parranda Los Chanos
CASTILLO DEL ROMERAL
Friday 24 May in the Cultural Centre from 17:00-20:00
at 17:00 Artisan exhibition
at 17:00 Traditional table games for the whole family
at 17:30 Canarian wrestling exhibition – Club de lucha Castillo del Romeral
at 17:30 Mojo and Cake contest
at 18:00 Facepainting and Canarian tattoos – Nayra Arbelo Trujillo
at 18:30 Storytelling aboriginal legends – Elisenda Romano
SANTA LUCÍA DE TIRAJANA
Wednesday 29 May :
10:00-22:00 Artisan Craft Fair in the pedestrian area of Avenida de Canarias
16:00-20:00 Family Games in the pedestrian area of Avenida de Canarias
18:00-20:00 Canarian traditional Music at Plaza de Los Algodoneros
at 20:00 ‘Noche de Puntos Cubanos’ with Yeray Rodríguez and co.
at 21:30 ‘Entre Gotas de Rocío’ Yamiley Cruz and Mariachi Peleón
Thursday 30 May:
10:00-22:00 Artisan Craft Fair the pedestrian area of Avenida de Canarias
10:00-14:00 and 16:00-20:00 Family Games in the pedestrian area of Avenida de Canarias
10:00-14:00 and 16:00-20:00 exhibition of Canarian games and sports in the pedestrian area of Avenida de Canarias
11:00-14:00 Canarian traditional Music at Plaza de Los Algodoneros
at 18:00 ‘Tabaiba Project’ Fusion music of Canarian traditional music and Jazz
at 20:00 Los Gofiones
MOGÁN
29 MAY – On Wednesday, there will be a craft market, parade, an exhibition of Canarian wrestling, traditional games and Taifa Dance on Plaza Las Marañuelas in Arguineguín. 18:00-23:00
The Las Marañuelas square in Arguineguín will host a craft market, starting at 18:00. An hour later a parade will start with students from the Folklore Area of the Mogán Artistic Schools, the Los Pescadores Folkloric Group and the Parranda Arguín. The procession will depart from the Plaza de Los Túnidos and will travel through several streets of the fishing district.
In the Plaza there will be a Canarian wrestling exhibition by the San Bartolomé de Tirajana Wrestling Club. There will also be another one of traditional games at the La Revoliá School and attendees will be able to join this type of games with the Mogán Joven collective.
At 20:00 the Taifa Dance will begin, with the participation of the folklore groups from the Artistic Schools of Mogán, specifically the AF Los Pescadores, the Parranda Arguín, Parranga Guayajares and Parranda Veneguera. The evening will conclude with the Parranda El Mejunje.
TELDE
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
ARUCAS
Concert by Olga Cerpa y Mestisay at Plaza de San Juan at 12:00
INGENIO
29 May: “Noche de Enyesque, vino y música” from 20:30 to 00:00 at Plaza de Candelaria
Canarian music groups and dancers, wine and finger food with a humble price of €1
30 May
from 09:30 a market is set up until the end of the day. Artisans, local products, and pastries from the municipality
09:30 – 11:30 Traditional games by the AC Coros y Danzas de Ingenio.
10:45 – 11:30 Shearing, milking and donkey ride for boys and girls.
11:30 – 12:00 Performance by the “Manolito Sánchez” Folklore School of Villa de Ingenio.
at 12:00 Institutional act and raising of the Canary Islands flag.
12:30 – 13:00 Shepherd’s Leap and stick fighting.
13:00 – 15:00 Performance by folk groups
at 13:00 Typical Canarian food (free). Preparation and service by the participating AAVVs.
at 17:00 Snack and pastries prepared by the Caladoras Association of Villa de Ingenio and neighbours of the square.
at 17:30 Exhibition of threshing and dragging.
17:45 – 18:30 Afternoon enjoyed by the music band “Guiniguada”.
18:30 Canarian fight between the “Maninidra” and “Castro Morales” teams and lifting of the plow.
at 20:00 Performance by Yeray Rodríguez, Domingo Rodríguez, “El Colorado”, among others. (The schedule for this event is approximate. It will begin at the end of the fight).
