Playa de Las Americas, Tenerife, is to celebrate its first ‘Summer Carnival’ this year, to be held this Friday 20th of August 2010 between 7.30 and 9.30PM strating from the Hotel Villa Cortes roundabout to Pirámide de Arona. The acts on the night will be Comparsa Cariocas, Joroperos, Danzarines Canarios, Bahía Bahitiare, Tabajaras, Los Playeritos, [...]
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Santa Cruz carnival parades commence
Posted by Canaries News on February 12th, 2010
In Tenerife carnival, Cabalgatas mean Parades, and involve the groups of the carnival, spectacular decorated floats, with thousands of anonymous masks frequently driven in disparate vehicles. The street carnival begins on Friday the 12th with the ‘Starting Parade’, from Avenida de Bélgica to Avenida Francisco La Roche through the Streets of Santa Cruz where the [...]
Gran Canaria drag queen gala sells out
Posted by Canaries News on February 5th, 2010
After only half an hour of going on sale, the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria drag queen gala show has sold out. According to sources, the offical web server went down as did the telephone system dedicated to selling the tickets. Hundreds of people also waited in the wind and rain at the Parque Santa [...]
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Tags: carnival, drag queen, gala show, Gran Canaria, las palmas 
No Comments »Murgas Contest in Puerto de La Cruz, Tenerife
Posted by Canaries News on January 28th, 2010
Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife warms up for the festivities of the forthcoming Carnival with the Contest of Murgas del Norte (Carnival’s clowns choir). 14 murgas and 7 groups for children will participate in this year’s competition. This is going to be the eighteenth edition and the first one to include a children murgas [...]
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria carnival starts
Posted by Canaries News on January 26th, 2010
The Las Palmas de Gran Canaria carnival starts today with the 1st round of the Murgas contest at the Parque Santa Catalina and finishes on the 19th February with the traditional burial of the sardine. The Carnival Queen gala is on the 5th February. Take a look at the carnival program here http://www.laspalmascarnaval.net/PROGRAMA.pdf
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