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The Craft Fair returns to Mancha Blanca, 10–15 September
Thirty-seventh edition, held over the island's patron saint days. Craftspeople from across the Canaries, workshops, folk bands, traditional games and a...
Playa Blanca gains 65 free parking spaces in the centreAugust 17, 2026
San Bartolomé fills the streets with its RomeríaAugust 17, 2026
The Música Visual Festival skips 2026: a move to every other year is under studyAugust 16, 2026
La Tapa Orgullosa in Arrecife until 31 August: ten bars, ten tapasAugust 16, 2026The island agenda
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NewsYaiza receives five bids for its new waste collection service: a 36-million contractThe tender closed on 10 August and the council now has five proposals to assess. The contract runs for ten years and introduces…
August 16, 2026
Art & CultureArrecife en Vivo returns on 5 September with free street concertsThe roaming festival unveils the full line-up of its thirteenth edition: concerts, parades and talks through September and…
August 14, 2026
Art & CultureFlute and guitar at Castillo de La Laguna: Dúo Arena y Jable on SundayMidday concert on 16 August with 'Aires de Iberoamérica', part of Noon Canarias, which brings live music into historic buildings
August 14, 2026
What's onThe 11th Famara Total opens with over 1,200 entries and the Vertical NocturnaThree days of trail running between the Risco and Famara beach. The official launch was held at La Caleta; the night climb starts…
August 14, 2026
What's onÓrzola celebrates Santa Rosa de Lima from 17 to 23 AugustThe northern fishing village honours its patron with a week of traditional games, batucada, contests and open-air dances…
August 14, 2026
NewsA hundred thousand euros to restore the channels of Maretas de Montaña BlancaThe island water authority is rehabilitating 730 metres of rainwater channelling in Tías, on infrastructure built in the…
August 14, 2026
What's onArrecife at the heart of the San Ginés 2026 festivitiesThe capital honours its patron saint with ten days of concerts, processions and street events. Tonight the Rock Festival at…
August 14, 2026
Eat & DrinkThe camel harvest returns to La Geria this weekendOn 14 and 15 August the Fiestas de La Caridad bring the traditional grape harvest, the barefoot pressing and the folk enyesque to…
August 14, 2026
What's onThree towns celebrating this weekend: Arrecife, San Bartolomé and TinajoFrom 14 to 16 August the patron-saint festivities overlap: San Ginés in the capital, San Bartolomé, and San Roque in Tinajo.…
August 14, 2026
Art & CultureThe Visual Music Festival skips 2026 and considers going biennialThe Cabildo's Culture department will not hold an edition this year: it wants to raise quality and lengthen planning time
August 14, 2026
NewsArrecife's 'La Línea y la Sombra' garden is back in orderThe Biosphere Reserve restores signage, native-flora labelling and cleaning in a space created out of derelict land
August 14, 2026
What's onPablo Alborán brings his KM0 Global Tour to Arrecife on SaturdaySaturday 15 August at 9pm on the Recinto Ferial esplanade. It is one of the headline concerts of the Fiestas de San Ginés 2026
August 14, 2026
What's onThe Romería de Los Dolores, 15 September: tens of thousands walk to Mancha BlancaThe island's biggest festival. From 10 to 15 September, with the Nanino Díaz Cutillas Festival and the Crafts Fair
August 14, 2026
What's onYaiza's August programme: children's workshops, grape harvest and Fiestas de Los RemediosThe council publishes its month's listings. Free craft workshops for ages 5 and up, the traditional La Geria harvest, and the…
August 13, 2026
NewsPlaya Blanca: a stretch of Avenida Papagayo closed for resurfacingFrom 12 to 14 August the section between Iglesia del Carmen and Calle Maciot is shut. It is the first phase of the avenue's full…
August 13, 2026
Art & CultureFestival Desidia fills Argana Baja with murals from 3 to 10 SeptemberThird edition of the Mural Circuit in the Arrecife neighbourhood, themed 'El Aljibe, underground memory'. The programme also…
August 13, 2026
What's onTwo hundred artists from three continents: El Mundo en Lanzarote closes on SundayThe third edition of the international performing arts festival runs 11-16 August across Arrecife and Teguise. Companies from…
August 13, 2026
Art & CultureRicardo Quevedo brings his only Spanish date of Caer con estilo to Jameos del AguaThe Colombian comedian performs on 5 September at 20:00 at the Jameos del Agua Auditorium, as part of the Jameos International…
August 13, 2026
Art & Culture'Supersaurio' on stage 26 September: precarious work, told with humourÁngulo Producciones stages Meryem El Mehdati's novel at Teatro El Salinero. Saturday 26 September at 20:00, tickets 10 euros
August 13, 2026
NewsThe Chamber of Commerce launches 'Escuela de Empresarios 5.0'A training programme comparable to a master's in business management, tailored to the island's productive fabric
August 13, 2026
Things to doThirty videos in five languages to prevent drownings in LanzaroteThe Security and Emergencies Consortium launches a campaign along the coasts of the island and La Graciosa, together with the…
August 13, 2026
Things to doLagOmar, the house carved into a quarry that Omar Sharif lost at cardsIn Nazaret, inside an old lava quarry: caves, tunnels, gardens and terraces. Open daily 10am–6pm
August 13, 2026
What's onThe Opera Festival brings 'La verbena de la Paloma' to Tías on 19 SeptemberThe Compañía de Zarzuela del Atlántico stages one of the best-known works in the Spanish repertoire. Saturday 19 September at 7pm
August 13, 2026NewsYaiza overhauls waste collection: five bids for a ten-year contractThe council estimates a tender close to 36 million euros, covering organic waste, cooking oil, bulky items and mobile recycling…
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in depthPlaya Blanca gains 65 free parking spaces in the centreThe stretch of Avenida Papagayo between the Carmen church and calle Maciot has reopened, now…
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in depthThe Música Visual Festival skips 2026: a move to every other year is under studyThe Cabildo will not stage this year's edition. The aim is more time to prepare each event…
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