The street festivities will begin in the south of Tenerife today (Saturday) with the opening parade of the Los Cristianos carnival along the Golden Mile of Playa de las Américas, and will continue with the main Carnival Parade tomorrow, Sunday 19th March. Other shows will include a drag night, dance groups, the Daytime Carnival, and much much more culminating with the Burial of the Sardine on Monday 27th March.
In just a few hours the streets of Los Cristianos will be a sea of colours and glitter again with the arrival of the International Carnival, regarded as the second most important in Tenerife after Santa Cruz, with a total influx of 125,000 people, of which 20,000 will go to the Daytime Carnival, and an economic return to municipality that is estimated at more than six million euros.
Residents, carnival-goers from other parts of the island, and tourists have had to wait three years to enjoy the southern Carnival again that, with Japan as a theme, will ‘invade’ the streets tonight with the inaugural Annunciator Parade, the first of twenty events that make up this year's program, that will give special prominence to dance groups and murgas (street bands), which are the essence of Carnival.
Tonight’s parade will begin at 7:00pm and will cover a route from the Gala shopping centre on Avenida Rafael Puig Lluvina, to the Oasis shopping centre in the Golden Mile. After the parade, there will be a musical show called "Estrellas de Buenavista y más" on the main stage in front of the Valdes Centre from 10:30pm.
At the same time, the fair is now open in the usual place as you approach Los Cristianos from the TF-1 motorway.
FULL PROGRAM OF EVENTS:
Saturday 18th March:
7:00pm – 9:00pm: Opening parade with local groups and guests.
PLACE: Playa de Las Américas from CC Gala in Avda. Rafael Puig Lluvina to CC Oasis, in Avda. Las Americas.
10:30pm – 12:30am: Live music.
PLACE: Main carnival stage in front of the Valdés Centre, Los Cristianos.
Sunday 19th March:
5:00pm – 6:30pm: Carnival parade with local Carnival groups.
PLACE: From the Plaza del Pescador (in front of the Cultural Centre) to Los Cristianos beach
7:00pm – 10:00pm: Meeting of Murgas (street bands).
PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center), Los Cristianos
Tuesday 21st March:
9:00pm – 11:00pm: Exhibition - Carnival troupe exhibition.
PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center building), Los Cristianos.
Wednesday 22nd March:
6:30pm – 10:30pm: Festival of Choreographic Dance Groups.
PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center building), Los Cristianos
Thursday 23rd March:
6:00pm – 10:30pm: Dance of the Third Age of the Carnival enlivened by Pepe Benavente and Grupo Acorde.
PLACE: Courtyard of the Cultural Centre of Los Cristianos.
9:00pm – 11:00pm: Carnival Show - Your Carnival!
PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center building), Los Cristianos.
Friday 24th March:
9:00pm – 11:00pm: Drag night.
PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center building), Los Cristianos.
11:30pm – 4:30am: Live music with Armonía Show and Los Ideales orchestras.
PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center building), Los Cristianos.
11:30pm – 4:30am: Live DJs.
PLACE: Plaza del Pescador (outside the Cultural Centre) and Calle Valle Menéndez, Los Cristianos.
Saturday 25th March:
Daytime Carnival with two stages:
12:00pm – 7:00pm: Family Carnival with various performances, workshops, parades, and other activities.
PLACE: Plaza de La Pescadora and the main streets of Los Cristianos.
1:00pm – 8:00pm: Main show with national and international artists. PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center Building), Los Cristianos.
8:30pm – 12:00pm: VII Carnival Beach Route.
PLACE: From Plaza de la Pescadora promenade, Plaza de la Alpispa, Calle Valle Menéndez, Calle Juan Reverón Sierra, Calle Amalia Alayón, back to Plaza de la Pescadora, Los Cristianos.
10:00pm – 4:30am: Live music with a tribute to "Celia, Cuba thanks you", and the Maquinaria and Wamampy orchestras.
PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center building), Los Cristianos.
10:00pm – 4:30am: Live DJs.
PLACE: Plaza del Pescador (outside the Cultural Centre) and Calle Valle Menéndez, Los Cristianos.
Sunday 26th March:
11:00am – 4:00pm: Classic Car Exhibition.
PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center building), Los Cristianos.
4:30pm – 8:00pm: Gran Coso Apotheosis of the Carnival. P
LACE: From the Paloma Beach apartments on Avda. Juan Carlos I, to the Cultural Centre of Los Cristianos.
8:00pm – 1:30am: Live music with The Boys Machine and Tropin orchestras.
PLACE: Main carnival stage (in front of the Valdés Center building), Los Cristianos.
Monday 27th March:
9:00pm – 11:00pm: Burial of the Carnival Sardine.
PLACE: From the Plaza del Pescador (Cultural Centre), to Los Cristianos Beach.
11:00pm – 1:30am: Live DJs including DJ David Pérez and Carlos Delgado.
PLACE: Plaza del Pescador (outside the Cultural Centre), Los Cristianos.
