The fiesta of Neustro Senora del Carmen – one of Lanzarote´s biggest summer festivals – gets underway in Puerto del Carmen from Tuesday July 31st. With a full programme of events incorporating live music, batacuda drum bands, Canarian wrestling and a funfair culminating in a fireworks display on Sunday 12th August.
The fiesta – which is in honour of the islands´ patron saint of fishermen – in fact takes place in various locations across the island from mid-July onwards. Occupying a special position amongst a whole raft of island wide summer festivals. But the main focus of the festival is in Puerto del Carmen – with the bulk of the activities taking place in the Old Town Harbour area.
Event Programme
Tuesday 31st July
From 9.00am ::
Decoration of streets in Old Town with traditional paper bunting
From 6.00pm ::
Handicraft workshop, Women’s Support Centre
From 9.00pm ::
Performance of Play-Back ‘Sympathy’ in the Plaza del Varadero
Wednesday 1st August
From 6.30pm ::
Dessert Making Competition, Women’s Support Centre
At 9.00pm ::
Opening Speech from Doña Blanca Castellano Rodriguez, followed by a performance by the Marine Choir of Puerto del Carmen in the Salon de Actos Civic Centre
From 9.30pm ::
Lucha Canaria
Thursday 2nd August
From 9.30pm ::
Live concert featuring The Wave, Alianza and Boulevard
Friday 3rd August
At 7.00pm ::
Karaoke, at the Women’s Support Centre
At 8.30pm ::
Procession of Batucada drum bands (leaving the Pto del Carmen school, passing down Reina Sofia, Juan Carlos I and arriving in the Plaza del Varadero)
At 9.00pm ::
Batucadas converge in the Plaza del Varadero
At 11.00pm ::
Fair, with entertainment from the orchestra ‘Lanzarote Swing’ and ‘Suso and Family’
Saturday 4th
At 8.30pm ::
Celebration of the Eucharist.
At 8.45pm ::
Theatre with the group ‘Little Women and One More’, with the dramatization of ‘The Testament’ and ‘The Louse’, in the Civic Centre of El Fondeadero.
At 9.30pm ::
Folklore meeting, with performances by the Folklore Group ‘Artesanos’ of Gran Canaria and the Folklore Group ‘Guerma’ of Lanzarote, in the Plaza del Varadero.
At 11.00pm ::
Fair, with entertainment from the orchestra ‘Lanzarote Swing’ and ‘Rika Banda’.
Sunday 5th
At 7.00pm ::
Celebration of the Eucharist
At 9.00pm ::
‘United by the Dance’ , with the ballet ‘You already know’ and afterwards, Dance Attack from the orchestra Suso y Familia.
Monday 6th
At 6.00pm ::
Tinsmith workshop, in the Plaza del Varadero
At 9.00pm ::
Performance of Play-Back of Adults ‘It’s never too late to propose’, to be followed by Dance Attack performed by the orchestra Suso y Familia.
Tuesday 7th
At 6.00pm ::
Workshop of painted fabric mobiles (with natural materials) in the Plaza del Varadero
At 6.00pm ::
Tournament of female serenaders, in the Sociocultural Centre
At 9.00pm ::
Catwalk ‘Look Fashion’, organised by the Youth Advisory group.
Wednesday 8th
At 6.00pm ::
Tinsmith workshop, in the Plaza del Varadero
At 8.00pm ::
Disney Fiesta (with performances from Mickey Mouse, Sylvester the cat, etc) in the Plaza del Varadero
At 8.30pm ::
Championship Final of Bowls (male and female), in the courts in the Plaza del Varadero
At 10.00pm ::
Final competition in Karaoke, in the Plaza del Varadero
Thursday 9th
At 6.00pm ::
Simultaneous chess with the island champion, in the Plaza del Varadero.
At 7.00pm ::
Children’s Fiesta (games, stories, piñatas and surprises for the little ones), in the Fondeadero
At 10.00pm ::
BNK in concert, and afterwards Dance, entertainment by the duo ‘Los Conejeros’
Friday 10th
At 6.00pm ::
Gymkhana
At 8.00pm ::
Canarian Sancocho tasting
At 9.30pm ::
Youth Gala, organised by the Youth Advisory group
At 11.00pm ::
Big fair, with entertainment from Rika Banda and the quartet ‘Los Conejeros’
Saturday 11th
At 6.30pm ::
Maritime Procession, accompanied by the Marine Group ‘Los Buches’
At 8.30pm ::
Celebration of the Eucharist
At 9.00pm ::
Performance by 11.00pm ::
Fair, with performances from Rika Banda and Suso y Familia
Sunday 12th
At 2.00pm ::
Performance by the duo ‘Los Conejeros’
At 7.00pm ::
Mass sung by the Marine Choir of Puerto del Carmen, and Procession, accompanied by the Municipal Group of Tias, to be followed by a performance from the Folklore Group ‘Guerma’
At 9.00pm ::
7th Festival of Artists
At 11.00pm ::
Dance organised by the orchestra Suso y Familia.
At 23.30pm ::
Fireworks
