Tenerife Carnaval Dates from 2008 to 2025

After the events of the last few days, it's about time for some diversion, so without further ado and with a little help from the Carnival Calendar at PuntoInfo, for those of you thinking of coming to the second-largest party in the world (and take it from me, it's worth doing so), here are the dates of the main Tenerife Carnaval events from 2008 right through until 2025.

CARNIVAL in SANTA CRUZ and PUERTO DE LA CRUZ
YEAR	DATES	PARADE Santa Cruz	FUNERAL of the Sardine	PARADE Puerto de la Cruz
2008	27/01-10/02	Feb 05	Feb 06	Feb 09
2009	15/02-01/03	Feb 24	Feb 25	Feb 28
2010	07/02-21/02	Feb 16	Feb 17	Feb 20
2011	27/02-13/03	Mar 08	Mar 09	Mar 12
2012	12/02-26/02	Feb 21	Feb 22	Feb 25
2013	03/02-17/02	Feb 12	Feb 13	Feb 16
2014	23/02-09/03	Mar 04	Mar 05	Mar 08
2015	08/02-22/02	Feb 17	Feb 18	Feb 21
2016	31/01-14/02	Feb 09	Feb 10	Feb 13
2017	19/02-05/03	Feb 28	Mar 01	Mar 04
2018	04/02-18/02	Feb 13	Feb 14	Feb 17
2019	24/02-10/03	Mar 05	Mar 06	Mar 09
2020	16/02-01/03	Feb 25	Feb 26	Feb 29
2021	07/02-21/02	Feb 16	Feb 17	Feb 20
2022	20/02-06/03	Mar 01	Mar 02	Mar 05
2023	12/02-26/02	Feb 21	Feb 22	Feb 25
2024	04/02-18/02	Feb 13	Feb 14	Feb 17
2025	23/02-09/03	Mar 04	Mar 05	Mar 08

The 3rd column: PARADE Santa Cruz, is always on Shrove Tuesday and, from there, we can work out the dates of the rest of the events.

Unless notified otherwise - I have to say that, because dates could be changed. In practice, however, I'd say that the chances are slim. Carnaval is such an "institution" here, it's near sacrilege to mess with it and, in my 15 years of experience, the Burial of the Sardine was moved to the Friday once and the weather moved the main parades on only one occasion - (so, holding my breath and crossing my fingers), this schedule should be right:

Any Year Tenerife Carnaval Schedule

The Wednesday BEFORE Shrove Tuesday:
Gala for the Election of the Carnaval Queen. This event is a huge evening gala, usually lasting for hours and is probably best seen on TV - if the size of the costumes will fit into your screen!

The Friday BEFORE Shrove Tuesday:
Once it has it's Queen, Santa Cruz Carnaval takes to the streets on the Friday evening, with the Cabalgata Anunciadora (Announcing Parade), followed by the obligatory fireworks.

Shrove Tuesday: (Carnaval Tuesday).
The Coso Apoteosis (Main Parade) along the front at Santa Cruz (the Avenida de Anaga and Marítima), from around 4 p.m. Terminates in a great firework display at around 9.p.m.

Ash Wednesday:
Burial of the Sardine. This takes place in both Santa Cruz and Puerto de la Cruz on the same night, so you have a choice. Either way, it's essential for men to dress up as "Widows" to mourn the poor old defunct sardine and generally have a blasphemous night of it.

The Saturday AFTER Shrove Tuesday:
For those who prefer a more pedestrian view of Carnaval: parades without too much revelry, I recommend the Coso Infantil (Junior Parade) in Santa Cruz. The Saturday is also the day of the Main Carnaval Parade in Puerto de la Cruz. Both are in the day time.

The Sunday AFTER Shrove Tuesday:
Sunday morning is the Gran Concurso en la Ciudad de Automóviles Antiguos (old cars: and this island has some real beauties), from the Calle La Noria in the old part of Santa Cruz.

Those are the main "spectator sport" events that I believe you could be interested in seeing as a visitor. In the run up to the Carnaval, there are many other contests and events involving all the various singing and dancing troupes that form part of the Carnaval and, of course, alongside all of this is the fun fair, the food stalls, orchestras, dancing and concerts that go on in the streets until dawn ... and, just when you think it's all over, it all moves on to Los Cristianos, Los Gigantes and many other towns a week or two later.

Getting to Carnaval in Santa Cruz, if you're staying in the south, is no problem. Don't take a car, because there will be nowhere to park it, but you can catch the 111 bus from Las Americas bus station or Los Cristianos and the bus company always put extra busses on that route throughout the night for revellers to get home, which I've found is an extension of the party!

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