Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tenerife: Something for the weekend 31/8 - 2/9
A mixed bag of events catering for all tastes and, with a very international flavour, mark this weekend and the start of another month in Tenerife.
XXII Feria de Artesanía de Pinolere
As a three day event from Friday, August 31st to Sunday, September 2nd, this is the island's, if not the Canaries', biggest crafts fair held in the Pinolere Ethnographic Museum, La Orotava; this year being the 22nd edition.
The fair is open from midday on Friday and, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. Entrance 2.50 euros adults, OAPs and children, 1 euro. Special busses are being laid on from Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava.
You'll find every type of craft made on the islands, plus local food products, as well as international crafts exhibitors; the emphasis on Italy this year, but even from the UK.
Photo: jallen "To Be" dragonhideThe Pinolere Ethnographic Museum is worth a visit for itself. Inside the 3,000 sq metre Pinolere Nature Park, the museum recreates the past agricultural environment, where everyday artifacts and local architecture, most typically, thatched cottages, pajares, can be seen.
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Video: Feria de Pinolere
La Noria Urban DJ Festival '07
The La Noria Urban DJ Festival '07 continues this weekend with Feelinger aka MoN DJ at the bar, restaurant and pub, Mojos y Mojitos, in the Calle de La Noria, Santa Cruz.
The venue seems to be the hot destination on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights in the city. The cuisine in the restaurant is described as "la nueva cocina "fushion": a fusion of old and new, as are the premises in Santa Cruz' old quarter. The sound and light installation in the restored building is described with adjectives such as innovative.
Mojos are Canarian sauces, while Mojitos are traditional Cuban cocktails.
Semana Bávara - Bavarian Week
Meanwhile, all those people who simply can't wait for Oktoberfest for their overdose of beer and Bavarianess will want to get to Puerto de la Cruz for the Semana Bávara (Bavarian Week).
At this German Beer Festival, held each year at the end of August / beginning of September, you can taste traditional German produce accompanied by the sound of a Bavarian Orchestra. Tickets for the main event are usually sold in aid of the Red Cross, however, after the recent fire in Tenerife, it has been decided that the profits this year will go towards reforestation.
Download the programme (PDF)This year, the festival runs from August 23rd to September 6th (yes, we noticed that this is somewhat longer than a week: a Canarian week then), with the big night being the Fiesta de la Cerveza (Beer Festival) being held on Saturday, September 1st, from 8 p.m. in the Plaza Europa, with Bavarian band "Die Lustigen Egerländer" to get you slapping your Lederhosen. The ticket price of 7 euros includes one beer.
This year is the 34th annual edition of this cross-cultural event in Puerto de la Cruz. In 1973 the local tourist initiative center decided to invite a Bavarian Orchestra to perform concerts in the town and, in 1976, the first Fiesta Bávara (Bavarian Festival) was held, which has grown year by year.
In 1986, the band "Die Lustigen Egerländer" escorted Puerto de la Cruz' float in the Düsseldorfer Karneval in Düsseldorf, Germany, which is also an annual carnival interchange between the two cities.
Video: La semana Bávara de Puerto de la Cruz
Semana Bávara en el Puerto de la Cruz
Semana Bávara - Bavarian Week
Semana Bávara - Puerto de la Cruz
Verbena en Las Portelas - Orquesta Tenerife
The Fiestas del Carmen in Las Portelas, draw to a close this weekend with yet another verbena (all night open air knees up) with the Orquesta Tenerife providing the entertainment on Saturday, from 23:00 onwards.
Verbena en Las Portelas - Orquesta Tenerife
And, finally for the footy fans, CD Tenerife kick off with their first home game of the 2007 - 2008 season this weekend at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López Stadium in Santa Cruz. The visiting team is Cádiz. 
More events, exhibitions and what's on, in our calendar.
Labels: Something for the weekend
