Sunday, July 13, 2008

What's on in Tenerife 14-20 July

This week the big events are Puerto de la Cruz' July Fiestas. On Sunday, July 13th, their Procession of The Gran Poder celebrated it's 114th year of "history and devotion".

On Monday, July 14th, according to this schedule of events, the town will hold it's annual "Sardinada" or sardine fest, where somewhat more than a couple of the little fishies will be grilled and served to the thronging thousands, simply with wine. Well, with quite a lot of wine, usually.

On Tuesday, July 15th, you can witness the decidedly frenzied (in appearance only, of course) procession of the Virgen del Carmen and San Telmo, where these icons get their annual "trip round the bay" in a sea procession, or embarcación - an important ceremony to bless local fishermen.

Read more about these July Fiestas here in The Virgin del Carmen Puts to Sea, Fishermen’s Friends, or this piece about Fiestas del Gran Poder y La Virgen del Carmen in Puerto de la Cruz. There's a further procession of the Virgen del Carmen, on land in Puerto de la Cruz, on Wednesday, July 16th.

On Saturday, July 19th, at the Casa de la Aduana (Old Customs House), Puerto de la Cruz, you can see Anne Peters (MySpace) in concert with her band from 9 p.m. Born in Trinidad and brought up in London, Anne now lives in Tenerife and appears regularly on local television in the Canary Islands. She has worked with Billy Ocean, Boney M and many others.

(Though, performing "No Woman, No Cry" with Pepe Benavente, is I reckon, one of the strangest combinations anyone could have ever imagined!)

More July fiestas in Tenerife (4 pages of them), can be found here.

On Wednesday, July 16th until Sunday, July 20th, is the Tenerife Lan Party 2k8 at the Centro Internacional de Ferias y Congresos de Tenerife (International Fairs and Congress Center), Santa Cruz. Among guests this year is Puerto de la Cruz born, computer special effects expert, Daniel Ferreira, famous for his work on films such as; The Incredible Hulk (2008), Spider-Man 3 (2007), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). Both MojoCanario and BlogTenerife have more details (in Spanish.)

Sunday, July 13th until Sunday, July 20th: Professional Windsurf Camp in El Médano, where Brazilian, World Wavesailing Champion, Kauli Seadi, is to be one of the monitors at the training camp.

Also on Saturday, July 19th, there's the International Folklore Festival in Las Galletas. Or you could try the Spanish Kickboxing Championships and European Thai Boxing Championships, being held simultaneously at the Pabellón Pancho Camurria in Tenerife's capital, Santa Cruz.

More events, exhibitions and what's on, in our calendar