Monday, August 11, 2008
What's on in Tenerife August 11 - 17
Well, if last week was relatively quiet, that was only because this week is absolutely stuffed with parties and fiestas of one kind or another - so much so that anyone not on drugs might have trouble keeping up (I imagine)! :)
Hed Kandi in Tenerife
The week started with a party at Tramps, Playa de las Américas, on Monday, as the FlyKandi flying disco (the Hed Kandi / Monarch Airlines collaboration), made another stop in Tenerife. If you missed this date, it'll be back on the island on September 1st. Hed Kandi in Tenerife
Hed Kandi - the Mix Summer 2008
'Macrofiesta' in the Auditorio
If "ordinary" fiestas aren't big enough for you, then try a macrofiesta and the one on Wednesday, August 13th at the Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz promises to be a pretty large and legendary event, organized by a Cuban rum brand, with dozens of djs, go-gos, guest artists and "rivers of booze", we are told. The event is invitation only, sadly, if you fancied going, but this article poses the question as to whether the Auditorio - who are a tad fussy about how their image is used - ought to be hired out for this type of thing.
Innovation In The Sun The Tenerife Reunion
Devotion welcome you to come and join them for the 3rd Anniversary of the INNOVATION, Summer in the Sun, TENERIFE REUNION at the explanada del muelle (port), in Puerto de la Cruz on Thursday, August 14th.
There's 4 stages and more than 40 artists and, amongst those named in the commercial, I heard Altern-8.
They say, "After the success of the last two years, we have decided to bring the party to another level and we have secured a special outdoor location, which has to be seen to be believed in the beautiful city of Puerto de la Cruz . The outdoor stage will host the best in Old Skool rave with Drum n Bass being played in the main marquee. We also have an additional two marquees where the best in Hip Hop, House Music and UK Garage will be spun by some of the best DJ's in the World! The main event starts at 9 pm."
Actually, it all starts at mid-day with all sorts of other activities for all the family; dj workshops, dance school, diving, sport, hairdressing, tattoos and piercing and creative cooking. The best news: entrance is free.
Via: DJ Melo and Scratch Events.
Festivity of the Virgin of Candelaria
August 15th, is the fiesta in honour of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, the patron of the Canary Islands and on August 14th each year, which this year will fall on Thursday, thousands of visitors from all over the archipelago, walk to Candelaria as a form of pilgrimage.
The cult of the Virgin of Candelaria or Our Lady of Candelaria, popularly called La Morenita (Black Madonna), celebrates an apparition of the Virgin Mary on the island of Tenerife. According to legend, a statue of the Virgin Mary was discovered on the beach of Chimisay (Güímar) by two Guanche goatherds in 1392. The current figure of the Virgin (not the original, which was reputedly swept out to sea) is kept in the basilica at Candelaria, Tenerife.
As in previous years, floral offerings are made and then the romería (traditional procession) gets going at around 4 p.m. from Punta Larga, proceeding to the Plaza de la Patrona de Canarias, where a little after 8 p.m. is a reenactment of the Guanches discovering the statue.
Processions and fireworks follow, with a midnight mass (the church will be open all night) and folk music in the square.
Romería of San Roque
There's really nothing quite like a plague to provoke an excuse for a party, is there? Garachico suffered one back in 1606 and the town's remaining inhabitants have been showing their gratitude to the saint, San Roque, who apparently sorted it, ever since.
The Romería de San Roque in Garachico, has been declared an event of National Interest for Tourism and is held on August 16th each year (irrespective of the day of the week), which, conveniently for keen revelers, this year falls on Saturday.
The figure of the saint is taken from it's home in the San Roque hermitage to the main church of Santa Ana, where a religious service is held at mid-day.
At 1 p.m., the romería begins that accompanies the image back to the hermitage, with music, dancing, herds of goats and other animals, ox carts, lots of food and even more rivers of wine.
At the same time, fishermen have a maritime procession, accompanying the image along the sea front. Some 16,000 people attended the Romería in Garachico last year, according to this report, which would probably explain why there was nowhere to park in the town (the population of the whole district is just over 5,500 normally.) Get there early, or better yet, go by bus.
Read what last year's Fiesta Romería de San Roque, Garachico was like.
More events, exhibitions and what's on, in our calendar.
