SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, March 25. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, through the Autonomous Organization for Fiestas and Recreational Activities, OAFAR, has presented this Friday the calendar of galas and competitions for Carnival 2022, after concluding the second round of meetings with the groups and groups, and that It will start on June 3.
The Councilor for Fiestas, Alfonso Cabello, highlights in a note “the work and commitment of the entire carnival family, which has allowed a search for consensual solutions.”
Thus, he underlines that “this calendar is the product of the different meetings that were held during the past month of January and those of this Wednesday and Thursday, which has made it possible to define a Carnival for all”.
Cabello is “satisfied” with the decision to celebrate the Carnival during the month of June since “in addition to being the safest way to celebrate it” it will have a great economic impact on the municipality.
In this sense, he affirms that, “being an exceptional year, it is a real opportunity from the perspective of the external promotion of Santa Cruz, since the dates of this summer calendar will be used to obtain a greater diffusion of our most international festivals. “.
After the inauguration of Carnival 2022, which will take place on June 3 at 9:30 p.m. at the Fairgrounds, the rondallas premiere, on Saturday June 4 at 5:00 p.m., the competition calendar on the emblematic stage of the Guimerá Theater.
On Sunday 5, and already on the boards of the Tenerife Fairgrounds, the Choreographic Festival will begin at 5:00 p.m.
The Guimerá Theater will also host the Los Fregolinos concert on Tuesday, June 7 at 8:30 p.m. and one day later, on Wednesday June 8, also at 8:30 p.m., it will be the turn of the La Zarzuela Festival.
During the second weekend of June, the Carnival Queen Election Gala will be held on Friday, June 10 at 9:30 p.m.
On Saturday, June 11, at 9:00 p.m., it will be the turn of the Musical Groups Contest and on Sunday, June 12, starting at 5:00 p.m., it will be the Election Gala of the Queen of the Elderly.
MURGAS FINAL: FRIDAY, JUNE 17
From Monday the 13th to Wednesday the 15th of June, the 3 phases of the adult murgas will be held, starting at 9:00 p.m., with the final being held on Friday, June 17, also at 9:00 p.m.
The Comparsas contest will be on Saturday, June 18 at 9:00 p.m. and the week will close with the Children’s Queen Election Gala, which will be on Sunday, June 19 at 6:00 p.m.
In the last week of June, the 3 phases of the children’s murgas contest will take place, from Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 June, starting all the galas at 8:00 p.m.
On Thursday, June 23, it will be when, starting at 9:00 p.m., the Carnival starts in the street.
In this way, on Friday, June 24 at 7:00 p.m., the traditional Carnival Announcement Cavalcade will begin, which will give way to night dances on the different stages distributed throughout the streets of Santa Cruz.
On Saturday, June 25, the ‘Day Carnival’ will be held, which will last until it merges with the second night carnival.
On Sunday, June 26, and as the culmination of the 2022 Carnival calendar, the ‘Day Carnival’ will be held to conclude at 8:00 p.m. with the Rhythm and Harmony Contest on Anaga Avenue.
