The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife will become the first great show of the post-COVID era in the Canary Islands, once all restrictions have been lifted imposed by the regional government. The pandemic evolution has ended up proving the Santa Cruz City Council right in its decision to delay the celebration of the festival until June, which will allow there to be a Carnival of “contests, galas and street”. This was defended yesterday by the Councilor for Fiestas, Alfonso Cabello, who admitted to being “tremendously satisfied” with the decision to delay it until June, “a decision that will cause a great economic impact on the city, and that makes it the first great spectacle in the post-COVID era”.
Cabello acknowledges that she has two months ahead in which the activity of the Autonomous Organization is going to be “frantic” with the organization of the May Festivities and the Santa Cruz Carnival. At the moment, the patron saint festivities are not joining this activity and “except for Anaga and some specific ones from the Southwest, in this time of pandemic, the movement of the festival commissions has been deactivated, although we trust that they will recover in the coming months. ”.
Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
As for the Santa Cruz Carnival, precisely throughout this week, the mayor pointed out, “there have been a multitude of meetings between the organization and the different groups and collectives in order to carry out a detailed review of the details of each one of the contest variables. Everyone was optimistic with the news that it has finally been confirmed that they will be able to return to rehearsals with 100% capacity in the rehearsal rooms, although it still has to be with a mask.
Some meetings in which the final calendar has been approved, so that it will start on June 3 at 9:30 p.m. at the Fairgrounds, with the presentation of the candidates. On Saturday, June 4 at 5:00 p.m., the rondallas premiere the competition calendar on the emblematic stage of the Guimerá Theatre. 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. A day later, on 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 Santa Cruz 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 for 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.
From Monday the 13th to Wednesday the 15th of June, the 3 phases of the adult murgas will take place, 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 closes the week, the Children’s Queen Election Gala, on Sunday 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, at 8:00 p.m.
On Thursday, June 23, it will be when, starting at 9:00 p.m., the Carnival begins in the street with the burning of the sardine on the night of San Juan. 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 continue until it merges with the 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. Then, the End of the party and the Pyrotechnic Display will close this edition.
May festivities
Yesterday, the Santa Cruz City Council opened the registration deadlines to participate in the different contests and events planned for the May Festivities 2022. The registration of the candidates for Queen of the May Festivities will close on April 4. This period will also be valid to complete the participations in the Children’s Magician and Magician Contest; the XLV Regional Exhibition of Flowers and Plants and Canarian Crafts; the sample of Canarian Gastronomic Crafts. For the natural flower Crosses contests and the XIV School Crosses Exhibition Contest made with recycled materials; Next to the Exhibition of crosses on the Rambla de Santa Cruz, the deadline for submitting applications will be until April 20. On the other hand, the registration period for the Contest of typical Canarian foods will end on May 4; being held in the Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena, on Monday, May 30.
