Candelaria recovers the Carnival after in 2020 it was left at the gates of celebrating it after the start of the confinement, shortly after the presentation of the announcing poster with the motto chosen that year, The great circus, which is recovered for this year.
The acts will begin this Thursday with the Gala El Gran Circo del Carnaval, in which the protagonists will be the groups of the municipality with Comparsa Infantil Tropicana, Batucada Almagec, Comparsa Tropicana, Agrupación Antón Guanche, Odali Club Deportivo, Ballet de Loren Díaz en Paralelo Danza and the Municipal School of Latin Rhythms, as well as Dreams Drags, Drag Hocklin and Miriam Reyes.
He City hall He wanted to concentrate the Carnival in its only weekend and meet the demand of the candelarieros to celebrate the Arena and the Carnival dance on Saturday. For this reason, the Murgas Meeting was scheduled for Friday, March 3, a Friday, as was already planned in 2020.
Once the winners of the Murgas contest in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria were known, they were informed of the date and they announced last Sunday the impossibility of going to Candelaria that day, so they decided to celebrate a Night of Murgas with the participation of Trapaseros, Diablos Locos, Burlonas, Zeta Zetas and Mamelucos.
The Murgas Regional Meeting will resume next year as such. The weekend will be marked by colour, music and joy. The Carnival bullring will begin at 6:00 p.m., from Punta Larga to the Plaza de la Patrona, with the participation of groups from the Carnival of Tenerife.
Upon arrival, from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., with the Acapulco orchestra, the show Aquellos maravillosos años with Iván Cacú and his orchestra and the guest voices of Lope Gallardo, Fran Hernández and Montse Medina, Luis Deseda and the Guava Orchestra.
At 12:30 pm on Sunday the 5th, the Carnival continues on Calle de Candelaria; On this occasion, from the Plaza de Teror to the Plaza de la Patrona de Canarias, the Cosito of the Candelaria children’s centers will parade with the participation of the Los Menceyes, Indalín and Higo Pico center, the Upcan Municipal Dance School, Tropicana Children’s Comparsa and Batucada Tokina Tum Tum from El Hierro. At 1:00 p.m. the Choreographic Festival will begin with the groups En parallele, danza, Municipal Schools of Dance and Bellydance of the UPCAN, Odali Club Deportivo, Virgen del Mar school, Crew of dreams and Azahar, with the musical performance of Mireia.
daytime carnival
The Daytime Carnival begins on Sunday as the end of the party, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., with different groups on stage in the Plaza de la Patrona de Canarias. These are Batucada Almagec and Comparsa Tropicana, Morocho Latin Brothers Greatest Hits of Carnival, the Dominican Combo from Gran Canaria and Grupo Saoco. The Daytime Carnival will also have inflatable attractions for the smallest members of the family.
