The City Council of La Laguna has presented this Friday the poster and the official program of the Parties of the Holy Christ 2023an edition that will exceed the number of activities last year and that will be condensed into just over two weeks, between September 7 and 24.
This 2023 program will offer about 60 activitieswhich will be divided between cinema, sports, music, humor, poetry, exhibitions and religious veneration of the sacred image.
The Lagunero mayor, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, highlighted the stature of the artists and groups that will enhance this festivity such as Effect Pasillo, Pedro Guerra, María del Monte or Los Sabandeños.
Likewise, comedy will once again be well represented in the comedy nights, in which great talents from the Canary Islands such as Kike Pérez, Petite Lorena or Abubukaka will take part.
POPULAR ACTS
The starting point will be next September 7that 8:30 p.m., with the reading of the traditional proclamation in the Royal Sanctuary. This year it will have the signature of Paulino Riveroformer president of the Government of the Canary Islands and current president of the Tenerife Sports Club.
In 2023, the music will once again be one of the main protagonists of this celebration thanks to various shows and festivals:
- Friday 8 – Performance by the Las Palmas Symphony Orchestra and La Laguna Rock Festival
- Saturday 9 – IX International Reggae Festival of the Canary Islands and traditional festival in the Plaza del Cristo
- Sunday 10 – 45th Sabandeño Festival. This show will serve to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the album ‘Canario’ and will feature the collaboration of Olga Cerpa, José Manuel Ramos and Héctor González.
- Tuesday 12 – Senior Festival, which returns this year with the artist María del Monte.
- Wednesday the 13th – Traditional festival in the Plaza del Cristo
- Sunday 17 – Concert by Los Cantadores, with the involvement of Adrián Martín and Coti
- September 20 – Inclusive festival
He Wednesday the 13th and Thursday the 14th They will be the big days of the festivities with events as emblematic as the fire horses or the night of traditions, which in this edition will honor the wrestler Lolo Gutiérrez (scheduled for Wednesday the 13th), in addition to the pyrotechnic displays on the 13th, September 14 and 21.
From there, numerous activities will take place daily that will be distributed between the main stage located in the Plaza del Cristo, the Teatro Leal, the Plaza del Adelantado or the old convent of Santo Domingo, among other lagoon enclaves.
You can now consult the full program at link of the Festival Department.
SPORTS AND CULTURAL EVENTS
In the sports section, the following stand out:
- Saturday 9 – XLII Popular Race of Christ
- Sunday 17 – LXII City of La Laguna Table Tennis Tournament and final of the Drag Contest
- Friday the 22nd – Fight of the Christ
- Saturday 23 – XVII Regional Domino Tournament ‘Ciudad de La Laguna’
The rest of the program will be spiced up with other attractive proposals such as exhibitions by the artists Manolo Sánchez (from September 6 to 23) or Yapci Ramos (starting on Saturday the 9th), the Heritage Night (Saturday the 16th), poetic readings, choir meetings, the two nights of open-air cinema and different shows focused on the little ones in the house, such as the performance of the company Los Gabytos, children of the mythical clown Gaby (Sunday the 17th).
RELIGIOUS ACTS
The eldest slave of Christ, Francisco Túbal, explained the main religious acts of the program:
Saturday 9 – Ceremony of the descent and veneration of the Holy Christ of La Laguna and the procession of the transfer to the Holy Cathedral Church
Thursday 14 – Procession of the return and the Eucharistic celebration of the beginning of the octave
The festival poster honors the municipality
Finally, the artist Fran de Miguel explained the symbolism and history that preceded the official poster of these festivities, which combines in its composition the coastal towns of La Laguna, the traditional fires and the enlarged figure of Christ.
