La Laguna faces the first weekend with popular and religious events of the Festival of the Holy Christ 2023. For the next few days, numerous events have been scheduled that include concerts, sports activities or comedy, among other initiatives.
The mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, pointed to the great variety and quality of the proposals that have been organized from the Town Hall Festival Area, “with activities designed for the whole family” in which he has encouraged them to be an active part. of this festival.
Saturday 9
This Saturday, September 9, the Plaza del Adelantado will host the so-called Reggae Can Festivalstarting at 7:00 p.m.with performances by Paolo Baldini, Awake, Rupatrupa, Stereoman & Fernikhan and Dj Shera.
The day will continue in the Plaza del Cristo with the Humor Nightfrom the 9:00 p.m., with the participation of Canarian talents such as Petite Lorena and Kike Pérez.
Once this comic show is over, it will be the turn of the Mega verbenazo of Christwith Rafael Flores “El Morocho”, the Orquesta Dorada Band and Edwin Rivera.
Regarding religious acts, from the 11:00 a.m. The Solemn Eucharistic Celebration will be celebrated and, then, the emblematic ceremony of the Descent. In the afternoon, at 6:30 p.m.the procession of the Transfer of the Venerated Image of the Holy Christ will take place from the Royal Sanctuary to the Cathedral.
The date of these festivities with sport will begin on Saturday, with the XIII National Meeting of Veterans in the City of La Laguna, at 9.00 hours. The witness will pick it up XLII Popular Race of Christat 4:00 p.m.a scoring competition for the World Heritage Cities Racing Circuit.
Sunday 10
Already on Sunday, starting at 10.00 hoursit will be the turn of the Chess tournament Festivities of Christ, in the Domingo Cruz Cabrera square in Barrio Nuevo.
During the weekend there will also be space for the little ones in the house. The program of events will move again to the Plaza del Cristo, with the development of the Children’s Fairfrom the 11:00 a.m., which will offer bouncy castles and workshops. The children’s agenda will be completed with the show ‘La casa del Bosque’, starting at 1:00 p.m.
The musical weekend will end on Sunday, starting at 9:00 p.m.with the XLV Sabandeño Festivaldedicated to the 30th anniversary of the album ‘Canario’ and which will have Olga Cerpa, José Manuel Ramos and Héctor González as special guests on the main stage.
Monday 11
On Monday, September 11, the night of outdoor cinema planned in the Plaza del Cristo, at 9:00 p.m.where the film ‘Encanto’ will be screened.
