The entire Portuense society is dedicated to celebrating one of the most iconic festivals in Cross port, where the leading role falls on the dozens of groups that make it a reality, and which has the organization of the City hall to host the celebration of Puerto de la Cruz International Carnivalwhich this year is dedicated to one of the events that makes the world stop, the Eurovision contest, a year to which the Portuense carnival aspires, more than ever, to those desired ‘twelve points’ in participation and organization , in celebration and fun, in brilliance and security.
“It is a pride to present this program on behalf of all those who dedicate their time to thinking about Carnival, that period that makes us so happy through talent and the joy of living,” stressed the mayor who, together with the Festival Councilor Noemí Fernández, Roberto Medina of Tourism and Sergio Ramón, co-director of the gala together with Itahisa García, from the Amarca firm, very well accompanied by the queen of Carnival 2023 Selene Roger and the Grand Lady 2023 and candidate for the scepter of the Third Age at the Santa Cruz Carnival 2024, María Teresa Lavers.
The mayor wanted to highlight the collective nature of a party “in which hundreds of Portuense families are involved who make the party non-stop during the 3 weeks of our, this year, Eurocarnaval, an international carnival more than ever because we also celebrate that the The Rhineland-Westphalia region presents a new brotherhood to society, which was born with the aim of caring for and pampering the legacy of an exchange with Dusseldorf and other German cities that has been celebrating 51 years.”
The opening event this coming February 2 next to Martiánez beach with the proclamation given by the comedian and presenter Daniel Calero, will be the starting point of a trip that will also have its prominent character, recognition of the dedication and drive of the carnival, in a year that will have the best soundtrack provided by the history and legacy of freedom, passion and talent of Eurovision, “a contest that will serve as a guide to all the galas in which we will celebrate the desire to live, dance and sing that it is our Carnival, the one that makes our Carnival groups,” Fernández highlighted.
In addition, the councilor assured that there will be very strong emotions in each and every one of the Carnival galas, which this year with a total of 19 candidates, of which a large representation attended this presentation, will be held at the carnival venue that Its construction is being completed on the dock esplanade, to accommodate the best fantasies of the designers who aspire to succeed in this ‘Eurocarnival’. Likewise, the mayor announced that this year all the galas will be free of charge until the carnival venue’s capacity of two thousand people is reached.
Dates of the International Carnival of Puerto de la Cruz
The red dates of the carnival calendar They focus their attention on this February 4th with the election gala for the children’s throne among the 6 candidates. For February 6th, the election gala for the great Lady is planned, with the participation of 5 candidates, the adult gala that has 8 candidates for the Carnival queen scepter that will be held on Thursday, February 8, the announcing parade on Saturday the 10th, on Sunday the 11th will be the family Carnival, on Monday the 12th the meeting with the most traditional carnival of Mataculebra, the burial of The traditional Sardina will be on February 14.
In addition, on Thursday the 15th the recovered Coso Infantil will be held in the morning, while at night that day the transgressive gala will be held by Wycho Torres. The long-awaited Mascarita Ponte Tacón will put hundreds of fans of one of the central events of the party on the run on Friday, February 16, which will give way to the apotheosis arena on Saturday, February 17. The Extra Carnival arrives on the weekend of February 23 and 24! which once again expands the Portuense carnivals.
On the carnival website, www.carnavalpuertodelacruz.esall the updated information also on the Carnival nights with the DJs and orchestras that will set the best rhythm from February 10 to 24, with the programming that will be available on Monday, January 29, also in printed format, website of which also You can download the Carnival poster, ‘Eurostar’, by illustrator Seyo García.
A Carnival that has always highlighted its international character due, above all, to the exchange with Dusseldorf and other German cities that experience the carnival in Puerto de la Cruz as if they were one more, with the central event of the reception of the German embassies on Thursday February 15 at the Costa Martiánez Tourist Complex. “Year after year, we continue to be surprised by the look of amazement and happiness of all our German visitors who already consider what happens in our city for three weeks their own and that is something that can only be explained from the pride of sharing the International Carnival from Puerto de la Cruz,” highlighted Medina, who will be one of the components of the Portuense delegation in Germany that will show, along with the groups, represented this year by Guayota Drums, and the queen and king of Carnival 2023, the best of the Portuense carnivals in the streets of the cities, debuting this year a new float with the collaboration of the Cabildo of Tenerife.
