Tenerife is still jam-packed with activities during the weekends in a commitment by both public and private sectors to keep entertainment thriving on the Island. Traditions, music, and cinema offer alluring options available in the coming days for you to enjoy some hours of entertainment tailored to your preferences. Here are the plans scheduled for this weekend:
Movie
This weekend, at 7:00 pm, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes will screen La caja de cristal (Black box, 2023), a film about gentrification and social prejudices set in the microcosm of an apartment building. Directed by the award-winning Turkish-German director Asli Özge, this film is an intense psychodrama with a social and human essence, hiding behind its mysterious puzzle facade, complex characters with double faces, and current themes of socioeconomic and political denunciation such as gentrification, classism, unemployment, reconciliation, health, terrorist threats, racism, and even the War of Russia. It can be viewed in the original version in German, English, French, Andi, Arabic, Turkish, and Russian with Spanish subtitles.
A frame from the film. / TEA
Teide Observatory
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is organizing an Open Day event at Teide Observatory (Izaña) this weekend, coinciding with the summer solstice week. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the various telescopes, understand their functioning, and observe the Sun live.
This activity, jointly organized by Teide Observatory and the Science Communication and Culture Unit (UC3), is part of the outreach activities carried out by the Institute to allow the public to firsthand experience one of the best observatories in the world, its innovative infrastructures, the exceptional work of its staff, and the significant astrophysical research conducted there. Visits will last three hours and will be scheduled in two shifts each day: from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Theatre
This Saturday, Teatro Guimerá will host the play ‘El padre‘, starring José María Pou. The renowned actor portrays Andrés, a seventy-six-year-old man, cultured, witty, and stubborn, who is losing his memory but refuses to accept any help and rejects all the caregivers that his daughter, Ana, tries to hire. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, Andrés begins to doubt his loved ones, his mind, and even his own experience of reality. The show starts at 8:00 pm, and tickets are available for sale on the theatre’s website for 28, 30, and 32 Euros.
Latin Festival
La Laguna will celebrate its VIII Latin Festival this Saturday, with the group Ráfaga headlining, as they mark their 30th anniversary in music. The event will take place in Cristo Square starting at 9:00 pm. The line-up includes Tonny Tun Tun, Luis Fernando Borjas, Míriam Reyes, and Neo Pinto. This event offers free entry.
Event poster. / E. D.
Night of San Juan
Different municipalities on the Island are getting ready to celebrate the Night of San Juan this Sunday, where bonfires will once again take the spotlight.
For example, in Granadilla, the beaches of El Médano and Los Abrigos will host institutional bonfires, starting at 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm, respectively, along with festive programmes at each location.
In Santa Cruz, the newly inaugurated bathing area of Los Charcos de Valleseco, will have a special celebration. From 4:00 pm, there will be background music, at 6:00 pm, dj Franklin will entertain, at 8:00 pm, the Latin music group Clave de Son will perform, and finally, at 10:00 pm, the party will be wrapped up by the Orquesta Saocco. The night will culminate at midnight with the traditional sea bathing. Food and drinks will also be available from two food trucks, Ukelele Foodtruck and La Trottola, for the attendees to enjoy.
In Los Cristianos (Arona), as part of the event ‘Night of Fire and Desires, San Juan, Arona 2024’, this Sunday will feature musical dynamization performances by the group Aparrandados, Dj Carlos Delgado, and the group Una Hora Menos, from 7:00 pm to 1:00 am at Plaza de la Pescadora. Additionally, from 8:00 pm, the San Juanito Parade will take place, with a route from Avenida de Los Playeros (Quiosco Pepón) to Plaza de la Pescadora.
