18-10-2022, 08:44 PM (This post was last modified: 18-10-2022, 08:46 PM by Captain Sensible.)
21/22 Oct - International Blues & Jazz Festival in Corralejo
23 Oct - Fiesta of San Pedro Alcantara in Ampuyenta
17-20 Oct - Fiesta of San Marta in Costa Calma
21-23 Oct - Cheese Fair in La Lajita
22 Oct - Football - Spanish 3rd Division(Group 12) - Union Puerto v Tamaraceite at midday
17-27 Oct - Cultural Week in Juan Gopar
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28-30 Oct - Feria del Mar in Corralejo
28-30 Oct - Tran Tran Clown Festival in Gran Tarajal
29 Oct - FUNDENAS - 150km off road cycling event from Corralejo to Morro Jable - 3,000 paticipants
29 Oct - Noche en Blanco and Urban Mile in Antigua
30 Oct - the clocks go back one hour at 2am - we are always the same time as the UK.
30 Oct - Football - Spanish 3rd Division(Group 12) - Gran Tarajal v Marino at midday
31 Oct - Halloween Events NOVEMBER 2022 1 Nov - Todos los Santos (All Saints Day) - a public holiday
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4 Nov - Urban Mile run in Gran Tarajal
5 Nov - FireSun Festival in Gran Tarajal
5 Nov - La Oliva Car Rally
6-10 Nov - Cultural Week in Tequital
6 Nov - Football - Spanish 3rd Division(Group 12) - Union Puerto v Estrella at midday
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Driving back from Corralejo this afternoon there were plenty of kites up in the area of the Kite Festival in the dunes, so is it not also the Kite Festival this weekend?
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Re the Kite Festival, thanks Tamara and Captain for the updates, it looks like things started early, as previously reported there were kites in the dunes way south of the hotels on Friday and they were there again today, Sunday 6/11.
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08-11-2022, 08:10 PM (This post was last modified: 08-11-2022, 08:13 PM by Captain Sensible.)
10-13 Nov - International Kite Festival - On the Thursday at La Concha beach, El Cotillo and Fri-Sun on the dunes outside Corralejo
10 - 13 Nov - Fiesta of San Diego de Alcala in Gran Tarajal
11/12 Nov - Arena Negra Festival in Gran Tarajal
13 Nov - Fiesta of San Diego de Alcala in Betancuria
13 Nov - Football - Spanish 3rd Division(Group 12) - Union Puerto v Ibarra at 16.00
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38,000 personas disfrutaron del Festival Arena Negra de Gran Tarajal.
Arena Negra Festival has broken its attendance record in its second edition held on November 11 and 12 at Gran Tarajal Beach, in Tuineje. As indicated by the organization of the event through a statement sent to this medium, more than 38,000 people enjoyed the double day of the festival that offered a show of more than 17 hours of live music with "the best poster in history" of the festivals of Fuerteventura: Malú, Rigoberta Bandini, Loquillo, Maldita Nerea, Pastora Soler, Mala Rodríguez, Ptazeta, María José Llergo, Eva B, Fernandisco and DJ Kali. On Friday more than 14,000 people went to the beach and on Saturday the 24,000 attendees were exceeded, in "the most multitudinous concert in the history of Fuerteventura".
The location on thebeach of Gran Tarajal and the poster of this edition have turned the festival into a tourist-cultural attraction in the month of November with enviable temperatures and free of charge. The data provided by the hotel and non-hotel establishments of the island, as well as the car rental houses, indicate that this week there has been a "very important" increase in reservations around the days of celebration of the festival. Eleven artists who have come exclusively to Arena Negra and who offered a melting pot of different musical styles for all audiences and in which women were protagonists with a presence of 75% in the poster.
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17-20 Nov - Be Free Festival in Puerto del Rosario
18 Nov - Fuerteventura Reggae Festival in Lajares from 19.00
18-19 Nov - Fiesta of San Martin de Porres in Tenicosquey
19/20 Nov - Artisan fair in Antigua
20 Nov - Football - Spanish 3rd Division(Group 12) - Gran Tarajal v Lanzarote at midday
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