Events coming up on Fuerteventura this week, which is called Semana Santa:
18 Apr - Jueves Santos - a public holiday
19 Apr - Viernes Santos (Good Friday) - a public holiday
19/20 Apr - Semana Santa concert/ Gran Verbena in El Cotillo
21 Apr - Domingo de Pascua (Easter Sunday)
21 Apr - Football-(Spanish 3rd Division-Group 12 Canary Islands) - CD Cotillo v Las Palmas C (Gran Canaria)
25 Apr - Fiesta de San Marcos in Tiscamanita 27 Apr - Rugby 7's Tournament at the Risco Prieto ground in Puerto del Rosario from 10am-6pm. 27 Apr - V Dany Sport Night Run in Corralejo
26 Apr - 6 May - Fiesta Events in Tesjuates 28 Apr - Spanish National Election Day 28 Apr - Football-(Spanish 3rd Division-Group 12 Canary Islands) - Union Puerto v Tamaraceite (Gran Canaria)
1 May - Dia del Trabajo (Day of the Worker) - a public holiday Until 5 May – Fiesta de La Dia del Madre in Tesjuate
2 - 4 May - Santa Monica Fiesta in Tefia 4 May - ANJOCA Golf Cup at the Fuerteventura Golf Club in Caleta de Fuste
3 - 19 May - Fiesta de Sagrado Corazon de Maria in Tarajalejo
3 - 15 May - Fiesta de San Isidro Labrador and Santa Maria de la Cabeza in Triquivijate 5 May - Football-(Spanish 3rd Division-Group 12 Canary Islands) - CD Cotillo v AU Güimar (Tenerife) 5 May - Dia de la Madre (Mother's Day in Spain)
3 - 19 May - Fiesta de Sagrado Corazon de Maria in Tarajalejo
3 - 15 May - Fiesta de San Isidro Labrador and Santa Maria de la Cabeza in Triquivijate
9-12 May - The annual Antigua Craft Fair - 15 km inland from Caleta de Fuste, attracts around 200 exhibitors from all over the Canary Islands. Saturday and Sunday are the busiest days. Free admission and parking. It's held at the Antigua Windmill/Cheese Museum site.
6 - 14 May - Fiesta of Ntra. Sra. Fatima in La Asomada 12 May - Football-(Spanish 3rd Division-Group 12 Canary Islands) - Union Puerto v Santa Ursula (Tenerife) 12 May - Charity Walk for Animals in Caleta de Fuste - meeting at the harbour at 4pm and walking to Costa de Antigua and return
3 - 19 May - Fiesta de Sagrado Corazon de Maria in Tarajalejo
3 - 15 May - Fiesta de San Isidro Labrador and Santa Maria de la Cabeza in Triquivijate
6 - 14 May - Fiesta of Ntra. Sra. Fatima in La Asomada
17 May - IX Urban Mile in Caleta de Fuste
15 - 22 May - Fiesta of Santa Rita de Casta in Los Estancos
17-19 May - Fiesta of Ntra. Sra. de Fatima in Tarajal de Sancho near Pajara
12 - 20 May - Fiesta of Ntra. Sra. La Caridad del Cobre in Los Alares 18 May - 5km Charity Run in Corralejo at 10.30 19 May - Football-(Spanish 3rd Division-Group 12 Canary Islands) - CD Cotillo v Marino (Tenerife)
The AMPA musical theatre group La Avutarda del CEIP La Hubara (Hubadance) will perform the musical El rey león on Sunday May 19, at 6:30 pm, at the Insular Auditorium, in Puerto del Rosario. Free entry.
The representation has been the result of the work of a group of parents and school children under the supervision of Fermi Barrios and Jenifer Santana. Forty girls and boys and some father and mother will go on stage to make the audience feel the great characters of this work (Simba, Timón, Pumba, Rafiki, Suzú, Scar, Mufasa and Serabi).
Lions, giraffes, zebras, gazelles, hyenas will be some of the animals that will be seen in this great musical.
15 - 22 May - Fiesta of Santa Rita de Casta in Los Estancos
25 May - 6th Slalom de Antigua (car event)
23 May - 2 Jun - Fiesta of Ntra. Sra. del Tanquito in El Cardon
26 May - European and local election day.
(20-05-2019, 07:23 AM)Captain Sensible Wrote: ... 25 May - 6th Slalom de Antigua (car event)...
Sounds pretty dusty, I like it
This Saturday, 25th May 2019 at 1pm in Antigua - reading a bit further about this event, it looks like more than 30 teams already registered. Here's a video of Slalom de Antigua in 2018.
25 - 30 May - Fiesta of the Virgen del Mar in El Charco, Puerto del Rosario
29 May - Baile de Taifas - traditional Canarian Dance in Puerto del Rosario from 10pm - 5.30am
30 May - Dia de Canarias (Canary Island's Day) - a public holiday
23 May- 2 Jun - Fiesta of Ntra. Sra. del Tanquito in El Cardon
2 - 3 Jun - Fiesta of Ntra. Sra. de Fatima in La Lajita
3 Jun - Fiesta of Sra. del El Tanquito in El Cardon