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| A vision of carnival in 2020 |
As carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife comes to an end for another year, it's time to give you the carnival dates for next year so that you can start making plans. Santa Cruz Carnival was declared to be a Tourist Festival of International Interest back in 1980 and is second only in size to carnival in Rio. If you haven't been, here's what you'll be missing.
Santa Cruz Carnival
Santa Cruz Carnival 2020 will take to the streets between Friday, 21st February 2020 and Sunday, 1st March 2020. The main events will likely be:- Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 - Election of the Carnaval Queen
- Friday, February 21st, 2020 - Carnaval Opening Parade
- Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 - Main Parade
- Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 - Burial of the Sardine
- Saturday, February 29th, 2020 - Daytime Carnaval
- Sunday, March 1st, 2020 - Parade of Vintage Cars
The theme of Santa Cruz Carnival 2020 - The Flirty Fifties - has already been announced and with carnival having been so late this year (as is Easter on the Liturgical Calendar), so the wait until the next carnival will be that little bit shorter. Exciting!
Smaller than Santa Cruz, there are carnivals taking place all over the island, most notably:
Puerto de la Cruz Carnival
- Thursday, February 20th, 2020 - Election of the Carnival Queen
- Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 - Proclamatory Parade
- Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 - Burial of the Sardine
- Friday, February 28th, 2020 - Men´s Marathon in High Heels
- Saturday, February 29th, 2020 - Main Parade
Los Gigantes Carnival
The start of carnival in Los Gigantes is usually on the Friday ten days after Shrove Tuesday. Therefore, using the any year schedule for Los Gigantes carnival, we calculate that their carnival should start on Friday, 6th March 2020, with their main parade being held on Sunday, 8th March 2020, but will update when we get any further information.Los Cristianos Carnival
As ever, we won't even guess when Los Cristianos carnival will be held in 2020. We will update if or when any information becomes available from the authorities in Arona.All dates are liable to change beyond our control.
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