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Sky-live.tv will broadcast the Perseids from the Canary Islands observatories on August 12 - 13, when this meteor shower is estimated to reach 100 meteors per hour. For the Perseids of 2021, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have come together under the citizen science project 'Contadores de Estrellas' (Star Counters).
The 16 August 2021 is a national public holiday in lieu of Asunción de la Virgen (Assumption) on the 15th, which is a Sunday.
Municipal holidays in August are:
- 2 August: Festivity of Nuestra Señora de La Esperanza in El Rosario
- 5 August: Nuestra Señora Virgen del Amparo in Icod de los Vinos
- 6 August: Festivity of El Salvador in La Matanza
- 23 August: Fiestas for the Town's Patrons in Fasnia
- 24 August: Festivity of San Bartolomé in Buenatista del Norte
- 30 August: Festivity of San Bernardo in Arafo
- 30 August: Festivity for the Municipality's Patrons in La Victoria
- 31 August: Festividad Nuestra Señora de Buen Viaje in El Tanque
- 30 August: Festivity of San Agustín y San Roque in Vilaflor
August is usually packed with fiestas and romerías, with the biggest being the fiestas in Candelaria and Peregrinación a Candelaria (pilgrimage) on the 14 and 15 of August, with the Ceremony of the discovery of the Virgin - which last year were suspended and are not going to take place this year either.
