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Monday, 23 February 2026

Tenerife Carnival Dates for 2027

Last Saturday of Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2026

Searching for information on the Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife Carnival or Karneval Teneriffa 2027 then you've come to the right place.

WARNING: There are currently doubts being cast over the dates of carnival in 2027, but we'll update as soon as we hear that decisions are made.

UPDATE 23 Mar 2026: Santa Cruz de Tenerife delays the start of Carnival 2027 celebrations by two weeks and so far have announced that the Opening Gala is to be moved from January 8th to January 22nd, 2027, while Carnival in the streets will take place from February 19th to 28th.

These are the dates that Santa Cruz Carnival 2027 should take place, based on many previous years' timetables: After the inauguration on Friday, 8 January 2027 and the long list of contests (below), Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2027 in the streets should begin on Friday, 5 February 2027, with the Opening Parade and run through to Sunday, 14 February 2027.

Everything here is still subject to official confirmation or change:
  • Moved to Friday 22 January 2027: Inauguration of Carnival 2027
  • Thursday, 28 January: 1st Phase of the Junior Murgas Contest
  • Friday, 29 January: 2nd Phase of the Junior Murgas Contest
  • Saturday, 30 January: 3rd Phase of the Junior Murgas Contest
  • Sunday, 31 January: Festival of Choreographed Groups
  • Monday, 1 February: 1st Phase of the Adult Murga Contest
  • Tuesday, 2 February: 2nd Phase of the Adult Murga Contest
  • Wednesday, 3 February: 3rd Phase of the Adult Murga Contest
  • Friday, 5 February: Final of the Murga Contests
  • Saturday, 6 February: Contest of Musical Groups
  • Sunday, 7 February: Gala Election of the Junior Carnival Queen
  • Wednesday, 10 February: Gala of the Senior Carnival Queen
  • Thursday, 11 February: Comedy Song Contest
  • Saturday, 13 February: Comparsas Contest
  • Sunday, 14 February: Costume Contest and the Rondallas Contest
  • Tuesday, 16 February: Los Fregolinos Concert
  • Wednesday, 17 February: Gala Election of the Carnival Queen
  • Thursday, 18 February: Festival of Zarzuela
  • Friday, 19 February: Opening Parade
  • Saturday 20 February: Rhythm and Harmony Comparsas
  • Sunday 21 February: Daytime Carnaval
  • Monday 22 February: Carnaval Monday and Dragnaval
  • Tuesday 23 February: Carnival Main Parade
  • Wednesday 24 February: Burial of the Sardine
  • Thursday 25 February: Festival of Rondallas
  • Friday 26 February: Children's Carnival Parade
  • Saturday 27 February: Daytime Carnaval
  • Sunday 28 February: Exhibition and parade of vintage cars, end of carnival parties and carnival closes with a firework display
Many of the events can be watched live on CarnavalTVC

The year 2027 is an important anniversary for Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, as it is forty years since the first time the carnival had a theme - in 1987 that first theme was "Rome". That was also the year that Santa Cruz Carnival got into the Guinness Book of Records when the late Celia Cruz with the Sonora Matancera and Billo's Caracas Boys led the line up of an unforgettable Carnival Tuesday night with more than 240,000 attendees. (That number was since greatly exceeded, but not officially recorded.)


Look back over 40 years of Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: 


Puerto de la Cruz Carnival 2027

  • Thursday 4 February - Election of the Carnival Queen
  • Saturday 6 February - Proclamatory Parade
  • Wednesday 10 February - Burial of the Sardine
  • Friday 12 February - Mascarita Ponte Tacón
  • Saturday 13 February - Main Parade

Los Gigantes Carnival 2027

The start of carnival in Los Gigantes is usually on the Friday ten days after Shrove Tuesday, which would be on Friday 19 Feb 2027. Their Carnival Main Parade is usually held on the Sunday, which would be 21 Feb 2027.

Los Cristianos Carnival 2027

As ever, we won't even guess when Los Cristianos carnival will be held. Once available, the dates can generally be found within the relevant year's Calendario de Fiestas del Municipio (Calendar of the municipality's festivals). However ... Even if Arona publish dates ahead, they are in the habit of changing the dates at the very last minute and these changes have not been advertised nor reported in the media, so it requires constant manual watching of their site (above) to know.

All dates are subject to changes that are beyond our control
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