There are 7 fiestas on record in Santa Cruz de Tenerife through the year. Here is the whole calendar, with the date, the time and where each one happens.
The calendar, month by month
September
Romería del Cristo de Paso Alto
30 September 2026 · time not confirmed · Museo Histórico Militar de Canarias (Almeyda)
October
Plenilunio Santa Cruz
3 October 2026 · time not confirmed · Centro de Santa Cruz: avenida Marítima, Parque García Sanabria y plazas del casco
February
Carnaval de Santa Cruz
23 February 2027 · time not confirmed · Casco histórico de Santa Cruz
May
Baile de Magos de las Fiestas de Mayo
2 May 2027 · 21:00 · Casco histórico de Santa Cruz
Fiestas de la Cruz
3 May 2027 · time not confirmed · Iglesia de la Concepción (Santa Cruz)
Exposición e inspección de Cruces de Flores
3 May 2027 · 10:00 · Rambla de Santa Cruz
August
Fiestas de San Bernardo y del Farol
20 August 2027 · 18:30 · Casco histórico de Santa Cruz
What is on these days
Friday 22 January
Gala inaugural Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Saturday 23 January
Concurso de agrupaciones musicales Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 24 January
Concurso de agrupaciones coreográficas Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Friday 29 January
Primera fase de murgas infantiles Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Saturday 30 January
Segunda fase de murgas infantiles Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 31 January
Certamen de rondallas Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Monday 1 February
Primera fase de murgas adultas Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Tuesday 2 February
Segunda fase de murgas adultas Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Wednesday 3 February
Tercera fase de murgas adultas Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Thursday 4 February
Cuarta fase de murgas adultas Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Saturday 6 February
Final de murgas adultas Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 7 February
Gala de la reina infantil Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Wednesday 10 February
Gala de la reina de los mayores y festival de mayores Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Friday 12 February
Canción de la risa Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Saturday 13 February
Concurso de comparsas Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 14 February
Concurso de disfraces Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Tuesday 16 February
Concierto de Los Fregolinos Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Wednesday 17 February
Gala de la reina Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Thursday 18 February
Festival de la zarzuela Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Friday 19 February
Cabalgata anunciadora, con concurso de carrozas y coches Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Friday 19 February
Noche de Carnaval Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Saturday 20 February
Certamen Ritmo y Armonía Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Saturday 20 February
Noche de Carnaval Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 21 February
I Carnaval de Día Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 21 February
Concierto de Nifú Nifá y Fregolinos Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 21 February
Noche de Carnaval Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Monday 22 February
Gala Dragnaval Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Monday 22 February
Noche de Carnaval Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Tuesday 23 February
Coso Apoteosis Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Tuesday 23 February
Concierto de Nifú Nifá y Fregolinos Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Thursday 25 February
Carnaval inclusivo Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Thursday 25 February
Festival de rondallas Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Friday 26 February
Coso infantil Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Friday 26 February
Noche de Carnaval Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Saturday 27 February
II Carnaval de Día Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Saturday 27 February
Noche de Carnaval Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 28 February
Nifú Nifá y zarzuela Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 28 February
Exhibición pirotécnica Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sunday 28 February
Exhibición de coches antiguos Santa Cruz de Tenerife
What the town hall has published so far, up to 28 February 2027. The rest goes up a week or two before each fiesta.
What to see in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Parque Marítimo César Manrique
Sea pool · 300 min
Seawater pools designed by Manrique with volcanic rock and palm trees, next to the auditorium.
Playa de Las Teresitas
Beach · 130 min
Golden sand brought from the Sahara and protected by a breakwater, so the water is calm.
MUNA (Naturaleza y Arqueología)
Museum · 80 min
It holds Guanche mummies preserved naturally by the dryness of the ravines, wrapped in goatskins sewn with needles made of animal bone.
Benijo
Hamlet · 75 min
A hamlet founded on a Guanche settlement, famous for being close to the Playa de Benijo, with great scenic beauty and a tradition…
Taganana
Hamlet · 75 min
A town to the north of the island's capital, with a rich natural, architectural and ethnographic heritage.
Interpretado Circular de Taganana
Trail · 24 min
A walk around the centre of Taganana: the La Chanca wine press, the Cura dragon tree, the Pianola fountain, the church of Las Nieves with its Flemish triptych and the chapel of Santa Catalina, from around 1620.
Benijo - Cruz del Draguillo
Trail · 84 min
It climbs from Benijo along the Hediondo path, with views of the valley, to the El Draguillo cross, among dragon trees, laurel forest and goats, with the rocks of Anaga's north coast below.
El Bailadero - Taganana
Trail · 54 min
It goes down from El Bailadero through laurel forest, skirts the Roque del Valle and opens out over Taganana. In the village are the La Chanca wine press, the Cura dragon tree, the Pianola fountain and the church of Las…
Roque de Las Bodegas - Almáciga - Benijo - El Draguillo
Trail · 102 min
It runs along Anaga's north coast from hamlet to hamlet: the Roque de Las Bodegas beach, Almáciga, a favourite with surfers, the Benijo viewpoint with the Roques de Anaga, and El Draguillo.
Auditorio de Tenerife
Museum · 80 min
The thousands of white ceramic tiles covering the building were laid by hand to reflect the sunlight like sea foam.
Palmetum
Natural monument · 100 min
What is today the botanical garden with the largest palm collection in Europe was, thirty years ago, the landfill mountain where the capital's rubbish rotted.
Cementerio de San Rafael y San Roque
Old town · 90 min
Opened in 1810 after a yellow fever epidemic, it has a section walled off for burying non-Catholic British merchants.
Two words you will hear
Romería — an ox-cart pilgrimage: carts, traditional dress, wine and food handed out along the way. The arrival is where everyone ends up, not the start.
Verbena — an open-air dance that runs late, with a live band in the square.
Guachinche — a small family place, often the front room of a farmhouse, serving their own wine and two or three home dishes.
Tell it where you are starting from and what you fancy, and it builds the day around the fiesta in Santa Cruz de Tenerife: when to go, where to eat nearby and how to get back.