Carnival Programme 2023

 

Tuineje presents a dynamic program for the Carnival of Gran Tarajal

• The festivities begin on March 2 at the fairgrounds with the proclamation by 'Meluche'

Gran Tarajal already has programming to celebrate its carnivals. The mayoress of Tuineje, Esther Hernández, and the councilor for Celebrations, Mayka Marrero, have presented on the morning of this Monday, February 13, the poster and the program of the Carnival 2023 of Gran Tarajal with the allegory 'La India', which It will take place from March 2 to 12 with the usual galas and performances. The presentation of the Carnival will take place on Saturday, February 25 on the avenue at 8:30 p.m.

The carnival proclamation will take place on Thursday, March 2 at 8:30 p.m. at the Gran Tarajal fairgrounds by 'Meluche', and to receive the carnival in the best way, you can then enjoy the meeting of choreographic groups and troupes of the municipality such as Batucada Timbaye, Ballet Stylo, Comparsa Kirumba, Diamonds, Comparsa Grimanesa, Súper Yeyas, Premium SS, Five Senses Academy and Laura Sardeña Dance Academy.

On Friday, March 3, starting at 9:00 p.m., there will be a murga meeting with the opening by the children's murga Las Pizpiretas, the new murga from the municipality Las Chichifladas, the Cucas Libres, and the murgas from Puerto del Rosario Los Quintillos.com and murga Las Zarandajas, who will compete for the prize for best lyrics. At its end, a festival will be held by the Nuevo Klan orchestra

The Carnival by day will take place next Saturday, March 4, starting at 12:30 p.m., with performances by the groups Mambo Latino, Vamos y la liamos, Nuevo Klan, Mejor con Copas, and the Del Bueno orchestra. In addition, it will also feature a special performance by Edwin Rivera with the La Sabrosa orchestra, Bomba Orchestra, Kandela and DJ Pedro Cabrera.

The Children's Gala will be on Sunday, March 5 from 5:00 p.m. with the performance of the choreographic groups of the municipality. On Tuesday, March 7, the Senior Gala will take place at the Gran Tarajal Senior Center and on Wednesday, March 8, the family gala with the participation of carnival groups.

On Thursday, March 9, at 9:00 p.m., the Drag Queen Gala will be held, with the participation of the best Drags from the Canary Islands, accompanied by performances by comparsas, choreographic groups and murgas. The Gala for the Election of the Adult Queen will be held on Friday, March 10, starting at 9:00 p.m., where the different carnival groups of the municipality will also perform, and the stellar performance of Kike Pérez. At the end, the festival will be held with the Kandela group.

On Saturday, March 11, the Gran Tarajal Carnival Arena will take place, which will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the departure from the García Blairzy School to the Fairgrounds, where the festival will begin at 9:00 p.m. hours, with performances by the Jacomar Orchestra, Rikabanda Orchestra, Nuevo Klan and La Sabrosa.

The Carnival will come to an end with the parade of the Sardine as a closing down the avenue of Gran Tarajal with the carnival groups starting at 6:00 p.m.

"With this program we want to accommodate all the talent and all the people and carnival groups in the municipality who work very hard every year so that the Carnival of Gran Tarajal continues to be a benchmark on the island", highlighted the mayoress of the municipality from Tuineje, Esther Hernandez.

For her part, the Councilor for Celebrations, Mayka Marrero, invites "all people who love costumes and fun to come to Gran Tarajal to enjoy and participate in the carnival."

Carnival 2023

 The Tuineje City Council is preparing for the celebration of the municipality's carnivals 2023, which will take place at the Gran Tarajal Fairground between Thursday 2 and Sunday 12 March, with the allegory 'La India'.

The technical services of the local Consistory are already evaluating the offers of the contract for the rental, installation and execution of sound, lighting, audiovisual and structural equipment and complementary services, tendered for an amount of 118,211 euros, for the celebration of the carnival parties 2023 of the municipality of Tuineje, with the aim of having everything ready for the celebration of carnivals.

On the other hand, they are also working on the development of the Carnival 2023 program, which will include the usual performances, as well as the Queen's gala, a gathering of street musicians, etc., and which will be announced soon.

"We know the importance of carnivals for the people of our municipality, and that the Carnival of Gran Tarajal is also a benchmark for the entire island of Fuerteventura, so the services are working quickly so that this year, they recover their usual brightness, which the pandemic prevented us from enjoying these years ago," said the mayor, Esther Hernández.

For her part, the Councilor for Celebrations, Mayka Marrero, invited all "Carnival lovers to enjoy all the programming this year to celebrate the allegory of 'La India', which will not leave anyone indifferent."

2023 January 25th VM Meeting

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Rainfall

 Activated the yellow warning for rains in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote

• As of this morning, heavy rainfall of up to 15 liters in an hour is expected.

• The General Directorate of Security and Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands reports a pre-alert warning for rain and storms in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote since midnight this Wednesday.

  The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated the yellow warning for these islands.

  In Lanzarote, La Graciosa and Fuerteventura, it is expected this morning between 00:00 and 09:00 that it will rain up to 15 liters in one hour.

Power Cut Nov 3rd

 As Endesa has already reported, Red Eléctrica has rescheduled for the early morning of November 3 a temporary interruption of electricity supply, leaving the Gran Tarajal 66 kV and Matas Blancas 66 kV substations, located in the south of Fuerteventura, without voltage, in order to to carry out major maintenance works on the energy transmission network to guarantee security of supply.

The supply interruption will be approximately from 00.00 hours to 3.00 hours. Both the date and the time slot have been consulted with the administrations of the affected area and it implies the rescheduling of work initially planned for October 30.

The fact that the configuration of the transmission network in the south of Fuerteventura is currently in a simple 66 kV circuit means that any unavailability of the line, whether scheduled or unexpected, produces significant incidents in the Matas Blancas substations and/or Great Tarajal.

The company apologizes for any inconvenience it may eventually cause with this maintenance action on the transport network.

Power Cuts

 

ECONOMY

Endesa announces power cuts in Pájara and Tuineje

• It will affect some 15,519 customers residing in the southern municipalities of Fuerteventura

EFE 0 COMMENTS 10/18/2022 - 17:24

Endesa has reported this Tuesday that scheduled cuts in the electricity supply are planned in the municipalities of Tuineje and Pájara in the early hours of next Thursday, October 20, between 00:00 and 03:00, and on October 30, in the same schedule.

This situation occurs as a result of the improvement works on the Transmission Network that will be carried out by the Redeia group, formerly Red Eléctrica Española (REE), Endesa reported in a statement.

For this reason, Endesa warns its users of this temporary interruption and hopes that when it occurs at dawn, the inconvenience that could be caused will be reduced.

In this regard, Redeia will temporarily leave the Gran Tarajal 66kV and Matas Blancas 66kV transmission substations without voltage to carry out repair and adaptation work on the underground section of the 66 kV Las Salinas-Gran Tarajal line in Fuerteventura.

The works planned by Redeia in the transmission network will mean an interruption of supply to customers and to generation connected to Endesa's distribution network, affecting a market of some 15,519 customers residing in the municipalities of Tuineje and Pájara.

In Tuineje, Tarajalejo, Valle de Tarajalejo, Marco Sánchez, Tamaretilla, Cardón, Montaña Hendida, La Calabaza, Valle de Tesejerague, Tesejerague, Los Adejes, Giniginámar, Valle de Giniginamar, Violante, Mazacote, Piedra Hincada, Diego Alonso, will be affected. Finca Araña, El Polvorín, La Fuentita, El Charco, El Aceitún Gran Tarajal).

In Pájara, they will be the towns of Morro Jable, Solana Matorral, Las Gaviotas, Esquinzo, Cañada del Rio, Costa Calma, La Pared, Las Hermosas, Ugán, Tarajal de Sancho, Valle Lajita and La Lajita.

Music Festival November 2022

 Nathy Peluso, Loquillo, Malú and Maldita Nerea headlining the Arena Negra 2022

• The Arena Negra returns in its second edition on November 11/12.

Nathy Peluso, Loquillo, Malú and Maldita Nerea headlining the Arena Negra 2022

• The Arena Negra returns in its second edition on November 11 and 12

Fuerteventura Newspaper 0 COMMENTS 10/06/2022 - 17:51

Gran Tarajal will once again be the epicenter of the best in music at an Arena Negra festival that returns to the best urban beach on the island with a lineup that brings together prominent names on the international and national scene such as Nathy Peluso, Loquillo, Malú or Pastor Soler.

On November 11 and 12, Gran Tarajal expects to receive more than 20,000 people who will come to the town to enjoy the program that was presented this Thursday at a press conference by the mayor of the municipality, Esther Hernández; the president of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Sergio Lloret; the Councilor for Culture, Nélida Padilla; the Minister of Culture, Rayco León; and the Councilor for Commerce, Cristofer Jaime.

On Friday the 11th, they will step on the Arena Negra stage: Loquillo, Maldita Nerea and Pastora Soler. On Saturday the 12th, it will be the turn of Nathy Peluso, Malú, Rigoberta Bandini and Mala Rodríguez. In addition, in the next few days more artists will be announced who will go through the festival.

"This festival has a great impact on the economy of our municipality, because it will be a shock to the commercial, hotel and restaurant sectors. The Arena Negra Festival is also a demonstration of the cultural potential of Gran Tarajal, of the capacity that As a town, we have the ability to organize and host large events", highlighted the Mayor Esther Hernández.

The president of the Insular Corporation, Sergio Lloret, highlighted the "total predisposition" of the Island Council to collaborate with "this tremendous festival, in whose first edition I had the honor of promoting it as mayor of the municipality of Tuineje, and the happiness of attending the enormous registered success, more than 22,000 people. It is great news that it has been possible to recover the event in 2022 and, taking into account the current socioeconomic moment, after the health crisis, I am sure that recovering the Black Arena will be very positive for the economy of the municipality of Tuineje and that of the entire island of Fuerteventura".

"The Arena Negra aims to be a sustainable festival and raise awareness about the care and protection of our environment and our seas. In this sense, we are working on a program that allows us to raise awareness about the work carried out by many groups in the island to preserve our ecosystem", pointed out the Councilor for Culture, Nélida Padilla.

The Councilor for Culture of the Cabildo, Rayco León, explained that "this festival honors the cultural activity and movement that has always existed in the town of Gran Tarajal and in the municipality of Tuineje, with a proposal that must have continuity over time as tourist and cultural attraction in Fuerteventura".

"From the Ministry of Culture we are available for everything that an event of these characteristics requires," added León.

For his part, the Councilor for Commerce, Cristofer Jaime, has stressed "the high economic impact that this festival has on the commerce of the municipality, which is a stimulus for the commercial fabric due to the high influx of public that is expected in the two days of festival".

Esther Hernández took advantage of the occasion to remark that "the authorization to install the stage on this beach has already been processed with the Provincial Directorate of Coasts of Las Palmas. We trust that this time the authorization will be granted."

Storage Space

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GT Fishing Festival 2022

 Gran Tarajal prepares for its XXVI International Open of Deep-Sea Fishing

• The Fishing Open will have the participation of 40 boats

Boat Hire

 

Bike Rental/Buying

 Fuerteventura bike shop in Gran Tarajal have a range of bicycles to buy and rent. They also have a range of electric bicycles to buy.

They have agreed to give anyone from Vista Mar a discount of 5%. Just tell them you are from VM and ask for the 5% discount agreed by the owner, Ruben!

Contact +34 673 945 480

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Boat hire Fishing/dolphin watching

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