At the moment I haven’t completed the 2012 calendar so for the moment see the list for 2010 which explains about most of the festivals here.
TBA = To be announced
| Festival | Date in 2012 | Public Holiday | Notes |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | Yes | A day of rest to sleep off the previous night’s excesses |
| Epiphany | Yes | ||
| Kings’ Day (Día de los Reyes) | Yes | When Canarians give and receive their Christmas presents | |
| Las Palmas Carnival 2012 | No | Probably 90% or so will be in Parque Catalina, Las Palmas | |
| Carnaval Opening Speech | No | ||
| Carnival Queen Gala | No | ||
| Carnival Drag Queen Gala | No | ||
| Great CarnivalParade | No | In Las Palmas | |
| Burial of the Sardine | No | A very Canarian fiesta, where a “sardine” is symbolically buried (or blown up!) This is in Las palmas | |
| Festival of Almond Blossom | No | In Valsequillo | |
| Maspalomas Carnival | No | ||
| St Joseph’s Day | Yes | Called San José in Spanish. Also this date is Father’s Day in the Canaries. | |
| Holy Thursday | Yes | ||
| Good Friday | Yes | ||
| Aborigines’ Day | No | Music, dancing and ceremonies commemorating the Guanches’ defeat of the Spanish | |
| Cheese Festival | No | In Santa Maria de Guia | |
| Labour Day | 1st May | Yes | |
| Canarias Day | 30th May | Yes | Everything is closed on this date (except tourist shops/bars/restaurants) and there are parties everywhere! |
| Gay Pride | No | In Maspalomas. | |
| Fiesta del Carmen | No | Fiesta for sailors and mariners | |
| Bringing Down the Branches | No | In Agaete and Puerto de las Nievas | |
| Asunción de la Virgin | Yes | Feast of the Assumption, Dia de la Candelaria, procession in Ingenio | |
| Water Fight in Lomo Magullo | No | Exact date to be confirmed. Takes place in Telde. | |
| Fiesta del Charco | No | Festival of the Lagoon, in Puerto de la Aldea | |
| Nuestra Señora del Pino | Yes | Lady of the Pine (this festival is on a different day in each Canary island) – in Teror | |
| Fiesta de la Naval | No | Festival of the sea. Usually the 2nd Saturday in October. Held in Las Palmas. | |
| National Day | Yes | A bank holiday all over Spain | |
| Fiesta of Our Lady of the Rosary | No | In Aguimes | |
| All Saints’ Day | Yes | ||
| Day of the Spanish Constitution | Yes | A bank holiday all over Spain | |
| Immaculate Conception | Yes | A Catholic holiday | |
| Saint Lucia Day | Yes | A Catholic holiday | |
| Christmas Day | 25th December | Yes | A day of rest to sleep off the excesses of December 24th (when the Canarians eat their Christmas dinner) |
See also Festivals 2012 .
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