Corralejo Carnival 2024 - Dates & Events - Carnaval de Carnavales

Out of all the carnivals in Fuerteventura, the carnival in Corralejo is probably the most expected one of all.

Corralejo Carnival 2024: 7 - 17 March 2024

• Corralejo Carnival theme in 2024: Cinema
• Location for the events: the venue next to the Municipal Sports Pavilion José Perdomo Umpierrez

The Carnival in the municipality of La Oliva will return in 2024 with a program full of events, where the most representative acts of the carnival will take place once again, like the carnival race or the Grand Drag Queen Gala.

Only a few days left until the kick-off of the Carnival of Carnivals in the municipality of La Oliva! 

From March 7 to 17 we will once again enjoy one of the most important celebrations in Corralejo, a party that is impregnated in the people's DNA and that shows the best part of the island's culture.

This year's carnival poster has been designed by @monono.arw.

• SEE ALSO: Info about the other carnivals in Fuerteventura

The Gala de la Reina, the Drag Queen Gala, the Gala de la Reina Infantil, or the Daytime Carnival will also return to the streets of La Oliva along with other events such as the Carnival Race or the Murgas Marathon.

Program - Corralejo Carnival 2024

The Carnival of Carnivals begins with the preamble to the 'Carnaval de la Corbata' that will be held on Saturday, March 2 in La Oliva, with outstanding performances by the groups Nklave, Nuevo Klan, Kandela and Orquesta Mambo Latino. The main event will begin on Thursday, March 7 with the emotional proclamation by the former members of the murga LAS CHINCHOSAS, giving way to a series of activities that include the Adult Queen's Gala, the Day and Night Carnival, the Gala of the Great Lady, the Drag Queen Gala, the Murgas Marathon, the Carnival Ring, and will culminate with the traditional Burial of the Sardine on March 17. There will also be an amusement fair from March 1 to 17, which will be located in the parking lots of Acua Water Park (Baku), in Corralejo.

Drag Queen Gala in Corralejo

One of the most anticipated carnival events is the Gala Drag Queen, which is an event that already has more than twenty years of history, as it began only one year after the first drag gala in the Canary Islands, which was the one of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1998.

Events celebrated at the Carnival in Corralejo

• Opening night and presentation
• Carnival cultural exhibition and announcement of the carnival
• Gala for the election of the Adult Carnival Queen
• Family Carnival with the 5th edition of the carnival race
• Gala for the election of the Children's Carnival Queen
• Main musical performance
• Children's musical show 
• Senior Carnival
• Gala of the dances
• Marathon of murgas
• II Carnival Show
• Grand Gala Drag Queen
• Carnival in La Oliva

Carnival poster 2024

• See also more things to do in Corralejo
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