Los Cristianos Carnival 2025 - Largest carnival in Tenerife South (Arona)

The carnival in Los Cristianos (Arona municipality) is the second-largest Carnival in Tenerife and the most popular carnival in the south of Tenerife with around two weeks of events for all ages and audiences.

Although the most popular carnival on the island is the one in Santa Cruz, many other towns and resorts celebrate their own carnivals, since Tenerife is a year-round tourist destination and any reason to have a party is happily accepted by everyone. 

Los Cristianos carnival is the second most important carnival in Tenerife, after the Carnival in Santa Cruz, with a total influx of 125,000 people, 20,000 of them coming for the Day Carnival, and an economic return to the business fabric of the municipality that is estimated at more than six million euros.

Los Cristianos Carnival 2025: To be announced

• 2025 Carnival Theme in Los Cristianos: To be announced

The dates for the 2025 carnival in Los Cristianos have not been announced yet. We will update the page as soon as the dates are announced by the municipality.

The festivities usually start on a Friday with the Opening Parade along the Golden Mile of Playa de las Américas and continue with the Carnival Parade on a Sunday. Other shows are the Drag Night, the Daytime Carnival, the Beach Route, and various activities, more than twenty, until culminating with the Burial of the Sardine.

The carnival in Los Cristianos is probably the most popular event of its type in the South of Tenerife and it's fun to participate in. It doesn't matter if you get dressed up or not, the carnival has a unique energy that spreads among all of its participants, so be sure to join in if you are in Tenerife at this time of the year.

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Is there another carnival in Playa de Las Americas?

No, there's no other carnival specifically in Playa de Las Americas.

Los Cristianos and Playa de Las Americas are basically connected and both tourist towns are part of Arona, the same municipality in the south of Tenerife. For example, the parade for the Carnival in Los Cristianos takes place on the famous Golden Mile in Playa de Las Americas (also known as Avenida de Las Americas) in front of Hard Rock Cafe, Centro Comercial Safari, Mare Nostrum Resort, Parque Santiago III, etc.

SCHEDULE FOR LOS CRISTIANOS CARNIVAL 2025

This section will be updated as soon as the full schedule for the 2025 carnival in Los Cristianos (Arona) is announced.

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What's it like at the Carnival in Los Cristianos?

Details about the program of events 2025

Among the planned events is the Opening Parade with an itinerary that goes from the Gala shopping center, on Rafael Puig Lluvina avenue, to the Oasis shopping center.

Other important events are the Carnival Parade with the municipal groups, the Festival of Choreographic Groups, the Drag Night of the Los Cristianos International Carnival, the Daytime Carnival, the Gran Coso Apotheosis of the Carnival and the Burial of the Sardine (Plaza del Pescador)

The main events at Los Cristianos Carnival 

• Presentation of the candidates for the title of Carnival Queen
• Competition for Comparsas
  
• Announcing Parade in Los Cristianos and Wig Party 
• Concert by Banda de Musica de Arona
• Festival of Choreographic Groups
• Gala for the Election of Third Age Carnival Queen
• Gala for the Election of Kids Carnival Queen
• Election of the Carnival Queen
• Election Drag Queen of the Carnival in Los Cristianos
• Daytime Carnival in Los Cristianos and Costume Competition (El Carnaval de Dia de Los Cristianos)
• Los Cristianos Carnival Parade (El Coso Apoteósico del Carnaval de Los Cristianos)
• Burial of the Sardine (Entierro de la Sardina)