The carnival in Maspalomas is usually celebrated three weekends before Easter that year, which would mean that the main carnival weekend in 2024 would be between 15 and 17 March 2024.
The international carnival of Maspalomas starts on 7 March 2024 and it will last for ten long days with a program full of events.
The Yumbo shopping center will once again be the center of the carnival in Maspalomas.
Ten days of music and color are set to begin in the south of the island of Gran Canaria at the amazing carnival in Maspalomas!
The main events are the Gala for the election of the Carnival Queen and of course one of the events that you shouldn't miss is the Drag Queen Gala. The next events on the agenda will be the big Carnival Parade that will go through the main streets of the municipality.
The carnival will begin on March 6, at 8:00 p.m., in a magical setting, very representative of Maspalomas and present on most of the posters announcing our most international festival, the Maspalomas Lighthouse. Here the presenters will announce the candidates who this year aspire to the different reigns of the Maspalomas Carnival 2024. This will be a free gala open to all the public who want to meet and support our candidates.
The Inaugural Gala will be on Thursday 7th, for which a very endearing show has been prepared, full of television memories that will make the most nostalgic people travel back in time. After the inauguration, the Gala for the election of the Grand Lady will begin.
The children's gala will take place at the Yumbo Shopping Center on Friday 08, at 7:30 p.m. A very special gala due to the enthusiasm with which the seven candidates present themselves, participate and experience the Carnival. On Saturday, March 9, the scepter of the Carnival Queen will be awarded, to which 10 spectacular candidates aspire.
One of the great novelties of this Carnival edition will be the Children's Parade, this was held for the first time in 2020 and has not been continued since then. This parade will be on Sunday the 10th, at 11:00 in the morning. It will leave from the Mirador de las Dunas de Maspalomas and arrive at the Yumbo Shopping Center where several activities have been organized for the little ones in the house. At night, at 9:00 p.m., the light, color and music of the Comparsas will be displayed, in a meeting where the undisputed protagonist will be rhythm.
On Tuesday the 12th, the different dance schools will meet for a Choreographic Meeting in which the protagonists will be students from the municipal schools, at 7:00 p.m. at the Yumbo. The following day at 5:00 p.m., the Canine Carnival will take place.
The Drag Queen Gala will be celebrated on March 14th
The Drag Queen Gala will be celebrated on Thursday the 14th, at 9:00 p.m. To attend the Gala, tickets will be on sale through a digital platform, at a modest price. The objective is to eliminate the long lines that are created every year at the Carnival Office to obtain a ticket, so this year as a change the tickets will be on sale online. In addition, the purchase will be limited to 2 tickets per person, to avoid tickets being bought that are later not used.
Tourist Day will be celebrated on Friday the 15th. In addition to the usual rescue of the sardine at noon and its transfer from the Charca de Maspalomas to Playa del Inglés, this year we are recovering the concert in Annex II, under the name of Carnaval al Sol, with the main DJs from Los40, to fill the sands of Playa del Inglés with music. The authorities have changed the day of its celebration from Sunday to Friday to avoid it taking place after the great parade.
On Saturday the 16th will be the Grand Carnival Parade of Maspalomas, which, as the mayor has already said, is expected to attract 400,000 people, the largest of all the parades at the regional level, which highlights how big and popular the carnival in Maspalomas has got.
The last day will be Sunday, the 17th with the celebration of the Sardine Tour that will have its usual route to Playa del Inglés. After the reading of the Testament, the Sardine will be buried at 8:30 p.m. and after that, on the stage located in Annex II, the concerts and fireworks will begin, ending this way the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the International Carnival of Maspalomas.
In case you don't bring any special costumes with you on holiday, you will be able to find something suitable in one of the Chinese shops or even in some of the big supermarkets.
'Joy' is the title of the poster that will announce the celebration of the Maspalomas International Carnival 2024 dedicated this year to 'Television Memories'. The author of the work is Rubén Lucas García, a native of Murcia.
- See info about the other carnivals in Gran Canaria.
- Also, if you're also interested in the festival happening in the capital, see the dedicated page for the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Carnival.