Festivals in La Oliva
Discover the main festivals, celebrations and traditions of La Oliva, municipality of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands.
Festivals in La Oliva
The municipality of La Oliva holds fifteen patron saint festivals across its towns and villages. Its calendar combines religious traditions, neighbourhood gatherings and major events such as Carnival and the Our Lady of Mount Carmel festivities in Corralejo.
Usual celebrations
Candlemas shapes the February calendar, while Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the focus of Corralejo's maritime celebrations in July. The festivities in each community preserve processions, open-air dances, sport, children's activities and local gatherings.
Other cultural events
Carnival broadens the municipality's cultural programme in March with a different theme and activities across La Oliva's communities.