Festivals in Los Realejos

Local festivals of Los Realejos

The municipality's most representative celebration is the May Festival, held from late April until late May or early June, with events such as Crosses and Fireworks, the Baile de Magos, the pilgrimage and Lunes de Remedios.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Festivals in May of Los Realejos, with the tradition of Crosses and Fires of May, San Isidro Labrador, Santa María de la Cabeza and Nuestra Señora de los Remedios.
• Main celebration days: 3 May, the Day of the Cross, centres on Crosses and Fireworks; the pilgrimage and Lunes de Remedios complete the main celebrations.
• Usual duration: the festive period runs from late April until late May or early June.
• Usual places: Plaza Viera y Clavijo, around the Town Hall, Realejo Alto, Calle El Sol, Calle El Medio, La Cruz Santa, Casa del Llano and other neighbourhoods and municipal spaces according to each year's programme.
• Associated traditions: erection of crosses on roads, chapels and houses, fireworks between Calle El Sol and Calle El Medio, proclamation, flag raising, Magician's Dance, Livestock Fair, Festival of the Islands, Pilgrimage, religious events and popular cultural programming.
• Who participates: City Council, festive commissions of Cruz de la Calle El Sol and Cruz de la Calle El Medio, parishes, cultural groups, folkloric groups, neighbourhood associations, families, visitors and residents of the royal neighbourhoods.
• Other cultural events: The municipal programme includes popular culture events, concerts, folkloric gatherings, a livestock fair, tourist activity and proposals around royal May traditions.
• Otras ofertas culturales: The City Council has disseminated tourist, natural, heritage, sports, gastronomic and commercial resources through information totems located at points such as the City Hall, Municipal House of Culture, Municipal Tourism Office, San Agustín Park and PIAC of San Agustín and Icod el Alto.

The municipal page of Parties describes the May Cross as a local symbol and highlights the fame of the fogueteros, the stalls and the celebrations of neighbourhoods such as Tigaiga, La Cruz Santa and San Agustín. For specific dates it is advisable to review the May Festival programme published by the City Council.