The 2025 Canary Islands Rally marks a milestone in the history of motorsports. For the first time, it will form part of the World Rally Championship (WRC). It will be the only event in Spain among the championship’s 14 global competitions, attracting the world’s very best drivers and fans.

The Gran Canaria Arena is also the chosen setting for a spectacular stage on Saturday, April 26, featuring the world’s biggest names in the sport.

The main event will start on Thursday 24 April with the Shakedown, followed by the three main stages from 25 to 27 April. This change to three stages, instead of two as in previous editions, is due to its inclusion in the WRC calendar, which also means that the route must have a minimum of 300 timed kilometres.

“When there is a rally going on, it also means road closures during the stages”

The route is composed of 18 timed stages totaling 301,30 km. Among the special stages of the La Aldea-Mogán, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Agüimes-Santa Lucía, Valsequillo-Telde, Valleseco-Artenara, Moya-Gáldar, Arucas-Firgas-Teror, and Tejeda-San Mateo stages; there are as well as the show stage at the Gran Canaria Arena and the historic stage at the Gran Karting Club in Maspalomas.

Easy check for the rally:
FRIDAY Google Map for the rally stages
SATURDAY Google Map for the rally stages
SUNDAY Google Map for the rally stages 

The roads for the different stages will close on the previous evening at 22:00

The 9th edition of  Challenge Mogán Gran Canaria triathlon sporting event will take place this Saturday in the municipality of Mogán and will have 3 different triathlon (swim, cycling, run) races. The start and finish will be at ANFI.

ROAD CLOSURES, OPTIONS AND BUS STOP CHANGES

A new edition of the ‘Feria Km.0 Gran Canaria. This edition takes place in the municipality of Ingenio this Saturday and Sunday, 26-27 April 2025.
The fair is open on both days 09:00-14:00 and takes place on Plaza de Candelaria, just next to the church.

The Km.0 Gran Canaria Fair was born in Ingenio, and we’re back with excitement for another year. 50 producers from across the island are bringing us quality artisanal food products. Parallel activities include: A Craft Fair with artisans from Ingenio. Guided tours of the town. Gastronomic activities in several restaurants in the town, live music, etc.

This regular fair, ‘Feria Km.0 Gran Canaria’ is about local produce, everything from Gran Canaria that requires no transport to get here (hence the name).

🧀 The ancient population centre of Santa María de Guía celebrates the Fiesta del Queso, a Cheese Festival in the historic centre of  Guía, on the Plaza Grande this Sunday 27 April, and in Montaña Alta on 4 May 2025.

🧀 Two years ago, the Guía Cheese Festival was declared a Festival of Tourist Interest in the Canary Islands.

The Festival of the Cheese of Guía counts every year with two editions. Traditionally, the first one is celebrated in the town on the last Sunday of April and the second takes place in the district of Montaña Alta every first Sunday of May.

Saturday, 26 April: Mercado de Guía

The Guía Market will host workshops for adults on tasting and evaluating cheeses with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) from the Canary Islands and premium cheeses, as well as children’s and family workshops to discover “The Magical World of Queso de Flor.”

Later that evening, the traditional “Cheese Dance” will be held in the Plaza Grande. This year, the folk groups Buchito de Café and Estrella y Guía from Gran Canaria, and the AF Herederos de Chasna from Tenerife, along with twenty other dance groups from various folk groups, will feature the cheese dance groups.

Sunday, 27 April: Main Day

On Sunday, from 10:00-14:00 take place one of the main days of the celebration. The city centre will hold the Traditional Gastronomy and Crafts Fair, with a display, tasting, and sale of cheeses and local products in both squares of the historic centre: the front of the church and Calle Marqués del Muni.

Another important event on this day is the 26th Island Cheese Tasting Competition “Queso Flor de Guía,” starting at 11:00 at the Casa de la Cultura, with commented public tastings of the participating cheeses and cheese factories. On this day, the Néstor Álamo Museum will also host the Experience Room on the Flavors of Gran Canaria, with commented tastings of cheeses and other rural treasures.

This festive day will be enlivened from eleven in the morning by the folk groups Herederos de Chasna, Los Incansables, and Noroeste Guiense.

Among this year’s new features is the change of location of one of the most popular activities, the IES Noroeste Gastronomic Showcase. This year, it moves to La Kasa de Guía, where students from the various training cycles of the Hospitality and Tourism Department will once again offer a wide variety of delicacies made with Flor de Guía, Media Flor, and Guía cheeses.

Still to come…

Sunday 4 May in Montaña Alta
The Cheese Festival in the Montaña Alta neighbourhood, where, as every year, the thousands of samples of sancocho, cheese, tortillas with honey, and wild mustard stew are among the main attractions to visit this area of ​​the Guiense midlands. Day will start at 10:00.

A festive day in which the awards of the 26th Island Cheese Tasting ‘Queso Flor de Guía’ will be presented and tribute will be paid to the couple of cheese artisans Teresa González Jiménez and Juan Antonio Moren García, and to the couple formed by Carmen Santiago Díaz and Atilio Suárez Suárez, collaborators of the festival for thirty years and part of the group of people who make the famous wild mustard stew that can be tasted on this day.

The folklore groups Lairaga del Norte and Estrella y Guía will entertain on this festive day, and there will also be performances by Yeray Rodríguez and international poets.

Public transport:
to Montaña Alta: the Global bus company will have a special arrangement for that day, extending the service from 10 in the morning until three in the afternoon.
See the full program (in Spanish) HERE!

The little neigbourhood of Ayagaures (at the end of GC-504) in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana are celebrating their patron saint festivities in honour of Niño Dios between 25-27 April 2025. These festivities have been organised by the Ayagaures Festival Commission and will feature cultural events, live music, traditional games, and much more.

As marked by tradition, which began in the 1950s, the residents of the Ayagaures ravine will ask the image of the Child God for a good year of rain to fill the dam and guarantee the irrigation of their crops.  A program that reflects the richness of traditions and offers moments of fun, coexistence, and spirituality.

Friday 25 April:
at 11:00 the festivities will begin with the decoration of the streets of the neighbourhood.
at 20:00 the inauguration of an art exhibition
at 20:15 Johnny Amobi Showreel 
20:45 Pregón, proclamation
20:30 Zanga Tournament
Art & Wine workshop
21:00 Parranda Las Dunas del Sur

Saturday 26 April:
at 18:00 The greatest tradition, the Pilgrimage and Offering to the Child Jesus. The procession will leave from the ‘roof’ to the town square. The tour will be enlivened by music and songs from the neighbours who participate, always dressed in traditional clothing. (This will mean some road closures)
After the Pilgrimage Offering, at 20:30 Local Humour (in Spanish)
at 22:00 The night will close with the Great Verbena by Grupo Rebelion and at 00:30 the luminous fires and a cup of broth.

Sunday 27 April:
at 11:00 workshop and children’s games
at 12:50 Canarian Wrestling Exhibition.
at 13:00 Eucharist, followed by a religious procession that will be accompanied by the Archipelago Band.
Subsequently, at 14:00 a tribute will be made to two local residents
at 14:30 the Asadero Canario (Canarian barbeque)
at 15:00 the Verbena del Solajero, a daytime festive street party. In this festival the Festival Commission encourages all participants to come with a striking and elaborate hat, since the most original will be awarded in the female and male categories.

at 15:00 For the little ones, there will be inflatables and games
at 18:00 the birthday celebration of all the boys and girls in the neighbourhood with chocolate that will put an end to the festivities at 19:00, until next year.

🎉✨ La Feria de Abril in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from 24-27 April at Plaza de La Puntilla will be filled with colour, music, dance, and tradition with the eagerly awaited April Fair 2025 💃🕺.

Opening hours:
🔸Thursday, 24 April: 21:00 to 01:00
🔸 Friday, 25 April: 22:00 to 02:00
🔸 Saturday 26 April: 13:00 to 02:00
🔸 Sunday 27 April: 12:00 to 18:00
Come in your flamenco dress or shorts and enjoy a unique atmosphere full of joy, gastronomy, and Andalusian art! 🌺🎶🍷

Organised by: Real Club Victoria and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria celebrates International Dance Day on April 26th and 27th with different exhibitions around the city, coordinated by the actor, stage director and choreographer Mingo Ruano and Danza Las Palmas, and the unique ‘Megabar’, an element that the dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher Jacob Hernández already premiered in 2024 in Las Canteras and that, in 2025 returns with simultaneous and synchronised choreography from up to six dance schools.

The initiative is structured around two projects: the Ballet “Megabar” on Paseo de las Canteras, an impressive dance element that will occupy a large part of the Cícer area, next to GoFit, where, under the direction of Jacob Hernández, the steps and figures of six dance schools that have been practicing for weeks will take center stage to showcase their talent in a coordinated and synchronized manner.

Dance in motion throughout the city

In addition, throughout Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th, you will be able to enjoy exhibitions in public spaces and streets throughout the city. Plaza de Las Ranas, Calle Mayor de Triana, San Telmo Park, Mesa y López Avenue, Santa Catalina Park, and Paseo de Las Canteras itself will be the scene of choreographic performances in various styles.

These activities, coordinated by Mingo Ruano, feature the direct involvement of students from his Danza Las Palmas project and are an invitation to rediscover urban space through body language, rhythm, and artistic expression.

The program anticipates the celebration of International Dance Day

International Dance Day has been commemorated every April 29th since 1982, in honour of the birth of Jean-Georges Noverre, considered the father of modern ballet. In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the date is celebrated with a lively, participatory, and decentralized program.

The Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, through its Department of Culture, invites the public to come and experience dance, to witness how its movements take over the city and to take part in this collective tribute.

Program

Saturday, April 26
10:30 a.m. – Reading of the Manifesto. Paseo de Las Canteras (Go Fit height)
11:00 a.m. – Megabarra I. Paseo de Las Canteras (Go Fit height)
11:00 a.m. – Plaza de Las Ranas
12:00 p.m. – Megabarra II. English: Las Canteras Promenade (Go Fit height)
12:00h – Calle Mayor de Triana (height numbers 60-62)
13:00h – Parque San Telmo
17:00h – Avenida Mesa y López
18:00h – Parque Santa Catalina
19:00h – Las Canteras Promenade (Saulo Torón area)

Sunday, April 27
11:00h – Avenida Mesa y López
12:00h – Parque Santa Catalina Park
13:00h – Las Canteras Promenade (Saulo Torón area)

Another edition of the “Friends Market” in the Hotel NH Imperial in the capital this Sunday, 23 February 2025.

Art, crafts, beauty, complements, fashion, cosmetics, health, etc.

Opening hours: 10:00-20:00