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20 February 2024

Carnival burns the Sardine and announces an Olympic...

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 20 February 2024. The Sardine burned in the waters of Las Canteras to bring Carnival 2024 to a close. The Carnivals...

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12 February 2024

A Drag Queen apotheosis at the end of “Carnivals of...

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Monday 12 February, 2024 . If there is a hallmark which defines modern Carnival in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, that...

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05 February 2024

Carnival has a date with its Queen in La Isleta

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Monday, 5 February, 2024 . It was in March 1976, so long ago now. At that time, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, like the...

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29 January 2024

Murga and comparsa groups take over the Carnival

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 29 January 2024. Murgas and comparsas embody the essence of people’s creative expression in the Carnival of Las Palmas...

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15th to 18th Centuries

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Carnival is one of the oldest, most deeply rooted and unique festivals of the Canary Islands capital. For over five centuries the city has celebrated with masquerading, tomfoolery... and flesh.

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Afilarmónica Los Melindrosos

Founded in:
1995
President:
José María González Pérez
Director:
Luis Quintana
Number of members:
49
City:
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

The Afilarmónica, with its 22 years of history, won the First Prize for Performance for three years in a row, and has also won the Tomás Pérez Prize for Best Lyrics. For yet another year they will return to the stage in Santa Catalina Park to show us their irony and entertain us with their lyrics.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Carnival

First Prize for Performance 2004, 2005 and 2006. Tomás Pérez Prize for Best Lyrics in 2006, and Criticón Prize the first year it was awarded, in 2006.

To date, it is the only Murga in the history of the contest to achieve the Tomás Pérez Prize for Best Lyrics and the Criticón Prize awarded by the press in the same year (2006).