A weekend with parties, sports, tradition, fun and camels. As usual, in HolaLanzarote.com we bring you the Best Things to Do This Weekend in Lanzarote. This Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can go and enjoy a lot of events and we tell you what they are:
1. Fiestas de San Ginés
The San Ginés festivities start today! Including sports, cultural, social and touristic activities. There we’ll be traditional “Canarian Ball” and Padel tournaments. There will be summer cinema with: “El charco Original (I): Paper planet” at 21:00 hours this Sunday. Also the Miss Arrecife and Queen of the Fiestas de San Ginés 2015 Election. You can see all the program that Arrecife has plan for the rest of these parties.
2. XXIII Edición del Triatlón Real Club Náutico Ciudad de Arrecife
As part of the Fiestas de San Ginés 2015, this Saturday August 15 will be the la XXIII edición del triatlón Real Club Náutico Ciudad de Arrecife. This sports event will have the aquathlon at 14:00 hours, and then a triathlon at 15:30 hours. It will have the participation of junior, cadet, junior and absolute categories.
3. Tempo Lanzarote
Four Sundays of light and music with Tempo Lanzarote, the show that this weekend is coming back to the auditorium Jameos del Agua. The Classical Orchestra Lanzarote seduces you with its presentation of music, dance and lights. It is the second function of this journey through time as the public learns parts of the history of the island through music and images. Tempo Lanzarote are 9 musicians, 17 actors and many surprises that begins at the time of the attacks of pirates who punished the habitants of the island. Tempo are volcano and eruptions, are agriculture and fisheries, demon and drama, struggle and survival, is tourism and Cesar Manrique. The creation of Roberto Fuentes and the Classical Orchestra de Lanzarote, made with the collaboration of Benito Cabrera, produced for the Centers for Arts, Culture and Tourism of the Cabildo of Lanzarote have six more shows. Tickets cost 39 euros overall fee, 20 euros for Lanzarote residents o and 31,20 euros for canary residents. You do not want to miss it.
4. Haría Extreme
Extreme! Yeah that’s how this weekend will be in Haría. At the “Haría Extreme” race, hundreds of runners will live a race where none of the 95,000 steps is as given above because Haria Extreme will become a journey of sensations and amazement. It stars today with “Kid’s Trail”, a version for the kids to compete and be “extreme”. The little runners, as young as 3 years old to 14 years old, will be at Haría Squeare today from 5 pm. The race is harder this year and will have four types: Ultra (80km), Copa or Marathon (42km), Medium (26 km) and Starter (10km). Tomorrow you can enjoy also a few activities in Haría besides the race, the Artisanal market, the Fair and a “Tapeo’s Runner” zone. To end the afternoon, after the award ceremony, people will enjoy the music of Jimmys Joplin, Ciempiés ni Cabeza , Dj Maxi Ferrer and Arístides Moreno at the “Haría Extreme Cicar” Concert.
5. Fiestas Nuestra Señora de la Caridad (La Geria)
El folklore canario anima las jornadas de viernes y sábado en La Geria, que celebra las Fiestas de la Virgen de La Caridad con un guiño al sector vitivinícola de Lanzarote. The canary folklore will have a very special place at La Geria this Friday and Saturday, celebrating the Feast of the Virgin of Charity (Fiestas de Nuestra Señora de Caridad) with a wink to the wine sector of Lanzarote. The big day is Saturday with the celebration of the traditional harvest with camels in the protected zone of La Geria.
6. Festividades de San Roque Tinajo
In the Festival of San Roque Tinajo 2015 will be held several fun and traditional activities. Friday will be the Gran Verbena Popular entertained by orchestras Kimera Band and Swing Group. Saturday will be the "Fiesta del Día", especially for the whole family with a day full of music, food and fun. There will be musical performances by Dj Nandy, The Lolas and Zumba Master Class, which will serve both dance to burn off those calories for the 1 euro tapas. You can see the full program and enjoy this weekend in Tinajo, although the Fiestas de San Roque 2015 will be until August 20, next Thursday.
7. Fiestas de Nuestra Señora de Nazaret
In the Fiestas de Nuestra Señora de Nazaret, the popular festival with the orchestra Swing Group will be this Friday from 23:00 in Nazareth. Championship trophies of these festivals that culminate on August 22, will be delivered at 23:30. Tomorrow will be at 7:00 pm Diana Floreada with Chocolate Churros and 12:30 solemn religious function was held. Children's party On Sunday from 17:00 hours
8. Summer(gete) Festival Playa Blanca
Yaiza youth celebrates this Saturday the “International Youth Day” with the "Summer (Gete) Festival". After a day which provides recreational and sports activities in the morning, from 17:00 there will be musical performances, DJs and other surprises, animated by the presence of Ylenia Padilla, at the meeting of Playa Blanca: " Sumérgete Festival".
9. Música & Mojitos at La Marina. “Ni Más ni Menos” concert
The canarian group " Ni Más ni Menos " will be Friday at 22:30 at night in the Marina Mall Lanzarote, ending the third Friday night of "Music and Mojitos". But before this "highlight" there will be a session of Mix-Dance at 19:00 hours, with three styles of dancing mixed music: Zumba, Funky and merengue / bachata. There will be also a Music session with Dj Richard from 20:30 hours so people at La Marina can enjoy the sunset with a soundtrack and surely with a 4€ mojito.