Title: Tak-Nara Percussion Trio
Location: Auditorio Infanta Leonor, Los Cristianos
Description: Live music in the heart of Los Cristianos, starts at 8.30pm, tickets 10 euros from the Cultural Centre or the Auditorio Cafe Bar.
Start Time: 20.30
Date: 2012-02-11

Title: Piano Concert
Location: Auditorio Infanta Leonor, Los Cristianos
Description: Valeru Petasch and Sergej Metelsku perfprm classics on the piano. Starts at 8.30pm, tickets 10 euros from the Cultural Centre or the Auditorium cafe.
Start Time: 20.30
Date: 2012-01-20

Title: New Years Dance
Location: Los Gigantes Church Plaza
Description: Welcome the New Year in musical style starting with Old Dogs, New Tricks at 9pm, followed by the orchestra Falo y Punto Tres, and the Arguayo Band. dancing will gon on well into the early hours.
Start Time: 21.00
Date: 2011-12-31

Title: Christmas Concert
Location: Los Gigantes Church Plaza
Description: It’s all happening at the plaza. The Santiago del Teide Lions Club will be turning on their christmas tree lights, there’s music and dancing galore from local culture and folklore groups, and maybe a mince pie or two and some mulled wine. Starts at 7.30pm.
Start Time: 19.30
Date: 2011-12-18

Title: Christmas Concert
Location: Plaza de España, Adeje
Description: What a magical setting, the plaza between the church and council building with the Barranco del Invierno behind. Local folklore music and costume, food and drink and dancing. Starts at 8pm.
Start Time: 20.00
Date: 2011-12-17

Title: Folklore Festival
Location: Adeje, Plaza de España
Description: The recently renovated Plaza de España is a magnificent setting in the heart of Adeje overlooking the Barranco del Invierno. Live music and dance, with the odd drink or two, into the early hours of the morning. Starts at 10 pm – ends when it ends.
Date: 2011-10-11

Title: Romeria
Location: Adeje, Calle del Cerco
Description: If you haven’t been to a romeria before try this one. Animals, produce, music, costume, and dance, a great way to get a glimpse of the old rural Canarian ways.Plenty of food and drink, by mid afternoon you will be up and dancing. Starts at 1pm.
Date: 2011-10-12

Title: Benke – Grupo de Timples
Location: Auditorio Infanta Leonor, Los Cristianos
Description: Timple is the traditional small 5 stringed instrument not unlike a banjo and Benke are fine exponents of the Canarian art. Starts at 8.30 pm on Fri 14 October and all tickets are 10 euros.
Book at the Los Cristianos Cultural Centre or the plaza cafe outside.
Start Time: 20.30
Date: 2011-10-14

Bulging red and white carrier bags with the Sal2 logo on them showed it was mission accomplished in Santa Cruz. The thronging streets and plazas were further proof that the second annual initiative to boost small and medium sized businesses was a hit with families.

Early in the day the marching band tuned up near the African Market, inflatable castles were pumped into life and free parking ensured that all roads led to the capital city. Of the 120 shops joining in, 64 took the chance to invade the streets and expand onto makeshift stalls, 15 artists took pitches around Teatro Guimera, and 32 restaurants drew up special offer menus for the day. Last year 70,000 people flocked to the event and the Sociedad Desarrollo (development society) were taking no chances this year installing temporary toilets around the main venues. Police and Unipol officers kept a high visibility but I even saw some of them smiling and laughing.

Plaza del Principe was the magnet for toddlers, they had more bouncy castles than you could shake a stick at (not a sharp one of course) and even a live puppet show. There has to be music in all things in Tenerife and they did us proud with 14 groups gracing the large stage in Plaza del Candelaria just up from the port. The quirky Tizas En Las Botas went down well, Amatista with their very young and very good singers wowed the parents, Ledesma hit the rap target but Beat Tripper stole the show with their Beatles tribute. Not only were they visually and vocally like the originals, their costume quick change took the band through three stages of the Fab Four’s career. Most of all they were great fun and got the crowd rolling back the years, a passing local drunk dancer was just rolling, and during the encores two of the band ventured out among the shoppers to get them dancing.

The marching band had a tiring day patrolling the edges of the shopping areas hammering out a rhythm to drive shoppers from one section of stalls to another but it worked and even those in the smaller back streets heard their rusty tills ping into action. Cafes and bars were heaving, well it’s thirsty and hungry work shopping. The stretch by Plaza del Principe was the most densely packed with stalls and at times it was almost like a Carnaval afternoon with so many people flowing slowly. There are already plans to do similar events in some of the outskirts of Santa Cruz to give them a well needed pick up. These are testing times for the retail trade but at least it’s forcing the business community to come up with some new ideas.

Title: Circo Storm
Location: Teatro Guimera, Santa Cruz
Description: Here’s a circus with a difference, music, magic, dance and comedy all mixed together by France’s Cirque Imaginaire for their new show called Storm. Teatro Guimera is a fine old historic theatre in the grand style with circles, stalls and balconies, and a short walk from the bus station or Plaza de España, or you can follow the tram line and look for the large sculpture of a theatrical mask outside.
Tickets range from 12 euros to 39 euros and the 19 shows include 3 a day at weekends. Book via www.generaltickets.com/cajacanarias or try the box office.
Start Date: 2011-10-06
End Date: 2011-10-16