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News image The good doctor who studied the native Canarians
03 / 12 / 2024
The doctor, researcher and anthropologist, Gregorio Chil y Naranjo, is one of the most relevant figures in the history of science in the Canaries, and the force behind th...
News image Christmas Is a Spectacular Event in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
29 / 11 / 2024
The city throws itself into a holiday season that brings light, fun and excitement for everyone
News image Ambrosio, Galdós’s nephew, and La Loreto: remembering a unique early 20th century love affair in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
04 / 11 / 2024
A work by the Italian sculptor Alfredo Neri in the Plaza Hurtado de Mendoza recalls one of the most singular mayors in the city’s history, together with his great...
Parades, routes
News image Cemeteries: a social, artistic, and cultural memory of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
28 / 10 / 2024
• The Vegueta graveyard and the English cemetery are two veritable heritage treasures of the capital of Gran Canaria and, to this day, among its most unique tourist...
Parades, routes
News image Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and its history as a fortified city
30 / 09 / 2024
La Luz, Mata, San Francisco and San Cristóbal mark the city’s defensive positions in its first period of expansion
Parades, routes
News image Calle Perojo, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: growing from the old with style
30 / 09 / 2024
This street, one of the most enchanting and architecturally characterful in the city, was one of the first attempts to connect the area around Vegueta and Triana with t...
Parades, routes
News image An iconic square highlighting Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s cultural boom
29 / 08 / 2024
Plaza de Cairasco and the building known as Gabinete Literario are symbolic of the city’s underlying culture
Folklore, tradition, cultural heritage
News image The uniqueness of neo-Canarian architecture in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
29 / 08 / 2024
At the beginning of the 20th century, the brothers Néstor and Miguel Martín-Fernández de la Torre revolutionised the concept of traditional urban des...
Folklore, tradition, cultural heritage
News image Manolo Millares: when the aboriginal memory burst onto the contemporary art scene
31 / 07 / 2024
One of the 20th century’s most outstanding avant-garde artists was born and bred in this city   Millares, from an artistic family, shook the painting s...
Visual arts, photography
News image Josefina de la Torre: the legacy of an indomitable woman
29 / 07 / 2024
• One of the municipal libraries in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria bears the name of the poet, writer, singer and actress who played a dazzling part in the Generation of...
Cinema and audiovisual media
Language and literature
Play-acting
News image A summer to experience the best of the urban cultural scene in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
27 / 06 / 2024
The 28th edition of the TEMUDAS Festival, the city's International Festival of Theatre, Music and Dance, offers a wide-ranging programme of shows and performances on the...
Music
Performing, dance
Multidisciplinary
Play-acting
News image A noir-fiction city in the 21st century
26 / 06 / 2024
The novels and characters by José Luis Correa and Alexis Ravelo have turned Las Palmas de Gran Canaria into a potent setting for the genre
Language and literature
News image An  Atlantic City, a Crossroads of Cultures
06 / 06 / 2024
The Port of La Luz has been a constant entry point for influences imported from the far ends of the Ocean
Folklore, tradition, cultural heritage
News image Memories of Camille Saint-Saëns in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
24 / 04 / 2024
The universally recognised French composer and musician arrived incognito in the city, where he left his mark as an impassioned cultural actor who involved himself in t...
Music
News image Tarque & La Asociación del Riff, The Next Movement and Electric Guitarlands: the discerning spring line-up for “Eat to the Beat”
21 / 03 / 2024
The series, which is supported by the Department of Culture of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, will return to the Miller Building in Santa Catalina Park on 5 and...
Music
News image The piano festival returns to the city with a closing event that incorporates silent film
20 / 03 / 2024
 The talent of professional pianists, students and spontaneous performers, together with other musicians, will be showcased to celebrate the sixth edition of “Happ...
Music
News image Fabiola Trujillo opens a new era in which “Musicando” moves to different locations
21 / 02 / 2024
Next Saturday, 24 February, at 9.00 pm, the singer will present her show “With Mexican Soul” in the usual venue for this season of roots music: the José...
Music
News image Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is gearing up for a busy spring with a rich and varied set of cultural options to choose from
20 / 02 / 2024
The City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria presents an ambitious plan of activities, including concerts, theatre, dance music and film, for different audiences and in...
Performing, dance
Gastronomy, fairs, miscellany
Play-acting