The production will bring together seven soloists, more than 30 extras, the Fuerteventura Symphony Orchestra and the Bel Canto Choir for two performances on 19 and 21 November.
Los Secretos, Delaossa and Lauta completed the line-up for the most well-attended edition to date, while the daytime programme also drew large crowds on Saturday.
Arena Negra continues this Saturday, 7 November, with a new day of concerts featuring Los Secretos, Luis Fonsi, Delaossa and Lauta. The programme will also include Arena Negra by Day, bringing five musical acts to Gran Tarajal: Timbeque, ContraVentura, Andrea Rodríguez and Banda del Trópico, NIA, and Kilombo Improvisado.
The association says its submissions have gone unanswered more than two years after the catalogue received initial approval, and points to work on the communal cisterns at Cho Julián as an example of its concerns.
The second edition of the competition, dedicated to the myths and legends of Fuerteventura, offers €1,500 in prizes and accepts entries until 13 November.
The cultural association is visiting schools across the island with performances, stories and popular customs to introduce pupils to a celebration linked to remembering deceased loved ones, while helping preserve Canarian culture and memory.
The cultural association Más Ruines que Caín gives a very positive assessment of the recent San Miguel Arcángel celebrations. It increased public participation and involved around 75 people in historical re-enactments, in addition to contributors from each locality. Its secretary, Inma Marrero, highlights the group’s ability to involve people of all ages in recovering Majorera history and traditions, from five-year-olds to people over 85. After 17 years, the association is already working on new projects, including the three-T route, an initiative intended to showcase the agricultural and livestock heritage of Tuineje, Tesejerague and Tiscamanita and attract visitors to inland Fuerteventura.
Casillas del Ángel is marking the centenary of its incorporation into Puerto de Cabras with a positive assessment of the past hundred years, the unveiling of a plaque and the announcement that its former Town Hall will be restored as a museum, due to open in 2027.
The work will take place from 25 October to 10 November in the Lobos 5 area, where researchers will investigate a possible processing area and a lime kiln linked to the production of Roman dye.
The environmental group alleges that heavy machinery has opened a track across the catchment area of the Cho Julián cistern in La Oliva. It warns of possible damage to water heritage and the habitat of threatened birds, as well as an increased risk of flooding.
Craftswoman Dori Alessio is closing her creative space because it is not financially viable. She is exhibiting and selling her work before beginning a new chapter, while continuing her cognitive stimulation projects and workshops for people with Parkinson’s.
Carlos Bardem presents his novel Triángulo at the Fuerteventura Book Fair, champions culture as a “bulwark against fascism” and warns of the importance of the 29 November elections.
El Castillo, in Antigua, hosted the opening of the third Neuro Majo to the rhythm of a batucada and amid great excitement. Older people from all the municipalities have been training for months to take part in these Olympics, which test not only their cognitive abilities and brain training but also their camaraderie.
The Fuerteventura Book Fair will bring its programme to a close on Sunday with a literary line-up featuring, among other authors, Margarita Yakovenko, Elena Medel, Carlos Bardem and Jorge Volpi. New book launches and a conversation with the Mexican writer in the El escritor y tú series will lead the afternoon’s events, alongside family theatre and contemporary circus.
The production company has confirmed that the actor’s health means the performance scheduled for this Sunday, 18 October, cannot go ahead at the 36th Fuerteventura Book Fair. The event will therefore not feature Bécquer y Quevedo. Amor y Muerte, starring Pedro Casablanc and Jorge Rivera, which was due to be performed on Sunday, 18 October.
Fuerteventura Island Council Culture Councillor Rayco León and Island Library Centre head Elsa Quesada champion reading as a way to understand other realities and urge the public to attend the 36th Fuerteventura Book Fair, which brings leading writers, journalists and artists together near the Palace of Training and Conferences in Puerto del Rosario until Sunday.
At 00:00, a show based on the true story of Mahmud Traoré combines acrobatics, physical theatre and live music in the Symphony Hall of the Palacio de Formación y Congresos. Admission is free, with advance booking required.
The programme for 16 October features book launches, a conversation with playwright Alberto Conejero, theatre and dance performances, and a concert to close the day.
Àngels Barceló and Ignacio Martínez de Pisón feature in the ‘Reading Opens Borders’ discussion, in a day combining literature, contemporary circus, activities for schoolchildren and music.
Fuerteventura Island Council will present Machín with the 2026 Alexis Ravelo Award, recognising her cultural career and enduring commitment to creativity, literature, the performing arts and the defence of a more equal and diverse society.