Events in Gran Canaria This Week

Summer Campaign – The Municipal Sports Society (SMD) launches once again its Summer Campaign 2025, aimed at facilitating family balance during school holidays, while offering children an enriching, active, and fun experience. The campus will run from June 22 to August 28 at the Complejo Municipal de Deportes and its annexed facilities, with a full program of sports activities such as swimming, karate, and paddle, as well as cooking, games, and camping. Typical schedule: 9:00 to 14:00, Monday to Friday. Pre-campaign pickup services (7:15 to 9:00) and post-campaign (14:00 to 16:00) available.

The Escuela de Música Banda de Santa Brígida has announced the opening of enrollment for the upcoming academic year 2026-2027. This cultural and educational program aims to foster love for music in the municipality, offering residents the opportunity to learn from scratch or improve skills across a wide variety of musical instruments. The activities will take place at Camino al Tejar, s/n (near CEIP Lola Massieu, La Angostura). Inscriptions can be processed directly by scanning the QR code on official posters or via the enrollment links on digital platforms. For more information might write to escuela@ayonet.es.

The Arucas Town Hall promotes, with the support of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, an inclusive camp for students of the enclave classrooms in the municipality.

Within the monographic lecture cycle of the workshop “Cuidados y Autocuidados,” the upcoming Wednesdays on July 1, 8 and 15 at 11:00 a.m. at the Centro Municipal de Cultura (Biblioteca), the lecture cycle titled “Bienestar para quienes cuidan: mente, emoción y movimiento” will be presented. Admission is free until capacity is reached.

Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz & Más

Gran Canaria Windsurf World Cup at Pozo Izquierdo (Santa Lucía) with event dates 4 July 2026 - 12 July 2026. Also lists related events: Gran Canaria Walking Festival (15/10/2026 - 18/10/2026) in various locations; Temporada de Ópera Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2026 (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) 10/02/2026 - 20/06/2026 at Teatro Pérez Galdós; Gran Canaria Surf No Limit - Campeonato de España de Parasurfing (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) 12/06/2026 - 14/06/2026 at La Cícer; Feria KM.0 Gran Canaria - Arucas (20/06/2026 - 21/06/2026); Gran Canaria Windsurf World Cup listed again with dates.

The neighborhood of La Atalaya de Santa Brígida will dress up in celebration next July to mark one of its most ingrained cultural and identity events: the XXXIII Traída del Barro, which will begin next Monday, July 6, and run until Saturday, July 12, the day on which it will culminate with the long-awaited “embarrada” and the traditional public shower.

The Ayuntamiento de Santa Brígida, through the Department of Culture led by Avelina Fernández Manrique de Lara, invites the public to a literary meeting with the writer Manel Loureiro, where he will present his new novel Antes de que todo cambie (Editorial Planeta). The event, organized in collaboration with Libros en la Isla under the motto “Todo puede cambiar en Gran Canaria”, will take place on Tuesday, July 7, at 7:00 PM, at the Centro Cultural (calle Nueva, 12).

The Noche de Pinchos de Arinaga is one of the summer’s most anticipated events, where locals and visitors enjoy a varied gastronomic offering every Thursday in the area’s establishments, accompanied by live music performances that fill the promenade with atmosphere and energy.

The course “Longevidad, muerte y renacimiento” offers a serene and reflective journey through one of the deepest questions of human existence: the cycle of life and death. We will explore the limits of human longevity, the causes and natural meaning of death from scientific and philosophical perspectives. We will also learn about the teachings of different religions on the afterlife and what science has been able to investigate through Near-Death Experiences (NDE). We will address ideas of final judgment, paradise and hell, as well as various conceptions of the continuity of existence: resurrection, reincarnation, transmigration or samsara. Finally, we will reflect on the philosophical, spiritual, and human tools that can help us face the end of life consciously, peacefully, and with dignity.