What does this mean for visitors and residents in the south?

Tenerife and the south of Gran Canaria miss out, as the checked list has no entry there. The three biggest events of the day are in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and in Corralejo on Fuerteventura.

The organisers name free entry for the main events at WOMAD, ExpoDeca and the Kitefest. Timetables, parking and travel from the southern resorts are unclear, so check before you go.

At WOMAD the main-stage concerts are free, according to the programme, in the Parque Santa Catalina from 12 to 15 November. There are also open-air concerts, art and dance workshops and film screenings.

The third ExpoDeca, the Canaries’ sports fair, offers more than 270 activities around the Plaza de la Música and Las Canteras beach, according to rtvc.es. It also runs from 12 to 15 November and spans 52 disciplines, including football, padel, beach tennis, fencing, hiking, bodyboarding and sailing.

The 39th Corralejo Kitefest runs from 9 to 15 November at the Grandes Playas de Corralejo and in El Cotillo, and the demonstration is free. Organisers promise more than 200 kite flyers, family workshops, concerts, a market and, says festivalesdeespana.com, a night-time show with 300 drones at the Muellito.

An earlier report described the festival dates as contradictory, but the latest information consistently gives 9 to 15 November. Which evening the drone show falls on is still open.

What else is on in Gran Canaria?

The Fiestas de San Gregorio (town festivities) in Telde end in five days, running from 6 to 17 November, according to festivalesdeespana.com. According to redopositor.com, the Ramblas Pedro Lezcano have 12 food truck pitches.

On Saturdays until 5 December, the collector Bernabé Quintana leads tours of the knife exhibition at the Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología. Afterwards knifemakers demonstrate their craft live, and the museum is in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

The Fotosub 2026 schools programme began on 9 November, according to rtvc.es, and runs until 15 November with activities around Las Canteras beach. The exhibition REBEL WALLS. Urban Stories at the Castillo de Mata continues until 31 December 2026.

Hiking in Agüimes costs 8 euros per person. From 31 October to 19 December Agüimes offers three guided hikes in different natural areas of Gran Canaria, and you can sign up at the Casa de la Cultura de Agüimes.

What does Fuerteventura offer besides the kite festival?

At the Casa de la Cultura (cultural centre) in Puerto del Rosario, participants learn traditional hat making until 25 November, scheduled from 18:00 to 20:00. At the Museo Arqueológico de Fuerteventura in Betancuria they reproduce indigenous pottery until 26 November, each time from 17:00 to 20:00.

In Tuineje the course on almazuelas and traditional patchwork meets on Tuesdays from 16:00 to 20:00 until 30 November. Palm weaving runs there on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 17:00 to 19:00 until 25 November.

Macramé runs in La Oliva until 27 November and in Vega de Río Palmas near Betancuria from 2 to 25 November, both part of twelve craft workshops run by the Cabildo, the island government. The information does not say what the courses cost or how to register.

In front of more than 30 spectators, the Cabildo released rescued shearwaters at the old windmill in Puerto Lajas. According to the Cabildo, the rescue campaign De vuelta a casa runs until mid or late November.

What is on in La Palma?

Until 14 November, the new jazz series TriJazz brings three trios to Santa Cruz de La Palma and Los Llanos de Aridane, according to ull.es. The concerts take place at the Museo de Arte and the Museo Arqueológico Benahoarita.

The Tiempo Sur film festival runs from 9 to 13 November in several municipalities, including Tijarafe and Garafía, according to filmmakers.festhome.com. It closes in Garafía on 13 November.

Until 12 November the Cabildo de La Palma offers free tours of the new Auditorio Insular Tomás Cabrera Martín in Los Llanos de Aridane. On 12 and 13 November there is also a course on machine learning and AI agents at the Palacio de Salazar in Santa Cruz de La Palma.

The first wine marketing congress of the Canaries takes place in Fuencaliente on 12 and 13 November. The announcement does not give the exact venue.

What is on in La Gomera, El Hierro and Lanzarote?

According to rtvc.es, spectators can watch the test of the unmanned flying boat AIRSHIP-1 in the port of Puerto de Las Vueltas on 11 and 13 November. The first date has passed, and the second follows on Friday 13 November.

The III International Technical Conference on Sustainable Viticulture runs from 12 to 14 November in San Sebastián de La Gomera. It includes talks, panel discussions and wine masterclasses.

The first international conference on renewable energy, ICEREH 2026, takes place on El Hierro from 10 to 13 November. The organisers are the Cabildo de El Hierro, Gorona del Viento and the Universidad de La Laguna, and the announcement names no venue.

On Lanzarote the exhibition Geografía de las Resistencias LGTBIQ+ en Canarias ran from 6 to 16 July 2026 at the Casa de la Cultura Agustín de la Hoz in Arrecife. It gathers places, documents and testimonies of persecution and resistance of the LGTBIQ+ community in the Canaries.

What ends in the next few days?

Three events end on Sunday 15 November: WOMAD, ExpoDeca and the Kitefest. The conference on La Gomera ends earlier, on 14 November.

The Fiestas de San Gregorio in Telde last longer. According to festivalesdeespana.com, they run until 17 November.