When and where is Musicando “Navidad Canaria”?

The Christmas concert starts on Saturday 12 December 2026 at 20:30 and is scheduled to run until 22:00. It closes this year’s Musicando series run by the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

The venue is the Auditorio José Antonio Ramos in the Anfiteatro of Parque Doramas. The address is C. Emilio Ley 4, 35005 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and the auditorium’s phone number is 928 444 333.

Entry is free, according to the Ayuntamiento (city council) in its announcement of the series on 21 August 2026. The concerts are “always” open to all, it says, until the hall is full.

The information mentions no tickets or reservations anywhere. The event page for 12 December names no price itself, as the free-entry statement comes from the announcement for the whole series.

Who sings on 12 December, and what will they play?

Four voices carry the evening: José Manuel Ramos, Candelaria González, David Muñoz and Yumara Luis. They sing traditional Canarian villancicos, the islands’ Christmas carols.

The event text speaks of a sound of tradition and roots, the legacy of the divinos and rondallas. It does not explain the two terms, but they appear to mean forms of folk Christmas music.

The Ayuntamiento bills the evening with the line: “Our Navidad Canaria rings out in the most Atlantic of voices.” The songs are meant to recall Christmas with the family, according to the programme text.

Whether any guests beyond the four named singers will appear is not known. The city has also not said whether the programme fills the full 90 minutes until 22:00.

What should visitors and residents know before going?

The city has not published a capacity figure for the auditorium. So it is unclear how quickly the hall will fill on 12 December.

Entry applies only until the hall is full, so arriving early makes sense. There is no information on when doors open or on any queue.

For getting there, the event page names no bus lines, car parks or walking route. Anyone coming from the south of the island must check the connection and the journey home after the finish around 22:00.

The autumn concerts of the series are held outdoors, according to the programme details. Dates can change, so check the city’s event page shortly before the concert.

What is Musicando, and what changed in 2026?

Musicando is the city’s concert series for music with Canarian roots, música de raíz in Spanish. The city says the hall in Parque Doramas has repeatedly filled for these concerts, but it gives no attendance figures.

Since the announcement of 21 August 2026, concerts have started at 20:30, the city writes. That is 30 minutes earlier than usual, so anyone who knows earlier years should plan to arrive half an hour sooner.

The 2026 season has four Saturday evenings, each at 20:30. SwingStar played on 5 September and the women’s group Raíces Atlántikas on 10 October.

On 7 November came “Celebrando a JAR”, a tribute to the timple player José Antonio Ramos, led by Abraham Ramos Chodo. That makes three concerts past, with only 12 December still to come.

The auditorium is named after the musician from Gran Canaria, on the 50th anniversary of his birth. According to the event text, Ramos helped renew the timple, a Canarian instrument, and bring it to new listeners.

What is easy to confuse with it, and what comes next?

Musicando is not the Concierto Solidario de Navidad run by the Cabildo (island government) with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria and the Fundación DISA. That concert charges admission: in 2025 it took place on 19 December at 20:00 in the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus.

Tickets then cost 18 euros, or 10 euros for “Fila CERO”. Musicando also has nothing to do with the Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias.

The Musicando 2026 season ends after the concert on 12 December. The city has not yet published a programme for 2027.