When and where is the festival in 2026?
In its 2025 programme, the Ayuntamiento (town council) of San Sebastián de La Gomera put the XXIX Festival Navideño Hautacuperche on Saturday 13 December at 21:00. The PRISMAS concert was listed for 20:00 the same day.
13 December 2026 falls on a Sunday, while the 2025 date was a Saturday. We found no programme for December 2026, so the 2026 date is not confirmed.
The festival ran on the Plaza de la Asunción in 2025, and the concert in the Iglesia Ntra. Sra. de la Asunción. Both events took place on one evening, an hour apart.
What does entry cost, and how do you get there?
The 2025 programme gives no price or ticket requirement for any item. It also does not name the festival's organiser.
One note about free entry, thanks to the council, appears without a year. It is unconfirmed, and we do not know whether PRISMAS is free.
We found no details on ferries, buses or parking. All we know is that the venues are in the centre of San Sebastián, the island's main town.
Visitors from further afield should sort out the journey back in advance, as the festival began only at 21:00 in 2025. We have no timetables, but the Ayuntamiento can answer questions.
What else was on that weekend in 2025?
On Friday 12 December 2025, the XX Gospel Canarias Festival with “Volney Morgan & New-Ye” played at the Auditorio Insular at 20:00. That day also brought children's activities in Las Galanas at 16:00.
On Saturday 13 December 2025, the children's programme started at 10:00 in La Laja. The Ruta de los Belenes (nativity-scene route) for older people was also on, though the programme gave no time.
The CEMAJ played the PRISMAS concert, and the page does not spell out the abbreviation. The programme lists no event for Sunday 14 December 2025.
Who is behind the Hautacuperche festival?
Aday Herrera, councillor for culture, festivals, sport and youth, counts Hautacuperche among the cultural groups that shape the Christmas programme. He also names Nostálgicos, Ghomara and the Parranda Chigadá, among others.
According to a report on a 2024 performance in La Oliva on Fuerteventura, the Pedro de Hautacuperche folk group formed in 1992. It aims to keep the island's traditional dances and songs alive.
The group also stages its own festival at the Auditorio Insular. An event listing announced its 30th edition for 16 January 2026.
The Christmas festival and the January festival seem to be counted separately. If 2025 was the XXIX, 2026 would be the XXX, but that is not confirmed.
What was in the “Brilla San Sebastián” programme for 2025/26?
The Ayuntamiento presented the programme on 2 December 2025, with more than forty events from December 2025 to January 2026. It targets families above all, with children's activities in Tecina, Las Galanas, La Laja, La Lomada, La Gallarda and El Atajo.
On Friday 19 December 2025, the XXVIII Cross Popular de Navidad ran at 17:00 on the Plaza de Las Américas. At 19:30 the “Concierto de Navidad Lo Divino” followed there, with Nostálgicos, Hautacuperche, Ghomara and the Centro de Enseñanzas Musicales Arena y Jable.
On Monday 22 December 2025, the Belén Viviente (living nativity) by Minela Teatro set off at 19:30 from the Pozo de la Aguada to the Plaza de La Asunción. On Wednesday 31 December, the Campanadas (New Year chimes) were due at 23:45 at the Pórtico of the Ayuntamiento.
On Monday 5 January 2026, the town hall welcomed the Three Kings at 11:00. The Gran Cabalgata (Three Kings parade) started at 17:00 on the Plaza de Las Américas.
When will the 2026 programme be set?
The 2025 programme appeared on 2 December 2025, eleven days before the festival. The new programme may therefore follow in early December 2026, but that is experience, not an announcement.
The day and time of the festival are still open, as is whether there will be a XXX edition and whether PRISMAS returns. Ticket prices are not published either.
For December 2026 there are only two loose hints. A Cross Popular in December appears in a listing without a day, and there is an undated page on “The Star that Whistles Your Path”.