When and where does La Isleta celebrate Santa Catalina?
From 20 to 29 November 2026, La Isleta, a district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, celebrates the Santa Catalina fiestas. The published festival programme lists the dates as confirmed, but the city has not issued an official programme.
The main day is Wednesday 25 November, the saint's feast day. According to the published programme, the main events take place that day or on the following weekend.
Entry is free. The programme gives no prices for food and drink.
La Isleta sits on the peninsula that closes off the Puerto de La Luz in the north of the city (postcode 35008). The Playa de Las Canteras lines its west coast, and the 15th-century Castillo de la Luz, built in 1494, marks the symbolic border with Santa Catalina.
What is there to see and hear?
The fiestas open with a speech (pregón), followed by a solemn Mass in La Isleta's parish church. Who will give the speech has not been published.
The centrepiece is the procession carrying the saint's image through the district's streets. Officials, the municipal band and residents walk with it, but the programme names neither the day nor the time.
Sporting events include tournaments in lucha canaria (Canarian wrestling) and bola canaria. Demonstrations of juego del palo and plough lifting (arado) round this off.
For the evenings, the programme lists parrandas and rondallas (folk music gatherings), concerts and verbenas (dance nights with an orchestra). There are activities for children too, and the sport is spread over the days before and after the feast day.
How do you get to La Isleta?
From the Puerto de La Luz, the route runs along the extension of Av. Mesa y López and calle Juan Rejón. The Guaguas Municipales (the city's buses) serve the district, and parking is on the streets of La Isleta.
Which lines run, whether extra buses will operate and whether roads will close has not been published. The Ayuntamiento (city council) can be reached on 928 446 000 or via its official website.
For visitors from the south of the island, the programme gives neither a connection nor a journey time. Anyone planning to attend the procession should ask the Ayuntamiento in advance about bus lines and parking.
Two other fiestas in La Isleta are easy to confuse with this one: the Fiestas del Carmen in July and La Naval in October. The 2025 Santa Catalina fiestas ran from 21 to 30 November with the same elements.
Which artists and events does REBEL WALLS offer?
REBEL WALLS. Urban Stories runs from 23 May to 31 December 2026 at the Museo Castillo de Mata in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The Ayuntamiento organises it through its culture department (Concejalía de Cultura), backed by the LPGC'31 bid to be European Capital of Culture 2031.
Visitors can watch the walls take shape, as 14 street artists paint on plasterboard walls inside the museum. They are Bhram, Crissh, Dailos Socorro, Dani Hache, DrNuBaH, Duabella, Fabrizio, Fÿgaro, Makarron, Maldito Mono, Mos, Since83, Sph Mntm and Sublime86.
According to the organisers, the museum also hosts workshops, talks and performances of music, dance and audiovisual art. The Castillo de Mata stands next to the Cabildo (island government) building in the Triana district.
When is the Castillo de Mata open, and what does it cost?
The city's culture agenda gives contradictory opening hours. One version says closed on Monday, open Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 20:00, and Sunday 10:00 to 14:00.
The second version says Monday to Friday 10:00 to 14:00, with an extra 17:00 to 20:00 on Thursdays, and 11:00 to 14:00 on Saturdays and the first Sunday of the month. The museum must confirm which one applies.
The pages on the exhibition do not give an admission price. An undated page on the castle mentions free entry, but this is not confirmed for REBEL WALLS.
For the opening on Saturday 23 May, a free shuttle bus ran from 19:00 until midnight. It linked the Castillo de Mata, the Casa África and the Fundación Martín Chirino.
That was an offer for the European Night of Museums. The source names no shuttle for the current show.
What happens next?
The fiestas start on Friday 20 November and end on Sunday 29 November. There is no daily schedule with times yet, and it must come from the festival committee or the Ayuntamiento.
The published programme describes the items as the usual sequence around 25 November, not as a daily plan. Still open are the procession day, the opening speaker and possible road closures.
REBEL WALLS closes on Thursday 31 December 2026. Anyone wanting to see the walls therefore has a good month left after the fiestas.