When and where is the La Palma Blue Experience 2026?
All you can pencil in is 11 to 13 December 2026, nothing more: that is how the fourth La Palma Blue Experience is listed. The venue is the Pabellón Municipal de Deportes (municipal sports hall) in Breña Alta, postcode 38710.
The organiser has not yet confirmed these dates, and the festival website still shows the 2024 look-back. The text of the published programme names only December 2026 and says the exact dates are still to be confirmed.
If you book flights or accommodation, treat the date as provisional. Only a notice from the Cabildo de La Palma (island government) or the channels @lapalmabluexperience on Facebook and Instagram will make it binding.
How much does entry cost and where can you get tickets?
Nobody has yet published what a ticket will cost in 2026. According to the published programme, sales begin only once the line-up is known.
The text names the official festival website and platforms such as Tomaticket as sales channels, explicitly only as an example. Whether any free entry exists is unclear: a keyword in the listing hints at it, but the text speaks of ticket sales.
So do not count on free entry. From the end of November, check the official website and the festival's social media channels to be sure.
How do visitors get to Breña Alta?
Breña Alta lies 6 kilometres south of Santa Cruz de La Palma. That comes from the published programme.
The same source says direct flights to La Palma leave from Tenerife North, Gran Canaria, Madrid and Bilbao, and seasonally from elsewhere in Europe. There is no official information on shuttles, parking or entry times.
The programme names Los Cancajos, Santa Cruz de La Palma and Breña Alta as places to stay. If you stay longer, it suggests the Roque de los Muchachos, the viewpoints of La Caldera de Taburiente and the island's starry skies.
What is the La Palma Blue Experience and who organises it?
The Cabildo de La Palma is behind the festival and organises it through its public company SODEPAL. That information comes from the announcements for the 3rd edition in 2025, and there is no separate announcement for 2026.
Music, culture and commitment to the sea are at the centre. According to the programme, workshops, discussion rounds and exhibitions on the blue economy (the economy around the sea) and coastal protection are added.
For every phase of the event, the festival website points to the United Nations sustainability goals. Plans include a waste scheme with separate collection, sustainable mobility with a CO2 balance, support for the blue economy and promotion of La Palma as a destination.
What happened at the earlier editions?
In 2024, Alejandro Fernández performed on 7 December in Santa Cruz de La Palma. According to reports at the time, the budget was around 1 million euros, half of it paid by the Cabildo.
The 3rd edition in December 2025 had Juanes and Óscar de León on the poster, plus Canarian artists. According to the festival news, de León cancelled on 18 December 2025 because of closed airspace and the uncertainty in Venezuela.
Juanes closed the edition on Sunday 21 December 2025. The details on the 2025 dates contradict each other, though: a festival directory gives 12 to 14 December, while the festival news puts the closing concert on 21 December.
The location also appears to have changed. In 2024 it was Santa Cruz de La Palma, and Breña Alta is named for 2025 and 2026.
What is still open?
Almost everything is open: the programme, times and line-up for 2026 are not published. According to the programme text, the Cabildo plans to present the poster and programme in autumn, but the text gives no date.
There is no evidence that Juanes or Óscar de León will return in 2026. There are also no figures on visitor numbers or the costs of the 2025 edition.
Until the announcement, book flights and accommodation with flexible cancellation. According to the programme, ticket sales are meant to follow directly after the poster presentation.