What did Storm Charles stop in Telde?
Telde’s Alcaldía (mayor’s office) has suspended every event that the town administration organises or supports because of Storm Charles. The decision names the Fiestas de San Gregorio Taumaturgo 2026 outright, along with cultural, festive, sports and leisure activities.
The town’s emergency plan (PEMU) is at alert phase, level 0 (municipal). The suspension was to last as long as the risk remains.
Parks, gardens, squares, playgrounds, sports facilities and social centres are closed, as are the Centro Psicosocial and the Centro de Mayores (senior citizens’ centre). Essential services keep running.
The town asks terrace operators to remove or secure parasols, awnings and furniture on public land. It advises residents to avoid unnecessary journeys, stay out of parks and wooded areas, and keep clear of ledges, walls and scaffolding.
Is there a parranda evening of Canarian folk music?
No parranda concert with a date, time and venue appears in the sources checked. The published outline programme does list a folklore festival, but without a date.
Anyone hoping for Canarian folk music to sing along to needs confirmation from the town first. According to the programme, the organiser is the Concejalía de Festejos y Ferias (town council department for festivals and fairs), and the venue is the San Gregorio district.
The town’s website carries a notice saying the restrictions were lifted after updated warnings from the Cabildo (island government). We could not check its wording or date, nor whether the emergency plan is still active.
Before travelling, check the official website and the social media channels of the Ayuntamiento (town council). Programme, times and any replacement dates should appear there.
What is in the San Gregorio fiestas programme?
The programme runs from 6 to 29 November 2026 and includes more than 50 activities, according to the published overview. By that overview, the town still has to confirm the exact dates.
Religious events include the Novenario (nine-day devotion), the solemn Mass and the procession. A Romería-Ofrenda (pilgrimage with offerings) with carts and Canarian costume is also planned.
Sport includes lucha canaria (Canarian wrestling), juego del palo (stick fighting), the Carrera Popular Paco Artiles and the Cronoescalada Memorial Miguel Cabrera. There are also a Feria del Motor (motor show), a potaje popular (communal stew), craft demonstrations and a blood donation drive.
The Gregorito Parque is planned for children. Verbenas (open-air dance nights) are scheduled for the end of November to close the fiestas.
Most acts are free, according to the programme. Registration may be required for the Carrera Paco Artiles and the Cronoescalada, but the process and fees are not confirmed.
When is the main feast day, and what is behind it?
The main feast day is 17 November, with a solemn Mass and procession of San Gregorio Taumaturgo, according to the programme. A search result for the town’s work calendar lists that day as a local public holiday in Telde, but the page itself would not open.
The Gran Canaria tourism website calls San Gregorio a co-patron of the municipality of Telde. In the procession, the statue is carried through the streets of the district, turned towards the fields and bowed three times to bless the fertile land.
According to the programme, the Romería-Ofrenda was revived in 2023 after a break of about 60 years. The saint is regarded as a 3rd-century miracle worker invoked against earthquakes and natural disasters, and so, fittingly, against weather like this.
How do you get to Telde from the south?
According to the Gran Canaria tourism website, Telde is 13 kilometres from Las Palmas, about 15 minutes along the Autopista del Sur (southern motorway). Our research found no bus line going directly to the San Gregorio district.
Bus 12 runs from the Estación de Guaguas (bus station) in Las Palmas to the centre of Telde every half hour. Bus 80 leaves Parque Santa Catalina about every 20 minutes.
Bus 36 runs hourly from Maspalomas to Telde. These details apply to Telde in general, not to the fiestas, and the authorities have issued no parking or traffic advice.
What is still open?
The exact weekend programme, with times and venues, is still open. It is also unclear which cancelled acts will be rescheduled, if any.
There is no statement from mayor Juan Antonio Peña or any councillor. The notices checked also gave no warning levels or wind speeds from the state weather agency AEMET or the Cabildo.