Weekend on Gran Canaria: the last day of «En Pie», EYWA in Meloneras and the clubs

The highlight: the last day of «En Pie» and the night in Meloneras

Sunday morning in Teror, and the cloud cover that sat over the laurels in front of the basilica all weekend has thinned out. AEMET data from Sunday morning gives Las Palmas 24 to 27 degrees, light cloud and a zero per cent chance of rain, with a northerly wind of around 26 kilometres per hour. In the south the sky is clear. The stages in the old town stay dry, and so does the terrace in Meloneras tonight.

The closing day of the international street arts festival «En Pie» is not a wind-down but another full day, running from 11am straight through to the final piece at 8pm. The 13th edition has been going since Thursday: 28 companies, more than 43 performances, around 116 performers, spread across nine sites in the historic centre rather than a handful of stages. Entry is free everywhere, no ticket is needed, and there are marked zones for anyone bringing a dog.

In the evening the weekend moves south. On the Terraza Suru at the Hotel Faro on Plaza de Colón in Meloneras, the EYWA collective celebrates its anniversary: Afrohouse and electronic music, from 5pm until close, tickets from 15 euros, over-25s only. EYWA is not a club name on the Canaries but a crew that blends African rhythms with electronic elements and deliberately runs its nights as a collective affair.

The second address in the south sits a few minutes east. At El Patio on the Holiday World site on Avenida Touroperador Tui, Yet Garbey sings from 6pm to midnight, with Antonio Boada on the decks and the microphone, and entry at 10 euros. Both finish early enough to leave the Yumbo for afterwards.

Friday 28 August — what happened

The weekend opened in Teror. At 9pm the paediatrician Luis Peña Quintana delivered the pregón on the Plaza del Pino, formally opening the Fiesta del Pino 2026, which this year was declared a festival of national tourist interest. Before and after, «En Pie» ran from 5.30pm with Pere Hosta and the acrobatics of Trocos Locos, later Andrea Rodríguez y la Banda del Trópico and Son de la Isla on the Sintes stage.

In Arinaga the 30th Vará del Pescao moved through the town, with the boat coming in at 6pm, the verbena from 10pm and fireworks at the quay. In Las Palmas the Argentine trap artist YSY A played Sala Alboroto, and on the Avenida de El Burrero «Sonidos del Viento» opened with the Samba Isleña parade, DJ Ulises Acosta, Los 600 and Señor Natilla.

Saturday 29 August — what happened

Saturday was the big En Pie day: thirteen hours of programme without a break, from Giuseppe Salchichone on the Bulevar at 11am through El Niño de la Hipoteca and Enkassette on the Sintes stage and on into the evening. At 8pm the French company La Côte Folle performed its acrobatic piece about Alzheimer, with women from Teror on stage, all of them over 70. At 9pm came Collectif Bislacco from Toulouse with «Smooth as Fiasco».

The moment of the weekend arrived at 10.15pm. Grupo Puja, one of the reference companies of Spanish aerial circus, turned the facade of the Oficinas Municipales into a vertical stage and performed «Julio Verne y sus viajes extraordinarios» more than 20 metres up. ASERES followed on the Sintes stage, and from midnight the Perrakos Soundsystem ran the «Fiesta Perrraka».

On the east coast the tenth edition of «Sonidos del Viento» played El Burrero with the Maná tribute «Rayando el Sol» and Los Salvapantallas; in La Aldea the pregón of the «La Aldea - El Charco» fiestas fell in the morning; and in Las Palmas the Moma Club and Sala Alboroto carried the night.

Sunday 30 August — the full day

«En Pie» in Teror, 11am to 8pm. The final day opens at 11am with Noelia Mederos on the Plaza del Pino, DJ Tami of Tami Circo on the Bulevar and the second laughter therapy workshop. At noon come Jesús Soria, Joe Farnarier and Patricia Viera; at 1pm «Tartana» by Trocos Locos on the Alameda and «El Ring» by Totó El Payaso at Teresa de Bolívar.

The afternoon keeps going: 2pm Agua del Chorro on the Sintes stage, 4pm the tribute concert «La Suerte de mi Vida» to El Canto del Loco, 5pm Patricia Viera. At 6pm Maite Guevara plays «Qué buen Día» on the Alameda, at 7pm La Côte Folle repeats the Alzheimer piece from the night before, and at 8pm Grupo Puja closes the festival with «Asteroide B612», their take on The Little Prince, again on the facade of the Oficinas Municipales. Anyone planning Sunday in Teror should not leave at lunchtime.

Mercado del Puerto, Las Palmas, from 12.30pm. The «Domingos de música» series plays from 12.30 to 2pm among the stalls of the old market hall, this August with Gio Dúo and El Guajirito Dúo. Entry is free and the vermouth comes from the counter next door.

The evening in the south. From 5pm the EYWA Festival runs on the Terraza Suru at the Hotel Faro on Plaza de Colón in Meloneras: Afrohouse and electronic music, tickets from 15 euros, over-25s only. From 6pm Yet Garbey sings at El Patio on the Holiday World site on Avenida Touroperador Tui, until midnight, with Antonio Boada as DJ and host, entry 10 euros.

The evening in Las Palmas and the north. At Sala Faro, Pagode do Olimpo plays samba and Brazilian music from 6.30 to 8pm for 8 euros. At the Brisa Marina Lounge in the Centro Comercial El Muelle, Laura Márquez and Reynier Mariño are on from 7 to 8.30pm, with the harbour in front of the terrace. And in Moya, at Carretera de la Costa 48, Restaurante Nativo runs one last tardeo from 5 to 8pm: soul jazz and jazz funk with Pedro Díaz.

And across the rest of the island. In Artenara La Cuevita runs into the night, scheduled until 3am, and at 7pm the sixth edition of «Artenara al Pie del Cielo» takes the Plaza San Matías, a folk homage to the Virgen de la Cuevita, free to attend. In Gáldar the Santa Rosa de Lima fiestas close with Piso Firme, in Valsequillo La Barrera ends, and in Telde Melenara runs from 4 to 10pm. If Monday is the free day: Artenara adds one more with the «Lunes de La Cuevita» on 31 August.

Las Palmas: the clubs

Sunday is the quietest club day of the week in the capital, and that is by design rather than by accident. Sala Alboroto at Calle Remedios 10 closes on Sundays and the Moma Club on Paseo de las Canteras 38 runs Friday and Saturday only. If you are going out tonight you are going to a bar, not a room — and in Vegueta and Triana, around Calle Mendizábal and the Plaza de Santa Ana, the doors are open from late evening.

For the rest of the week the usual split applies. Sala Alboroto, the former Paper Club, has 402 places after its refit, a planted terrace and a programme somewhere between indie gig and DJ night; open Friday and Saturday from 11pm to 5am, 15 to 20 euros on the door, over-25s only. The Moma Club by the Playa Chica opens Friday and Saturday from midnight to 6am, 10 euros in advance, over-21s, dress code relaxed; a reservado for six costs 120 euros and has to be taken up before 3am. Add Biblioteca Vegueta, a club in library dressing, and for a quieter cocktail the La Azotea de Benito roof terrace on the Plaza de las Ranas.

The third centre is Santa Catalina and the port area, where Fortuni, Chester and El Baladero hold the younger crowd until daylight, alongside the terrace bars along the promenade and the open-air Tao in Garden City playing chart music. If you would rather listen than dance, Vegueta has the Buenos Aires Jazz Café with concerts and jam sessions, El Rincón del Bolero for bolero and son nights, and Sala Canarias en Vivo on Calle Matagalpa. Few bars charge entry — you pay for the drinks.

The south: Yumbo, CC Cita and the lifestyle scene

In the south the Yumbo Centre in Playa del Inglés is the main cluster: four floors, after sunset the best-known going-out strip on the island, largely LGBTQ+ but open to everyone. Drag shows are the signature, and they run on Sunday evening too, because the Yumbo does not take a mid-week break. At Rickys Cabaret Bar the show starts around 10.30pm; at Sparkles Show Bar karaoke begins at 9pm and the show at 11pm; then there are Chez Funny Boys, Buddies, Centre Stage and Terrys. The evening starts on the terraces — Spartacus, Eiffel, Voulez Vous, Gran Café Latino or Adonis. Live music is at the Six Pack Zone on Avenida Estados Unidos 54. After midnight the dance venues take over: Mykonos, the camp Tubos, Coco Loco and finally Mantrix, the largest club in the centre, open until 6am. For commercial dance charts, the nearby Kasbah Centre is the address.

The CC Cita sits in the heart of Playa del Inglés, a few steps from the Yumbo, and is the core of the south's lifestyle and swinger scene. In the basement is Swingers Club Secret, the largest venue of its kind in town, with reggaeton and Spanish house and room for more than 500 people. Fun4all is the more relaxed neighbour, with several playrooms and its own BDSM room. Alongside them are HOTSPOT Gran Canaria, the Comeback Bar, Plan B, Tantra and Majestic GC with Marios Bar. In the adjacent CC Sandía is the 2x2 Swingers Club. All houses are over-18s and require proof of age; house rules on couples, single visitors and entry prices differ from venue to venue and are posted at the door. In the same centre, at Avenida de Francia 2, Café Bolle Jan is a stage for live music and drag nights from around 10pm.

The cruise and darkroom bars are a scene of their own. The Cruise Bar in the Yumbo has been there since 1994 and counts as the oldest address of its kind in the centre, along with Toms Cruising Bar, Strong Construction on the ground floor and NOXON on the first floor with a fetish and cruising programme, plus The Factory and, outside the centre, the Zoo Mens Cruising Bar. For something quieter, Sauna Enjoy Maspalomas on Avenida de Tirajana is the classic sauna option. Everywhere here is over-18s as well.

For live music rather than a club night, the south has its own week-long programme: the Tipsy Hammock Bar on Paseo Costa Canarias until 2am, Café Mozart 2 in the CC Anexo II on Calle Las Dunas, Al Bar in the Gran Chaparral Centre, Dunes & Tunes in Maspalomas with rock and pop classics, and Café del Mar on the Plaza del Faro in Meloneras with sunset and a DJ set. On Saturday, Café Mozart 2 had Modesto Frómeta Bravo, known as El Tiko, with Cuban rhythms; on Friday it was Pimentón Hernández and the Blues Hunters, regulars at the Atalaya blues festival in Santa Brígida.

Two things in the south carry a date on Sunday, and both sit outside the centres. The EYWA Festival plays from 5pm on the Terraza Suru at the Hotel Faro on Plaza de Colón in Meloneras — Afrohouse and electronic music, from 15 euros, over-25s. Yet Garbey sings from 6pm at El Patio on the Holiday World site on Avenida Touroperador Tui, until midnight, with Antonio Boada as DJ and host, entry 10 euros. Both wrap up before the Yumbo dance floors really start.

FAQ

Does «En Pie» in Teror still run all day on Sunday?

Yes. The final day runs from 11am to the last piece at 8pm, «Asteroide B612» by Grupo Puja on the facade of the Oficinas Municipales. Entry is free and the programme is spread across nine sites in the old town. Planning only the morning means missing the stronger half.

What is on in the south on Sunday evening?

Two dated events: the EYWA Festival on the Terraza Suru at the Hotel Faro on Plaza de Colón in Meloneras from 5pm, tickets from 15 euros and over-25s only, and Yet Garbey with Antonio Boada at El Patio, Holiday World, from 6pm to midnight for 10 euros. The regular Yumbo programme with its drag shows runs from early evening as usual.

What is the weather doing on Sunday?

AEMET data from Sunday morning gives Las Palmas 24 to 27 degrees, light cloud and a zero per cent chance of rain; the sky is clear in the south. The wind is northerly at around 26 kilometres per hour. There is no weather warning in force for Gran Canaria.

Are the Las Palmas clubs open on Sunday?

Sala Alboroto is closed on Sundays and the Moma Club runs Friday and Saturday only. The bars in Vegueta, Triana and around Santa Catalina are open. In the Yumbo Centre in the south, by contrast, Sunday evening runs as normal and Mantrix keeps going until 6am.

What are the rules in the lifestyle clubs at CC Cita?

Every venue in the CC Cita and the neighbouring CC Sandía is over-18s and asks for proof of age. Rules on entry, couples and single visitors differ from house to house and are posted at the door; photography is banned almost everywhere.