Festival NOON Canarias 2026: Dúo Smettiverified
Dúo Smetti takes one of the autumn dates of Festival NOON Canarias on La Gomera, a midday concert in the Patio Canario of the Centro Cultural Iballa de la Tercera Edad in San Sebastián. The series favours small line-ups in places with a past, and a duo in an open courtyard is exactly that. Entry is free while there is room and nothing is booked ahead, so the time you arrive is what counts.
NOON Canarias is not a one-night festival but a long season: from summer to the end of October it drops midday concerts into five venues on different islands, from the Maspalomas lighthouse to the Castillo de La Laguna, from the spa at Pozo de la Salud on El Hierro to the Casa de la Cultura in Arrecife. On La Gomera the fixed point is the Patio Canario of the Centro Cultural Iballa de la Tercera Edad in San Sebastián, and that is where Dúo Smetti plays. The whole idea ties music to place and to sustainability, with a line-up that is mostly Canarian.
A duo asks for a room its own size, and a courtyard is one: you hear the detail, you sit close, and the audience fits without getting lost. October helps too, since the heat has eased and midday is the pleasant hour in town. There is no ticket and no booking, admission is free until the space is full, which in practice means turning up before twelve if you want a place. The cultural centre stands on Calle Virgen de Guadalupe, a short walk from the harbour, so the concert fits a day trip by ferry from Tenerife or a stop on the way up to Garajonay.