San Diego Fiestas 2026 (La Laguna)verified
The San Diego neighbourhood of San Cristóbal de La Laguna holds its fiestas from 29 October to 15 November 2026. The programme brings an opening speech, a talk, Los Sabandeños, a traditional folk dance, the Pandorga parade, an open-air dance, Masses with processions, a community lunch and theatre, with the Ermita de San Diego at the heart of it all. The Mexico to Cuba night is on 13 November.
The San Diego neighbourhood of San Cristóbal de La Laguna celebrates its fiestas from 29 October to 15 November 2026, according to the programme published by the Comisión de Fiestas La Cruz de San Diego. Things open with the pregón, the traditional opening speech, on Thursday 29 October at 20:00 in the Ermita de San Diego, and the big events have their own listings in our agenda: Los Sabandeños on Friday 6 November at 22:00, the Gran Baile de Taifas on Saturday 7 at 20:00 (both at the Complejo Deportivo San Diego) and the Pandorga parade on Friday 13 at 19:30, from the chapel to the plaza Lourdes González.
The rest of the programme: on Friday 30 October at 19:00, at the Centro Ciudadano San Diego, the talk «El canario. Historia de nuestro pequeño cantor» by Juan Pedro Rodríguez Rodríguez, former president and member of the canary breeders' association «Pinzón del Teide». On Friday 13 November the chapel is open to visitors from 11:00 to 13:00, and at 21:00 comes the Gran Noche Especial de México a Cuba with Josefina Alemán and her mariachi and Yuliet Abreu, La Papina de Cuba, with her Gran Orquesta (host: Iván García). On Saturday 14, from 11:00 to 14:00, a crafts exhibition and children's activities with bouncy castles, workshops and a foam party; at 20:00, Mass sung by the Coro Orfeón La Paz and a procession to the Cruz with the Banda San Miguel and the Tuna, followed by fireworks; at 22:00, a big open-air dance with Pepe Benavente and the Orquesta Wamampy. On Sunday 15, at 12:30, Mass sung by the Agrupación Folclórica Guantejina and a procession to the plaza Lourdes González with the Banda San Miguel, where a malagueña is sung to the saint; at 15:00, a community lunch with the group Parranderos y Punto, and at 17:00, theatre with «Xente» by The Momento Impro. The programme does not say where the Mexico to Cuba night, the crafts, the dance, the lunch or Saturday's Mass take place; for «Xente», the Canarias Improvisa festival gives the San Diego fiesta grounds and free entry.