Street parade «Recordemos a nuestro amigo Andrés» with the La Chalana parranda and big-head figures, plus queen gala, in San Andrés (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)verified
The San Andrés and Santa Lucía fiestas open in the village of San Andrés, in Anaga, on Friday 20 November at 18:30 with the street parade «Recordemos a nuestro amigo Andrés» (Let's remember our friend Andrés), as the La Chalana parranda and the big-head figures wind through the village. At 20:00 the fiesta queen is chosen on the Plaza de la Iglesia. The programme gives no starting point for the parade.
The first day of the San Andrés patron saint fiestas takes to the streets with a parade through the village called «Recordemos a nuestro amigo Andrés». It is led by the La Chalana parranda, a group playing traditional Canarian music, and the cabezudos, the giant-headed figures that go with village fiestas. Then the evening moves to the Plaza de la Iglesia for the gala at which the fiesta queen is chosen.
Friday 20 November 2026: 18:30, street parade through the village of San Andrés; 20:00, queen election gala on the Plaza de la Iglesia. The programme gives no starting point for the parade and no price. On Saturday 21 the Paiba folk group's 4th Festival follows at 19:00 and the «La Primera» dance at 23:00.
