Procession of San Francisco Javier and Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Arucas, with mass and a popular paellaverified
The San Francisco Javier fiestas in Arucas end on Sunday 6 December. At 18:00 there is mass in honour of the saint in the Urbanización San Francisco Javier, calle Montaña de Timanfaya, followed by the procession with the images of San Francisco Javier and Nuestra Señora del Carmen, accompanied by the Agrupación Musical San Isidro Labrador of Montaña de Cardones. Afterwards, a popular paella.
The last day of the San Francisco Javier fiestas brings together the religious and the popular side. After the mass in honour of the patron saint, the images of San Francisco Javier and Nuestra Señora del Carmen are carried in procession to the music of the Agrupación Musical San Isidro Labrador of Montaña de Cardones, and the day ends with a popular paella. In the morning, at 11:00, a charanga band plays its way through the Urbanización and the neighbourhood.
It takes place on Sunday 6 December 2026 at 18:00, with mass in the Urbanización San Francisco Javier, calle Montaña de Timanfaya, Arucas, followed by the procession and a popular paella. Roads are closed on calle Montaña de Timanfaya from 19:00 to 20:00, on the main road (km 9) from about 19:30 to 20:30 and in the San Francisco Javier neighbourhood from 19:30 to 21:30. There will be buses between the neighbourhood and the Urbanización, with prior registration with the fiesta committee.
