Traída del Café 2026 in San Francisco Javier, Arucas: a coffee-throwing parade with the Banda de Agaeteverified
On Sunday 15 November the San Francisco Javier neighbourhood of Arucas holds its Traída del Café, a street parade in which residents and visitors throw ground coffee from the GC-300 road to the neighbourhood, with the Banda de Agaete, the Atlántico Sound charanga and papahuevos giant figures. From 11:00 there is music and coffee and hats are handed out; the parade sets off at 13:00. Then a chickpea stew and verbenas with La Mekánica by Tamarindos and Una Más.
The Traída del Café is the biggest crowd puller of the San Francisco Javier fiestas in Arucas. Along the route, music, merriment and a shower of ground coffee fill the main road up to the neighbourhood, with the Banda de Agaete, the Atlántico Sound charanga and the papahuevos giant figures from several neighbourhoods. The president of the fiesta committee, Gabriel Afonso, says the residents themselves dry the coffee all year round to share it on the day, and that people who come once usually come back.
It takes place on Sunday 15 November 2026. The meeting point is the GC-300 main road, level with the Guayarmina pizzeria: at 11:00 the background music starts, at 11:30 coffee and hats are handed out while stocks last, at 12:00 the ground coffee for throwing along the route is handed out and at 13:00 the Traída sets off for the San Francisco Javier neighbourhood. On arrival there is a chickpea stew (3 € donation), a verbena with La Mekánica by Tamarindos, the Miss Café 2026 election and a verbena with Una Más, and the poster also promises a surprise act. The committee sells the Traída neckerchiefs to order for 3 €. The main road is closed to traffic between km 9 and km 8 from 12:00 to 14:30.
