New Year's Eve in Gran Canaria 2026–2027: parties and events by municipality

Calendar from 14 December to 6 January

The fixed dates (31 December, 1, 5 and 6 January) do not change. The times and squares in the "what" column are from the 2025-26 edition unless the label says confirmed; we will update them as each town hall publishes.

31 December hour by hour

How the day fits together on the island, with the 2025-26 times except for the San Silvestre, which is confirmed. You can celebrate twice: in the sun at noon and in a square at midnight.

1. 10:00–12:00Bells in the sun and a leap into the sea. Puerto Rico beach (from 10:00, bells at 12:00 and the "Lucky Ocean Jump"), San Mateo and Artenara (12:00), Valleseco (11:50), Arucas (12:00, family event).
2. 14:00–22:30Afternoon parties. Telde (San Gregorio, 14:00–21:00), Arucas (León y Castillo, 14:00–19:00), Arinaga (14:30), Teror (Alameda Pío XII, 16:30–22:30) and Tunte (Plaza de Santiago, from 18:00).
3. 16:00–18:30San Silvestre in the capital. International 5K at 16:00 and popular 6K at 17:00 along León y Castillo, the Avenida Marítima and the harbour; the centre is closed to traffic from 15:00.
4. 23:00 and 00:00Two sets of bells, grapes and fireworks. At 23:00 Canarian time the Madrid bells ring on TV; at 00:00, the real ones. Fireworks over Las Canteras (from Los Muellitos), from the Montaña de Arucas and in the Plaza de Santiago in Gáldar.
5. 00:00–06:00Street parties and big nights. Santa Catalina (until 05:30), San Fernando de Maspalomas (until 05:00), Castillo del Romeral, Mogán village, Playa de Mogán, Arguineguín, Ingenio (until 06:00); ticketed, La Karpa in Vecindario (€5), the Agüimes fairground and Gáldar's Noche Zero.

New Year's Eve by town

From the busiest municipality to the village that rings the bells at noon. Each card says what the 2025-26 edition was, with time and square, and links the website where the 2026-27 programme will appear.

Map: where each party is

Each pin links to its municipality card. Gold: midnight fireworks. Pale yellow: bells at 12:00. Teal: street party or municipal event.

• Midnight fireworks
• Bells at 12:00
• Street party, afternoon party or ticketed night

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2025-26 edition

Santa Catalina or the Plaza de la Música, Las Canteras beach and the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus.

• 🎆 Midnight fireworks
• 🆓 Free party until 05:30
• 🏃 San Silvestre confirmed

22:00–05:30

Free city party. In 2025-26 it was behind Parque Santa Catalina, with Tonny Tun Tun, Armonía Show, Leyenda Joven and DJs Valdi and Promaster. In 2024-25 it was held in the Plaza de la Música, next to the Auditorio, with the same hours: the square changes from year to year, so wait for the programme before booking dinner nearby.

00:00

Fireworks over Las Canteras, launched last time from Los Muellitos (La Cícer). They can be seen from the whole Las Canteras promenade; there are no concerts on the beach itself.

31 Dec, 16:00

San Silvestre 2026 Confirmed 2026-27: 5K at 16:00 and popular 6K at 17:00, with the children's race on the 30th. In 2025 the start and finish were on León y Castillo, outside the Metropole swimming club, and the local police closed the city-centre streets from 15:00.

Dec – 8 Jan

Sand Nativity on Las Canteras: in 2025-26 it opened from 15 December to 8 January, free, 10:00–22:00 (until 20:00 on 24 and 31 December and 5 January), and drew more than 125,000 visitors. The 2026-27 dates are not published.

26–28 Dec · 3 Jan

New Year concerts. The Orquesta Sinfónica de Las Palmas gives its own on 26–28 December at the Alfredo Kraus; the Joven Orquesta de Canarias closed its tour there on 3 January 2026 (19:30, €10).

5 Jan, 16:30

Three Kings. In 2026 the Kings landed at the Naval Base at 11:00 and the parade left at 16:30 along Juan Rejón, Albareda and León y Castillo to Parque San Telmo, with concerts at Santa Catalina from 19:30 to midnight. For the old town, see our Vegueta guide.

Official programme: LPA Cultura (city council) · the 2025 Christmas programme came out on 20 November

San Bartolomé de Tirajana: Maspalomas, Playa del Inglés and Tunte 2025-26 edition

Parque de San Fernando, Plaza de Santiago in Tunte, Castillo del Romeral, Anexo II in Playa del Inglés and the Mirador de las Dunas.

• 🆓 Three free parties
• 🎄 Christmas village confirmed
• 👧 Children's bells

14 Dec – 7 Jan

"Navidades del Mundo" Confirmed 2026-27: Christmas village in Parque del Sur, with activities concentrated between 19 December and 3 January and a free audiovisual dome from 6 December to 6 January (19:00–22:30). Nothing happens on 24 or 31 December or on 1 January.

Late Dec, 11:00

There is no midnight party on the beach. Playa del Inglés hosts the children's bells "KidsMas" next to the Anexo II, 11:00–17:00 and free, on a day that changes every year (31 December in 2023, 29th in 2024, 28th in 2025), plus a children's party on the sand on the morning of the 31st. El Tablero's pre-bells were on Saturday 27 December.

18:00 · 23:00 · 00:00

Three free municipal parties on the night of the 31st. In 2025-26: Plaza de Santiago in Tunte from 18:00 to 02:30 with snacks and children's games; Parque de San Fernando in Maspalomas from 23:00 to 05:00 (Toni Bob, Super Sonikka, Jia Miles and Óscar Martínez, with a photocall and churros); and the square in Castillo del Romeral from 00:00 to 05:00. In 2024-25 San Fernando started at 00:15. No source mentions fireworks anywhere in the municipality.

Night

Yumbo. The shopping centre hosts a private, ticketed multi-day party (Freedom New Year Festival); the 2026-27 dates are not published.

1 Jan, 18:30

New Year concert at the Mirador de las Dunas; in 2026 Olga Cerpa and Mestisay played it and Televisión Canaria broadcast it as the tenth edition.

5 Jan, 17:30

Three Kings. In 2026 the parade left the Yumbo centre along the avenues of Estados Unidos, Tirajana and Tejeda to Parque de San Fernando, with a Christmas market on Avenida de Tejeda and road closures from 16:00.

Official programme: San Bartolomé de Tirajana festivities · the 2025 programme came out on 5 December and the 31 December parties were detailed on the 23rd

Mogán: Puerto Rico, Arguineguín and Playa de Mogán 2025-26 edition

Puerto Rico beach at noon; at night, the squares of Mogán village, Playa de Mogán and Arguineguín.

• ☀️ Bells at 12:00 on the beach
• 🆓 Free
• 🌊 Mass leap into the sea

10:00–17:00

"Adiós, Hello!", the daytime bells on Puerto Rico beach. A free festival on 31 December with the bells at 12:00, grapes, a glass of fizz and the "Lucky Ocean Jump", a mass leap into the sea. In 2025 it was the second edition, drew about 3,000 people and TVE broadcast it on its international channel with Roberto Herrera and Sara Fernández.

00:00–00:30

Midnight street parties in 2025-26: Mogán village (Plaza Sarmiento y Coto, 00:00, with Grupo Arena and Una Más), Playa de Mogán (Plaza Dr. Pedro Betancor León, 00:10) and Arguineguín (dance in the Plaza de Las Marañuelas at 00:15 and a marquee in the Plaza Pérez Galdós at 00:30). Puerto Rico had no municipal night party. No fireworks are documented.

1 Jan, 19:00

New Year concert at La Puntilla, Playa de Mogán; in 2025-26 there was also an ice rink in Arguineguín.

5 Jan, 18:00

Three Kings. In 2026 the parade left Arguineguín harbour for the Plaza Pérez Galdós, with street parades through the villages on the 3rd and 4th.

Official programme: Eventos Mogán · mogan.es was not responding on 18 October; the 2025 programme came out on 25 November

Santa Lucía de Tirajana: Vecindario 2025-26 edition

La Karpa and the Plaza de Los Algodoneros in Vecindario; Casa Pastores.

• 🎟️ La Karpa, €5
• 🔞 Over-18s
• ☀️ Daytime pre-grapes

Daytime

Pre-grapes on the 31st: Plaza de Los Algodoneros from 10:00 to 14:00 and Casa Pastores from 15:00 to 17:00 (seen only in a snippet of the town hall site, which was not responding on 18 October).

00:30–06:00

The south's biggest ticketed party: La Karpa. In 2025-26, a single €5 ticket (over-18s), on sale at tureservaonline.es from 19 December with a maximum of four per purchase; La Boina de Fito, DJ Promaster and DJ Estro in front of more than 5,000 people.

5 Jan, 18:30

Three Kings. In 2026 the parade left the Sardina crossroads along Avenida de Canarias to the Teatro Víctor Jara, with a concert in the Plaza de Los Algodoneros.

Official programme: Santa Lucía town hall news

Telde 2025-26 edition

Plaza de San Gregorio.

• 🌇 Afternoon party 14:00–21:00
• 🆓 Free
• 🚫 No midnight bells

14:00–21:00

"Teldespide", an afternoon concert, not a midnight one. On 31 December 2025, in the Plaza de San Gregorio and free, with Savia Nueva, Tataband, Son de la Isla, Los Salvapantallas and DJ Cholo. No municipal bells or fireworks are documented.

5 Jan, 17:00

Three Kings. In 2026 the parade left calle Dr. Melián with quiet stretches for children with sensory hypersensitivity, and ended around 20:30 in the Plaza de San Juan.

Official programme: Telde town hall · the 2025 "Teldelandia" programme came out on 5 December

Agüimes and Arinaga 2025-26 edition

Plaza del Rosario (old town), the Caseta del Muelle in Arinaga and the Cruce de Arinaga fairground.

• 🌇 Afternoon party in Arinaga
• 🆓 Bells in the square
• 🎟️ Fairground, €5

27 Dec, 20:00

Family party at the fairground, free, with a symbolic countdown at midnight.

14:30

"Last afternoon party of the year" at the Caseta del Muelle in Arinaga, in 2025-26 with Estrella Latina and Yet Garbey.

23:00

"New Year's Eve in the Square" in the Plaza del Rosario, with DJ Antonio Boada and Grupo Acuarela. The same pattern has repeated since 2023.

00:00

New Year party at the Cruce de Arinaga fairground, with Aseres, La Mekánica by Tamarindos and DJ Valdi, for more than 5,000 people. Entry: €5 plus fees at tureservaonline.es according to the printed 2025 programme; the official note gives no price.

5 Jan, 12:00 · 19:00

Three Kings. In 2026 the Kings arrived by sea at Arinaga harbour at 12:00, toured the villages in a motorcade and the old-town parade left at 19:00.

Official programme: Agüimes town hall · the 2025 programme was presented on 27 November

Ingenio 2025-26 edition

Plaza de La Candelaria and the esplanade by the town hall.

• 🆓 Free until 06:00
• 🚌 Free buses from El Carrizal

23:30–06:00

Free party in two zones. In 2025-26: Plaza de La Candelaria from 23:30 to 06:00 (DJ Nichel, Óscar Martínez, Abián Reyes) and the esplanade next to the town hall from 00:15 to 06:00 (Estrella Latina, DJ Ulises Acosta, Yet Garbey).

Small hours

Free buses from El Carrizal to the town centre, returning from 04:00.

Official programme: Ingenio town hall · the 2025 party was announced on 29 December

Arucas 2025-26 edition

Plaza de San Juan, calle León y Castillo and the Montaña de Arucas.

• 🎆 Fireworks from the Montaña at 00:00
• 🆓 Free
• 🌇 Afternoon party 14:00–19:00

12:00

"Family New Year" in the Plaza de San Juan with the Royal Cobbler (2025-26).

14:00–19:00

Afternoon party on calle León y Castillo, with DJ DjaKe, Cremita de Coco and Café de Luna.

23:30

Bells in the Plaza de San Juan with Armonía Show and Vegax DJ.

00:00

Fireworks from the Montaña de Arucas, and DJs on León y Castillo into the small hours.

5 Jan, 19:00

Three Kings. In 2026 the reception was at 12:00 at the church of San Juan Bautista and the parade left at 19:00 for the Plaza de la Constitución.

Official programme: Arucas town hall · the 2025 programme was published on 23 December

Gáldar 2025-26 edition

Plaza de Santiago and the La Quinta cultural venue.

• 🎆 Fireworks in the Plaza de Santiago
• 🆓 Free dance
• 🎟️ Noche Zero, ticketed

23:00

Plaza de Santiago, free: fireworks, bells and a dance, in 2025-26 with La Mekánica by Tamarindos and DJ Aythami.

23:00–06:00

"Noche Zero", a ticketed party at the La Quinta cultural venue, with tickets at entradascanarias.com and tureservaonline.es (price not published) and "lucky Munchitos" crisps instead of grapes. In 2025 the town hall announced extra Global line 105 buses from Las Palmas (departures 22:30 to 01:30, back 04:30 to 06:35) and its own €5 bus from El Rincón.

5 Jan, 17:00

Three Kings. In 2026 the Kings arrived by helicopter at the Barrial stadium at 10:30, the parade left at 17:00 along the Paseo de los Guanartemes, and the Auto de los Reyes Magos play was staged at 19:00 in the Plaza de Santiago.

Official programme: Gáldar, Ciudad Navidad · the 2025 New Year's Eve was announced on 9 December

Teror 2025-26 edition

Alameda Pío XII or the Plaza del Pino.

• 🌇 Afternoon party 16:30–22:30
• 🆓 Free
• 🚫 No midnight party

16:30–22:30

An afternoon party, not a midnight one. The 2025 "end-of-year tardeo" was on the Alameda Pío XII, with Última Parada, La Mekánica by Tamarindos and Pronova DJ. In 2024 it was held in the Plaza del Pino and the boulevard, from 14:00 to 20:00, with the bells brought forward to 18:00 from the Basílica: the square can change. How to get to Teror.

5 Dec – 16 Jan

Christmas "Una Navidad de Cuento", with the charity Nativity in the Parque de Sintes (2025-26 dates). The Three Kings parade runs from the Paseo González Díaz to the Plaza de Sintes.

Official programme: Teror town hall

Hill villages, summit and north: the noon bells 2025-26 edition

Vega de San Mateo, Artenara, Valleseco, Moya, Santa María de Guía and Agaete.

• ☀️ Bells at 12:00
• 🏃 Agaete San Silvestre
• 📰 Times from the local press

12:00

Several villages bring the bells forward to midday so that children and older people can join in. In 2025-26: Vega de San Mateo at 12:00 in front of the church, with the "Subida del Cotillón" at 11:00 from the Monumento al Agricultor; Artenara at 12:00 in the Plaza de San Matías, with grapes and party bags; Valleseco at 11:50 in the Plaza Municipal (party from 11:30 to 16:30); Moya from 12:00 on calle Miguel Hernández, with the bells at 19:00.

Morning

Agaete runs its own San Silvestre on the morning of the 31st in the Plaza de la Constitución (children, 3 km and 6 km, for charity).

22:00

Santa María de Guía rang the midnight bells in the Plaza Grande, with the party from 22:00.

Source

Times for the small villages come from the local press (Gran Canaria TV, 25 December 2025), not from the town halls.

No data Tejeda, Santa Brígida, Valsequillo, Firgas, Valleseco (at night) and La Aldea: we found no documented New Year's Eve parties in the 2025-26 edition. If you are staying there, ask at the town hall.

The bells in the Canaries: one hour later

The Canaries are one hour behind mainland Spain (Western European Time). National TV broadcasts the Puerta del Sol bells at 00:00 mainland time, which is 23:00 on the island.

• The twelve grapes are eaten one per chime; in Gáldar the ticketed party swaps them for "lucky Munchitos" crisps. The squares listed above hand out grapes and party bags or sell them at the bar.
• The noon bells in San Mateo, Artenara or Valleseco and on Puerto Rico beach work the same way, with grapes at 12:00, and let you celebrate twice: in the sun in the morning and in your own town square at night.
• Televisión Canaria's venue for 2026-27 is not announced; in recent years it has been made public in early December.

San Silvestre: the 31 December run

The San Silvestre in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the only one in the archipelago with a published 2026 programme Confirmed 2026-27, read on sansilvestre.es on 18 October:

• Thursday 31 December 2026. International 5K "de Las Estrellas" at 16:00 (pen open from 15:45) and popular 6K at 17:00, with three pens: gold (invited athletes), yellow (under 24 minutes) and charity.
• Wednesday 30 December: San Silvestre Kids, 600 m at 17:00, with workshops until 20:00.
• Registration: online from 8 September until 25 December; assisted registration from 15 to 24 December. The programme does not state the fee.
• Bibs: Gran Canaria Arena (Hall Sala Club), 27 to 30 December, 10:00–14:00 and 16:00–20:00; the first 2,000 entrants may come at any slot, the rest at the time shown on their registration.
• What 2025 looked like: 10,001 runners, start and finish on León y Castillo outside the Club Natación Metropole, a route along the Avenida Marítima, the harbour, Rafael Cabrera, Munguía and Francisco Gourié; city-centre traffic closed from 15:00. Guaguas Municipales carried participants free.

Outside the capital we found only the Villa de Agaete San Silvestre (morning of 31 December). The Maspalomas race, once billed as the second oldest in Spain, has not been held since 2022, and there is no record of recent editions in Mogán, Telde, Agüimes, Arucas, Gáldar or Teror.

New Year's Day: holiday, swim and concerts

• Friday 1 and Wednesday 6 January 2027 are public holidays in the Canaries (Canary Islands Government Decree 115/2026 and the national holiday calendar in the BOE of 13 October 2026). 31 December and 5 January are ordinary working days. As in the rest of Spain, most shops and supermarkets close on public holidays; in the southern resorts and central Las Palmas, restaurants and shopping centres usually open. Buy the grapes and breakfast for the 1st on the morning of the 31st.
• The New Year swim at Las Canteras is an informal custom, not an official event: the first organised edition, on 1 January 2016, drew about a thousand people. In Puerto Rico, the mass leap into the sea is part of the noon festival on the 31st.
• The sun rises at about 07:54 and sets at about 18:17 on both 31 December and 1 January in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
• Free open-air New Year concerts: Mirador de las Dunas in Maspalomas at 18:30 and La Puntilla in Playa de Mogán at 19:00 (2026 times). In the capital, the Joven Orquesta de Canarias plays the Alfredo Kraus in the first days of January.

Getting around on New Year's Eve

• Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Guaguas Municipales). On 31 December 2025 most lines brought their last departure forward to 21:00–21:30; lines 7, 17, 21, 24, 33, 64 and 65 kept their timetable until midnight, and the three Luna night lines (L1, L2 and L3) ran every 30 minutes after midnight. The 2026 service is not announced.
• Interurban buses (Global). Global published no special New Year's Eve service in the south in 2025; the last documented one is from 2022, with line 5 Las Palmas–Maspalomas running from 00:00 to 06:00 on 1 January. Airport lines 60 and 66 run the same timetable every day of the year, holidays included. Times and fares in our bus guide.
• Taxis in Las Palmas. The tariff in force since 15 October 2025 sets the night flag-fall on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve at €6.95 (the normal night flag-fall is €3.80 Sunday to Thursday and €4.30 on Fridays, Saturdays and the eve of holidays), and the daytime flag-fall on 1 and 6 January at €4.75. The night band runs from 22:00 to 06:00. We could not find the official 2026 tariff for the south.
• By car. The San Silvestre closes the capital's centre from 15:00 on the 31st, and on party nights the squares are closed to traffic. If you are hiring a car, see our car-rental guide and avoid driving into the old towns of Las Palmas, Arucas or Gáldar after 22:00.

What the weather is like in Gran Canaria at New Year

AEMET climate normals (1981-2010) for Gran Canaria airport, the reference station for the east coast:

An open-air party until 05:00 needs a jacket: on the coast it drops to 15–16 °C in the small hours, and in Teror, San Mateo or Artenara, at 800–1,200 m, considerably more.

The sea is colder than in summer and there is no official water-temperature normal we can cite. More detail month by month in the best time to visit Gran Canaria.

Hotels, gala dinners and where to stay

• Where to sleep depending on what you want to do. For the fireworks and the capital's party, Las Canteras or central Las Palmas; for the San Fernando parties or the noon bells in Puerto Rico, the south. We compare areas in where to stay in Gran Canaria and in Maspalomas or Las Palmas.
• Gala dinner. Some hotels include it in stays covering 31 December, others charge it as a supplement or make it compulsory. There is no general rule: before booking, ask in writing whether the dinner on the 31st is compulsory and what it costs.
• Book early. New Year is high season on the island; our family guide explains the calm-water beaches for travelling with children in winter.

Frequently asked questions

By Enrique Medina · Reviewed 18 October 2026

Local author in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The times and squares on this page are those of the 2025-26 edition unless marked confirmed, and come from the sources linked above; nothing is estimated.