Concerts in Tenerife - The Commitments

Whilst rumours of who’s performing on Tenerife are pretty much a monthly affair (Kool and the Gang's dates still aren’t listed on the Auditorio’s website, nor on their own and Tony Hadley is confirmed for the Auditorio Alfredo Krauss in Gran Canaria on 26th Feb, but not Tenerife), the world’s hardest working band, ‘The Commitments’ are a definite (unless they cancel of course).

So guys, if you have a special person in your life who is a bit ‘Hard To Handle’ and you want to ‘Treat Her Right’ but you’ve ‘Nowhere To Run’. Why not ‘Try A Little Tenderness’ and forget about taking her up the ‘Dark End Of The Street’ and head to the Auditorio de Tenerife instead.
You can be sure she’ll show her appreciation ‘In the Midnight Hour’

Enough already; I’m making even myself groan here.

Venue: Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa Cruz
Date: 3rdMay 2009
Time: 21.00

Tickets: €20

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Hollywood Motor Show in Tenerife – Puerto de la Cruz (extended)

Is it my imagination or has the Puerto de la Cruz car pound not been as full of 'naughty' cars of late? And is it just a coincidence that the Hollywood Motor Show is still in town (where do they get all those cars to crush)?

If you haven't managed to catch the spectacle of monster trucks squashing fiat puntos as though they were made of cardboard, don't despair. The show's been such a success that they've added another two dates for this weekend (7th and 8th February).

Better avoid double parking in Puerto for another week then...just in case.

Carnaval on Tenerife – La Orotava

One of the biggest ‘secret’ Carnavals on Tenerife is the one in La Orotava. Often a lavish affair with productions which wouldn’t seem out of place on Broadway, it doesn’t attract as much attention as those in Santa Cruz and Puerto de la Cruz.

The theme this year is ‘Al son del Caribe’, (they are from the Caribbean?). I seem to remember last year’s involved pirates, so no doubt the Hans Zimmer soundtrack from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ will be blasting out over the La Orotava Valley again.

They do things a bit differently in La Orotava, instead of a mutant sardine being barbecued, they fry Saint Crispin.

GRAN COSO APOTEOSIS DEL CARNAVAL: 24th February; 16.30 from the Cruz del Teide to Plaza de la Paz

ENTIERRO Y QUEMA DE CRISPÍN: 25th February; 21.00; from the municipal stadium to Plaza de la Constitución

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Tenerife Concerts – Wilco in Tenerife

Whilst the south of Tenerife welcomes old crooner, Rod Stewart during May, the north rocks to the sound of Chicago’s Grammy award winners, Wilco at the Auditorio in Santa Cruz.

Described by Rolling Stone Magazine as ‘one of America's most consistently interesting bands’, the Indie rock band fall into the ‘critically acclaimed without ever having reached super star status’ category.

Still if it’s a choice between the man with the feathercut or the American rockers, for my part I’d go along with that Killer’s song title:
"It's indie rock 'n' roll for me..."

Venue: Auditorio de Tenerife, Santa Cruz

Date: 23rd May

Tickets: €20 & €30

Carnaval on Tenerife – Granadilla

‘The Atlantic - a world below the water’ is the theme of the Carnaval in Granadilla de Abona in the south of Tenerife. The main events take place between 13 and 15th March 2009.

It might not be as grand, or spectacular as Carnaval in Santa Cruz and Puerto de la Cruz, but the bonus is that if you’re in the south of the island it doesn’t involve a long trek to get to the old town of Granadilla and enjoy a taste of Carnaval spirit…in more ways than one.

Election of the Carnaval Queen: 13th March; 21.00; Parque de los Hinojeros

Coso Apoteosis (Caranaval Parade): 14th March; 18.00, Avenida Mencey de Abona
Entierro de la Sardina(Burial of the Sardine): 15th March; 17.00; from the car park next to ‘Muables Nuri’

Plays on Tenerife – Cyrano

Lot’s of folk around El Sauzal will be singing to themselves “Roxanne, you don’t have to put on that dress tonight…” over the coming week.

Not because the Police have chosen a surprise venue on Tenerife, but because El Sauzal Auditorio is staging a performance of Cyrano, the classic tale about the man with the big nose and his secret love for the beautiful Roxane (okay slightly different spelling, but don't tell me you don't start humming that song when you hear that name).

Venue: El Sauzal Auditorio

Dates: 6th & 7th February

Tickets: €6

Fiestas on Tenerife – Fiestas de la Virgen

It’s a public holiday on Tenerife tomorrow as the island celebrates the feast day of their patron saint. Although the main celebrations take place in Candelaria tomorrow with an air display by four F-18 fighters after the religious procession reaches the Basilica (around midday), the most magical event is the candlelit procession which takes place on the streets around the Plaza de la Patrona de Canarias at 19.30 tonight.