Music on Tenerife – IV Arona Jazz Festival, Los Cristianos

It’s hard to beat a bit of cool jazz sounds on a sultry night so visitors to Los Cristianos are in for a bit of a treat this month.  The Plaza de la Iglesia in the centre of town is the setting for the Arona Jazz Festival which takes place on the 7th and 8th May.

Details: 7th – 9pm, Steve Sherriff and Arona Jazz Quartet; Anna Rodíguez y Eliseo Lloreda; 8th – 9pm, Canaries Jazz Orchestra

The Best Place to Buy Goodies on Tenerife – Pinolere 2009

I hate to mention the X word when we’re still in the midst of summer, but the Pinolere craft fair in La Orotava will have so many goodies on offer that it’s too good a chance to miss out on some early and unique Xmas shopping (aaargh, there I’ve gone and done it).

It’s a beautiful location, set in and around the thatched huts of the ethnological museum in the green upper reaches of La Orotava and there really will be some cracking stuff to pick. Stalls are packed with artisan crafts ranging from hand painted shoes and jewellery to local produce and eclectic ornaments.

Apart from the stalls there are craft work exhibitions, musical performances and entertainers. It’s a good day out even in you don’t buy anything

Dates: 4th, 5th and 6th September

Times: From 10.00 to 21.00

Price: There’s usually a charge of a few euros to enter the fair.

Exposaldo – The ‘Everything’s Gotta Go’ Fair

Bargain hunters should be in their element at Exposaldo 09 when 95 businesses using 230 different stands use the fair as an outlet to sell off outgoing stock. On sale at impossible to resist prices will be everything from fashion to Fiats. 49,000 bargain hunters turned up last year so be prepared for a bit of shoulder to shoulder action.

Venue: International Fair and Congress Centre (Centro Internacional de Ferias y Congresos), Santa Cruz

Dates: 10th to 14th June

Entrance: €3

Events on Tenerife – Blooming Lovely – Arona Flower and Plant Fair

Anyone with green fingers should head down to Las Galletas next weekend for the Flower and Plant Fair where they can pick up some ‘blooming’ bargains to spruce up the garden for summer.

As well as displays of plants and flowers, musical performances and photographic exhibitions there are workshops about the use of plants and flowers in traditional Canarian remedies – knowledge worth having if it cuts out hours wasted in doctor’s waiting rooms.

Location: Cultural Centre, Rambla de Las Galletas

Dates: 22nd May (17.00 – 19.00), 23rd May (10.00 – 19.30), 24th May (10.00 – 19.00)