The XXIII Salón Internacional del Cómic y la Ilustración de Tenerife takes place from 29 October to 1 November, with 40 exhibitions across the Canary Islands and 24 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife alone. More than 80 artists will take part, and the Real Casino de Tenerife joins as a new venue for the awards gala.
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Buenavista del Norte and Villa de Mazo are the two Canary Islands towns taking part in this year’s Ferrero Rocher ‘Juntos brillamos más’ Christmas lights competition. The public can vote for their favourite from today, with the winner announced on 14 December.
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The César Manrique Foundation is holding a round table on Thursday in Arrecife to examine how mass tourism is affecting the Canary Islands’ healthcare system. Frontline professionals and experts will share testimonies, from the daily reality of Lanzarote’s emergency department to a family’s 22-day ordeal in a Tenerife hospital.
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WOMEX 2026 has closed in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria after bringing together more than 2,500 professionals from 90 countries. The closing gala confirmed that Tenerife will host the 2027 edition and honoured artists Luzmila Carpio and Jail Time Records.
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Five French sailors aged between 20 and 30 were injured when their yacht ran aground on rocks near the pier at Órzola in northern Lanzarote. Four were rescued from a life raft by firefighters, and the vessel later sank after breaking in two.
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La Oreja de Van Gogh stopped their concert in Gran Canaria to pay an emotional tribute to Amaia Montero, who returned to the band 20 years on. The singer admitted she was not expecting it and said she “needed that kiss” as the crowd chanted her name.
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Netflix has begun filming El susurro del fuego, a four-part thriller based on Javier Castillo’s 2025 novel, in locations across Tenerife and Madrid. Starring Inma Cuesta and Alejandro García, the series centres on a young astrophysicist found dead in the Teide National Park.
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Tenerife Peñón Fest returns to the Palmetum in Santa Cruz on 23 and 24 October with a ten-artist line-up. Loquillo closes his 2026 tour on the Friday, while Amaia makes her Canary Islands debut with an exclusive concert on the Saturday.
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At the Starmus festival in Tenerife, Christiana Figueres assessed the state of global climate action eleven years after the Paris Agreement. The former UN climate chief warned that military and security priorities are competing with decarbonisation, and said the Canary Islands must protect its coasts and expand clean energy while rethinking its dependence on mass tourism.
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Fairy Spain has sparked criticism with an Instagram advert in which a Canarian character tells a British tourist “of course” there is always room for one more. The brand insists the campaign was meant to convey a message of coexistence, but the row has landed amid growing tensions over tourism and the housing crisis in the Canary Islands.
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