The Carnival has been always one of the most popular parties in Canary Islands, in Lanzarote usually take place between the months of February and March each year.

One of the most popular traditions of the carnival in Lanzarote from its beginning was the music of the foritos or accordions in the parrandas marineras (groups of people getting together to have fun, always with musical instruments) and also the bucheros, sailors on Arrecife’s streets on Carnival days dressed up with old country clothes, coloured ribbons, masks, and dried fish bladders filled with air used to run around and hit people on the way.

“The entertaining Playa Blanca Carnival arrived with troupe performances, murga and chirigota musical theater events, the Great Drag Queen Gala, street parties, the carnival of the day, and the Great Carnival Bullring… There was even a dog carnival!”