The dance show Suelo y Aire, the Escénica de Haría festival and other theatrical proposals, the poetry of Verbena and Neruda, star in the cultural week. There are also several opportunities for classical and ancient music in several municipalities of the island. Likewise, the documentary Gambia, country of resilience is screened and we propose visiting two exhibitions: “The depth of silence” by Ildefonso Aguilar and Solid-ARTE, which combines local art and solidarity.
La Voz offers you this summary of the most interesting cultural events of the week in Lanzarote with the collaboration of the Consejería de Cultura, Universidades, Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de Canarias.
CINEMA
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The Wave. Buñuel Cinema
El Almacén hosts this Thursday the second screening of the film La Ola as part of the dance exhibition Suelo y aire.
It is a 2025 musical inspired by the feminist demonstrations in Chile in 2018, also known as the Chilean feminist wave.
When: Thursday, November 16 at 20:00 hours.
Where: El Almacén, Arrecife.
Ticket at 3 euros.
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Gambia, country of resilience
On April 18 at 20:00 hours, the Auditorio Jameos del Agua hosts the screening of the documentary “Gambia, country of resilience”, a solidarity piece by Lorena Curbelo, which connects with her story ‘The secret of the old devil of Timanfaya’, to talk about resilience, solidarity and cultural exchange.
The documentary captures the experience lived by a multidisciplinary team during their stay in Gambia, within the framework of a cultural, educational, and human project that builds bridges between the Canary Islands and Africa.
When: Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Jameos del Agua Auditorium.
Admission at 5 euros. The proceeds will go towards supporting the work of the Asociación Solidaria para la Educación y el Deporte en África.
DANCE
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Floor and Air. Encounters on stage I
The dance show Suelo y Aire, this first session of Encuentros en escena invites to a journey through the plurality of current contemporary dance that will begin with the show Azahar, followed by the interventions of Reinier Alfonso, Abián Hernandez & Andrea Pérez and Emiliana Battista.
When: Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 PM and Friday, April 17 at 8:30 PM.
Where: Teatro Víctor Fernández Gopar “El Salinero”, Arrecife.
Ticket at 10 euros.
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Ground and Air. Encounters on stage II
The second session of Encuentros en escena immerses the public in a deep exploration of the human being's capacity to sustain itself, transform, and be reborn. Daniel Navarro, Compañía Eszer, and Compañía Aïda Colmenero Dïaz dance.
When: Thursday, April 16 at 20:30 and Friday, April 17 at 19:00.
Where: Teatro Víctor Fernández Gopar “El Salinero”, Arrecife.
Admission at 10 euros.
LITERATURE
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Reading Club Verbena. ‘Nebulous Mother’ by Tatiana Donoso
The second session of the Verbena Reading Club will be dedicated to poetry. As a prelude to the next edition of the Verbena literary gathering, the writer and coordinator of the festival, Lana Corujo, invites us to continue unveiling the work of some of the authors who will be part of the festival.
In this case, the poetry collection Madre Nebulosa by Tatiana Donoso Matthews, a work that unfolds like a poetic mantle over pain and joy.
When: Tuesday, April 21 at 18:00 hours.
Where: El Almacén, Arrecife.
Free admission.
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Everything in you is shipwreck. Twenty love poems and a desperate song
Artistic-literary project conceived by Fabio Carreiro and Guacimara Hernández that is born as a reflection on the poetics of love in our days, taking as a starting point the poetry collection Twenty love poems and a desperate song by the writer Pablo Neruda.
The project consists of three sessions. The first on Tuesday with the Round Table "Everything in you is shipwreck", the second, on Wednesday, with the conference "Twisted beauty: poetics of love in the 21st century" by Sonia Betancort, and a third, on Friday with the inauguration of the artistic installation "Seven love poems and a desperate song" .
When: Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 April at 7:30 p.m.
Where: El Almacén, Arrecife.
Free admission.
THEATER
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If This Is a Man. Festival Escénica
In 1944, Primo Levi was deported to Auschwitz. He was 24 years old. During his stay in the camp, he began to write 'If this is a man', the account of the ten months he was a prisoner.
In this play of the Escénica Festival an actor enters a stage and faces the challenge of reliving Levi's experience, to thus try to understand (if it is possible) what Auschwitz was and what it means for us, 21st-century spectators, that such a place existed.
When: Friday, April 17 at 8:00 PM.
Where: Máguez Society, Santa Bárbara Street 15.
Free entry with invitation.
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‘Bang Bang and we are history’ and ‘Between maguas’. Theater and Dance. Festival Escénica
The Escénica Festival of Haría brings to Máguez the play ‘Bang bang y somos historia’ by the company Actúa Teatro in which three subjects burst into a theater taking the audience hostage. In this case, those who attend.
The work will be preceded by the dance show Entre Maguas by Raquel Jara
When: Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Sociedad de Máguez, Santa Bárbara street 15.
Free entry with invitation.
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Barefoot in the park
The Teatro Municipal de Tías hosts ‘Descalzos por el parque’, a comedy that explores the first stages of a couple's cohabitation. The play presents everyday situations full of humor and through its characters builds a recognizable story that combines lightness, emotion, and entertainment.
When: Sunday, April 19 at 18:00 hours.
Where: Municipal Theater of Tías
Free admission until full capacity.
EXHIBITIONS
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The depth of silence
Opportunity to do a guided visit with the cultural manager David Machado about “The depth of silence”, an exhibition by the Lanzarote artist Ildefonso Aguilar that started at the end of March.
The exhibition proposes a journey through the recent work and a selection of previous works by Aguilar that constructs a sensitive cartography of the territory, where the stone, the sand and the eroded lava evoke memory, time and silence.
When: Tuesday, April 21 at 18:00 hours.
Where: Casa de la Cultura Agustín de la Hoz, Arrecife.
Free admission.
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Solid-ARTE
Until this Friday, April 17, you can visit, in the hermitage of Tías, the SolidARTE exhibition, which brings together works by Cintia Machín, Rosa Vera, Pispillas, Gustavo Medina and Toño Armas. All proceeds will be allocated to different NGOs.
When: until April 17 from 8:30 to 13:30 and from 17:00 to 20:00 hours.
Where: Art Room of the Hermitage of San Antonio, Tías.
Free admission.
When: Opening Friday, November 7 at 8:00 PM.
Where: Casona de Femés.
Free entry.
MUSIC
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Dramatized Concert ‘Neapolitan, a story of Enrico Caruso’
The III Cycle of Dramatized Concerts ‘Between Notes and Words’, offers the concert ‘Neapolitan, a story of Enrico Caruso’, written by the Lanzarote tenor Pancho Corujo and performed by actor Yeray Betancor and pianist Ricardo Francia, who will tour the artistic life of the celebrated Italian tenor, who was the most popular singer in any genre in the first three decades of the 20th century.
When: Friday, April 17 at 19:00 hours.
Where: Casa de la Cultura Agustín de la Hoz, Arrecife.
Free admission until full capacity is reached.
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Loving thought. Early music festival of Lanzarote
El Festival de Música Antigua de Lanzarote presents Amorous thought, a concert that brings together music from the Golden Age and that of great masters of the baroque guitar.
Jácaras, folías and pasacalles dialogue with the voice and percussion. The performers are the baroque guitarist Carlos Oramas, the soprano Isabel Álvarez and the percussionist Sergey Saprychev.
When: Friday, April 17 at 19.30 hours.
Where: Convento de Santo Domingo de la Villa de Teguise.
Ticket at 15 euros.
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Concert of the Trío Guiguan
Alexis Lemes on timple, Javier Infante on Spanish guitar and Javier Colina with double bass and accordion return to Yaiza to share their music that fuses Canarian airs with jazz and contemporary rhythms.
When: Friday, April 17 at 20:30 hours.
Where: Benito Pérez Armas House of Culture, Yaiza.
Free admission.
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Spring Classical Music Festival Concert
The Festival de Música Clásica Primavera returns to Puerto del Carmen. Some of the cycle's performers are violinists Diego Bermúdez and Iya Zhmaeva, clarinetist Pablo Blanco, pianist Javier Díaz, and trumpeter María José González. – trumpet.
When: Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Where: El Fondeadero civic center, Puerto del Carmen.
Free entry until capacity is full.
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Regional Meeting of Saxophonists of the Canary Islands
In the framework of the II Regional Meeting of Saxophonists of the Canary Islands 2026, which is held in Lanzarote, two concerts are held with saxophonists from different parts of the archipelago. The first on Saturday afternoon in Tías and the second on Sunday at noon in Teguise.
Works by composers such as André Crepin, Alessandro Marcello, Léo Delibes, Enrique Granados and John Lennon, among others, will be performed, combining tradition, lyricism and modernity.
When: Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, April 19 at 12:00 PM.
Where: The first in the San Bartolomé Theater and the second in the Convent of Santo Domingo of the Villa de Teguise.
Free entry until capacity is reached.
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Luis Alejandro García. Daydream. Festival of ancient music of Lanzarote.
The second concert that the ancient music festival of Lanzarote brings is by the guitarist Luis Alejandro García who will play pieces of Romanticism in an exciting recital.
When: Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 PM.
Where: Convento de Santo Domingo de la Villa de Teguise.
Ticket at 15 euros.
