The festivities in honor of the municipal patron saint are celebrated from August 11 to 25
Bertín Osborne will put the golden closing with the concert he will offer on August 24
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Tunte will host the Festivities in Honor of San Bartolomé from August 11 to 25, including this year the celebration of the first pilgrimage in honor of the patron saint of the municipality, and will also have the closing offered by Bertín Osborne as a guest artist to put the finishing touch. of gold to the celebrations. The festivities will begin on Friday with a Scala-HiFi that will feature the youngest of the town, for whom a Children's Gala, games, and snacks have also been scheduled in the square, as well as a Carretones race that will begin on the road from the cemetery to the Plaza de Santiago, this will be on Monday the 14th, at 21:00 p.m.
The most popular events will begin on Friday the 18th with the neighborhood meeting in which they participate every year to beautify the streets of the town that will adorn the route of the Pilgrimage. To conclude the day, at 22:00 p.m. on Sunday the music of Los Aseres, Pedro Afonso and DJ Promaster will set the rhythm for the Youth Night. The next day, starting at 19:30 p.m., the procession of carts, pilgrims and parrandas will depart that will accompany the Saint along the route of the streets of Tunte that will end in the Plaza de Santiago with the festival by Nueva Imagen and its Bandurria; and the Star Music and Panaramibe orchestras.
This year, the Santiago El Chico Cultural Association and the Department of Celebrations and Events directed by Yilenia Vega (CC) have also resumed the Clay Pigeon Shooting Tournament, an event that had a long tradition and that was eliminated from the program a few years ago. . This will be held on Sunday the 20th, at 08:30, at the training field called 'Perdomo'. In the afternoon, starting at 20:30 p.m., the 'Medianía del Timple-Memorial a Totoyo Millares' concert will begin.
The traditional Bajada del Carbonero will take place on Wednesday the 23rd, and will be enlivened by the Agaete Band who will accompany the participants on this tour that has a long tradition in allusion to the ancient trade of carbonero carried out by the tirajaneros. The departure will be from the Plaza del Carbonero, at 18:00 p.m. Once concluded, the procession will arrive at the Plaza de Santiago to dance at the dawn festival by Grupo Estrella Latina, Orquesta Armonía Show, Star Music and DJ Promaster.
Finally, on Thursday the 24th, Tunte will dawn at 05:00 a.m. to celebrate Diana Floreada through the streets of the town with the music of the Agaete Band. Later, at 12:00, the mass will begin in honor of the patron Saint Bartolomé, which will be presided over by Mr. Fernando García, parish priest of the municipality of Pájara and Archpriest of Fuerteventura, born in El Tablero de Maspalomas. After the mass, the procession will take place accompanied by the band La Charanguita 'Los Amigos', which will culminate with the traditional Canarian sancocho in the Plaza de Santiago, where the Solajero festival with Paco Guedes and the now traditional 'August Rains' will be celebrated. to wet and refresh attendees. At night, starting at 20:30 p.m., the singer Bertín Osborne will be the star of the 'Fin de Fiesta' concert.
