The president of the Cabildo affirms that this show contributes to recharging energy in times of uncertainty and to unite the Canarians, and “encourage us to continue building this land and its future together.”
The event, which is celebrated on the occasion of Canary Islands Day, will take place on May 29, in the Plaza de Santa Ana in the capital of Gran Canaria, from 18.30:XNUMX p.m. to one in the morning.
The lineup of participating artists in this edition is made up of the singer-songwriter Braulio, 'Araguaney', '101 Brass Band', 'Lajalada', Sara Socas, La Pantera and the comedian Quique Pérez
The Cabildo of Gran Canaria celebrates Canary Islands Day with a new edition of its 'Canariona' festival, the space that it launched six years ago and that has continued uninterruptedly until 2024, with the objectives of "reinforcing the feeling of Canarian identity." , of identity, of belonging to an Archipelago anchored in the Atlantic and, also, as a way to face future challenges, in this case, listening to our folklore and living the traditions. It is a way to gain momentum in moments like this, celebrating the Canary Islands, living it intensely, through our popular music,” as the president of the island Government, Antonio Morales, stated today.
This event promoted by the Island Corporation is organized by the Canary Islands Fair Institution (Infecar), with the collaboration of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council, and will take place next Wednesday, May 29, the eve of Canary Islands Day, in the Plaza de Santa Ana in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, from 18:30 p.m. to XNUMX a.m., during which time attendees will enjoy the performances of seven Canarian singers and musical groups.
And it was the leader of the island Executive who was in charge of presenting it to the island society, in an event that took place in Infecar, and in which he was accompanied by the island counselor of Economic Development, Industry, Commerce and Crafts, Minerva Alonso; the director of the Presidency, Marino Alduán; the general director of Infecar, Natalia Santana, and the popular Gran Canarian singer-songwriter Braulio, one of the participating artists.
Thus, in his speech, President Morales stressed that 'Canariona' is a show that is configured as “a way to reinforce that feeling of pride and belonging, to feel like Gran Canarian men and women, and to share a society project with all our brothers. and sisters from the eight Canary Islands,” he stated. “It is a festival, therefore, to recharge energy in times of uncertainty, economic difficulties, even inequalities, because we are a society that continues to be unequal and it is good that we generate these spaces of cohesion, meeting, partying, to encourage us to continue building this land and its future together.”
And, as he declared, the inhabitants of the Archipelago “share a culture that identifies us and that brings us together as a people and that also helps us project future challenges,” he maintained. “And this is what we have been doing for six years, from a festival in which we try to accommodate all the musical and cultural sensitivities of our Island,” she said.
In fact, he emphasized that, in this new edition, we continue to recognize “the Canarian creators who have forged a history for themselves over the last decades and who are part of that collective feeling of our people. And also to the people who are starting out, to those who are beginning to carve out a future in music, in the popular culture of our Island,” he stressed.
Seven artists from the Canary Islands
The island president explained that 'Canariona' will begin on Triana Street at 18.30:29 p.m. next Wednesday the 101th, with the performance of the group 'XNUMX Brass Band', arrived from Tenerife, to continue with the 'Araguaney' party, from Telde , “which is responsible for bringing popular music from Gran Canaria to the entire Archipelago,” he noted.
Also participating will be the comedian Quique Pérez, “who has been causing laughter on our islands for ten years,” and the group 'Lajalada', “which incorporates traditional music with new musical touches, mixing pop, island folklore, the electronic avant-garde, for example. "so much, freshness and a contemporary perspective in a way of understanding our popular music," he explained, adding that the Tenerife rapper Sara Socas and the Gran Canaria rapper and composer La Pantera will also give a good example of their art on stage.
“And involving them all with his experience, with the extraordinary work of decades, will be Braulio, our most international singer, who has also made possible a way of understanding the ballad, pop music, but also that music that identifies us that "He has known how to interpret the values of our land like no one else," emphasized Antonio Morales.
Braulio, for his part, took the floor to state that he feels very flattered to be able to participate in Canariona and that "returning to Gran Canaria to perform is always a great satisfaction and even a challenge, because I have to win back people." “which I haven’t been around for a while.”
In this sense, the singer-songwriter from Santa María de Guía indicated that the repertoire of his performance has been prepared “thinking about the date and with the most Canarian themes, in addition to a couple of ballads that we have been rehearsing with a very interesting group directed by Augusto Baez. I hope they don’t throw tomatoes at us,” he joked.
Finally, he praised the rest of the festival's cast and stated that “it will be a pleasure to be among this plethora of artists. I don't know some of them, because I could probably be the grandfather of any of them, but I am sure that they will arouse a lot of interest and will reach all audiences," he concluded.
Finally, President Morales presented the poster announcing 'Canariona 2024' to those present and stressed that it is a work “that draws on the surrealist current of Óscar Domínguez and the camels of Néstor Martín Fernández de la Torre, therefore, some elements of our culture, our idiosyncrasy and the past and present of our land, which appear and are present in the popular imagination,” he concluded.
