The 14th edition of the fair will be held from March 7 to 16 to market and highlight the quality of handmade work
More than 70 professionals from 15 municipalities on the island will give visibility to 22 artisanal trades
The 14th edition of the Gran Canaria Primavera Sur Craft Fair will return next March to the area surrounding the Maspalomas Lighthouse. More than 70 craft professionals from 15 municipalities on the island will meet from 7 to 16 March to give visibility to 22 trades, 3 of them traditional.
From 10:00 to 20:00, the island's craft professionals will have the opportunity to market their products, while giving visibility and highlighting their trades and their good work to an ever-faithful local consumer, but also to tourists who enjoy Gran Canaria, especially in the southern area.
The Gran Canaria Primavera Sur Craft Fair is thus presented as an ideal showcase in which innovation and tradition come together to show quality artisan work produced in many corners of Gran Canaria.
Woodturning, leatherwork and toymaking professionals will once again share space with jewellery and soapmaking artisans, among many other crafts. The trade with the most representation at this edition of the fair is leatherwork, with 13 artisans willing to show their products, followed by jewellery and macramé, with eight, and fabric decoration, with six.
Also represented will be almazuelas, traditional carpentry, ceramics, candle making, pírgano basketry, fabric decoration, felt and crochet, blacksmithing, forging and locksmithing, printing and engraving, miniatures and works related to fashion, doll making, paper and cardboard, cigars, recycling of materials and glasswork.
As for their origin, the artisans participating in this 14th edition of the fair come from 15 of the 21 municipalities of the island, with the capital of Gran Canaria being the most represented, with 30 professionals, followed by Agüimes, with eight, and Telde, with seven. San Bartolomé de Tirajana is providing six professionals, while Firgas, Ingenio and Valsequillo will bring three artisans to the fair; Santa Brígida, Santa Lucía, Santa María de Guía and Teror, two; and the municipalities of Agaete, Gáldar, Mogán and Moya, one.
Promoted and financed by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, through the Fund for Ethnography and the Development of Canarian Crafts (Fedac), an organization attached to the Ministry of Economic Development, Industry, Trade and Crafts, the Primavera Sur Crafts Fair is organized by Infecar, Feria de Gran Canaria, with the collaboration of the City Council of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
Dynamization program
As every year, and with the aim of enriching the visit, the event will also include a programme of parallel activities that will take place over the two weekends in which the fair takes place.
Thus, on Saturday 8 March, starting at 17:00 pm, Alberto González, Iván Quintana and Juan Sebastián Ramírez will perform, and on Sunday 9 March, at the same time, Zaida Jiménez and Juan Sebastián Ramírez will perform. The following weekend's performances will take place on Friday 14 March, with La Musicleta, and on Saturday 15 March, with Ana Falcón, both at 17:00 pm.
The fair will also feature a Live Crafts section, where some of the event's protagonists will be able to demonstrate, live, how they work their trades and make their products.
The complete programme as well as the list of artisans participating in this edition of the Gran Canaria Primavera Sur Craft Fair will soon be available on the website fairsartisaniagrancanaria.es.
