Festivals in Santa Úrsula

Local festivals of Santa Úrsula

The most representative festivals of the municipality are the Patron Saint Festivities in honour of Saint Úrsula Virgin and Martyr and Our Lady of the Rosary. The official municipal news about the 2025 programme indicates that the agenda was developed from 3 October to 26 in different locations in the municipality.

• Name of the municipality's festivities: Patron Saint Festivities in honour of Saint Úrsula Virgin and Martyr and Our Lady of the Rosary.
• Main celebration day: 21 October, festival of Saint Úrsula, with a Eucharist and procession in honour of the patron saint in the recent official programme.
• Usual duration: The festivals are concentrated in October; As a recent official reference, in 2025 more than thirty events were scheduled between 3 October and 26.
• Usual places: central parish of Santa Úrsula, Plaza de Santa Úrsula, festive area on Las Palmeras Avenue, Fernando Luis González pavilion and other municipal spaces according to the annual programme.
• Associated traditions: proclamation, galas, election of the queen of the festivities, night of traditions, folklore performances, festivals, eucharist, procession and pyromusical show.
• Who participates: City Council, Festival Department, parish, cultural and musical associations, neighbourhood groups, commercial fabric, neighbors, families and visitors.
• Local public holiday: el Canary Islands Official Gazette No. 165, 21 August 2025, sets for Santa Úrsula in 2026 the 17 February, Carnival Tuesday, and the 21 October, Festividad de Santa Úrsula. These local business days are not equivalent to the entire October holiday period.
• Other cultural events: Carnival, Holy Week, Corpus Christi, San Andrés Festival, square activities and municipal cultural programming.
• Otras ofertas culturales: Church of Santa Úrsula, Old Town Hall, Municipal Theater Cinema, Plaza de la Iglesia, La Quinta, Mirador de La Atalaya, Camino del Mar, Costa de Acentejo and natural areas of the summit and medians.