The City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, through the Autonomous Organism of Festivities and Recreational Activities (OAFAR), will celebrate this Friday, January 31, in the Paseo Teniente Francisco Grandi Giraud -in front of Plaza España-, the opening ceremony of Carnival 2025. There will be 1,063 seats for the public, who will have access to the seats by invitation, which can be collected on a first-come, first-served basis at the same access door on the day of the event, until full capacity is reached. Access will be open from 8:30 p.m. onwards.
The mayor of the city, José Manuel Bermúdez, stressed the importance of an event “that in recent years has had a huge reception by the carnival and carnival and where we will meet all the candidates for queens, in an edition that is generating a lot of expectation.
For his part, the councilman of Fiestas, Javier Caraballero, wanted to thank “the involvement of candidates, designers, sponsors and families throughout these months and I am convinced that they will put the level of this year very high”.
Wendy Fuentes, once again this year, will be in charge of conducting this first date of the Carnival of the Secrets of Africa, which will begin at 9:30 pm and will last just over an hour. This will be the starting signal of the edition, through which will pass the 34 aspiring Carnival Queen in its three modalities, to know, in that act, the order in which they will participate in their contests.
To enliven this gala will be the participation of the queens of Carnival 2024, Afro-Canarian artists and the comparsas of the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In addition, at this event, the presenters of the various acts of the edition will be unveiled, which will be part of a show that will start with the presence of the queens of 2024 and with an overture that will immerse the audience, from the first minute, in the Secrets of Africa, with performances as significant as that of Marieme Abdoulaye.
Under the direction of Jep Meléndez, the event will be broadcast live on Radio Televisión Canaria for the entire archipelago.