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Fuerteventura’s annual events calendar mixes traditional Canarian religious festivals, international wind sports competitions, and increasingly popular music and food events. Most major celebrations are concentrated in the cooler months from January through March (Carnival) and September through November (religious pilgrimages and kite festivals). The summer months from June through August are dedicated to water sports competitions and outdoor concerts. Most events are free to attend. For help planning your trip around the best weather windows, see our best time to visit Fuerteventura guide. For more, see our travel tips and FAQ.
Fuerteventura Events: Winter and Spring (January to April)
Carnival (February or March, dates vary annually)
Carnival is the island’s biggest annual celebration, held in the weeks leading up to Ash Wednesday. Puerto del Rosario hosts the largest parade with elaborate floats, costumes, drag queen galas, and all-night street parties. Corralejo, Gran Tarajal, and Morro Jable each run their own smaller carnivals on different weekends, so you can catch multiple celebrations across a 3-week window. The main parade in Puerto del Rosario typically starts at 6pm on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday and runs along Avenida MarÃtima. The Carnival Queen gala and drag queen competition are ticketed events (roughly 10 to 15 euros) held in the municipal recinto ferial. Street attendance is free. Book accommodation months in advance if visiting during Carnival week. For more details, check our neighborhood guide.
Semana Santa (Holy Week, March or April)
Easter week is observed with religious processions in Betancuria, Pájara, and Puerto del Rosario. The processions are solemn, candlelit affairs with life-sized religious statues carried through the streets, accompanied by marching bands. It is not the theatrical spectacle of mainland Spanish Semana Santa (Seville, Málaga) but it offers an authentic small-island religious experience. Most businesses close on Good Friday. Hotels often run at 80 to 90 percent occupancy from Spanish mainland tourists taking the week off. For more details, check our things to do in Fuerteventura.
Feria Insular de ArtesanÃa (Insular Craft Fair, usually May)
Held in Antigua (inland from Caleta de Fuste), this annual craft fair showcases traditional majorero crafts including open-work embroidery (calado), basket weaving from palm fronds, pottery, and cheese-making. Local goat farmers sell their award-winning queso majorero (PDO-protected, made from Majorera goat milk). The fair runs for a weekend with free entry. It is the best place on the island to buy authentic souvenirs that are not mass-produced resort shop items. For more details, check our Fuerteventura weather by month.
Fuerteventura Events: Summer (June to August)
Fuerteventura Kiteboarding World Cup (late July or early August)
One of the stops on the GKA Kite World Tour, this 5-day competition at Sotavento Beach (Risco del Paso) brings the world’s best kiteboarders to compete in freestyle and big air disciplines. The event is free to watch from the beach, with a dedicated spectator zone, live commentary, and food and drink stalls. Sotavento’s flat-water lagoon at low tide provides ideal competition conditions. Exact dates are announced in spring each year. The René Egli Centre next to the competition area offers taster kite sessions for spectators inspired by what they see. Accommodation in Costa Calma and Morro Jable books out during competition week.
Fuerteventura en Música (July and August, various venues)
A summer-long music festival series with free open-air concerts in towns across the island including Puerto del Rosario, Corralejo, Gran Tarajal, and Morro Jable. Genres range from Latin and jazz to Canarian folk and international pop. The biggest names typically play at the Playa Blanca concert venue in Puerto del Rosario. Most concerts start around 9pm. The full programme is published in June on the Cabildo de Fuerteventura website. All concerts are free.
Fuerteventura Events: Autumn and Winter (September to December)
RomerÃa de la Virgen de la Peña (Third Saturday of September)
Fuerteventura’s most important religious pilgrimage honours the island’s patron saint, the Virgen de la Peña (Our Lady of the Rock). The main event is a procession from the Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña in Vega de RÃo Palmas (near Betancuria) with participants in traditional Canarian dress, ox-drawn carts, and folk music. Local families set up food and drink stalls along the route selling goat meat, papas arrugadas (wrinkled potatoes with mojo sauce), and local wine. The pilgrimage starts in the morning and runs through mid-afternoon. Arrive by 9am if you want to walk the full route. Parking fills up fast in the narrow valley.
Fuerteventura International Kite Festival (November, Corralejo Dunes)
Not to be confused with the kiteboarding competition, the Kite Festival is a 3-day family event held at the Grandes Playas area of the Corralejo Dunes where giant show kites (some over 30 metres long) fill the sky. International kite flyers from Europe and beyond bring elaborate designs including dragons, whales, and geometric patterns. There are kite-making workshops for children and night-time illuminated kite displays along the beach. Free entry and parking. The exact dates are usually the second weekend of November. The winds at the dunes in November are typically strong enough for the big display kites. Bring a wind jacket and sunglasses.
Christmas and New Year (December 24 to January 6)
Christmas in Fuerteventura is celebrated with a mix of Spanish traditions and resort-style festivities. Most hotels and resorts host Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve gala dinners (booking required, typically 60 to 120 euros per person). The main shopping street in Puerto del Rosario (Calle Primero de Mayo) puts up lights and a Christmas market runs in the plaza from mid-December. The bigger celebration in Spain is Three Kings Day (January 5 to 6) with the Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos parade through the streets of Puerto del Rosario on the evening of January 5. Expect hotel rates to be at their winter peak from December 20 to January 5. Also see our where to stay.
