Across plazas and parks beside the ocean, the 30th Festival TEMUDAS is bringing theatre, music, dance and circus to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria until Saturday 26 September. Running from 17 to 26 September, the festival features 54 performances, with 31 scheduled during the first week around Santa Catalina Park, Plaza de Canarias and other open-air venues. The programme pairs artists from the Canary Islands with performers connected to one of Spain’s largest performing arts exchanges. The eighth edition of Camino Escena Norte is also under way as this year’s Foco.
TEMUDAS brings public spaces together with a dense programme of local work. Daniel Abreu presents Selva, and Txema Muñoz brings Gota, while artists from the islands or based there contribute a broad range of formats and subjects. The official TEMUDAS website lists events at open-air locations across the city.
Other participants include Rocío Pozo with Liberté ‘El despertar del ser’ and Celeste Ayus Motta with El Jablero Cía. de Danza and Plumáticas. Ian Garside and Cristina Pérez Sosa appear for Peso Producciones with Esperando a Beckett. Aurora Jara brings Choriza, while Elisabet Spin and Alba Blanco represent Entropías Imposibles Teatro with Popis & Pupas, agentes de la ITV del universo.
The programme also features Fabián Lomio and Cenadefindeaño. Resonare, along with Germán Arias, artistic director of the Banda Sinfónica Municipal, and We will rock you 3.0. TEMUDAS spans spoken theatre, movement, music, street arts and circus in the city’s open-air spaces. Coverage by Canarias en Pleno and La Provincia has highlighted the scale of the 2026 programme and the concentration of its opening week around Santa Catalina.
Camino Escena Norte gives the festival a wider geographical frame. Coordinated by Nerea Soto Gutiérrez, the project connects Galicia, Cantabria, Euskadi, Navarra, La Rioja and Asturias through cultural exchange in the performing arts. Its presence in Las Palmas links the island programme to a network built around movement between territories and artistic communities, bringing the Canary Islands into wider circulation among companies and performances. The 2026 edition is the project’s eighth and uses the slogan “Latidos Escénicos”. Reports by Europa Press and El Correo say the exchange reaches nine locations in northern Spain, reflecting the growth of its interregional network.
Broadcasts from an RNE studio led by Yovanka Ramírez Sierra accompany the public programme. Marisol García Abraham is artistic director, alongside Josué Íñiguez Ollero, councillor for Culture, and Mónica Hidalgo Mateo, who coordinates the guests. Before the festival opened, the official TEMUDAS programme also included the third professional gathering A cielo abierto. La Cultura en movimiento, an industry-focused prelude to the anniversary edition.
The wider agenda extends beyond Las Palmas. Alessandra García offers a preview of ¿Tú sabes lo que es una posidonia? at Teatro del Soho de Málaga. Helena Burgos presents Libres!!! at Teatro de La Abadía de Madrid, while Ane Gabaraín takes Cantando bajo las balas to Teatre Apolo de Barcelona.
La Casa Encendida schedules Ídem 2026. Encuentro de artes vivas y comunidades from 22 to 27, curated by Rolf Abderhalden under the theme Ecotopías. Jorge García Palomo leads ¿Algún cómico en La sala? with Mario Velasco and Dani Piqueras, while Como una sonrisa joins Leticia Audibert’s “Palabras a escena”.
The 30th-anniversary edition features 54 performances, with Ballet Nacional de España in the high-profile opening programme.
