What's on in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Las Palmas is the big city of the Canaries — a proper Atlantic port and capital with a historic quarter, the Vegueta, and one of the best city beaches anywhere in Spain, the long golden curve of Las Canteras. It's a real working metropolis, not a resort, with year-round life that has nothing to do with the holiday season.

The events match that scale. The biggest is St John's Night on Las Canteras Beach, when bonfires and fireworks bring half the city onto the sand for midsummer. Granca Live Fest pulls in big-name acts, and the long-running Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken festival fills venues across the city each summer. Here's what's on while you're here.