Thursday July 20th, 2017

Santa Ana is host to a new night of “D’Canarios” featuring Polo Ortí, Powafunk and Xerach Peñate

The second night of concerts in the Santa Ana Square (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) will feature a complete session of Canarian artists who will stage their performances for the fans & followers of the Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken, starting at 21:00 hours. The show D’Canarios features acts by the pianist from Tenerife, now settled in Valencia, Polo Ortí and his group; saxophonist from Gran Canaria, now resident in Barcelona Charlie Moreno, leading his band Powafunk; and the young drummer Xerach Peñate presenting her debut album, titled Tizziri. + INFO

Wednesday July 19th, 2017

The square adjacent to ‘El Almacén’ is the venue programmed by the Festival Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken for performances by Palo! and ‘King’ Solomon Hicks

Following its presence on the island of La Graciosa in the inaugural concert, the Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken visits Arrecife this Friday with concerts featuring two North American groups, Palo! and ‘King’ Solomon Hicks. The free-entrance concerts will take place in the Plaza de El Almacén (Square adjacent to ‘El Almacen/The Warehouse), and will start at 21:00 hours. + INFO

Wednesday July 19th, 2017

Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles, are the star billing for the first night of concerts in the public square of Santa Ana

Santa Ana prepares to host its first night of concerts programmed for the 26th edition of the Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken, which will be held this Thursday 20 July, commencing at 21:00 hours. And it does so in style staging a great show, featuring one of the star groups of this edition, led by Snarky Puppy’s keyboard player, Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles. To add to the billing are performances by two local groups to entertain the loyal fans & followers of this event. The first one is BlueInGreen, led by saxophonist Morgan Hernández; and the other is a personal project led by Gran Canarian Paco Perera. The show commences at 21:00 hours. + INFO

Tuesday July 18th, 2017

Bill Frisell opens the final week of the Festival Canarias Jazz & Más Canarias with two concerts

The Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken faces its last week with a programme that stages 21 concerts distributed between Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. US guitarrist Bill Frisell will be the first to feature at these final five sessions with two paid-entrance concerts at the Pérez Galdós Theatre (Wednesday 19th at 21.00 hours), and the Guimerá Theatre (Thursday 20th at 21.00 hours). Entrance tickets for both concerts are priced at 20 euros. + INFO

Thursday July 13th, 2017

Vecindario and Santa Brígida take their place in the Festival Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken’s programme with open-air concerts

The municipalities of Santa Lucía de Tirajana and Santa Brígida are hosts on 14 & 15 July, respectively, to four concerts at the 26th edition of the Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz & Más Heineken. On Friday, Becca Stevens and Ximo Tebar will take the stage in the public square – Plaza de San Rafael in Vecindario, starting at 21.00 hours (free-entrance). And on Saturday at the same time, Ivan Lins and Ella at 100, The Latin Side of Ella Fitzgerald, will stage their performances in the Municipal Park of Santa Brígida. + INFO