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Joe Cocker has a date in La Laguna

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

British blues legend Joe Cocker has switched the venue of his Tenerife concert on July 10 to the Pabellon Santiago Martin in La Laguna. Sheffield-born Cocker, who will be 63 by the time of the concert, embarked on a mammoth Europe-wide tour this month that will see him play 34 venues in Spain, Greece, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, France, Ireland, England, Holland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Norway and Denmark in little over two months. He has two dates in the Canary Islands, in La Laguna on July 10 and Gran Canaria the following day. Now based in America, Cocker’s musical career goes back over 40 years to his first UK number one in November 1968, a cover version of the Beatles song With a Little Help from My Friends. He followed it up with Delta Lady but then hit the big time in the States ...

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Jazz festival set to become an annual event

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

A festival linking jazz music to dance takes place in La Orotava in the north of Tenerife on Saturday May 5. It is the second time the Jazzindance festival has been staged and it seems likely it will become a permanent fixture on the island’s cultural calendar. Admission to the festival, being staged in the town’s historic Plaza de Constitucíon, is free. A number of British performers are taking part, including the Jazzcotech Dancers from London, who will be organising a Jazzindance Workshop between 10.30am and 2.30pm. In the evening, a series of Jazz gigs and DJ sets takes place on two stages, starting at 9pm and going on into the small hours.

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Cocker brings heart and soul to Auditorio

Friday, April 20th, 2007

British blues legend Joe Cocker will appear in concert in Tenerife on July 10 during his summer European tour. The Sheffield-born star, who will be 63 by the time of the concert, starts a mammoth Europe-wide tour in June that takes in Spain, Greece, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, France, Ireland, England, Holland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Norway and Denmark – a punishing schedule of 34 venues in all in little over two months. He has two dates in the Canary Islands, at the Auditorio in Santa Cruz on July 10 and Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, the following day. Cocker’s musical career, which spans over 40 years, kicked off when he had his first UK number one in November 1968, a cover version of the Beatles song With a Little Help from My Friends. He had a second UK hit with Delta Lady but the real ...

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Paragliding festival lures the world’s best

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

The skies over Socorro beach in the north of Tenerife will be ablaze with colour between April 27 and May 1 when the third Los Realejos International Paragliding Festival takes place. The five-day festival will feature some of the world’s leading exponents of the arts of paragliding, hang gliding and parachuting. The festival has quickly established itself on the international schedule of paragliding events, due in no small part to the fact that Tenerife offers perfect all-year-round conditions for the sport. At the first staging of the event two years ago, two new world records were set, one for paramotor altitude at 5,395 metres and the other in acrobatics when 75 manoeuvres were achieved in a vertical tumble of 1,900 metres, massively overhauling the previous record of 30. The first day of this year’s festival will be devoted to a welcoming party, checking of participants’ ...

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Street arts festival crams in a lot

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

MUECA 2007 kicks off tomorrow (Friday March 23), bringing another dimension to the cultural diversity of Puerto de la Cruz in the north of Tenerife. The International Street Arts Festival, now in its third year, takes place in the central streets, squares and around the harbour of Puerto, with a staggering 73 performances lined up over the three days. Entry to most of the activities is free. Last year the festival drew an estimated 15,000 visitors to the town. This event is a cultural showcase for Canarian innovation in comedy, theatre, dancing, music, photography, painting. Arts from a house

These include shows such as a vertical dance group, who perform on the sides of buildings; a theatre company who out their audiences ...

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