Lanzarote’s cultural agenda for October 2026 closes with the Finaos and Halloween all over the island: from Thursday the 29th to Monday the 2nd there are roasted chestnuts, parrandas, street theater and haunted houses in Tías, Puerto del Carmen, Haría, Tinajo, Teguise, La Graciosa and Playa Blanca. Ocean films come to Jameos del Agua on the 30th and 31st.

What October has already brought

Arrecife en Vivo closed its 13th edition on Saturday the 10th, and the month brought Ritmos del Mundo, the fiestas of Charco del Palo, Femés, El Islote and El Cuchillo, LATAM VIVE, FICMEC’s environmental films, the 14th Palabras al Vuelo, Keroxen at Cueva de los Verdes, Matria at Jameos and the Ocean Lava triathlon in Puerto del Carmen.

→ Arrecife en Vivo 2026: how this year’s edition went
→ Arrecife en Vivo: the festival’s story and how to experience it
→ Palabras al Vuelo 2026
→ Ocean Lava Lanzarote 2026

Finaos and Halloween (October 29 – November 2)

The Finaos is the Canary Islands’ night of remembrance for the dead, with roasted chestnuts, nuts and folk music. What it is and how to experience it, in our guide to the Noche de los Finaos in Lanzarote. Here is the program in each town.

Tías and Puerto del Carmen. On Thursday the 29th at 7:30 pm, a spooky parade runs from Calle Bajamar to Plaza del Varadero in Puerto del Carmen, followed by a haunted house. On Friday the 30th, the Finaos night starts at 5:30 pm in Plaza Leandro Fajardo in Tías, with chestnuts, cheese and mistela, street theater at 6:45 pm and the Guágaro Festival with A Maristela at 8 pm at the Teatro Municipal. On Saturday the 31st, the Teatro del Terror (5–7 pm, with a receipt for €20 of shopping at participating stores), a costume contest, a parade at 7 pm, and a youth night for ages 12 and up in Plaza El Pavón.

Haría. On Friday the 30th, Noche de finados, Actúa Teatro’s theatrical walking route through the village. Free, for all ages, in Spanish.

Tinajo. On Friday the 30th at 5:30 pm, the play El conjuro de Malleya at the Teatro Municipal (free invitations from the town’s culture office). On Saturday the 31st, Tinajoween in Plaza de San Roque from 5 pm, with workshops, a costume contest at 6 pm and a haunted house from 6:30 to 9:30 pm; at 8:30 pm, a concert of requiems in the municipal cemetery. On Sunday the 1st, from 5:30 pm in Plaza César Manrique, the play Finaos siglo XIX, a nut-basket workshop and the Pal Porrón parranda at 7:30 pm. On Monday the 2nd at 8:30 pm, another evening of music in the old cemetery.

Teguise and La Graciosa. On Saturday the 31st in La Villa: a family workshop making baskets of nuts at 6 pm in Plaza Maciot de Bethencourt, the El Golpito parranda at 7 pm and the Finaos siglo XIX theater route through the historic center at 8 pm. On La Graciosa, storytelling and a chestnut-decorating workshop from 4 to 6 pm at the Centro Sociocultural Inocencia Páez.

Playa Blanca. On Saturday the 31st from 5 pm, Halloween in Plaza del Carmen with face-painting workshops, a mini disco and a parade. At 8:30 pm, a talk on the Franciscans as the first evangelizers of the Canaries at the Casa de la Cultura in Yaiza, in Spanish.

Exhibitions: El Almacén and La Casa Amarilla

El Almacén, in Arrecife, has four free exhibitions through January 16: Wild Palms, by Germán Páez; Marina Abramović’s video performance Cleaning the Mirror II; Atlas Lanzarote, by María Rosa Aránega; and large-format portraits by Jesús Madriñán. At La Casa Amarilla, Las sAlas de Arte, by Rosana. 30 años de Lunas Rotas stays open through Saturday, November 14, with free entry.

Calendar for the last days of October (29–31)

Oct 29 · Lanzarote Fashion Weekend: talk with designers María Escoté and Raquel García Hammerhoj, 7 pm, Arrecife Gran Hotel. Free, in Spanish.
Oct 29 · Cine Juventud: Soy Nevenka, by Icíar Bollaín, 7 pm, Multicines Atlántida (Arrecife). Free with a ticket.
Oct 29 · Documentary Volcania, vida en Marte and Q&A, 8 pm, Cine Buñuel. €3.
Oct 30 · Fado with Soraia Cardoso, 8 pm, El Almacén. €10.
Oct 30 · Mujeres que Cuentan storytelling, 8 pm, La Casona de Femés.
Oct 30 and 31 · International Ocean Film Tour: five documentaries about the sea, 7 pm, Jameos del Agua Auditorium.
Oct 31 · Pantalla Chinija children’s film, noon, Casa de la Cultura, Yaiza.
All month · ¡Amarillo a la vista! recycling campaign on the beaches of Puerto del Carmen and Playa Blanca.

Tips for the month

Saturday the 31st has events in Tías, Tinajo, Teguise and Playa Blanca at the same time, and Sunday the 1st is the All Saints’ public holiday: check opening hours before you go. If you find a shearwater on the ground at night, put it in a box and call 112; more in our guide to sustainable tourism in Lanzarote. The weather and sea, in Lanzarote in October.

Coming up in November

On Thursday the 5th, the Literature Festival continues with Pola Oloixarac and the Cine Buñuel screens a documentary about César Manrique. Veintinueve Trece fills Arrecife with photography from the 9th to the 14th, and Saborea Lanzarote has moved to March 2027. The whole month is in the Lanzarote Cultural Agenda for November 2026.

→ And if you missed last month: Lanzarote Cultural Agenda September 2026

Published: Oct 1, 2026. Updated: Oct 28, 2026. Official sources: Cabildo de Lanzarote, Cultura Lanzarote, Ayuntamiento de Tías, Ayuntamiento de Haría, Ayuntamiento de Tinajo, Ayuntamiento de Teguise, Ayuntamiento de Yaiza, Arrecife en Vivo, International Ocean Film Tour.