The historic center of La Laguna will host on Tuesday, October 31, the celebration of a new edition of the Isla Calavera Tenerife Zombie Walk, a fun event aimed at audiences of all ages organized by the Festival de Cine Fantástico de Canarias Ciudad de La Laguna, with the sponsorship of the Municipal Corporation, through the area of Culture of the City Council.
This Friday, October 20, took place the presentation ceremony of the proposal, which was attended by the co-director of the Festival, Daniel Fumero, and the mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, who reiterated the municipal support for this initiative, which has been consolidated among the population of La Laguna since its premiere and that, surely, will repeat the success of the last edition.
One more year, the "undead" will invade the streets of the city in this awaited family leisure activity. The popular actor and comedian Aarón Gómez will repeat as master of ceremonies of this zombie encounter with animation, in which the band Crearte Unión Musical de Tejina, the comparsa Los Joroperos and Renzzo El Selector will also participate, and which will have a gastronomic space with foodtrucks.
As part of the eve of All Saints, the Plaza del Adelantado will host the free makeup tents that, from 17:00 hours, will open to the public to characterize as the classic zombies, or "walking dead" popularized by film, television, comics and fantasy literature to anyone who wants to participate in the fourth edition of the Isla Calavera Tenerife Zombie Walk. They can also come in costume and make-up from home.
This will be the starting point of the "zombie march", which will start at 20:00 hours and will consist of the route of all participants in the direction of the Plaza de la Concepción through the street Obispo Rey Redondo and back to the starting point by Herradores street. Once the parade is over, awards will be given to the most dedicated participants on the stage set up in the Plaza del Adelantado. There will be three categories, Best Zombie (costume), Best Walker (zombie performance) and Best Group, as well as several special mentions.
The first installments of the Isla Calavera Tenerife Zombie Walk took place in 2018 and 2019 and the event returned after the pandemic in 2022 with great success to return this year, for Halloween, within the program of parallel activities of the seventh edition of the Festival Isla Calavera de Cine Fantástico de Canarias Ciudad de La Laguna, which will take place from November 10 to 19.
