The regional government has published the official calendar in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (BOC), stating that each municipality in the archipelago is allocated two local holidays annually. For the capital of Tenerife, one of these non-working days will be May 4.

It is important to note that this May 4 holiday is not regional, meaning it will only be a non-working day within the municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In the rest of the Island and the Archipelago, it will be a regular working day.

This local festivity is part of the two non-working days that each city council can set within the labor calendar. The general regulation establishes a maximum of 14 paid and non-recoverable public holidays per year.

The calendar approved by the regional Executive details the holidays for all 88 Canarian municipalities. Each city council proposed its dates, which were subsequently validated and officially published. A notable detail is that 46 municipalities, including Santa Cruz de Tenerife, La Laguna, Arona, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, chose Carnival Tuesday as a local holiday in 2026.

In Tenerife, in addition to the May 4 holiday in Santa Cruz, each municipality has its own dates, mostly linked to patron saint celebrations or local traditions. For instance, La Orotava will celebrate Corpus Christi on June 11, while Los Realejos will have holidays on January 22 and June 1. In San Cristóbal de La Laguna, the local holiday will be on September 14.

The Canary Islands' labor calendar for 2026 maintains a total of 14 public holidays, comprising national, regional, and the two local days assigned to each municipality. These days are paid and non-recoverable, meaning workers are not required to make up for them later.