This one is especially for foodies.
Thursday tapas is a weekly event happening in the old town of Las Palmas – Vegueta. It’s cheap, delicious and fun! All the bars offer different tapas and beer/wine for coins in exchange! Some of them also make delicious mojitos!
Go in the early hours, like 7PM-8PM, as the place tends to get packed. Everyone wants to stuff their bellies! Everyone gets out on the streets, there are street musicians, students, locals, backpackers and really, all kinds of people.
Normally hostels in LPGC organise a get together with all the guests and they go out for tapas. Go with your hostel group and get to know them. If you’re not staying in a hostel, go by yourself and mingle with the groups. Canary people and true backpackers are always very social and up for a chat.
Every time we went there, we stayed until the police chased us away and then later hit the nearby clubs, but that is of course optional.