The event is celebrated every year in the month of February in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

The main Parade or Cavalcade is viewed by 200,000 people every year along a six kilometer route that runs through the city.

[5] The Gala of the Drag Queen is an event of the Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

It consists of a concert and a television show in which the main event is a pageant of drag queens, enlivened with other performances of singers and dance numbers.

In the drag queens contest, the artistic talent, the dance, and the interpretation of a musical number are valued.