Violetas is the LGBTIQ+ association of La Palma, and on an island with almost no commercial queer infrastructure it is the thing that holds the scene together.
The association organises the island's Pride week, including the Orgullo Chiquito that fills the streets of Tazacorte in summer, and it builds the social programme of the Isla Bonita Love Festival together with the island government. It has also commissioned research into what queer life looks like in small rural communities, which on La Palma is the everyday case rather than the exception.
The office is on the fourth floor of a business building in the centre of Los Llanos de Aridane. For a visitor it is the place to ask what is on while you are here, and the number to call if something goes wrong.
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