Unión Artística El Cabo has appeared in the Rondallas and lyrical groups roll of honour of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival since 1952. Up to its latest recorded award, in 2026, it has won 95 awards across 54 different editions.
In Performance, the category's main contest, it has won 10 first prizes (1972, 1975, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2026), plus 18 second prizes and 15 third prizes. Its best run: 3 wins in a row, from 2017 to 2019. It ranks 2nd among the groups with the most wins in this contest.
Outside the main contest it has also won: Soloists (12 times), Presentation (best costume) (5 times), Audience Award (3 times) and Best musical arrangement (1 time).
Its award-winning costumes were designed by Manolo Chinea (9 awards), Ely Negrín (2 awards) and Gilberto González Pérez (2 awards). Some of its winning costumes: «Nostalgia del Viejo Carnaval» (2004), «Su majestad el Carnaval» (1995), «Invierno imperial» (1994) and «Capricho del renacimiento» (1992).
Its most recent recorded award dates from 2026: 1st prize in Performance.
The lyrical-musical groups of plucked strings, the oldest in the Carnival: their contest has been held since 1925.
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