This is held on the feast day of San Isidro on May 15th in the farming towns of San Isidro (Nueva Ecija); Pulilan (Bulacan); and Angono (Rizal). Continue reading “Carabao Festival”
PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS
Another Filipino festival?
The people of the Philippines love to celebrate.
Holidays are filled with music and dancing, often with colorful costumes, and always with lots of food!
Ang daming piyesta! So many fiestas!
Annual Festivals of the Philippines
Moriones Festival of Marinduque during Holy Week
Listahan ng Mga Taunang Kapistahan sa Pilipinas
PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS IN JANUARY
Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan – January
Sinulog Festival of Cebu – third Sunday of January
January 19, 2025
Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo – fourth Sunday of January
January 26, 2025
Moriones Festival of Marinduque
March 30 – April 15, 2026
The Moriones Festival is a folk-religious event held annually during Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, considered the geographical heart of the Philippines.
MARDI GRAS in the Philippines?
Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday,” the day before Ash Wednesday of the Holy Week that ends on Easter Sunday. But in the Philippines “Mardi Gras” refers to a street carnival that’s celebrated during other times of the year, not during Lent.
Ati-Atihan Festival of Kalibo
January 18, 2026
The Ati-Atihan Festival is held every year in January in Kalibo, the capital of Aklan province. It is a two-week festival that ends on the third Sunday of the month.
Kalibo has been known for its Ati-Atihan before all the other neighboring provinces started their own.
Continue reading “Ati-Atihan Festival of Kalibo”
Metro Manila Film Festival
December 25, 2016
The Metro Manila Film Festival is an annual event during the Christmas season in the Philippines. Continue reading “Metro Manila Film Festival”
Kadayawan Festival of Davao
August 8-17, 2025
Davao City has been celebrating the Kadayawan Festival every third week of August since its beginning in 1988.
Called the “festival of all festivals,” it focuses on Davao’s cultures and arts, and acknowledges its indigenous people, as well as being a thanksgiving for the bounty of Davao’s harvest of agricultural products, especially fruits and flowers.
The festival’s name is from the friendly greeting “Madayaw” — the Dabawenyo word “dayaw” means good, valuable, superior or beautiful.
The grand finale of the 2017 Kadayawan sa Davao Festival is on August 20 (Sunday).
Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon
The Philippines’ most colorful harvest festival
The Pahiyas Festival is a harvest fest celebrated every year on May 15 in Lucban, Quezon. It is in honor of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers in the Philippines. Lucban is situated at the foot of Mount Banahaw.