Events & Festivals in the Philippines

Sandugo Festival

Jul 2022

Festival held in July commemorating the March 16, 1565 Treaty of Friendship between Datu Sikatuna, a chieftain in…

T’Nalak Festival

Early 〜 Mid Jul 2022

T’nalak is a traditional cloth found in Mindanao island made be the T’boli tribe. The cloth consists mainly…

Tagum City Durian Festival

Mid Aug 〜 Mid Sep 2022

Month long festival celebrating the fruit for which the city and the region is famous

Kadayawan Festival

Mid 〜 Late Aug 2022

Week-long festival that has roots in the indigenous tribes who gathered to pray for a bountiful harvest

General Santos Tuna Festival 2022

Early 〜 Late Sep 2022

The Tuna Festival is an annual festival celebrated on the first week of September in General Santos, known…

MassKara Festival

Oct 〜 Nov 2022

The most famous festival in Bacolod, the city known across the Philippines as “The City of Smiles”. Every…

Procession of La Naval de Manila

Early Oct 2022

Our Lady of La Naval de Manila housed at Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City is one of…

Lanzones Festival

Late Oct 2022

Four-day celebration in honour of the Lanzones tree and its fruit which is a common sight in Mindanao.…

Pintaflores Festival

Early Nov 2022

Annual festival in the City of San Carlos which takes its name from the Spanish word “pinta” (tattoo)…

Binirayan Festival

Dec 2022

Literally meaning, “where they landed”, the Binirayan Festival remembers the arrival of ten Bornean datu (rulers of indigenous…

A calendar of all major festivals in the Philippines. Official online sources for festival details do not always exist and so estimated dates are provided instead.