Philippine Festivals celebrated in August

CABIBI FESTIVAL : LALLO DAY
August 1- August 4 | Lal-lo, Cagayan
The patronal town fiesta of Lallo, formerly Ciudad Nueva Segovia is highlighted by an agro-industrial trade fair and street dancing competition

PADAGYAW FESTIVAL
August 1- August 5 | Dumarao, Capiz
A cultural and fiesta celebration in honor of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves.

PALAGSING FESTIVAL
August 2 | Butuan City
A competition for the longest and the best tasting palagsing

OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS PATRONAL FIESTA
August 5 | Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental
Nuestra Señora de los Nieves is the patron saint of the city, parishioners celebrate the event with the Holy Mass and a procession around the city

CORDOVA DINAGAT FESTIVAL (FISHING RITUALS)
August 5 | Cordova, Cebu
The celebration honors the town’s most prized source of livelihood-fishing. “Dinagat” means “anything” pertaining to the sea”. It showcases Cordova’s distinctive cultural heritage though authentic traditional rituals and dances.

BAKASI FESTIVAL
August 6 12 | Cordova, Cebu
The festival is a unique reinvention of the Dinagat festival. The exotic eel locally known as ”bakasi” is pecullar and abundant in Cordova.

REGATTA FESTIVAL
August 7 | Gainza, Cam. Sur
A week-long festivity aimed to preserve its culture and tradition and to promote the area as a tourist destination. Highlight is the boat race.

FRUIT FESTIVAL
August 09 – 11 | Kidapawan City, North Cotabato
Kidapawan takes its fruit growing industry to the streets literally as the city celebrates its annual fruit festival. There are cultural shows, a parade of local fruit products, a bevy of exhibits, street dancing competition and selected lectures on fruit preparation.

PAVVU RULUN FESTIVAL
August 10 17 | Tuguegarao, Cagayan
it is the patronal fiesta of the city honoring St. Hyacinth enthroned at the elevated St. Hycinth Church beside the St. Paul University Philippines. The events surrounding the festival include street dancing competition, drum and lyre competition, beauty pageant, trade fair, pancit cooking and eating contests, job fair and many more

KAADLAWAN HAN SAMAR
August 11 | Catbalogan Samar
Festivities to commemorate the foundation day of Samar

ARANDURUGAN FESTIVAL
August 12- August 17 | Guinobatan, Albay
The festival is held to coincide with the town fiesta land as a form of thanksgiving for the bounties from the land. Various activities are lined up to drumbeat the affair.

SUMAYAJAW FESTIVAL
August 14 | Jabonga, Agusan del Norte
Held during the town fiesta of Jabonga. It is a thanksgiving celebration for the bounties showered by the Heavenly Father through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Lady of Assumption-patroness of Jabonga.

KALIBONGAN FESTIVAL (HORSE FIGHT & BLOOD COMPACT)
August 15 | Kidapawan City, N. Cotabato
August 14 marks the celebration of the Kalibongan Festival. Kalibongan is a manobo term for a Grand Festival which is celebrated yearly in Kidapawan, Cotabato. The Manobos, Bagobos, and other highland tribes from the different parts of the province go down to Kidapawan to show off and proudly display their tradition and cultural heritage. The natives display thier own version of “party” with a traditional horsefight, a “blood compact” peace ceremony, etc.

LUBI-LUBI (COCONUT) FESTIVAL
August 15 | Calubian, Leyte
The humble coconut tree gets its day in the spotlight as the town celebrates its Lubi-Lubi Festival.

CORON FESTIVAL
August 15- August 17 | Tiwi, Albay
“Coron” is a Bicol dialect meaning clay-pot or potteries of which the town of Tiwi is popularly known for. Thus, the festival’s main feature is the municipalities pottery industry which is done with skills passed from parents to children and perfected through long years of practice without the benefit of written manuals.

SIRONG FESTIVAL
August 15 | Cantilan, Surigao del Sur
A war dance between Muslims and Christians, reflecting the Christianization of the early Cantillanons

KADAYAWAN SA DABAW
Davao City
A festival celebrating the city’’s bountiful harvest in a form of grand colorful parade of orchid-bedecked floats and tribal street dancing.

BANKATON
August 20 | Lavezares, N. Samar
Exciting motorboat race in honor of the town’s patron saint

KALUBIHAN FESTIVAL
August 21- August 28 | Jordan, Guimaras
A festivity in support of the National Coconut Week Celebration which recognizes the efforts of the coconut farmers and other stakeholders of the province.

QUIPIA FESTIVAL
August 25- August 29 | Jovellar, Albay
“Quipia” was formerly the name of the municipality. Held annually in time for its fiesta celebration, the festival features various events highlighted by a street presentation.

TSINELAS FESTIVAL
August 25 | City of Gapan, Nueva Ecija
To mark the anniversary of the town’s cityhood, Gapan City holds its annual Tsinelas Festival, with street dancing, parade of floats decorated with regular to gigantic 7 ft. slippers the famous slippers bazaar. The festival is aimed at bolstering the new city’s claim as the North Slippers Capital.

KAGAY-AN FESTIVAL
Cagayan de Oro City
A celebration of the annual fiesta in honor of its Patron, Saint Agustine; with a mardigras type of street dancing participated in by contingents from school & civic organizations

ALCALA TOWN FIESTA
August 26 | Alcala, Cagayan
The local government unit of Alcala has highlighted the agricultural products of Alcala town like corn and rice and presented a local street dancing version and the colonial past of the town depicted in its centuries-old church- St. Phillomene Church

FEAST OF ST. AUGUSTINE
Pulupandan, Negros Occidental
Annual fiesta of Barangay Ubay.

JINAWA FESTIVAL
August 27- August 28 | Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte
A local rendition of the classic Christian-moro conflict interpreted through songs and dances.

PALADONG FESTIVAL
August 28 | Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur
The art of performing the ritual of “ladong” conducted by a “landongan”.

KALUMUNAN FESTIVAL
August 28 | San Agustin, Surigao del Sur
A reunion of relatives and friends during town fiesta of San Agustin celebrated through street dancing.

BUYOGAN FESTIVAL
August 28 | Abuyog, Leyte
“Buyog” (bees) dancer depict the origin of the town’s name in a well choreographed dance.

TURUMBA
August 30 | Teresa, Rizal
This is done every year during the feast of Saint Rose of Lima called “Turumba sa Birhen”, which means a unique dance dedicated to Saint Rose of Lima, the patron saint of Teresa