Date

October 2

KINILAW FESTIVAL

Venue: Surigao City

A festival showcasing different styles in preparing a "kinilaw" (raw fish delicacy). It also features the variety of fish, seafoods and other marine products in the locality.

DOT-Region XIII
Tel. # (085) 341-8413/225-5712/
815-3323/815-6040

October 8

LUBI-LUBI FESTIVAL

Venue: Glan,
Sarangani Province

A festival showing various uses of the coconut tree and its by products through dances and street revelry.

DOT-Region XII
Tel. # (064) 421-1110/7868

Mr. Larry Asparin
Provincial Tourism Office
Tel. # (083) 508-2195

October 23-25

LANZONES FESTIVAL

Venue: Camiguin Island

Showcases agro-industrial products, cultural presentations highlighted by street dancing competitions and lanzones picking.

DOT-Region X
Tel. # (08822) 726-394/723-696

Mr. Catalino Chan III
Camiguin Tourism Officer
Tel. # (088) 387-1079

October 26-28

BANAYAN FESTIVAL

Venue: Banaybanay, Davao Oriental

A thanksgiving celebration giving tribute to the town's main product - RICE, the municipality being the rice bowl of Southern Mindanao

DOT-Region XI
Tel. # (082) 221-0070

November 12

PUTONG POLO FESTIVAL

Venue: Polo,
Valenzuela City

As part of the San Diego de Alcala Feast Day, it is one of the unique food festival in the country which features the famous Putong Polo, the small but classy "kakanin" which was originally created in the town of Polo, Valenzuela. Proof of this is the name itself which is the old name of Valenzuela when it was still part of Bulacan. The festival is highlighted by a parade of different artistic creation using the Putong Polo as the medium for designing and building the creations. There will be a parade of competing Mini Float, Headdress and Andas creations and a Trade Fair Exhibit of different locally manufactured products.

DOT-NCR
Tel. # 525-7082/524-8311

Mr. Barcelito de Sotto
Valenzuela City Aultural Affairs & Tourism Development Office
Tel. # 443-2729/291-0672

Every 2nd weekend of December

PARAYAN FESTIVAL

Venue: Pototan, Iloilo

The Parayan Festival is a grand celebration of the Earth and one of its primary products - 'rice'. Pototan, as the rice granary of Western Visayas, considers the Parayan Festival as their supreme gesture of thanksgiving for what Mother Earth has bestowed upon their fertile soils. This harvest festival also honors the hardworking rice farmers as one of our economy's unsung heroes.

DOT-Region VI
Tel. # (033) 337-5411/509/3550

Parayan Festival Secretariat
Tel. # (033) 529-8716

 

December 11-16

COFFEE FESTIVAL

Venue: Lipa City

The coffee festival was conceived to showcase the long reign of Lipa as the coffee granary of the Philippines. It includes trade fair and tiange,'Karera ng Tiburin', search for Barako ng Bayan, and parlor games.

DOT-Region IV
Tel. # 524-1969/1528

Lipa City Tourism Council
Tel. # (043) 312-1399/312-0360

December 14-16

BOD-BOD FESTIVAL

Venue: Tanjay City,
Negros Oriental

The festival gives emphasis to this native delicacy made of glutinous rice, coconut milk, sugar and salt. It features the biggest Bod-bod that would weigh as much as eighty kilos and requires ten persons to prepare the delicacy, and the smallest Bod-bod that would come served inside a matchbox. Bod-bod making contest gives the Tanjayanons the chance to show their natural expertise on the art of making the delicacy. While Bod-bod eating contest twill give the town's visitors the real treat of their lives when they outdo each one in consuming a winnow (nigo) of the delicacy.

DOT-Region VII
Tel. # (032) 254-6077/6650/3534

 

December 26-28

PUTO FESTIVAL

Venue: Calasiao,
Pangasinan

Celebration of the town's major produce, rice cake (puto). Some of the highlights are Best Puto design contest. Best ways to present puto, street dancing and cultural performances.

DOT-Region I
Tel. # (072) 888-2411/700-5780

Mayor's Office