A Compilation of Major Fiestas in the Philippines

When		What	Where
January	1	New Year's Day	Nationwide
	6	Three King's Pageant	Sta. Cruz, Marinduque
	9	Feast of the Black Nazarene	Quiapo, Metro Manila
3rd weekend Variable		Ati-Atihan Appey (Harvest Festival) Binirayan Manerway (Rain Dance Festival)	Kalibo, Aklan Bontoc, Mt. Province San Jose, Antique Bontoc, Mt. Province
	10	Sto. Niño de Cebu	Cebu City
February	1-7	Armadahan Regatta	Laguna de Bay
	2	Feast of Our Lady of Candelaria	Jaro, Iloilo
	11	Feast of Our Lady of Rosary	Kanlaon, Quezon City
Variable		Hari Raya Hadj Chinese New Year	Muslim communities Chinatown, Metro Manila
	24-25	Bale Zamboanga Festival	Zamboanga
March	10-16	Araw ng Dabaw	Davao City
Variable		Holy Week	Nationwide
Lenten Week		Moriones Festival	Boac, Marinduque
Variable		Baguio Summer Festival	Baguio City
	25	Sinulog Festival	Ilog, Negros Occidental
April	9	Bataan Day	Nationwide
Variable		Feast of Virgen de Turumba	Pakil, Laguna
May	1	Labor Day	Nationwide
	6	Fall of Corregidor	Corregidor,Bataan
	7-8	International Sea Fair	Balangit, Bataan
	14-15	Carabao Festival	Pulilan, Bulacan
	15	Feast of San Isidro Labrador	Sariaya, Lucban, Quezon
	15-17	Obando Festival	Obando, Bulacan
	1-31	Santacruzan	Various places
	1-31	Flores de Mayo	Various places
	1-31	Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace & Good Voyage	Antipolo, Rizal
Variable		Moro-moros	San Dionisio, Paranaque, Metro, Manila
June	Variable	Pista ng Kruz	Obando, Bulacan
	12	Independence Day	Nationwide
	24	Halaran Festival San Juan (water dousing)	Roxas City, Capiz San Juan, Metro Manila
	27	Our Lady of Perpetual Help	Baclaran, Metro Manila
	29	Fluvial parade in honor of St. Peter	Apalit, Pampanga
Variable		Maolod en Nabih	Muslim communities
Last Friday		Feast of the Sacred Heart	Lucban, Quezon
July	1-30	Harvest Festival	Mt. Province
	4	Fil-American Friendship Day	Nationwide
First Sunday		Pagoda sa Wawa	Bocaue, Bulacan
	29	Fluvial Festival for St. Martha	Pateros, Metro Manila
August	19	Lucban Town Fiesta	Lucban, Quezon
Variable		Lesles Festival (planting rites) Fagfagto Festival (planting rites) Sumbali (Aeta festival)	Bontoc, Mt. Province Bontoc, Mt. Province Bayombong, Nueva Ecija
September	Variable	Sunduan	Paranaque, Metro Manila
Third Sunday		Peñafrancia Festival	Naga City, Camarines Sur
	21	Thanksgiving Day	Nationwide
October	3	Feast of Our Lady of Solitude	Porta Vaga, Cavite
Second Sunday		La Naval de Manila	Quezon City
	19	Turumba (fertility rites)	Pakil, Laguna
Last Sunday		Feast of Christ the King	Metro Manila
November	1	All Saint's Day	Nationwide (Catholic feast)
	2	All Soul's Day	Nationwide
Variable		Hari Raya Pusasa	Muslim communities
December	16	Start of Misa de Gallo	Catholic towns and cities
	24	Maytinis (re-enactment of Mary and Joseph's search for room in Jerusalem)	Kawit, Cavite
	16-25	Simbang Gabi (Midnight Mass) Lantern Festival	Nationwide (Catholic) San Fernando, Pampanga
Last Sunday		Bota de Flores	Ermita, Manila

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John Reyes
Salaza, Palauig, Zambales
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