🎉 Top 10 Festivals in the Philippines (2026)

The best festivals in the Philippines in 2026, by our editorial score, are MassKara Festival, Sandugo Festival and Giant Lantern Festival (Ligligan Parul). Last updated November 5, 2026 · Methodology

Sinulog, Ati-Atihan, Panagbenga, MassKara, Kadayawan and the town fiestas worth planning a trip around.

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   MassKara Festival

   📍 Bacolod Public Plaza / Lacson Street, Bacolod, Negros Occidental · ₱

   Bacolod's smiling-mask festival organised by the Bacolod Gugma Foundation Inc. with the city government; the 47th edition ran 1–18 October 2026 with the main events from 9–18 October and closing and awarding on 25 October.

   Don't miss: Watch the MassKara street-dance competition and the Electric MassKara along Lacson Street.
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   Sandugo Festival

   📍 Tagbilaran City / Bohol Provincial Capitol, Tagbilaran, Bohol · ₱

   Bohol's month-long July festival commemorating the 1565 blood compact between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel López de Legazpi, run by the Bohol Provincial Tourism Office; it is anchored on Tagbilaran City Charter Day (1 July) and Bohol Day (22 July), with the Sandugo street-dancing competition in late July.

   Don't miss: Watch the Sandugo street-dancing competition and the re-enactment of the blood compact.
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   Giant Lantern Festival (Ligligan Parul)

   📍 Robinsons Starmills, San Jose, San Fernando, Pampanga · ₱

   The City of San Fernando's lantern competition, now in its 117th edition in 2025, in which ten barangays compete with giant parul lanterns; the 2025 competition was held on 13 December 2025 at Robinsons Starmills with exhibitions until 1 January 2026.

   Don't miss: Watch the synchronised light-and-music performance of the competing giant lanterns.

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   Dinagyang Festival

   📍 City Proper / Freedom Grandstand, Iloilo City · ₱₱

   Iloilo City's Santo Niño festival run by the Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI); the 2026 highlights used the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand and Iloilo Sports Complex, with the fluvial and foot procession on 23 January and the Ati tribes competition on the fourth Sunday of January.

   Don't miss: Watch the Ati tribes competition at the Freedom Grandstand.
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5. 5

   Pahiyas Festival

   📍 Lucban town centre, Lucban, Quezon · ₱

   Lucban's harvest festival for San Isidro Labrador every 15 May, when houses along the procession route are decorated with kiping rice wafers, fruit and vegetables; Proclamation No. 1222 declared 15 May 2026 a special non-working day in Lucban for the festival.

   Don't miss: Walk the decorated-house route and watch the afternoon procession of San Isidro Labrador.
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   Panagbenga Festival (Baguio Flower Festival)

   📍 Session Road / Burnham Park, Baguio, Benguet · ₱

   Baguio's month-long flower festival organised by the Baguio Flower Festival Foundation Inc. (BFFFI); the 30th edition in 2026 ran through February with the Grand Street Dance Parade and Grand Float Parade on the last weekend of February and Session Road in Bloom the week after.

   Don't miss: Watch the Grand Float Parade along Session Road and stay for Session Road in Bloom.

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   Kadayawan Festival

   📍 Poblacion / Roxas Avenue, Davao City · ₱

   Davao City's August thanksgiving festival run by the City Tourism Operations Office; the 2026 edition had 26 official events from 6 to 31 August, with the Pamulak and Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan parade and grand showdown on 16 August.

   Don't miss: Watch the Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan street-dance parade and the Pamulak floral float parade.

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   Kalibo Ati-Atihan Festival

   📍 Kalibo town centre, Kalibo, Aklan · ₱

   Kalibo's week-long festival honouring the Señor Santo Niño, with soot-painted revellers in tribal costume; the 2026 edition ran 14–18 January with the Sadsad Panaad contest and grand procession on the final weekend.

   Don't miss: Join the sadsad (street dancing) procession through the town centre.

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   Moriones Festival

   📍 Boac town plaza, Boac, Marinduque · ₱

   Marinduque's Holy Week festival in which masked, costumed 'morions' dressed as Roman soldiers roam the towns daily, with the Via Crucis, a Good Friday procession and the Easter Sunday pugutan (the capture and beheading of Longinus) staged at the town plaza.

   Don't miss: Watch the Easter Sunday pugutan re-enactment at the Boac town plaza.

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    Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals

    📍 Tacloban City Proper, Tacloban, Leyte · ₱

    Leyte's festival of body-painted 'pintados' dancers and the Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals, held in Tacloban City in late June ahead of the 30 June city fiesta; organisers postponed the 2025 edition to 2026.

    Don't miss: Watch the Kasadyaan street-dance showcase of Leyte's municipal festivals.

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