Six festivals
One of these is cancelled for 2026 and most listings still have it as an April highlight. That is the reason this page exists rather than pointing you at a calendar someone wrote in 2019.
Scheduled
Naga City, Camarines Sur · September, third Saturday and the days around it
The largest Marian devotion in the Philippines. The image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is carried from the old shrine to the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral in the Traslacion, and returns to the Basilica nine days later by river, on a barge, accompanied by thousands of male devotees called voyadores. In 2026 the Traslacion is 11 September and the Fluvial Procession is 19 September at 3pm.
Source · Naga City Tourism Office, 2026 schedule
Cancelled for 2026
Albay, province-wide · Usually April to May
Albay’s provincial festival, built around the Daragang Magayon legend that gives Mayon its name. Street dancing, provincial competitions and a month of events centred on Legazpi.
Source · Provincial Government of Albay, 18 March 2026
Check with the city before travelling
Legazpi City, Albay · Usually October
Named for the Ibalong epic and its heroes. A street pageant built around the region’s own origin story rather than a colonial one, which makes it unusual among Philippine festivals.
Source · Legazpi City
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Sorsogon · October
Sorsogon’s founding celebration, marking the province’s establishment. Agricultural fairs, a civic parade and provincial competitions.
Source · Provincial Government of Sorsogon
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Masbate City, Masbate · Usually April
Masbate is cattle country, and this is a working rodeo rather than a themed parade: bull riding, lassoing and cattle wrestling. Nothing else in the Philippines looks like it.
Source · Masbate City
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Virac, Catanduanes · October
Marks Catanduanes becoming a province separate from Albay. Held in Virac with province-wide participation.
Source · Provincial Government of Catanduanes