Festivals in the Philippines in August

📍 San Juan, Siquijor

🗓️ Late August, town fiesta of St. Augustine (Aug 28)

San Juan's town fiesta festival for St. Augustine of Hippo, with street dancing and community feasting; started in 2006.

📍 Abuyog, Leyte

🗓️ Mid-August (listed as August 19)

Abuyog's festival inspired by the buyog (bee), the source of the town's name; dancers in bee costumes mimic swarming bees. A frequent Kasadyaan champion.

📍 Daanbantayan, Cebu

🗓️ August 21–30, ending with street dancing

Daanbantayan's festival honoring Datu Daya, the town's legendary founder, with street-dance performances in northern Cebu, gateway to Malapascua Island.

📍 Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental

🗓️ Throughout August; peaks Aug 26–28, feast of St. Augustine

Cagayan de Oro's city fiesta and charter celebration: street dancing, a civic-military parade and a fluvial procession on the Cagayan River for St. Augustine.

📍 Panglao, Bohol

🗓️ August 28

Panglao's fiesta festival held on the parish church grounds, where the town's ten barangays compete in a street-dance showdown.

📍 Legazpi City, Albay

🗓️ Mid/late August into early September (Aug 21–Sep 6 in 2025)

Legazpi's festival based on the Bicolano epic Ibalong. Street dancers dress as the heroes Baltog, Handyong and Bantong and the monsters they fought. Concerts and a tattoo expo also run.

📍 Davao City, Davao del Sur

🗓️ August, main weekend in the third week (Aug 15–17 in 2025)

Davao City's thanksgiving for the harvest and its indigenous cultures: a tribal village, food fairs, the Indak-Indak street dance and the Pamulak floral float parade.

📍 Kidapawan City, Cotabato

🗓️ August 26 to September 1, the province's founding anniversary

Cotabato Province's anniversary festival of its tri-people at the capitol in Amas, Kidapawan: street dancing by the towns, drum and lyre contests and a travel and trade expo.

📍 Catbalogan City, Samar

🗓️ Late August, around August 24 (feast of St. Bartholomew)

Catbalogan's sea festival honoring its patron St. Bartholomew and Maqueda Bay's fishing heritage, with a dance parade, cultural shows and an agricultural fair.

📍 Lucena City, Quezon

🗓️ Mid-August, ending on Quezon Day (Aug 19)

Quezon province's coconut festival. Town pavilions at the Capitol grounds show local products, and the grand parade and street dancing fall on Manuel L. Quezon's birthday.

📍 Tanauan, Leyte

🗓️ August 14, eve of the Assumption

Tanauan's festival honoring Our Lady of the Assumption ('Pasaka' in Waray), with street dancing and fiesta celebrations.

📍 Cebu City, Cebu

🗓️ Late August, part of the province's founding-anniversary month

Cebu Province's festival of festivals where town contingents perform their ritual dances. Pasigarbo was cancelled in 2025; a non-competitive Pasidungog showcase replaced it in 2026.

📍 Tuguegarao City, Cagayan

🗓️ First half of August, ending on the feast of San Jacinto (Aug 16)

Tuguegarao's city fiesta ('afi' is Ybanag for fire), with a fire-themed street dance, food and trade fairs, band concerts and civic parades.

📍 Catbalogan City, Samar

🗓️ August 11, with festivities in the days before

Samar's founding-day celebration at the provincial capitol, where town festival contingents compete and the Mutya han Samar pageant is held.

📍 Cantilan, Surigao del Sur

🗓️ Mid-August, days before the town fiesta

Cantilan's ethnic street dancing festival, held before the town fiesta since 2004 and revived in 2023.

📍 Kidapawan City, Cotabato

🗓️ August, during the fruit harvest season

Kidapawan's fruit harvest festival ("timpupo" is Manobo for abundant harvest), known for fruit float parades and eat-all-you-can durian, marang and mangosteen.