It’s six months to go. You still have more than enough time to plan, book plane tickets and make hotel reservations.
Every month of October, the City of Bacolod celebrates its biggest fiesta celebration: the famed MassKara Festival.
It is during this time of the year when Bacolenos, go out in the city streets wearing the most elaborate costumes and intricate smiling masks and dance along the stretch of the city’s main thoroughfare.
The festival is always held on the weekend nearest October 19th, the city’s charter day anniversary.
Masskara Festival 2014
For over three decades now, MassKara has become one of the Philippines’ biggest fiesta celebration drawing millions of tourists to come to the city during the fiesta weekend.
Various activities are lined up during the festival season beginning October 1st up until the highlights weekend. Activities during this three-week festivity include Government Employees’ Day, Jeepney Drivers’ Day, Fun Run, Food Fest, Street Parties, among others. The highlight of the festival includes the MassKara Queen Beauty Pageant, Countdown to Charter Day Party, and the 2-day Street Dancing Competition.
This year, the peak of the festival will be from October 16-19 2014. And although no official schedule has been officially released yet, this is the possible schedule for this years activities:
October 17 – MassKara Festival Street Dance Competition Elementary and High School Category
October 18 – MassKara Festival Street Dance Competition Barangay Category
October 19 – Bacolod City Charter Day Celebration
BOOKMARK THIS PAGE! This article will be regularly updated once schedule will be released. In the meantime, relive the winning moment of Barangay 16, winner of Best in Mask, Best in Choreography and Overall Champion of MassKara 2013 Barangay Category. The same group represented the Bacolod Masskara Festival in Iloilo city last January during the Kasadyahan Regional Festival of Western Visayas, and just recently at the Panaad sa Negros Festivsal of Festivals as guest performer.