MANILA, Philippines—The first half of activities for the Sinulog Festival 2015 may have concluded, but the best is still yet to come. In case you’re planning to catch the remaining Sinulog activities for this year, here are the treats you’re in for starting January 15 until February 8:
Sinulog 2015 schedule of activities
January 15 (Thursday)
9 a.m. – Airport welcome (balikbayan flights)
6 p.m. – Balik Cebu welcome party at Ayala Activity Center
6 p.m. – Sinulog Festival Queen runway competition and photoshoot
8 p.m. – Handumanan at Ayala Terraces
8 p.m. – Sinulog 2015 Idol Grand Finals at Fuente Osmeña
9 p.m. – Concert at Fuente Osmeña featuring band music and a street party
January 16 (Friday)
Visual merchandising contest for department stores and malls
4 a.m. – Walk with Mary, Fuente Osmeña – Sto. Niño
9 a.m. – Solidarity meeting (all competing contingent/floats/higante/puppeteers) at Cebu City Sports Center Gym
6 p.m. – Sinulog 2015 Dance Crew Finals at Cebu City Sports Center
7:30 p.m. – Sinulog Festival Queen 2015 Coronation Night at Cebu City Sports Center
8 p.m. – Cebu Popular Music Festival at Cebu Coliseum
January 17 (Saturday)
6 a.m. – Fluvial procession of the Miraculous Image of the Sto. Niño
9 a.m. – Reenactment of the baptism of Queen Juana and Rajah Humabon Basilica del Santo Niño
12 p.m. – 10th Street Vibration & Big Bike Rally by V-Max Owner’s Group Inc. Cebu Chapter
2 p.m. – Solemn procession of the Miraculous Image of Santo Niño
7 p.m. – Sinulog fireworks competition at SM City Cebu
7 p.m. – Street party at Fuente Osmeña and Plaza Independencia
January 18 (Sunday)
Sinulog Grand Parade
4 a.m. – Mañanita Mass at Basilica del Sto. Niño
6 a.m. – Pontifical Mass with His Eminence Jose S. Palma
8 a.m. – Holy Mass at Cebu City Sports Center
9 a.m. – Sinulog grand parade carousel kickoff
7 p.m. – Grand finale and grand fireworks at Cebu City Sports Center
7:30 p.m. – Street party, bands at Fuente Osmeña
9 p.m. – Pyrospectacular show (pyromusical show) at SM City Cebu
5 p.m. to 2 a.m. – Concert Series sa Sugbo at SRP Grounds
12 m.n. – Sinulog fireworks at SRP
January 19 (Monday)
Awarding ceremonies at Cebu City Sports Center
January 23 (Friday)
“Hubo”
January 24, 2015 (Saturday)
Shortlisting of finalists for short film/video documentary contest
January 25, 2015 (Sunday)
First Cebu City triathlon (cct.cornerstone8080events.com)
January 26, 2015 (Monday)
Judging Sinulog 2015 photo contest
January 27, 2015 (Tuesday)
Judging of finalist in short film/video documentary and music video contest
January 31
1 p.m. – Screening of finalists for Sinulog short film festival at SM City Cebu
6 p.m. – Awarding ceremonies for photo, short film and video documentary contest at SM City Cebu
January 31-February 8
Sinulog 2015 winning photos’ exhibit at SM City Cebu
‘NEXT ACT’
This year, Globe brings a plethora of colors to Sinulog 2015 as it unveils its NEXT ACT (Art + Community + Technology)!
At the center of it all is the Globe Village in One Mango Avenue Mall where the fully-functioning, one-stop shop Globe Mobility Store-on-the-Go can be found surrounded by interactive game booths of Tattoo, Globe Prepaid, Globe Postpaid, TM as well as its partners, Cloudfone and AllPhones.
The village will be open starting 4 p.m. from January 15-18.
On January 16 at 7 p.m., enjoy the “color blast” featuring sets of rock band Callalily and four of the country’s best DJs and Globe’s NEXT ACT ambassadors: DJ Mars Miranda, Callum David, DJ Badkiss, and Eric Capili. Globe will be painting the sky with the colors of Sinulog through this event to be held at One Mango Avenue.