The best time of the year to go to Baguio, aside from summer months, is in February. Because this is the month of Baguio’s world-famous festival, the Panagbenga Festival. This is a month-long celebration of the City of Pines’ beautiful blooms on which the festival was derived from.
The celebration is highlighted by the Grand Float Parade and street dancing which both display the beauty of Baguio’s blooms. Panagbenga Festival, formerly Baguio Flower festival started in 1995 by Atty. Damaso Bangaoet Jr. of the John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation (JPDC) and Victor A. Lim of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA). They decided to hold the annual flower festival in February to boost the city’s tourism because it is said to be an ‘inactive month’ between the Christmas season and summer vacation.
Panagbenga Festival is one of the Philippines’ most celebrated festivals and if foreigners are supporting our local festival, what more can we do on our part? Celebrate Panagbenga Festival 2010 and catch the following events:
February 1 – Opening Parade
February 13 – Chinese New Year
February 12-14 – Legarda Rocks
February 14 – Fluvial Parade
February 14 – Camelot on the Lake
February 20 – Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom
February 20-22 – PMA Homecoming 2010
February 27 – Grand Panagbenga Street Parade
February 28 – Grand Float Parade
February 26-28 – Abanao Nights
Feb 1 – Mar 7 – Market Encounter
March 1-7 – Session Road in Bloom
March 6 – Pony Boys Day
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