SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

October 19, 2008 - BACOLOD CITY CHARTER DAY CELEBRATION

The Municipality of Bacolod was made into a City effective October 19, 1938 by virtue of Commonwealth Act. No. 326. The event was spectacular considering the fact that no less than Hon. Manuel L. Quizon, President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines himself graced the occasion when Hon. Alfredo M. Montelibano, Sr. took his Oath of Office as the first City Mayor.
The Celebration kicks off with a mass, Charter Day Program in the morning and a Charter Day Parade in the afternoon.



October 1-21, 2008 - MASSKARA FESTIVAL

Bacolod City never seems to lose its luster, especially when MassKara celebration comes.
The annual MassKara Festival held every October, is a celebration, which has earned Bacolod the title "City of Smiles".
It was conceived in October 1980 by a group of government personalities, civic figures and artists with full support from the city government in the midst of the sugar-producing provinces severe economic crisis - resulting to the ailing of sugar industry.
This could have been traumatic to anybody but not to the people of Bacolod who made something good and creative out of it.
MassKara is a festival for local and international tourism. It is intended to provide a venue for the activities and cultural expression.
The word MassKara was coined from two terms: 'Mass" meaning people and "Kara" means the face... thus MassKara means the "face of the Masses". Considered to be the festival's highlights are sports competitions, cultural shows, trade fairs, beauty pageants and the famous MassKara Dance Parade where masked dancers display their gracefulness to the lively rhythm of the musical beat with cooperation, coordination, mastery and stamina. During this celebration people from all walks of life dances around the city's major thoroughfares.
The colorful masks and costumes of the dancers with so much attractiveness gives a lot of intensity to the dance parade. With full of fun, freedom and camaraderie, everyone is caught up in the streets swaying and dancing with so much excitement and momentum.