Festivals, fiestas & sacred days

Cultural January 17

Maalindog-Tubaan Festival

Buenavista

Buenavista's town fiesta celebrates its coconut-wine ("tuba") heritage and the legends of Mount Malindig with spirited street dancing, costumes and local food. It is a proud showcase of the southern town's farming and tuba-gathering traditions.

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Civic February 21

Araw ng Marinduque (Festival of Festivals)

Province-wide · Boac

Commemorating the re-establishment of Marinduque as a province in 1920, "Araw ng Marinduque" gathers all six towns for a grand "Festival of Festivals" — a street-dance showcase where each municipality performs its signature fiesta, alongside fairs, contests and concerts.

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Festival Easter Sunday · March–April

Gasang-Gasang Festival

Gasan

Gasan greets the Risen Christ with the Gasang-Gasang — a joyful street-dancing festival of faith and thanksgiving named after the town. Barangay contingents in bright costumes parade and dance, turning Easter into a celebration of community and renewal.

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Festival Holy Week · March–April

Moriones Festival

Province-wide (Boac, Gasan, Mogpog)

Marinduque's world-renowned Lenten folk-religious festival. Penitents don elaborate, hand-carved Roman-centurion masks and costumes as "Moriones," reenacting the story of Longinus — the blind soldier whose sight was restored at the Crucifixion and who was later beheaded for his conversion. A week of street drama, the playful "pugutan," and riots of color make it one of the Philippines' most iconic cultural spectacles.

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Religious Holy Week · March–April

Pista ng Mahal na Ina (Holy Week Penitensya)

Province-wide

Alongside the Moriones, Holy Week in Marinduque brings the island's deepest devotions to the fore: penitential processions, the chanting of the Pasyon, and acts of penance through quiet barangays. It is the most sacred week of the islanders' year, blending solemnity with centuries-old faith.

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Festival May (Flores de Mayo)

Bila-Bila Festival

Boac

Named after the local word for butterfly, the Bila-Bila Festival celebrates Boac's renowned butterfly-farming heritage with butterfly releases, street dancing and conservation advocacy — a colourful reminder that Marinduque is a major source of the Philippines' farmed butterflies.

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Cultural May 13

Kangga Festival

Mogpog

Mogpog honours its patron San Isidro Labrador — patron of farmers — with the Kangga Festival, a parade of brightly decorated wooden sleds ("kangga") drawn by carabaos. It is a heartfelt thanksgiving for the harvest and a celebration of the town's rural, agricultural soul.

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Religious June 24

Feast of Saint John the Baptist

Boac

The June feast of San Juan Bautista is marked across Marinduque with Mass, processions and the joyful "basaan" — the good-natured dousing of water that recalls the sacrament of baptism. Streets fill with laughter as devotion and revelry meet under the summer sun.

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Civic June 11

Marinduque Foundation Anniversary

Province-wide · Capitol, Boac

Marks the first organization of Marinduque as a separate province (1901) with provincial programs, civic ceremonies and cultural presentations spanning all six municipalities — parades, agro-trade fairs and showcases of local craft, food and song.

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Festival June

Pahiyas ng Dagat (Fishing Festival)

Gasan

A coastal thanksgiving where Gasan's fishing community decorates its boats and blesses the bounty of the sea. Brightly adorned bancas, a fluvial parade and the smell of fresh grilled catch honor the seafaring livelihood that sustains the town.

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Civic October

Boac Charter Day

Boac

The provincial capital celebrates its charter anniversary with civic parades, cultural shows, trade fairs and town festivities honoring Boqueño heritage. It is a proud, hometown affair that lights up the historic poblacion.

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Religious December 8

Immaculate Conception Fiesta (Boac)

Boac

Boac honours its patroness, the Immaculate Conception, with the town's grand December fiesta — solemn Mass at the hilltop cathedral, processions and days of community celebration that close the island's festival year.

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