Religious

Feast of Saint John the Baptist

June 24 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.

Good to know

Exact dates can shift year to year, especially for movable feasts tied to Holy Week and town fiestas. Confirm the current schedule with the Province of Marinduque or the relevant municipal tourism office before you travel.

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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.

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.

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.