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BAC-BACARRA FESTIVAL
(Bacarra)
November

     Bacarra Town Fiesta is celebrated in honor of St. Andrew de Apostle, the town’s patron saint. Bac-Bacarra Festival which started in 2005 is a heritage that rekindled the love and passion of Bacarra people to revive and preserve the richness of their culture and traditions. The legendary word “bac-bacarra” is a specie of freshwater fish abundant in the river during the 15th century which gave birth to the town’s name .

 

AMIAN FESTIVAL
(Bangui)
April 26-May 1

    Baguinians celebrate in harmony and unify in thanksgiving to God because of the Amian climate. Hence, the birth and the celebration of the Amian Festival .

PANAG-ABUOS FESTIVAL
(Banna)
April

     Panag-abuos Festival is the art of ant harvesting shown in a dance parade around town. “Abuos” is an exotic delicacy of the residents. This event coincides with their town fiesta. 

EMPANADA FESTIVAL
(Batac)
December 8-30

     Batac Town Fiesta is a month long celebration in honor of the feast of the Immaculada Concepcion (Immaculate Concepcion.

     One major highlight is the Empanada Festival which is a showcase of the famous product- the BATAC EMPANADA. With a distinct taste truly it own, the BATAC EMPANADA is made of savory filling of grated green papaya, mongo, longganisa and egg. The dough that serves as its thin and crisp wrapper is made of rice flour. The main feature of the EMPANADA FESTIVAL is the street dancing which chronicles the process of preparing the delectable BATAC EMPANADA.

SANIATA FESTIVAL
(Burgos)
July 5-8

     Burgos Town Fiesta is celebrated in honor of Father Jose Burgos.

BADO-BADOC FESTIVAL
(Badoc)
April 16-20

     Badoc Town Fiesta is celebrated in honor of the town’s patron saint, St. John de Baptist.The town promote it's products made up of corn husks and Bad-bado grass which is indigenous in its riverbanks.

DINAKLISAN FESTIVAL
(Currimao)
April 29-May 1

     A coastal town, it pays tribute to its fishermen and primary industry and gives homage to the Almighty for the rich marine life as it celebrates Dinaklisan Festival. People come together for the float parade, street dancing and the coronation of the town's loveliest maiden among others. On May 1, there will be a grand fluvial parade where fishermen throw their nets into the sea to catch fish (daklis in Iluko) afterwhich the catch will be grilled and shared by the town's people along the shore.

A coastal town, it pays tribute to its fishermen and primary industry and gives homage to the Almighty for the rich marine life as it celebrates Dinaklisan Festival from April 29 to May 1. People come together for the float parade, street dancing, and the coronation of the town’s loveliest maiden, among others. And on May 1, there will be a grand fluvial parade where fishermen throw their nets into the sea to catch fish (daklis in Iluko) after which the catch will be grilled and shared by the townspeople along the shore.
- See more at: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=341334886022#sthash.jYqyIdIm.dpuf

A coastal town, it pays tribute to its fishermen and primary industry and gives homage to the Almighty for the rich marine life as it celebrates Dinaklisan Festival from April 29 to May 1. People come together for the float parade, street dancing, and the coronation of the town’s loveliest maiden, among others. And on May 1, there will be a grand fluvial parade where fishermen throw their nets into the sea to catch fish (daklis in Iluko) after which the catch will be grilled and shared by the townspeople along the shore.
- See more at: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=341334886022#sthash.jYqyIdIm.dpuf

A coastal town, it pays tribute to its fishermen and primary industry and gives homage to the Almighty for the rich marine life as it celebrates Dinaklisan Festival from April 29 to May 1. People come together for the float parade, street dancing, and the coronation of the town’s loveliest maiden, among others. And on May 1, there will be a grand fluvial parade where fishermen throw their nets into the sea to catch fish (daklis in Iluko) after which the catch will be grilled and shared by the townspeople along the shore.
- See more at: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=341334886022#sthash.jYqyIdIm.dpuf

ANI FESTIVAL
(Dingras)
March

      Ani Festival is celebrated to pay tribute to Dingras as the rice granary of the province of Ilocos Norte. Activities include Thanksgiving mass, Agro-industrial fair, Dance parade featuring ethnic dances of Dingras, Komedya Ilokana, Choir competition, Dance competition and Food fest.  

PAMULINAWEN FESTIVAL
(Laoag City)
February 4-10

     Laoag City celebrates its annual fiesta on the 10th of February, the feast day of Saint William the Hermit, its patron saint. It is an affair which is primarily done to give honor, pay our homage and extend our thanks for the benevolence and generosity of Saint William. Through his intercession to the Lord, Laoag City has been blessed and spared from calamities and disasters. The Laoagueños await for and look forward to every celebration of the city fiesta, making it an extension of the fun and the frolics of the Christmas season. 

MANNALON FESTIVAL
(Marcos)
March 27

     Mannalon Festival is celebrated to pay tribute to the farmers of the town. Marcos is purely an agriculture area with farming as the main occupation of local constituents.

KANGAYEDAN FESTIVAL
(Pagudpud)
April

the town promotes its products made out of corn husks and Bado-Bado grass, which is indigenous in its riverbanks. These raw materials can be fashioned into baskets, table-runners and decorations. There will be parades, street dancing, pageantry and a trade fair showcasing the town’s beauty, talent and products. - See more at: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=341334886022#sthash.jYqyIdIm.dpuf

the town promotes its products made out of corn husks and Bado-Bado grass, which is indigenous in its riverbanks. These raw materials can be fashioned into baskets, table-runners and decorations. There will be parades, street dancing, pageantry and a trade fair showcasing the town’s beauty, talent and products. - See more at: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=341334886022#sthash.jYqyIdIm.dpuf

the town promotes its products made out of corn husks and Bado-Bado grass, which is indigenous in its riverbanks. These raw materials can be fashioned into baskets, table-runners and decorations. There will be parades, street dancing, pageantry and a trade fair showcasing the town’s beauty, talent and products. - See more at: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=341334886022#sthash.jYqyIdIm.dpuf

the town promotes its products made out of corn husks and Bado-Bado grass, which is indigenous in its riverbanks. These raw materials can be fashioned into baskets, table-runners and decorations. There will be parades, street dancing, pageantry and a trade fair showcasing the town’s beauty, talent and products. - See more at: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=341334886022#sthash.jYqyIdIm.dpuf

      Kangayedan Festival is celebrated to showcase the natural resources and products of Pagudpud. 

GULING-GULING FESTIVAL
(Paoay)
May

       Guling-Guling Festival (“Guling-Guling Martes”) aims to commemorate the 16th century old practice of the Spanish friars for the religious sector to interact with its parishioners. It has always been celebrated on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday because it was believed that this was the last day for the townsfolk to enjoy all forms of merrymaking before they observe the Lenten season.   Highlights of Guling-Guling celebration include dance parade, “Ulnas” Parade (wooden sled), Dudol food festival (native delicacy) and basi drinking (native wine).

PANAGSANA FESTIVAL
(Pasuquin)

     Through time, the settlers discovered ways to harness the bounties of living along the coastal area; they were able to establish the salt making industry, or “panagsana.” 

     With their determination, perseverance, hard work, frugality, passion and their will to survive, the people endure the long process of saltmaking, working even under the scorching sun during the summer months. 

BASI FESTIVAL
(Piddig)
September 16

     Basi Festival aims to commemorate the revolt staged by Piddig people in 1807 to resist the Spanish Monopoly. This sentiment spread all over the Ilocos. Basi is made from crushed sugarcane juice compounded with elements like barks and berries from local trees.

BAWANG FESTIVAL
(Pinili)
April

     Pinili Town Fiesta is celebrated in honor of St. Isidore de Farmer, the town’s patron saint. Bawang Festival which is now a tourist attraction is observed because garlic is the main commodity of Pinili.

DAMILI FESTIVAL
(San Nicolas)
December

      Held every Christmas time, the town of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte celebrates the Damili festival to acknowledge the main source of their livelihood: Pottery. They use the red variety they call Damili, which is abundant in the Ilocos region. Aside from pots, the red clay is also being used to create the beautiful damili tiles used as flooring for various structures like the Fort Ilocandia Casino and Hotel, Laoag International Airport, and Marcos Mansion.

ABALUDAL FESTIVAL
(Solsona)
January 24-27

    ABALUDAL came from the words “ABA”(gabi) and “DALUDAL” (young gabi shoot), two  of the primary root crops of the municipality. This exotic crop is extremely common and beloved in Solsona and  usually grows everywhere.  It is a usual scene in the market the gabi leaves, stems and roots which are sold in HUGE volumes. What a wonderful sight to watch   the so much fresh gabi leaves from small to enormous, in piles, bundles and baskets full, totally fresh and just harvested, hanging and starting to dry and dry and cut up, ready to cook…A testament to its desirability, availability, adaptability and probably most of all, economy.

SIWAWER FESTIVAL
(Vintar)

      Siwawer Festival with the theme: “Talugading ni Siwawer Pasantaken,” was hatched as a fitting celebration to showcase Vintar’s many great leaders and achievers worthy of praise and emulation. Moreover this festival aims to serve as a venue in promoting culture, arts and tourism development; natural resources preservation; and local cultural heritage conservation.

RAMBAK TI ARAK KEN SAPLID FESTIVAL
(Adams)
May

        Adams was a haven of the Iyapayaos and Imallods during the pre-Spanish era and later of the Ylocanos who migrated in the 1930s upon the invitation of the Iyapayaos. In the 1970s, the Kankanaey tribe from the Cordilleras and the Bago tribe from La Union and Ilocos Sur also migrated to Adams.
        Some of these migrants brought with the them knowledge of Tapuey (rice wine) making, while others brought with them the tiger grass seedlings. Soon, intermarriages among the tribes people and the Ylocanos took place. As a result, there was merger of technical knowhow. Applying the knowledge of Tapuey making, the folks experimented on bugnay fruit wine making. Simultaneously, the tiger grass which grew robustly in Adams, was woven with rattan and nito into soft broom, otherwise known as ”saplid.”

MAGDADARAN TALIP FESTIVAL
(Carasi)
March 7-30

        Magdadaran Talip Festival is celebrated to commemorate the ancient peace pact that has brought lasting peace between and among the ethnic tribes in the province of Ilocos Norte and its environs to cultivate and bring to the fore the rich culture, customs and traditions indigenous to these tribes and to enhance fellowship and stronger ties not only among themselves but also with the Ilocanos.

PANAGWAWAGI FESTIVAL

(Dumalneg)
May

        The Panagwawagi Festival is a celebration of brotherhood. It commemorates the peace pact among warring tribes and the settlement of land and caste disputes among members of the tribe. It celebrates the respect between cultures, and the embracing of each other’s unique cultures, most notably that of the Isnegs and the Ilocanos. As a result of this exchange, the Ilocano adopted some of the Isneg’s ways in the form of dances and their dialect. On the other hand, the Isneg has likewise adopted the Ilocano’s way of clothing, dialect, dances and even religion. The festival depicts the sharing of faith by the Ilocano, and embracing the spiritual values of the Isneg. 

    Through this festival, the people of Dumalneg assert that despite discrimination, brotherhood diminishes the differences and bridges the gap. They have one heart and one mind and together move toward a common goal – peace, unity and cooperation.

TADEK FESTIVAL
(Nueva Era)
May

        Tadek is a ceremonial dance performed as an expression of merriment for an attainment of victory, courtship and marriage, and even after burial and when remembering the dead. The dance is accompanied by instruments such as drums (tambor) and flat gongs (gangsa). The dancers use cloth as “allap” at the tip of their fingers while dancing. The tadek dance is an integral part of the culture of the people of Nueva Era, and the yearly celebration of the Tadek festival crystallizes the people’s efforts to keep their culture and history alive and vibrant.