Each of Siquijor's six municipalities celebrates a town fiesta for its patron saint, and each pairs it with a named festival. The dates below are the usual ones, listed in the order they fall in the year. A fiesta is usually held on or around the saint's feast day, though not always, and festival programs are set locally and can shift, so confirm the dates with the municipality or the provincial tourism office before planning a trip around one.
\nLarena was called Canoan in earlier times. The provincial tourism office places the Canoan Festival on May 1, with a culinary festival named Kan-anan ni Juan, and gives May 2 and 3 as the days of the town fiesta for St. Vincent Ferrer. The Church's own feast of the saint falls on April 5, so Larena's fiesta does not follow it. The town's parish is the Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish Church (Larena Church).
\nLazi's patron is St. Isidore the Farmer, known locally as San Isidro Labrador, and the town fiesta is usually held on his feast day, May 15. The Saging Festival is part of it: saging is the word for banana, and the festival is a street parade showing how many uses the fruit has in daily life. The town's church complex, the San Isidro Labrador Parish Church and Convent (Lazi Church), has its own guide on this site.
\nMaria's patron is Our Lady of Divine Providence. The provincial tourism office places the Lubi Festival in the third week of May. Other listings give dates between May 20 and May 24, so confirm the festival and fiesta days with the Maria municipal office or the parish. Lubi is the local word for coconut, and the festival presents its products and uses, from the fruit to the palms and trunk. Listings describe it as a thanksgiving for the harvest and blessings the tree brings.
\nThe patron of Enrique Villanueva is Our Lady of Mount Carmel, whose feast day, July 16, is the usual date of the town fiesta. The Pamukad Festival is listed a couple of days before July 16. Pamukad comes from bukad, the Visayan word for catching fish, and the tourism office describes a fish-harvesting activity with a ritual character that ends with the fishermen welcomed ashore to share the catch. The parish church is the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Church.
\nA 2012 Philippine Star report gave the feast of the Santo Niño, the Child Jesus, in Enrique Villanueva as the third Sunday of January. It described a novena, a Mass with Sinulog dances performed as a traditional ritual, and a procession to the sea, where the image is reported to have been found. Confirm the current program locally.
\nSan Juan's town fiesta is usually held on August 28, the feast of its patron, St. Augustine of Hippo, and the Bugwas Festival highlights it, according to the provincial tourism office. Bugwas means a gush of water from the ground, and the festival stands for a fruitful harvest for farmers and a rich catch for fishermen.
\nThe capital town usually holds its fiesta on October 4, the feast of its patron, St. Francis of Assisi. The Dilaab Festival, also called the Fire Festival, recalls the island's old name, Isla del Fuego, the Island of Fire. The town's parish is the Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Church (Siquijor Church).
\nTwo September dates belong to the province and its capital rather than to a saint. September 12 marks the anniversary of Siquijor town's proclamation as provincial capital in 1972, and in recent years the national government has declared it a special non-working day in the town. September 17 is Siquijor Day, or Adlaw sa Probinsya, which marks the 1971 law that made Siquijor a province; a 1994 law made it a nonworking special public holiday for the province. The Department of Tourism describes the celebration as a week of activities with a parade, trade fairs, school presentations and the Solili street dance, which depicts a marriage ritual.
\nThe Folk Healing Festival moves with Holy Week and is normally held every year around Mt. Bandilaan National Park; Holy Week has its own guide on this site.
\nSiquijor has 134 barangays, and many hold a fiesta on their own day, usually for a patron saint; across the Philippines, most festivals are celebrated at the barangay level. A Siquijor directory of fiestas from about 2019 lists the usual dates of many barangay fiestas without giving a year, so they are usual dates and not confirmed programs. Tubod in San Juan, for example, is listed around March 18 and 19, and a resort in the barangay names St. Joseph as its patron.
\nThis site lists barangay fiestas by month on the barangay fiestas page. The eve of a fiesta, called Vesperas, belongs to the celebration, and programs can begin weeks ahead with sports tournaments and contests.
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