Complete List of Festivals in Davao City

Araw ng Dabaw (March 10-16)
Kadayawan sa Dabaw (3rd week of August)
Kaputian Parochial Fiesta (January 15)
Kasinatian Festival (October 7)
IGaCoS Festival (March 5 -7)
Caracoles Festival (April 30)
Pangapog Festival (1st Week of August)
Babak Fiesta (September 15)
Peñaplata Fiesta (December 8)
Musikahan (Tagum - March 7)
Kuradang sa Dalan (Panabo - March 31)
Palay Festival (Carmen - June 18)
Ugsod - ugsod Festival (June 18)
Araw ng Davao del Norte (July 1)
Banana Festival (Kapalong 1st Week of August)
Banana Festival (Panabo - March 31)
Durian Festival (September)
Sinawug Festival (September 19)
Kalibulongan Festival (Talaingod October 18)
Andaon tu Dibabawon Festival (Kapalong - Last week of October)
Feast of Christ the King (Tagum - 2nd to the Last Sunday of November)
Saulogan Festival (Digos - January 15)
Kapyaan Festival (Jose Abad Santos - February)
Pista sa Kinaiyahan (Sta. Cruz - April 25-28)
Dorong Festival (Kapatagan - June 14-19)
Provincial Charter Anniversary (July 1)
Padigosan Festival (Digos - September 8)
Araw ng Sta. Cruz (Sta. Cruz - 1st Week of October)
Mango Fiesta (San Isidro - June 18)
LUBMAHUMA Festival (Provincial July 1)
Fish Festival (Gov. Generoso - August 1)
Niyog-Niyogan festival (Manay - October 25)
Kagang-Kagang Festival (Caraga - October 25)
Balyan Festival (Baganga - October 25)
Sambuokan Festival (Mati - October 25)
Anibina Festival (March 1-8)
Maragusan Eco-Expo (Last Week of April)
Kaimunan Festival (June 17)
Sal-Lupuyon (June 12 - 18)
Simballay Festival (Nabunturan - July 21)
Kariyawan (Sept. 4)
P'yagsawitan (Maragusan - 3rd Week of November)
Pasaka

List provided by Skyscraper member Teej.

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Kadayawan Festival

The Kadayawan Festival is an annual festival in the city of Davao in the Philippines. Its name derives from the friendly greeting "Madayaw", from the Dabawenyo word "dayaw", meaning good, valuable, superior or beautiful. The festival is a celebration of life, a thanksgiving for the gifts of nature, the wealth of culture, the bounties of harvest and serenity of living. Today, Kadayawan has transformed into a festival of festivals, with a number of spin-off festivals in the region. The festival honors Davao’s artistic, cultural and historical heritage, its past personified by the ancestral “lumads”, its people as they celebrate on the streets, and its floral industry as its representatives parade in full regalia in thanksgiving for the blessings granted on the city. A celebration that interfaces the three aspects: tribal; industrial and; arts and entertainment. The festivities are highlighted with floral floats, street-dancing competitions and exhibits that showcases the island's tourism products and services.

Images from Kadayawan 2012

Vibrant Costumes 

Shout for Kadayawan

Echoing the streets with loud drum beats

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