1 Sinulog | Queen of Mardigras - Cebu’s Grandest Festival

Sinulog is Cebu’s or even probably the Philippines’ grandest festival. It’s a bold statement to claim but if you ask anybody who has been to Sinulog they will definitely agree. With that said, Sinulog isn’t just a one day event, it is celebrate over a month with full of activities including novenas, processions, contests, parades and photo contests just to name a few.

Below is a complete list of the official Sinulog 2017 schedule of activities including their dates:

Dec. 1, 2016 January 31, 2017 — Sinulog Street Fair, Osmeña Boulevard

Dec. 30, 2016 — Sinulog Fun Run

5:00 A.M. Elimination Sinulog 2017 Dance Crew

January 5, 2017 (Thursday) — Opening Salvo: Walk with Jesus

4:00 A.M. Assembly Time (Area) Fuente Osmeña
4:30 A.M. Start of Walk-Fuente Osmeña Blvd. – Basilica del Sto. Niño
5:30 A.M. Installation of Hermano & Hermana Mayores 2017

January 6, 2017 (Friday) — Sinulog 2017 Kick Off

10:00 A.M. Sinulog Trade Fair @ SM City Cebu
2:00 P.M. Solemn Mass (Basilica Del Santo Niño)
3:00 P.M. Launching Parade (Basilica Del Santo Niño to CCSC)
5:30 P.M. Novena mass
7:00 P.M. Opening and Launching Program, Fuente Osmeña

January 7, 2017 (Saturday) — Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan

1:00 P.M. Parade of Participants (Capitol to CCSC)
2:00 P.M. Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan at CCSC
5:30 P.M. Novena mass
7:00 P.M. Ms. Cebu 2017 Pre Pageant Night @ Ayala Activity Center
10:00 P.M. Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Party Bands

January 8, 2017 (Sunday) — Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan

3:00 A.M. Cebu City 2017 Marathon – www.cebumarathon.net
1:00 P.M. Parade of Participants, Plaza Independencia to CCSC
2:00 P.M. Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan at CCSC
5:30 P.M. Novena mass
10:00 P.M. Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Party Bands

January 9, 2017 (Monday)

10:00 P.M. Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Party Bands
5:30 P.M. Novena mass

January 10, 2017 (Tuesday)

10:00 P.M. Concert @ the Fuente Osmeña, Party Bands
5:30 P.M. Novena mass

January 11, 2017 (Wednesday)

9:00 A.M. Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)
5:30 P.M. Novena mass
7:00 P.M. Ms. Cebu 2017 Coronation Night @ Waterfront
8:00 P.M. Sinulog Idol @ Fuente Osmeña Circle9:00 P.M. Concert @ Fuente Osmeña, Party Bands

January 12, 2017 (Thursday)

9:00 A.M. Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)
5:30 P.M. Novena mass
6:00 P.M. Balik Cebu, Welcome Party @ Ayala Center Cebu6:30 P.M. Sinulog Festival Queen Runway Competition and Photo shoot

January 13, 2017 (Friday) — Visual Merchandising Contest

4:00 A.M. Walk with Mary (Area) Fuente Osmeña – Sto. Niño
9:00 A.M. Solidarity Meeting (All Competing Contingent/Floats/ Higante/ Puppeteers) @ Cebu City Sports Center Gym
6:00 P.M. Sinulog 2017 Dance Crew Finals @ Cebu City Sports Center
7:30 P.M. Sinulog Festival Queen 2017 Coronation Night @ Cebu City Sports Center

January 14, 2017 (Saturday)

6:00 A.M. Fluvial Procession of the Miraculous Image of the Sto. Niño
9:00 A.M. Re-enactment of the Baptism of Queen Juana and Rajah Humabon
12:00 P.M. 12th “The Street Vibration & Big Bike Rally 2017” by V-max Owner’s Group, Inc Cebu Chapter
2:00 P.M. Solemn Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño
7:00 P.M. Sinulog Fireworks Competition @ SM City Cebu

January 15, 2017 (Sunday) — Sinulog Grand Parade

4:00 A.M. Mañanita Mass @ Basilica del Sto. Niño
6:00 A.M. Pontifical Mass
8:00 A.M. Holy Mass @ Cebu City Sports Center
9:00 A.M. Sinulog Grand Parade Carousel Kick Off
7:00 P.M. Grand Finale and Grand Fireworks at CCSC
9:00 P.M. Pyrospectacular Show (Pyromusical Show at SM City Cebu)
9:00 P.M. – 2:00 A.M. Sinulog DJ Mixing Grand Finals Night at Fuente Osmeña Circle
12:00 MN Sinulog Fireworks at SRP

January 16, 2017 (Monday) — Awarding Ceremonies

January 20, 2017 (Friday) — “HUBO”

January. 31, 2017 — Judging Sinulog 2017 Photo Contest

Febuary 1, 2017 — Judging of Finalists in Short Film/Video Documentary and Music Video Contest

February 4, 2017

1:00 P.M. Screening of Finalists Sinulog Short Film Festival @ SM City Cebu
6:00 P.M. Awarding Ceremonies Photo Contest, Short Film and Video Documentary Contest @ SM City Cebu

February 4, 2017 – February 13, 2017 Photo Exhibit Winning Photos Sinulog 2017 @ SM City Cebu

This official Sinulog 2017 schedule of activities was provided by the Sinulog Foundation.

Now that you know the schedule of activities for Sinulog 2017 you can now plan your personal activities ahead of time. Staying updated is the best way to savor every moment of this once a year festival.

For first-timers, expect Cebu City to be “really” crowded especially during the Sinulog Grand Parade. You will see the whole city flooded with people, dancing and marrying everywhere. Expect to have parties everywhere, there will be non-stop music, drinking and just pure fun.

There will be rarely any public transportation available going to the center of the city, or probably even none. Most of the public vehicles are re-routed and people just walk all over the city. There is also a possibility that some mobile networks will have a difficulty in finding a signal. Imagine 6-8 million people crowded all over the heart of the city and most of them use their mobile phones at the same time. The network usually gets busy.

So there you have it! Plan your Sinulog activities ahead. .

Contact Information:

Sinulog Foundation Inc. Office Cebu City Sports Center Osmeña Blvd. Cebu City, Philippines
Call us at: +63-32-253-3700
Telefax : +63-32-254-5010
E-mail : info@sinulog.ph

0 Church kicks off Pedro’s anniversary

Novena prayers marking the nine-day preparations for the first anniversary of the canonization of St. Pedro Calungsod started last Saturday.

The church celebrations on Oct. 21 will focus on four sites – the new San Pedro Calungsod Chapel in SM Seaside City, the Calungsod Archdiocesan Shrine in D. Jakosalesm Street, the San Pedro Calungsod parish in barangay Cantabaco, Toledo City as well as the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral.

Msgr. Vicente Tupas, rector of the Calungsod Chapel, whose modern design features 100 walls of different heights and widths, presided over the 6 p.m. Mass yesterday.

Oct. 21 is the day Calungsod, the teenage Visayan martyr, was officially declared a saint in Rome a year ago.

His feast day is celebrated on April 2, marking his death in Guam where he was part of a Jesuit mission and was killed by native Chamorro people in 1672.
On Oct. 21, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma will lead a concelebrated Mass at 4 p.m. at the cathedral, seat of the Cebu Archdiocese.

Margie Mattheu, executive secretary of the Pastoral Planning Board, said three archbishops and 14 bishops are expected to attend the Mass which will also open the 9th Visayas Regional Pastoral Assembly in Cebu City.

The Mass will also kick off the Duaw Lungsud/Nasud where Calungsod’s image will be brought to different places in Cebu and in Naval, Leyte
Also on Oct. 21, a procession will be held inside the Archbishop’s Residence compound where the Calungsod shrine is located.

The Rosary will be prayed every 5 p.m. followed by daily novena Mass at the shrine presided by Msgr. Ildebrando Leyson.

The Cebu celebration is led by the Commission for the Promotion of the Devotion to San Pedro Calungsod headed by Msgr. Cayetano Gelbolinogo with Msgr. Marnel Mejia and Fr. Charles Louis Jayme.

By Ador Vincent S. Mayol
Cebu Daily News