First Sunday of July – Bocaue River Festival – Bocaue, Bulacan
Honoring the miraculous Cross of Bocaue (Krus ng Wawa) this famous river festival holds a fluvial procession, where devotees ride in the “pagoda” and douse each other with water.
23 – Sublian festival – Batangas
This two week long celebration ends every year on the 23rd of July, is rooted in the Batangueños devotion to the town’s patron: the Holy Cross in Bauan and Agoncillo, and the Sto. Niño in Batangas City. This religious devotion is expressed by dancing indigenous to Batangas as the Subli.
25 and December 25 – Paaway sa Kabayo (Horsefight) – Tanjay, Negros Orriental
Revelers watch the exciting, thrilling and oftentimes bloody fight among studs for supremacy over a female horse. More than 100 horses have been trained solely for this twice a year event.