Masskara Festival 2011 Schedule
Posted by on March 3, 2011
This October, the streets of Bacolod will once again be painted not just with red but with all the colors, as the City of Smiles holds it annual Masskara Festival 2011!
With the resounding success of the Bacolod Masskara Festival 2010, it is just expected that this year’s edition will be even more bigger, better, more colorful, and more bongga!
Every October Bacolod celebrates the annual Masskara Festival where dancers from various schools and barangays would troop to the city streets and dance to the Latin beat with their faces coveres in smiling masks. Expect a burst of colors as the dancers would wear their intricately designed colorful costume to match with their beautifully crafted masks. The celebration also coincides with the charter anniversary of Bacolod which is celebrated every October 19th.
The Masskara Festival streetdance competition is always held every weekend nearest October 19th. Here’s the official schedule for this year:
September 2 – Masskara Launching (Public Plaza)
October 1 – Masskara Festival Opening
October 7 – Majika Masskara Opening
October 14 – 15 Electric Masskara SM City, Rizal Street, Public
Plaza, Lacs0n Street Tourism Strip
October 15 Masskara Festival Streetdance Competition Schools Category
October 16 Masskara Festival Streetdance Competition Barangay Category
October 17 Masskara Queen
October 19 Closing Program
BOOKMARK THIS PAGE! This blogpost will be updated with detailed schedule of activities of Masskara 2011 once details are avilable.
Here’s a guide for first timer’s in Masskara Festival. Here are some things to do in Bacolod. Have you booked your hotels already? Here’s a list of where to stay in Bacolod during the MassKara Festival. Here’s a handy guide on Where to Eat in Bacolod. Here’s also a guide on where to buy your Pasalubong in Bacolod
To keep youself updated for all MassKara related news and updates, please like the Bacolod Masskara Festival Facebook page
Check out the Bacolod Masskara Festival for the latest news and updates!
Here’s the update on this year’s music Masskara Festival music
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hello! when exactly in October will the Maskara festival take place. Thanks.
hi!
the answer to your question is right in the article itself
it says projected. how accurate is the projection as we need to have our tickets, hotel booked.
thanks and more power.
hi jay!
the date oct15-16 was provided to me by the chair of the streetdance committee of the masskara festival.
hi Eric,
Thanks for this info. I booked myself and my friends to Bacolod. We have a little problem on hotel and transient house, we haven’t book it yet. Would you recommend a good and affordable place to stay?
hi!
i styed at the 11st bed and breakfast last yr. -> http://bb11st.webeden.co.uk/
whats good with 11th strret, is that it is right in te heart of the action. walking distance from lacson strip, which is converted into tourism strip every october.
Circle Inn is new. I have friends who stayed there lst year.
Planta centro is i think OK too. it is where the masskara streetdance parade starts.
Thanks, Enrico!!! This is very helpful.. I have not found any sites that gives this kind of info.
Hi! do you a map for the route of the dance competition, I would like tog et the best view for taking pix, thanks!
every year the streetdance starts at araneta corner lizares street. The groups would normally assemble in front of Bong Bogs Pasalubong Shop up to the Bridge near Gaisano.
from there they would dance straight to the public plaza.
take note though that plaza is a limited-access area. u need an ID to shoot there. register with the Masskara Foundation to get your ID last Year ID costs P500 each
ok
Thank you so much for this post! I thought we booked flights on the wrong week, hehe
Thanks again and more power!
Hi Eric,
Is there a masskara foundation link for the registration?
Or do you have contact number either?..
the masskara website is still under construction. meanwhile check BacolodMasskara.com for the latest masskara news and updates
Hi, I’m visiting Bacolod from Oct 18-20th. Will most of the festivities be over by then or will there still be a street parade or something on the 18th or 19th? Or is the closing ceremony just a speech? I really hope not, it’s my birthday! Thanks for any help.
all the noise will b over by that time… the highlight is 14-16
hey, you have a very good website, I’m loving it. I really want to go to Bacolod to see Masskara this year. Excited bout the Electric Masskara.
Hi Eric,
Thanks for the info.
I’m from Singapore and I can’t wait for this event.
May I know if you have any updates on the registration for the ID access to shoot during the parade? Is there a website I can go to register?
Cheers.
had the last minute decision of going to the masskara festival.. sigh.. seems like the hotels are booked..now i dont know where to stay.. hehe.. any suggestions?