Sinulog 2012 Scheduled Activities

Sinulog 2012 Schedule of Activities

(Fuente Osmena, January 2-31, 2012)

Dec 01 – Jan 31, 2012
Sinulog Street Fair, Osmeña Blvd.
December 11, 2011
2nd Sinulog Cup Baseball Tournament c/o Cebu City Sports Commission
December 12, 2011
Sinulog on the Spot Painting Contest @ Fort San Pedro
December 16, 2011
Launching and Sinulog Photo Exhibits @SM City
December 17, 2011
Sinulog Poster Making Contest @ Emall
December 30, 2011
Sinulog 2012 Fun Run
December 30, 2011
Sinulog Best Dance Crew Elimination
December 30, 2011
Sinulog Musicfest Elimination

January 05, 2012 (Thursday)
Opening Salvo: Walk with Jesus
4:00 AM
Assembly Time (Area) Fuente Osmeña
4:30 AM
Start of Walk-Fuente Osmeña Blvd. – Basilica del Sto. Niño
5:30 AM
Installation of Hermano & Hermana Mayores 2012

January 06, 2012 (Friday)
Sinulog 2012 Kick Off
2:00PM
Solemn Mass (Basilica del Sto. Niño) sponsored by the Sinulog Foundation Inc and Cebu City government
3:00 PM
Launching Parade (Basilica del Sto. Niño to Cebu City Sports Center)
7:00 PM
Opening and Launching Program, Fuente Osmeña
7:30 PM
Ms. Cebu 2012 Presentation @ Fuente stage
9:00 PM
Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
10:00 PM
Streen Party Bands

January 7, 2012 (Saturday)
Sinulog sa Kabataan – Lalawigan
8:00 AM
2nd SINULOG FOOTBALL CUP c/o Cebu City Sports Commission
1:00 PM
Parade of Participants, Capitol Site to Cebu City Sports Center
2:00 PM
Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan, Cebu City Sports Center
4:30 PM
Awarding of Winners
6:30 PM
Cultural Show (Fuente Osmeña) Department of Education, Cebu Province Division
8:00 PM
Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM
Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 8, 2012 (Sunday)
Sinulog sa Kabataan- Dakbayan
4:00 AM
Cebu City 2012 Marathon – www.cebumarathon.com
8:00 AM
2nd SINULOG FOOTBALL CUP c/o Cebu City Sports Commission
1:00 PM
Parade of Participants, Plaza Independencia to Cebu City Sports Center
2:00 PM
Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan, Cebu City Sports Center
4:30 PM
Awarding of Winners
6:30 PM
Cultural Show (Fuente Osmeña)
8:00 PM
Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM
Concert @ the Fuente O, Street Party Bands

January 9, 2012 (Monday)
6:30 PM
Cultural Show (Fuente Osmeña) University of Southern Philippines, Cebu Institute of Technology University, St. Paul’s College Foundation
8:00 PM
Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM
Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 10, 2012 (Tuesday)
6:30 PM
Cultural show (Fuente Osmeña)
8:00 PM
Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM
Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 11, 2012 (Wednesday)
9:00 AM
Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)
6:30 PM
Cultural Shows (Fuente Osmeña) Department of Education, Cebu City Division
7:00 PM
Ms. Cebu 2012 Coronation Night, Waterfront Lahug Hotel
8:00 PM
Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
9:00 PM
Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 11-22, 2012
Sinulog Fiesta “OTOP Fair 2012″ Atrium A & B SM City Cebu Organized by Department of Trade & Industry -Cebu
January 12, 2012 (Thursday)
9:00 AM
Airport Welcome (Balikbayan Flights)
10:00 AM
Sinulog Festival Queen 2012 Photo Shoot
6:30 PM
Cultural Shows (Fuente Osmeña) Salazar Colleges of Science Institute of Technology, Cebu Normal University, Asian College of Technology
6:00 PM
Balik Cebu, Welcome Party @ Ayala Center Cebu
8:00 PM
Sinulog Idol (Fuente Osmeña Circle)
8:00 PM
Handumanan @ Ayala Terraces
9:00 PM
Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 13, 2012 (Friday)
Visual Merchandising Contest
(Dept. Stores and Malls)
4:00 AM
Walk with Mary (Area) Fuente Osmeña-Sto. Niño
9:00 AM
Solidarity Meeting (All Competing Contingent /
Floats / Higante / Puppteers) @ Cebu City Sports Center Gym
5:00 PM
Sinulog Best Dance Crew Grand Finals
6:30 PM
Cultural Shows (Fuente Osmeña) University of San Jose Recoletos, Southwestern University, Cebu Technological University
7:30 P.M
Metro Cebu Popular Music Festival, Cebu Coliseum
7:30 P.M
Sinulog Festival Queen 2012, Cebu City Sports Center
9:00 PM
Concert @ the Fuente O , Street Party Bands

January 13-15, 2012
9:00 AM
Devotees’ City organized by Cebu City Government
January 14, 2012 (Saturday)
6:00 AM
Fluvial Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño
9:00 AM
Re-enactment of the Baptism of Queen Juana and Rajah Humabon Basilica del Sto. Niño
12:00 PM
8TH “THE STREET VIBRATION & BIG BIKE RALLY 2012, by V-max Owner’s Group, Inc. Cebu Chapter
2:00 PM
Solemn Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Niño
7:00 PM
Sinulog Fireworks Competition @ SM City Cebu
7:00 PM
Street party @ Fuente Osmeña and Plaza Independencia
8:00 PM
Kasadya Nite Mardi Gras @ Ayala Center Cebu

January 15, 2012 (Sunday)
SINULOG GRAND PARADE
4:00 AM
Mañanita Mass @Basilica del Sto. Niño
6:00 AM
Pontifical mass with His Eminence Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal
9:00 AM
Sinulog Grand Parade Carousel Kick Off
7:00 PM
Grand Fireworks, Cebu City Sports Center
7:30 PM
Street Party Bands, Fuente Osmeña

January 16, 2012 (Monday)
1:00 PM
Awarding Ceremonies, Cebu City Sports Center

January 20, 2012 (Friday)
“HUBO”
4:00 AM
“HUBO Mass” Ritual @ Basilica del Sto. Niño

January 21-22, 2012
CEBU CHESS FESTIVAL – “WORLD’S LARGEST CHESS TOURNAMENT” @ the Cebu City Sports Center
January 28, 2012 (Saturday)
1:00 P.M
Screening of Finaslists Short Film/Video Documentary Contest
1:30 P.M
Sinulog 2012 Winning Photo Exhibits
6:00 P.M
Awarding Ceremonies Photo Contest and Video Documentary Contest @SM City Cebu

January 28 – Feb. 10, 2012
Photo Exhibits “Winning Photos Sinulog ‘10 @SM City Cebu

For more information: Contact at 253700, 2545010, telefax 4164548


About The Sinulog Festival

The Sinulog festival is one of the grandest and most colorful festivals in the Philippines with a very rich history. The main festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the child Jesus, who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is essentially a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino people’s pagan past and their acceptance of Christianity.

The festival features some the country’s most colorful displays of pomp and pageantry: participants garbed in bright-colored costumes dance to the rhythm of drums, trumpets, and native gongs. The streets are usually lined with vendors and pedestrians all wanting to witness the street-dancing. Smaller versions of the festival are also held in various parts of the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a Sinulog sa Kabataan, which is performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the Grand Parade.

Aside from the colorful and festive dancing, there is also the SME trade fair where Sinulog features Cebu export quality products and people around the world flock on the treasures that are Cebu.

Recently, the cultural event has been commercialized as a tourist attraction and instead of traditional street-dancing from locals, Sinulog also came to mean a contest featuring contingents from various parts of the country. The Sinulog Contest is traditionally held in the Cebu City Sports Complex, where most of Cebu’s major provincial events are held.


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