Rodeo Filipino Festival

RODEO FILIPINO FESTIVAL

Try and plan your visit to coincide with one of Masbate’s captivating festivities. Rodeo Filipino (every April) is second to none and features young cowboys proving their prowess riding wild steers and wrestling with fearsome bulls. It has a real ‘wild west’ atmosphere complete with open air barbecue feasting and lots of lively traditional music. Even more of an eye opener is the annual Corn Festival at San Ramon. This is a wild celebration best remembered for dance displays on glowing embers and fearless visitors are encouraged to take part.

The festival has stamped Masbate’s identity as the cattle center of the Philippines, and Masbate City’s fame as the rodeo capital. The province’s expanses of gently rolling hills are perfect for cattle ranching, and Masbateños have been honed by the decades to be exceptional riders and herders.

A typical Rodeo Masbateño festival kicks off with a grand horse parade, the longest of its kind staged in the country and probably in the whole of Asia. Such a parade would see hundreds of horses ridden by professionals and students alike strut down the city streets.

When we say professional, we mean world-class: homegrown talents have participated in international rodeo festivals such as in Las Vegas.