Kari sa Bacolod! Come to Bacolod City!

On this, the 31st year of the MassKara Festival, we are happy to invite the world to come and experience our city. Savor our delicacies. Revel in our dances. Get lost in our energies. Be awed by our arts and crafts. Feel the warmth of our people, embodied in the smiles in their faces.

Once more, we are dancing in our streets to celebrate the indomitable spirit of our people, how, in the face of the gloomiest of situations, we manage to smile and stand up with the resolve that no matter what, we will survive, we will make it and we will triumph against the odds.

Three decades and a year ago, our people, through their government, civic citizens and artists conceived of this festival to lift our spirits and take us out of the dark. As a tourism executive then, I was part of this group and saw the festival grow; in fact, I am proud to say I helped nurture it.

Look where MassKara festival is now: a celebration we are proud to present to the world.

Kari sa Bacolod!

MAYOR EVELIO R LEONARDIA

As we celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the day Bacolod became a city on Oct. 19, we shall also celebrate the 31st MassKara Festival.

First envisioned as a colorful celebration of the Charter Day, the MassKara has gone on to become a major tourism attraction not only for Bacolod but also for the rest of the Philippines.

Today we are happy to invite people, Filipinos as well as foreigners, to come and join us in  this celebration.

This is Bacolod today: fully alive, dynamic, pulsating with energy and awash in optimism that even better days are coming.

We cannot wait to show the world what we have. Come, celebrate with us!

VICE-MAYOR JUDE THADDEUS SAYSON

We are happy to invite the world to witness the 31st edition  of our world-famous MassKara Festival. As a major anchor of our tourism program, the MassKara offers the best time to see and ‘feel’  Bacolod: the dynamism and energy of our people, its cultural icons and  its landmarks.

Nothing beats Bacolod’s energy and its zest for life. For 19 days in October, the city celebrates its resilience and hope, in colorful pageantry and activities that mirror its optimism that, amid all the problems it faces, it has survived and will survive everything else.

As a tourist destination, Bacolod has a full-range of options to choose from,  in transportation, lodging, and other requirements a tourist may need. Because in Bacolod, as we always say, a tourist is a friend.

Welcome!

COUNCILOR HOMER BAIS
Chair,  Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Tourism