Banderitas?. ‘Check!’ Summer Heat?  Check! Festive atmosphere? Check!  It’s almost that time of the year again when the City of Dagupan celebrates its annual BANGUS FESTIVAL for 2011! A month-long festivity highlighting Dagupan as the country’s Bangus (Milkfish) mecca. It attracts thousands and thousands of tourists and every year it seems that the crowd just keeps on growing, as the festival itself becomes bigger and better.

The first Bangus Festival was initiated by Mayor Benjie Lim way back in 2002 to coincide with another festival, the Pista’y Dayat (Festival of the Sea). It garnered worldwide attention in 2003 when it earned a place in the Guiness book of world records as the ‘Longest Barbecue Grill in the World’. The Festival usually starts at the first week of April and last until May 1 (Pista’y Dayat).

Personally, I’m really excited for this year’s celebration as the so-called ‘Father of Bangus Festival’ is back at the helm. I was a bit disappointed though after seeing the logo for this year. Comparing it to the previous logos, there’s no ‘FUN’ in it and it even looks more kinda like a logo for a party list running for a seat in Congress. But hey, that’s just me and the logo :D , I’m sure this year’s festival will be better than ever before as the activities will be held back in the main streets of Dagupan City where it truly belongs.

I’m inviting everyone to come and join us in celebrating arguably one of the biggest festivals in the country. To come here, you just ride a bus (Victory, Five-Star, Santran, De Leon with Wifi, etc.) that says DAGUPAN. To look for a place to stay, go to google.com and in the search box, type “places to stay in Dagupan City”, sounds simple, right? For anymore questions, just simply leave a comment :)  You can find the complete schedule of activities below after a few of my shots from last year's parade, please try not to be disappointed with the shots though :D

Shots were taken from our office through a thick fiber glass using a 55-200mm. Yep!, I have work that day /sweat


Previous logo and the current one, what do you think? /shock


Schedule of Activities for The Bangus Festival 2011

April 8
Motorcade
Opening/Mass
START of PHOTO CONTEST
Auto Electronic Show1
Home and Appliance Trade Fair
BANGUS ED CAROSA
April 9
RIVER CRUISE
Auto Electronic Show
2nd Mayor BSL Cup) Shoot Fest 1
Badminton 1
Café ed Park
Bangus Art exhibit
Pisasalamat
Dagupan’s Best
April 10
Auto Electronic Show2
Dagupan’s Best
2nd Mayor BSL Cup) Shoot Fest 1
Café ed Park
Badminton 2
April 11
Fishing Contest (Mabilay lay ilog ko)
April 12
Mangrove Planting
Dagupan Graffiti Art Walk
April 14
Mangrove Planting
Sculpture Painting Contest
April 15
HALO HALO FEST
Pigar - Pigar Fest 1
April 16
Dagupan’s Best
Bangus Run Takbo para sa Kabuhayan
Golf Tournament
Pigar – Pigar 2
Kapamilya Caravan
YugYugan Ed Bangus Fest 2011
April 17
Dagupan’s Best
Pigar – Pigar 3
SUNDAY MARKET
Drag race
On Road Vuelta Bike Race
April 18
Kick boxing
April 19
Mangrove Planting
Boxing
April 24
EASTER SUNDAY
Dagupan’s Best
Easter Egg Hunt
TV SHOW
Start of Wall Climbing
Bangus Fest Talent Show
April 25
Unveiling of the new City Seal
Langoy Bangus 1 (Pool)
Bikini Open
April 26
Langoy Bangus 2 (Ilog)
Miss Gay Bangus Festival Queen
Party/Concert
April 27
Handog ng Bombo Concert
April 28
GILON GILON ED DALAN
Miss Magic Pagaent
April 29
Bangus Rodeo
101 WAYS TO COOK BANGUS
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Iwata Visitors
April 30
Dagupan’s Best
KALUTAN ED DALAN
Grand Fireworks
Off Road Mountain Bike
Takbo para sa KKK Marathon
Off Road Mountain Bike
May 1
PISTAY DAYAT
BODY BUILDING
PHOTO CONTEST EXHIBIT
BICYCLE WARS
Dagupan’s Best




Schedule of Activities is from the official site: http://bangusfestival2011.com please also visit What's Up Dagupan for more info