Panagbenga Festival 2015 - "Across 20 Years of Blossoming Together"

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Panagbenga Festival 2015 with the theme "Across 20 Years of Blossoming Together" will be celebrated on February 1 – March 8, 2015. Panagbenga is an annual flower festival celebrated every February which takes place in Baguio City, Philippines.

Through the years, the Panagbenga festival has steadily become the best avenue where Baguio people can shine and innovate what best depicts their community – with everyone co-owning the festival. The term “Panagbenga” comes from a Kankanaey term meaning “season of blooming,” “a time for blooming.” This festival reflects the history, traditions and values of Baguio and the Cordilleras.

The Panagbenga Festival 2015, also known as the Baguio Flower Festival (BFF) will  surely attracts the most number of tourists both local and foreign. During the five week celebration, different activities are scheduled primarily for the amusement of the visiting public.

On its 20th year, the Panagbenga Festival has flourished to be a huge annual event in Baguio City. Panagbenga Festival 2015 will not only be Baguio's but the flower festival of BLISTT. The 20th celebration of the Panagbenga festival promises not only the Summer Capital's best but also the best of the neighboring municipalities especially La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay.

February 1, 2015 marks the commencement of the Panagbenga Festival filled with dancing and competition.

The highlight of the Panagbenga Festival, the Grand Street Dancing Parade, to be held on February 28, 2015. 

The parade will start at the Panagbenga Park going down Session Road and will take a left turn to Harrison Road until eventually it reaches Athletic Bowl. During the street dancing, the rich and colorful cultures and traditions of the Cordillera will take center stage.

The closing ceremony of the Panagbenga Festival will be held on March 8, 2015, to be concluded by an extravagant firework display that is anticipated to be grander from last year’s. The venue for the closing ceremony is at the Athletic Bowl but smaller versions will be done simultaneously in various areas of Baguio’s Business Central District.

Here's the program schedule of the Panagbenga Festival 2015:

February 1, 2015

• Opening Ceremonies and Street Dancing Parade Competition
  (Drum and Lyre Dance Competition – Elementary Division)
  Locations: Panagbenga Park, Session Road, Harrison Road, Melvin Jones
• Opening Concert
  Location: To Be Announced
• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park

February 2 – 14, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park

February 15, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park
• Handong ng Panagbenga sa Pamilya Baguio
  Location: Melvin Jones
• Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom
  Location: Melvin Jones
• Panagbenga 2015 Kite-Flying Challenge
  Location: Melvin Jones
• Panagbenga Variety Show
  Location: Melvin Jones
• Fireworks Display
  Location: Melvin Jones

February 16 – 18, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park

February 19, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park
• Chinese Spring Festival
  Location: City-wide

February 19 – 22, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park
• PMA Grand Alumni Home Coming
  Location: Philippine Military Academy, Loakan Road

February 23 – 27, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park
• Floral Arrangement Competition and School-based Landscaping Competitiong (Judging)
  Location: Elementary and Highschools in Baguio City

February 28, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park
• Grand Street Dancing Parade
  Locations: Panagbenga Park, Session Road, Harrison Road, Athletic Bowl
• Sponsors’and Exhibitors’ Day
  Location: Athletic Bowl

March 1 – 6, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park
• Grand Float Parade
  Locations: DILG, Session Road, Harrison Road, Athletic Bowl
• Sponsors’and Exhibitors’ Day
  Location: Athletic Bowl
• Session Road in Bloom
  Location: Session Road

March 7, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park
• Session Road in Bloom
  Location: Session Road
• Pony Boys’ Day
  Location: Athletic Bowl

March 8, 2015

• Baguio Blooms Exhibition and Exposition
  Location: Lake Drive, Burnham Park
• Session Road in Bloom
  Location: Session Road
• Panagbenga Closing Ceremonies and Grand Fireworks Display
  Locations: Athletic Bowl and various areas in Baguio’s (Central Business District) CBD
• Mar 01-08 Session Road In Bloom
  The most popular street in Baguio will be closed to traffic to allow pedestrians to walk freely and enjoy the various food and non-food
  products and entertainment on offer.

Visit the Philippines Year (VPY) 2015. See you there and enjoy the wonderful world of Panagbenga 2015! 

Sweet deals from Allphones for Panagbenga 2014

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ALLPHONES JOINS PANAGBENGA 2014 WITH A SWEET DEAL: THE EASIEST, MOST AFFORDABLE UNLIMITED POSTPAID LINE FOR P599 A MONTH

The flowers of the 2014 Panagbenga Festival are again showcasing the beautiful blooms of Baguio City this February, as the month-long celebration continues. The name “panagbenga” is a Kankanaey word that means, “season of blooming”.

Joining the celebration this month is the fastest-blooming telecoms retail company, Allphones. Allphones has bloomed into almost 50 outlets across the nation, and it is doing its part to make the Panagbenga Festival an even better experience for visitors. 

“As a company, we have great respect and appreciation for the history, traditions, and values that the Panagbenga Festival celebrates. A reverence for beauty, a respect for nature, hard work, industry, a sense of play, and joyful hope—all of these take center stage every Panagbenga season and we, as a company, have similar values. 

“Each Allphones store is a showcase for the beauty of design and the wonders of technology. Our customers are allowed to play with actual demo. Members of our staff put in a lot of hard work in learning about all the mobile phones in our stores and in assisting each customer at their best,” said Maureen Laus-Gallant, Head of Allphones Marketing.

She added that the true beauty of the customer experience in Allphones stores is also found in how convenient they make the process of purchasing phones and obtaining a postpaid account. 

Allphones stores use an iPad-based, digital, and paperless process for postpaid applications. Subscribers who apply for postpaid accounts in Allphones stores no longer have to sign a lot of paper forms or bring a lot of required documents. The customer data they provide is protected by military grade security protocols. 

More than just convenience and ease, Allphones stores offer the best postpaid deals. One deal that is available in Allphones stores nationwide, as well as in the Panagbenga festival, is the UNLI 599 SIM Only. 

Allphones stores offer customers the choice of the following services under the UNLI 599 plan: 

1) Unlimited Calls and Texts to Globe/TM;

2) Unlimited Calls to Globe/TM and Landline Calls; and 

3) Unlimited Texts to All Networks.

There’s no lock-in period and the only requirement for a subscriber to apply is one valid ID. Allphones stores make owning a postpaid line with unlimited services the most convenient, easiest experience ever. 

UNLI 599 is made possible through a partnership with Globe Telecom. The plan gives postpaid subscribers maximum service from their mobile phones while also being easier on the pocket. 

The convenient, affordable, leveled-up retail experience in their stores has allowed Allphones Philippines to establish 40 new stores all over the country in the latter half of 2013. This year, on first quarter alone, at least twelve more Allphones stores are expected to open.

Besdes the sleek, beautiful interiors of Allphones stores, customers also enjoy how they can try out real demo units. This helps them sample the various phones’ functions—so they can pick the phone that fits their needs and lifestyle perfectly. Allphones stores stock the widest range of mobile phone brands and models.

The 18th Panagbenga Festival 2013

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The 18th Panagbenga Festival 2013 with the theme “A Blooming Odyssey”.

Panagbenga Festival officially opens on February 1 with a Grand Opening Parade from Panagbenga Park to Athletic Bowl.

The first day of Panagbenga will set the festive mood as the month-long celebration starts. The highlight of the event will happen on February 23 and 24. This year, the theme of Panagbenga 2013 is “A Blooming Odyssey”. It will be a celebration not only of the season of blooming, but also of the progressive economy and prosperity of the City of Pines.

Here is the schedule of the Panagbenga Festival:

It’s time, once again, to dance on the streets of Baguio! Here's the detail and schedule : 

February 1, 2013 

Grand Opening Parade
Drum and Lyre Dance Competition (Elementary Division)
Panagbenga Park to Athletic Bowl

February 1 - March 3, 2013
Market Encounter & Landscaping Competition
Burnham Park

February 10, 2013
Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom
Melvin Jones

February 10, 2013
Handog ng Panagbenga sa Pamilya Baguio
Burnham Park

February 10, 2013
Fluvial Float Parade
Burnham Lake

February 23, 2013
Grand Street Dancing Parade
Panagbenga Park to Athletic Bowl

February 24, 2013
Grand Float Parade
Panagbenga Park to Athletic Bowl

February 25 - March 3, 2013
Session Road in Bloom
Panagbenga Park to Athletic Bowl

March 4, 2013
Closing Ceremonies
Athletic Bowl

How to get there:

The trip to Baguio from Manila is a breeze with the hourly service bus stations offer to passengers. It is a 5-7 hour trip by bus and may cost 450-715 pesos per person. If you are traveling by car, take the NLEX (North Luzon Expressway) to Clark and then exit at SCTEX (Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway) up north, then take the exit to Tarlac City, Tarlac to La union. Then a choice of the historic Marcos Highway or the steep Kennon road, where you can catch a glimpse of the famous Lion’s head, to Baguio. Its a 6 hour drive and the roads are steep so make sure your car is in good condition.

It will run until March 3, 2013. Local and foreign tourists will troop to this city to watch such events as "Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom," "Bloom, Baguio Bloom!" and "Handog ng Panagbenga sa Pamilya Baguio." There will be a Mr. Muscle Showdown, a Northern Luzon Real Estate Exposition, a Bombo Radyo Concert, a grand street dancing parade, and a grand float parade.

Panagbenga, a Kankanaey term, means "a season of blossoming." The Festival of Panagbenga was conceived in 1995 to dramatize Baguio's reconstruction after the July 16, 1990 earthquake. Over time, the term became a tribute to the beautiful flowers that abundantly thrive in the city. The Festival's main focus, since its inception has been "to highlight the best of what the city can offer."

It is a tale of a city endowed with resiliency to bounce back from the ruins caused by the earthquake. It is a story of a people gifted with unique talent, and ingenuity, who value their roots and their rich cultural heritage.

Panagbenga Festival Great Float Parade 2012

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Panagbenga Festival Grand Float parade in Baguio was really fun and enjoyable event ! Last Sunday’s floral floats parade, the highlight of the Panagbenga, drew thousands of local and foreign visitors who gathered along the parade route on Session and Harrison Roads as early as 6 a.m. Thousands have enjoyed seeing the beautiful floats  artistically-crafted variously-themed flower floats carrying blooms from La Trinidad, Benguet, or Davao, while some had been flown in from other places exclusively for the festival.

Excitingly and happy people, dressed in colorful costumes,  bands, like the Saint Louis University band, Baguio City National High School (BCNHS) band,  and the band of the University of the Cordilleras have  interspersed among the 15 competing floats.

This year’s theme is “Community Convergence for a Sustainable Tourism Growth.” Panagbenga is a Kankanaey term to mean blossoming of flowers.

Panagbenga Flower Festival is really more fun in the Philippines! I really enjoyed the experience being there in the colorful, amazing and grand event. I really feel happy to capture the event in pictures to enjoy forever.