Zamboanga Hermosa Festival

The Zamboanga Hermosa is the GRANDEST festival of the city which celebrates the anniversary of the city being chartered as well as honoring the city’s patron saint, the Nuestra Señora de la Virgen del Pilar. The festival encapsulates every facet of Zamboanga City in a month-long celebration that showcases the magnificent culture, tradition, and history of the city with stunning colorful vinta displays, mesmerizing mascota and badju dresses, a fiesta food-crawl, balikbayan night, an energetic streetdance, exciting Regatta race, an appetizing sardine-based food boodle, and a dazzling parade of lights.