IJsselstein, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 03:12:39
In Bohol, every town and barangay (village or neighborhood) has its own Fiesta in celebration of the patron saint. Once a year, the entire town is 
decorated for the annual feast, in which there will be plenty of free food and drinks for all. Preparations for the fiesta already start long before, preparing the decoration, and saving for food, and fattening the pigs -- because no fiesta can be complete without lechon baboy, roasted pig, and plenty of beer and tuba to match. Everybody is welcome, no invitations required!
Fiestas can take place in any part of the year, but especially the month of May is the month of fiestas. Not a single day will pass without a fiesta 
somewhere on the island. It is at that time that most Boholanos return home, coming from Manila, or from the other places where they have settled, both within and outside the Philippines, to celebrate the fiesta in their native place in their native place. Often loaded with gifts for relatives, 
the famous Balikbayan boxes. Even those who can't come will at least try to send such a box back home for the fiesta.
Every year, Tagbilaran, the capital city also has the kick-off, and starts the Fiesta month on the first of May, with its own fiesta, in celebration of the city patron Saint Joseph the Worker. The whole city is then decorated, and all public life will come to a total standstill, to make place for a day of merry making.
| Date | Town | Patron Saint |
| January 16 | Cortes | Santo Niņo |
| January 16 | Pres. Garcia | Holy Child |
| January 16 | Valencia | Sr. Santo Niņo |
| January 17 | Carmen | Saint Anthony de Abbot |
| January 29 | Ubay | Holy Child |
| Last Saturday of January | Getafe | Holy Infant |
| February 11 | Dagohoy | Our Lady of Lourdes |
| February 11 | K of C - Tagbilaran City | Our Lady of Lourdes |
| April 5 | Bool - Tagbilaran City | Saint Vincent Ferrer |
| April 27 | Corella | Nuestra Seņora del Villar |
| May 1 | Tagbilaran City | Saint Joseph the Worker |
| May 3 | Dao - Tagbilaran City | Santa Cruz |
| May 4 | Alburquerque | Santa Monica |
| May 4 | Mabini | Santa Monica |
| May 4 | Sagbayan | San Agustin |
| May 8 | San Miguel | Saint Michael |
| May 10 | Calape | Saint Vincent Ferrer |
| May 15 | Bilar | Saint Isidore the Farmer |
| May 15 | Trinidad | Saint Isidore |
| May 15 | Tubigon | San Isidro Labrador |
| May 15 | San Isidro | Saint Isidore |
| May 19 | Candijay | Saint Joseph |
| May 29 | Talibon | Blessed Trinity |
| June 13 | Sikatuna | Saint Anthony de Padua |
| June 24 | Garcia Hernandez | Saint John the Baptist |
| June 29 | Loboc | Saint Peter the Apostle |
| June 30 | Inabangga | Saint Paul |
| July 16 | Balilihan | Virgin of Carmel |
| July 16 | Taloto - Tagbilaran City | Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| July 25 | Batuan | Saint James |
| July 26 | Alicia | Saint Joachim |
| August 15 | Dauis | Our Lady of Assumption |
| August 16 | Tip-tip - Tagbilaran City | San Roque |
| August 22 | Taloto - Tagbilaran City | Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| August 28 | Sagbayan | San Agustin |
| August 28 | Panglao | San Agustin |
| First Saturday of September | Guindulman | Our Lady of Consolation |
| First Saturday of September | Lindaville - Tagbilaran City | Birhen sa Barangay |
| September 8 | Loon | Our Lady of Light |
| September 10 | Dimiao | Saint Nicolas de Tolentino |
| September 29 | Clarin | Saint Michael |
| September 29 | Jagna | Saint Michael |
| October 7 | Buenavista | Santo Rosario |
| October 7 | Lila | Holy Rosary |
| October 11 | Pilar | Virgen del Pilar |
| October 16 | Cogon - Tagbilaran City | Birhen sa Barangay |
| Last Saturday of October | Antequera | Virgin of the Most Holy Rosary |
| November 24 | Maribojoc | Saint Vincent |
| December 8 | Baclayon | Immaculate Conception |
| December 8 | Catigbi-an | Immaculate Conception |
| December 8 | Duero | Immaculate Conception |
| December 8 | Sierra Bullones | Immaculate Conception |
| December 12 | Sevilla | Virgen of Guadalupe |
| December 12 | Booy - Tagbilaran City | Virgen of Guadalupe |
| December 30 | Danao | Holy Family |
| Movable | Anda | Holy Infant |
| Movable | Bien Unido | Holy Child |
| Movable | Loay | Santisima Trinidad |
| Town | Date | Patron Saint |
| Alburquerque | May 4 | Santa Monica |
| Alicia | July 26 | Saint Joachim |
| Anda | Movable | Holy Infant |
| Antequera | Last Saturday of October | Virgin of the Most Holy Rosary |
| Baclayon | December 8 | Immaculate Conception |
| Balilihan | July 16 | Virgin of Carmel |
| Batuan | July 25 | Saint James |
| Bien Unido | Movable | Holy Child |
| Bilar | May 15 | Saint Isidore the Farmer |
| Bool - Tagbilaran City | April 5 | Saint Vincent Ferrer |
| Booy - Tagbilaran City | December 12 | Virgen of Guadalupe |
| Buenavista | October 7 | Santo Rosario |
| Calape | May 10 | Saint Vincent Ferrer |
| Candijay | May 19 | Saint Joseph |
| Carmen | January 17 | Saint Anthony de Abbot |
| Catigbi-an | December 8 | Immaculate Conception |
| Clarin | September 29 | Saint Michael |
| Cogon - Tagbilaran City | October 16 | Birhen sa Barangay |
| Corella | April 27 | Nuestra Seņora del Villar |
| Cortes | January 16 | Santo Niņo |
| Dagohoy | February 11 | Our Lady of Lourdes |
| Danao | December 30 | Holy Family |
| Dao - Tagbilaran City | May 3 | Santa Cruz |
| Dauis | August 15 | Our Lady of Assumption |
| Dimiao | September 10 | Saint Nicolas de Tolentino |
| Duero | December 8 | Immaculate Conception |
| Garcia Hernandez | June 24 | Saint John the Baptist |
| Getafe | Last Saturday of January | Holy Infant |
| Guindulman | First Saturday of September | Our Lady of Consolation |
| Inabangga | June 30 | Saint Paul |
| Jagna | September 29 | Saint Michael |
| K of C - Tagbilaran City | February 11 | Our Lady of Lourdes |
| Lila | October 7 | Holy Rosary |
| Lindaville - Tagbilaran City | First Saturday of September | Birhen sa Barangay |
| Loay | Movable | Santisima Trinidad |
| Loboc | June 29 | Saint Peter the Apostle |
| Loon | September 8 | Our Lady of Light |
| Mabini | May 4 | Santa Monica |
| Maribojoc | November 24 | Saint Vincent |
| Panglao | August 28 | San Agustin |
| Pilar | October 11 | Virgen del Pilar |
| Pres. Garcia | January 16 | Holy Child |
| Sagbayan | May 4 | San Agustin |
| Sagbayan | August 28 | San Agustin |
| San Isidro | May 29 | Saint Isidore |
| San Miguel | May 8 | Saint Michael |
| Sevilla | December 12 | Virgen of Guadalupe |
| Sierra Bullones | December 8 | Immaculate Conception |
| Sikatuna | June 13 | Saint Anthony de Padua |
| Tagbilaran City | May 1 | Saint Joseph the Worker |
| Talibon | May 29 | Blessed Trinity |
| Taloto - Tagbilaran City | August 22 | Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| Taloto - Tagbilaran City | July 16 | Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| Tip-tip - Tagbilaran City | August 16 | San Roque |
| Trinidad | May 15 | Saint Isidore |
| Tubigon | May 15 | San Isidro Labrador |
| Ubay | January 29 | Holy Child |
| Valencia | January 16 | Sr. Santo Niņo |
If your town or barangay fiesta is not listed here, please put add it with the form below (Bohol only).
Jeroen Hellingman