Fishing festivals, about 1 to 7 Sept 2027
Tuna Festival, General Santos
A week-long festival in the first week of September in the Philippines' tuna port, General Santos.
General Santos on Mindanao is the main tuna landing port of the Philippines, and its fish port handles yellowfin and skipjack tuna caught across the Celebes Sea and the western Pacific. The city holds a Tuna Festival every year in the first week of September, timed with the anniversary of the city's founding. It includes a street dance parade, boat races, seafood stalls and displays of large tuna at the fish port.
Still to be written: Yellowfin tuna, Skipjack tuna, Bigeye tuna.