AGUMAN SANDUC
January
Minalin, Pampanga
Is parade of male contestants featuring the ugliest, funniest of the clowns. Males dressed in female costumes perform hilarious mimicry of well character and winner gets a "Sandok" as his trophy.

HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL
February
Balloonist from various countries come in Clark field Pampanga to show their various designs of the hot air balloons.

CUTUD LENTEN RITES
April (Good Friday)
Movable
San Pedro Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga
Prayer takes on a different meaning during the lenten season, when the villagers of San Pedro Cutud engage in the act of self-flagellation. This ancient ritual is performed on the morning of Good Friday during the catholic Holy Week. Backs, arms and legs are cut and then struck with burillo whips. The climax to this occasion happens at midday, when penitents are nailed-- yes, nailed -- to their waiting crosses.

SABAT-SANTACRUZAN
May
A moro-moro feature the Santacruzan that occurs at certain places. During the procession, the Goydo, said to be non-Christian knight errand, confronts St. Helen and her handmaiden and tries to stop her search for the cross. After armed skirmish between the two groups and a series of dramatic dialogues in vernacular jousts, the Goydo and his men are converted into Christian faith.

APUNG IRU FLUVIAL FESTIVAL
June 27-29
Apalit, Pampanga
Here the feast of St. Peter and Paul is observed with a fluvial parade with gaily-decorated motorboats and colorful bancas roving up and down the Pampanga River. From its sanctuary at Calapangan, the image is borne by pagoda through the Calumpit River before it is brought to the parish in Apalit where it stay until the last day of the celebration. The image of Apung Iru is brought back to its permanent shrine at Capalangan in another colorful fluvial procession via the same on June 27 and culminates on June 29 when brought back to its Shrine at Capalangan.

SINUKWAN FESTIVAL
December 11
San Fernando, Pampanga
If not for that certain religious figure who was born on the 25th, December in Pampanga could have well been the month of King Sinukwan. King who, you ask? He's the epitome of the Kapampangan culture, with his mythical looks and good character. See him (or what looks like him, anyway) live as the residents of San Pedro pay homage to this larger-than-life legend. There's a colorful streetdancing parade featuring hordes of gaily-dressed, gaudily-crowned Pampanguenos, and a showcase of native rituals and music.

GIANT LANTERN FESTIVAL
December
San Fernando, Pampanga
Here, giant's lanterns made of colored crepe and Japanese paper with frames of intricate tinware skeletons containing electrical mechanism and a thousand of bulbs. Highlight is the lantern dance, blink and brilliantly twinkle in kaleidoscopic pattern in cadence with band music.