LIVE UPDATES: Sinulog 2025 grand parade, ritual showdown
The highlight of the Sinulog Festival 2025 is underway with the grand parade and ritual showdown being held in Cebu City on January 19, 2025.
The grand parade kicks off the festivities at around noon while the ritual showdown caps of the day at the Cebu City Sports Center.
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For better or for worse: The ‘old’ Sinulog is back

Aerial view of Fuente Osmeña on Sunday, January 19, 2025 as Cebu City celebrates the Sinulog Festival back at its original venue – at downtown Cebu City. | Photo from Office of Civil Defense – Central Visayas
Colorful floats, excited spectators, vendors who were eager to earn, and giddy performers were common sights as the Sinulog Festival on Sunday, January 19, finally returned to its original venue.
But so does the familiar chaos—the crush of revelers, the stifling heat, and the unruly crowd— swept up in the celebration.
Sinulog 2025: 290 tons of garbage collected from parade route
Photo from the FB page of Atty. Raymond Alvin Garcia.
A total of 290 tons of garbage were collected from the route of Sinulog 2025.
Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia said the volume of garbage was due to the large crowd who attended the festivities, reaching at least four million people based on police estimates.
However, Garcia said that they were able to immediately collect and dispose the Sinulog garbage.
LIST: Sinulog Festival 2025 winners
It was back-to-back win for Negros Oriental as the province’s contingent from Bais City bagged the championship for the Free Interpretation (FI) category in the Ritual Showdown of Sinulog 2025.
This year’s competition was also a sweet comeback for Carcar City that won the Sinulog-based category.
Sinulog 2025: 4M people crowd Cebu City
The Sinulog crowd along Osmeña Boulevard at around 4 p.m. on Sunday. | CDN Digital photo / Emmariel Ares
An estimate of four million people took part in various activities held across Cebu City on Sunday, January 19, for Sinulog 2025.
The number exceeded the crowd of 2.5 to three million people that gathered at the South Road Properties (SRP) for Sinulog 2024.
But despite the presence of a bigger crowd this year, the festivities remained peaceful and orderly as of this writing, according to Police Lieutenant Colonel Maria Theresa Macatangay, deputy director for operations of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO).
LIST: No classes after Sinulog Festival 2025
Abellana National School’s performance for the Ritual Showdown of the Sinulog Festival 2025 on Sunday, Jan. 19. CDN Digital photo | Josh Almonte
To give students who participated in this year’s Sinulog Festival – whether as performers, volunteers or force multipliers – several local government units in Cebu decided to cancel classes this Monday, January 20.
Sinulog 2025: CCSC closes gates as it reaches full capacity
The Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) announced that it will be closing the gates of Cebu City Sports Center, where the Sinulog Festival this year is being held, as the venue is nearing its full capacity.
“We are closing the gates as the grandstand is nearing full capacity. For your safety and comfort, no further entry will be allowed at this time,” the SFI wrote in a statement on social media.
NAGSUGOD NA ANG RITUAL SHOWDOWN
FAMILIES BOND IN FUENTE
SITUATION AT IMUS AT 4 PM
BANAY ASIANISTA
COCO MARTIN SERENADES CROWD
BATANG QUIAPO CAST SEEN IN FUENTE
BANAY SAN NICOLASNON
HUGPONG MASIDLAKON
CARCAR CITY
BANAY LABANGON
BARANGAY LABANGON
LAMBO MABOLO
BARANGAY ZAPATERA
BAG-ONG TRIBU KASAMBAGAN
FILIPINO CELEBRITIES
KAPOY SIYA PERO WORTH IT
ABELLANA NATIONAL SCHOOL
TRIBU MASADYAON
HUGPONG NG MANANAYAW NG BAYAN
SITUATION ALONG P. DEL ROSARIO ST. AT 2 P.M.
VICE MAYOR HONTIVEROS’ MESSAGE
SPECTATORS’ REACTION TO RITUAL SHOWDOWN BACK AT CCSC
KALUNASAN CULTURAL DANCE TROUPE
INAYAWAN TALENTS GUILD CULTURAN DANCE TROUPE
NAMASILONG SA INIT ILAWOM SA BRT FUENTE STATION
MEDYO MALDITO UG SNAKE PRINCESS SA FUENTE
BURMESE PYTHON AND SINULOG
TRIBU MALIPAYON CONSOLACION
BONG REVILLA AT CCSC
CROWDS ARE GETTING LARGER
MISS CEBU WINNERS SINULOG FESTIVAL APPEARANCE
SITUATION AT FUENTE OSMEÑA CIRCLE AT NOON
SOME FLOATS IN SINULOG 2025 GRAND PARADE
BANAY ASIANTISTA
IYAHAY OG DISKARTE
TRIBU MASADYAON OF TOLEDO CITY
HUGPONG DAY-ASANON
PAHUWAY SA TA
BRGY. BINALIW AKTIBO BINALIWHANON
BANAY SAN NICOLASNON
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What it’s like to perform for Sinulog: More than a dance, it’s a prayer
Lapu-Lapu City’s Festival Queen, and the winner of the Sinulog Festival Queen 2025, Sofi Grenmo, rehearsing at Hoops Dome, Lapu-Lapu City in preparation for the Ritual Showdown of the Sinulog Festival 2025. | Photo by Morexette Marie B. Erram
Considered as the grandest and largest festival in the Philippines, Sinulog is sensory overload.
On one hand, it’s a visual treat, with performers dressed in colorful costumes, and gigantic, eye-popping props. Then there’s the loud brassy notes from the trumpets and the beat of the drums.
And to top it all off, a show-stopping choreography that blends the iconic ‘one step forward, two steps backward’ with a compelling storyline.
The Sinulog’s Ritual Showdown, the highlight of every Sinulog Festival competition, would often last no more than 10 minutes.
But such a grand performance actually takes months to prepare, millions of pesos in production and dozens of people — all as thanksgiving to the Señor Sto. Niño.
MAGPALANDONG SA MI
BABY DRESSED AS NIÑO ENJOYING SINULOG
GENERAL MAXILOM AVENUE AT PAST 11 AM
TOLEDO CITY’S TRIBU MASADYAON
BFP PERFORMERS DO A DANCE ROUTINE
‘WICKED’ FLOAT
TOURIST ENJOYS SINULOG
GIANT PUPPPETS
CONTINGENTS AT IMUS ENDURE THE HEAT
MRS. AND MS CEBU-PHILIPPINES WINNERS
‘IT’S VERY IMPRESSIVE’
NADELAY GAMAY ANG PAGSUGOD
LIBRENG SNACKS NI!
IMUS AT 10 AM
ARRIVING TO WATCH THE SINULOG
Sinulog, a headdress vendor’s journey, and a devotee’s hope
During the solemn foot procession for the 460th Fiesta Señor on Sunday afternoon, January 18, 2025, devotees filled the streets with prayers and devotion.
Along the route, vendors like 48-year-old Danilo Rellanos from Bacolod, who were also a part of the scene, selling colorful headdresses that have become a staple of the Sinulog festivities.
Danilo, who has been selling headdresses for over a decade, is no stranger to the challenges and rewards that come with this annual tradition. His headdresses, priced between ₱50 to ₱150, are designed to suit both children and adults and serve as a vibrant symbol of the celebration.
FOOD SA PARA MAY ENERGY TA UNYA
KABUSY SA SIYUDAD!
LONG QUEUE OUTSIDE CCSC
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Sinulog 2025: Road closures in Cebu City to watch out for
Cebu City has once again come alive with locals and tourists roaming the streets, churches, and shopping malls in time for the celebration of the Sinulog Festival 2025.
In line with the biggest festival in the province, several activities, religious and cultural, have been scheduled throughout the week.
With this, authorities have decided to close off some roads across downtown Cebu City to ensure that the activities will go smoothly without major disruptions.
Here is a compilation of the traffic advisories announced by the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) for the remaining Sinulog activities leading up to the Grand Ritual Showdown.
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