- When
- 🗓️ First week of September, around the city's Sept 5 charter day
- Month
- September (Septiyembre)
What to expect
General Santos, the country's tuna capital, celebrates its fishing industry and charter anniversary with a week of street dancing, parades and tuna food fairs.
Dates can change year to year: check the official source before you go.
Getting there
See Tuna Festival on the map with the nearest airport, sea port and bus terminal, the weather, and places to stay, eat and visit nearby in General Santos City.
More festivals in South Cotabato
- Hinugyaw Festival · Jan
- Helobung Festival · May
- T'nalak Festival · Jul
Other festivals in September
- Adlaw sa Probinsya (Solili Festival) · Siquijor, Siquijor
- Agal-Agal Festival · Bongao, Tawi-Tawi
- Balangiga Encounter Day · Balangiga, Eastern Samar
- Banigan-Kawayan Festival · Basey, Samar
- Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival · Surigao City, Surigao del Norte
- Bugkosan sa Isla Festival · San Jose, Dinagat Islands