The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City , and on the fourth Sunday of January in Carmen, Cebu , and is the centre of the Santo Niño Catholic celebrations in the Philippines. The festival is considered to be first and Queen of festivals in the Philippines , with every celebration of the festival routinely attracting around 1 to 2 million people from all over the Philippines every year. [1] Aside from the religious aspect of the festival, Sinulog is also famous for its street parties , usually happening at night before and at the night of the main festival. [2] Other places like General Santos City , Kabankalan City , Maasin City , Balingasag Misamis Oriental , Cagayan de Oro City , Butuan City and Pagadian City also have their own version of the festival in honor of Santo Niño.