‘Para sa lahat!’: CCP Pasinaya offers museum tours, concerts in expansive 2025 edition

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CCP offers a free ride for its pay-what-you-can and visit-all-you-can museum hopping in the Pasinaya festival on February 1-2 as the National Arts Month celebration kicks off

MANILA, Philippines – The CCP Pasinaya Open House Festival, the country’s biggest multi-arts festival, returns for its 19th edition with broad offerings from art tours to concerts all over the country, providing an expansive reach fit for its theme, “Para sa Lahat!”

Festival-goers on February 1 and 2 can visit as many as 20 museums and galleries in Metro Manila for its museum tours, while concerts and other multicultural events in Manila and nearby cities also roll off as CCP celebrates the National Arts Month. 

CCP is offering a free shuttle for its pay-what-you-can and visit-all-you-can museum hopping on the two-day festival starting from the Paseo Museo terminal, located along Vicente Sotto Street in Manila. 

Among the museums and galleries to be featured are the Adamson University Gallery, Asian Institute of Maritime History (Museo Maritimo), Bahay Tsinoy, Baluarte de San Diego, Casa Manila, Centro de Turismo, Museo de Intramuros, Fort Santiago, 

It also includes the Galleria Duemila, GSIS Museo ng Sining, Manila Clock Tower Museum, Metropolitan Theater (MET), Museo Pambata, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD),  National Museum – Anthropology, National Museum – Fine Arts, National Museum – Natural History, PWU-SFAD Jose Conrado Benitez Gallery, Bulwagang Roberto Chabet, and Liwasang Kalikasan. 

The tour will start from 9 am to 4 pm on both days of the event, going simultaneously with other festivities at the CCP Complex and Circuit Makati.

Other art showcases are sprinkled in different venues such as the CCP Complex (Front Lawn, Liwasang Kalikasan, and Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez), Aliw Theater, Circuit Performing Arts Theater, Intramuros (Baluarte de San Diego and Fort Santiago), and the MET in Manila. 

Circuit Makati will be the stage for the top-performing art groups in the country, including Rizalia, the Sandiwang Kayumanggi Folk Dance Troupe, and Bungkos Palay Performing Arts Foundation. 

As an extension for performers in the festivals, Fort Santiago and Baluarte de San Diego in Intramuros will be the venues for other youthful acts from universities and high schools around the metro. 

The Philippine Madrigal Singers and Alice Reyes Dance Philippines will also perform at the MET, among other well-known artists.

Additionally, world-class performers like Ballet Philippines, Bayanihan, and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra will be featured at Aliw Theater.

Literary artists will be at the Liwasang Kalikasan, while Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez will screen films from Gawad Alternatibo, and Cinemalaya, alongside other musical plays. 

It will also host a new festival event called “Palaro,” which aims to pay homage to Philippine landmarks and mythology through live game demos and tournaments. 

Events will also be staged in Batangas, Sorsogon, Iloilo City, Himamaylan, and Tagum City, expanding the multicultural reach of the festival. 

The CCP Pasinaya was established in 2005 and has since grown into the biggest multi-arts event in the country. 

Registration for this year’s edition is open through the CCP’s social media accounts and its official website. – Rappler.com