It has been the tradition of the city of Cagayan de Oro to celebrate its festivity with simultaneous events that even start on the first week of August. To name just some are the Garden Show and Agri Fair, Kumbira Culinary Show, Cowboy Festival: Annual Horse Show, Kahimunan
Northern Mindanao: Food and Lifestyle Show, Miss Cagayan de Oro, The Kagay-an Festival Marathon, Cagayan de Oro Carnival Parade, The Higalas Parade of Floats and Icons, Higalaay Bisperas Fireworks Display, Religious Procession, Fluvial Procession, and Higalaay Pyrolympics. The highlights of the Higalaay Festival are the following: • The Kumbira Culinary Show which is now regarded as the longest running annual culinary show and festival in the whole Philippines, is a 3-day event that encompasses live competitions such as Buffet Table Setting and Manu Folder, Noche Buena Platter, Artistic Bread Showpiece, Dessert Making, Chef Wars, Flair Bartending Tandem, and other live competitions. • The Cagayan de Oro Carnival Parade is the city's street dancing competition where any of the barangays within the city can participate to compete for winning the Best Carnival Parade with their respective Carnival Queens. • The Higalas Parade of Floats and Icons, usually being participated among the city's educational institutions, civic groups, fraternities and sororities, establishments and more, is being viewed by thousands of Kagay-anons and tourists that crowd the sides of the parade's route. Drum and Bugle corps, competing floats and Cagayan de Oro icons are being paraded on the event. • The Fluvial Procession • The Higalaay Pyrolympics that is annually hosted by
SM City Cagayan de Oro gather Kagay-anons and tourists for a spectacular fireworks display. • Mayor
Rolando Uy, in 2024, launched 50 fiesta events of the festival at Rio de Oro Boulevard. The highlights include Agro Fair, Garden Show at Gaston Park and
Divisoria, Kagay-an International Dragon Boat Fiesta Race at Isla de Oro, the Fiesta sa Barrio at Pelaez Sports Complex, the Kagay-an Festival Marathon at Centrio Ayala Mall, the Higalaay Pyro Musical Fireworks Competition at Rodelsa Circle, the Mindanao Fashion Summit at Centrio Ayala Mall, the Miss Cagayan de Oro at Limketkai Atrium, the
DepEd Rhythmic Field Demonstration Competition, the Higalaay Street Dancing Competition, the Civic Military Parade and Float Competition at Pelaez Sports Complex and the finale,
Augustine of Hippo religious and fluvial Procession.
Carnival Parade Winners == See also ==