Party On! Sinulog Events Guide

Beat Dance Club

Four nights of fun and music beginning Thursday and winding up on Sunday are happening at the Beat Dance Club at the upper level of Café d'France at Mango Square, along the mardi gras route Mango Avenue, Cebu City. Get Chucked in these parties by gearing up in your best Converse styling in these four nights and get a chance to win exciting limited edition items from Converse.

This Thursday, January 18, jive with the hits of Michael Jackson, Madonna, Olivia Newton-John, The Village People, Earth Wind & Fire, Anita Ward and many more. Hips won't lie on Friday, January 19 with Wild Booty Dancing night with handsome prices. The hip-shaking contest for the ladies begin at 9pm with DJ Rainier spinning commercial house tunes, along with popular hip-hop and R&B music.

The hip-house and other club anthems styling of DJ's July and Rainier will rule the dance floor on Saturday, January 20. At the open patio will be the live tribal drumbeats of Mungkanghan.

The Sinulog Mardi Gras party on Sunday, January 21, begins in the morning with tribal house and latin house. Commercial house, hip-hop and R&B alternate the party, which runs simultaneously with the Sinulog Parade along Mango Avenue.

Café Adriatico

Café Adriatico's Sinulog celebration kicks off this Thursday, January 18. Composed of children ages 10 to 12, The Children's Joy Foundation Rondalla will play a popular repertoire in a buffet beginning 7pm of January 18. During their performance, patrons and diners are welcomed to make a donation to the Foundation's cause.

Upcoming trance-coustic group Crack will set an upbeat mood inside the dining room on Friday, January 19 and Saturday, January 20 with their danceable live house acoustics after dinner. Reservations are welcomed at 2329962.

La Mer Entertainment Bar

La Mer Entertainment Bar at the Mango Square along General Maxilum Avenue, home of Cebu's local independent musical groups, will host a reggae night, one of their Sinulog parties, this Friday, January 19 beginning at 8pm.

Presented by Converse, Reggae Sa Sinulog 2007 presents upcoming and successful local indie reggae groups in Cebu. Leading the pack is five-year old Pasakanin, famous for their comical adaptation of Under d'Sea, Sayaw Ta Bai, Kinabuhi and Magkahiusa..

Upcoming reggae group BMW (short for Big Marvin and d'Wigiws) who recently launched their self-titled album will also render an all-original repertoire including its hit single "Vanessa."

Reggae Sa Sinulog 2007 will be hyped up with the ska-reggae of Superspy, Ogotip and QueenCities, with their trumpets, trombone and saxophone styling. Plus performances of No Parking Anytime, Raskafarian. and Toysouljahs.

Converse items are up for grabs during games in between band sets. Those who will wear Converse footwear and apparel will be given free entrance passes between 7pm and 8pm. Tribal group Mungkanghan will do and drum beat exhibition when the gates open to the public.

Handuraw Events Cafe

Handuraw Events Café together with Colt 45 and Globe Telecom starts the Sinulog festivities with an ALL STAR CAST this Thursday, January 18, beginning 8pm. To perform are Aggressive Audio, Missing Filemon, Island Joe, Smooth Friction, Sheila and the Insects, Zarah Smith, Kadangyan, Powerspoonz, Juress, Domestic Grass, Playphonics of Tacloban, 1017 of Davao, Gasulina, Board of Trustees of Dumaguete and Agaw Agimat of Manila-all of which to be covered live by Cebu TV. Hosted by Joe Phoenix, there'll be games and giveaways by T.P. Designs International and 460 Gaming Handuraw Lahug

Friday, January 19 is Sinulog Plugged in Party. Performing are Kadangyan , Mano Mano, Zarah Smith, Avlish, Shadowbox Serenade, Apple Drive, Pole, At Fault, Soul Brothers, Tudes, Ground End Points, Idk, Paradigm Shift, Sinfilled, Anagram, Stallions, Novena, Dysfunction, Krystal's Edge, Moonlit Scene, Mood, with special performances by Playphonics, 1017, and Boy Elroy of Manila! Games and giveaways will be provided by Mulatto and Scuba World! Party begins 6pm with free entrance from 5 to 7pm.

Reggae meets Ska happens January 20, Saturday, beginning 7pm. Catch performances of Skunky Muggles, Rastemo, Onion Leaves, NPA, Santing Scawalag, Democratz, Tired Red Eyes, Crown Royale, Raskafarian, Toysouljahs, Skaliva Meets Jan Allah, Muskats and Domestic Grass! Games and giveaways courtesy of Habagat and Mulatto! Free entrance from 5 to 7pm.

Finally, it's "Sinulog Bisaya" on January 21, Sunday, beginning 6pm. See the best of Cebuano's lyricism with Aggressive Audio, Smooth Friction, Mantequilla, Fervent, Agadiers, Agipo, Republika, Ainos, Glass of Dirt, Jimmy Cycle, KDB, Avlish, Drift, Flirt, Metal Instinct, Insurrectus, Rampant Poetry, Birth Control, Konigs, Puppy Eyed Kirtmen, Crisrock, Castle Freak, Anorexia, and PG18! Games and giveaways by Colt 45 and Globe Telecom. Free Entrance from 5 to 7pm. For more info, please call at 233-8678 or log on to www. Handuraw.com