A festival or gala is an event ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival. Among many religions, a feast is a set of celebrations in honour of God or gods. A feast and a festival are historically interchangeable. However, the term "feast" has also entered common secular parlance as a synonym for any large or elaborate meal. When used as in the meaning of a festival, most often refers to a religious festival rather than a film or art festival. In the Philippines and many other former Spanish colonies, the Spanish word fiesta is used to denote a communal religious feast to honor a patron saint.

Rehiyon Rehiyon Festival

It is celebrated every year, December 8 of the year as a tribute to the residents of Marikina especially to those who are not the natives of city. The festival shows the different attitudes of the different residents of the locals. Marikina was trying to unite them in one big event where in there’s a dance competition for each of the schools to participate in. that is composed of different private and public schools or organization of the said city.

When we were required to watch this amazing festival during my second year in high school, I was shocked by the simple, cheap but colorful and beautiful costumes of the representatives with their own beauties inside and out. They even put paints I’m not sure if it’s textile or poster paint in their bodies to catch the attention of the audience by their colors.

Sapatos Festival

Since Marikina is the shoe capital of the Philippines, they celebrate the Sapatos Festival. It starts on Oct. 15 up to Nov. 30, it's almost a monthn-long celebration. Sapatos Festival is celebrated because of the excellence and the advancement of their products. Since Marikina also exports shoes to other cities.

River Festival

The River Fiesta which is also known as Ilognayan is a cultural event held in Marikina Riverbanks every time the second week of February arrives. This festival is about letting the people know about the Marikina River’s significance.

Because of this festival, more and more people especially the Marikeños get involved with uplifting the Marikina River. For the reason that the knowledge being taught to the citizens is to protect the river since it is an important aspect of the earth, they will surely be proud of themselves if they accomplish cleaning and transforming Marikina River back to a fresh river once again.

Ka-Angkan Festival

Angkan-Angkan is a reunion of century old family clans in Marikina, which is held annually coinciding with Marikina’s founding anniversary. It has as its primary mission of reviving strong family ties, encourage Marikeños to trace their roots and by looking into the past, retrieve their legacy.

Christmas Festival

Now, this is Marikina's famous festival wherein Marikina River is filled with stalls selling a wide variety of stuff at affordable prices.

Starts around the Second week of November, the Marikina Christmas Festival has always attracted many people from different places who finds the event enjoyable even by just strollong around the riverbanks at night with all the lighted stores.

Liga Marikina

To provide alternative recreational activities for the young people this upcoming holiday, local governments encouraged all young people in the city to participate in the opening of Liga 2013 Inter-Barangay Marikina Sports Festival on the 3rd of March at the Marikina Sports Park.

The purpose of the Liga Marikina is to discover athletes with innate skill and efficiency in the field of sports that can shape and give honor to the city in the future.