25th Annual Filipino Cultural Celebration -- Oceanside 2026

The Filipino-American Cultural Organization was founded in Oceanside in 1976. Fifty years later, the organization that built the Philippine folk dance programs, ran the community events, and sustained the cultural education for half a century is celebrating two milestones simultaneously. The 25th Annual Filipino Cultural Celebration returns to the Oceanside Civic Center on June 13, under the theme FACO at 50: The Golden Years of Cultural Legacy and Resilience.

From noon to 6 p.m., the Civic Center Plaza hosts the FACO Cultural Dance Group performing traditional dances from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao -- the three major island groups of the Philippines, each with its own distinct movement vocabulary. Filipino musicians, children's art activities, food vendors, and artisan crafts fill out the afternoon. A 50-year-old cultural organization celebrating its 25th major public event is not a landmark that repeats. The specificity -- the regional dances, the costumes, the foods -- is the point. Free and open to the public. No registration required. Oceanside Civic Center, 330 North Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054.