We’re delighted to share the fourty-fifth issue of the Helix Events Newsletter. Our goal is to share a diverse collection of events each month from a wide spectrum of communities and cultures across the Philippines. We aim to support event organizers and provide the community with an amazing way to discover great events.

Included each month:

• Main Stage feature of a particularly awesome upcoming event

• Highlights of interesting events each month

• Events Powered by HelixPay to show our ticketing services in action

• Spotlight features a leading personality of the events community

• Big Brain Moment Trivia and data about Filipino events & culture

Let us know what you think on our Facebook Page: Helix Events. We want this to be a collaboration with the events community. You can also see a full list of events in the Philippines at helixevents.asia.

Let’s get started!

We curated a list of exciting opportunities for you to bond with your family and explore new hobbies with friends! Feel free to check them out and see if they can align well with your interests and passions.

MAIN STAGE

ExpoMom 2024
We’ve become #morethanmoms. We are now business women, homeschool teachers, chefs, artists, crafters, builders, athletes, warriors, etc.

Moms have evolved into their “now” selves. After everything the world has gone through (pandemic, natural disasters, economic challenges, etc.) — we’ve come out of it transcendent; we’ve come out of it more than moms.

Mommy Mundo invites moms and families to celebrate Mother’s Day through an extravaganza of free activities and goodies!

HIGHLIGHTS

1. Wine & Food Hop Year 2

Get ready for a fun-filled experience as we stroll through Maginhawa's vibrant streets, stopping at top restos like Tomato Cannon, Urban Chick, Wadough’s, and Chica’s Bagnet Express.

This event is not just about wine tasting – it's a full-blown celebration of community, culture, and the art of gastronomy.

Join La Rosa Vino in enjoying good food and great wines! Your participation entitles you to an opportunity to try 8 different bottles, 14 bites from 8 restaurants and a tasting glass.

2. Kentucky Town
KFC Finger Lickin' Beats!

Free your fire at #KFCKentuckyTownPH! Enjoy music, live art, and FREE food and goodies.

Get a free concert pass for a minimum single-receipt purchase of P300 on KFC products. This is valid on dine-in, take out, drive-thru, KFC App, KFC website and KFC hotline purchases from May 11-18, 2024 from any KFC store nationwide. Stay tuned for the concert pass redemption details.

3. Bayanihan Art Workshop
Join the Fernando C. Amorsolo Art Foundation and Yuchengco Museum for a Basic Drawing & Watercolor Painting Workshop! This is open to beginners aged 14 and above.

This event highlights two sessions about basic drawing to be hosted by Nandy Lazo and basic watercolor painting (still life and landscape) to be facilitated by Kath Dagum. Registration includes three sessions, materials, demonstrations, handouts and guided exercises per session.

Don't miss the chance to showcase your artwork in the post-workshop online exhibition on Yuchengco Museum's website in May 2024. Register today and unleash your inner artist.

4. Travel with Yel to Mt. Tabayoc
Conquer Mt. Tabayoc the second highest peak in Luzon and the 6th highest mountain in the Philippines! Explore the stunning and otherworldly lakes of Kabayan, Benguet as well.

Registration includes roundtrip van service, camp fee, 3 hosted meals (Day 1 dinner and Day 2 light breakfast + brunch, entrance fee, guide fees for Mt. Tabayoc and the 4 Mystical Lakes, LGU fee, environmental fee and climb certificate.

This event is open to joiners from Cagayan Valley, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya and Kalinga.

5. Kapaganad sa Kulintang
Learn how to play the kulintang and other musical instruments of the Kulintangan Ensemble: Kulintang gongs, Agongs, Bebendir and Debakan!

There will also be a lecture-demonstration workshop about the kulintang. Resource speakers include Dr. Helen S. Tejero, Jallaludin “Arjay” M. Casnor, Caironesa Dimatanday, Salman D. Ibrahim, Yuko Olga Kirsten D. Ortega and Nahara Hadji Sarip.

This event is free for all members of MSU-IIT Resident Cultural Groups’ Music Pool and is open to general participants for paid registration.

Events Powered by HelixPay

Venice Grand Art Market
Become a part of the grandest art market this month! Celebrate love and art this Summer only at the Venice Grand Canal Mall.

May 18 -19
Venice Plaza, Mckinley Hill

Bears, Beers, & Bars: Summer Mixer ‘24
Celebrate diversity at Manila’s party-for-charity social event bringing together the rainbow🌈 community!

May 18, 2024
Brooklyn Warehouse - Manila

Madworld 2024
Reimagine the world of marketing and advertising while learning how to tap into the market within you.

May 30, 2024
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Cubao

 SPOTLIGHT

Each week we will feature an interesting leader of the Filipino events community - from producers to choreographers to venue operators to performers & more. There are so many amazing personalities and creators and we are excited to share these stories!

Name: Lanz Maui Chua

Role: Former International Trade Fairs Associate, European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines

Describe your role: It’s a multifaceted role, and it was guided by our chamber’s goal to promote Philippine interests, talents and cultures in Europe and vice versa. My main responsibility was to be the Philippines’ sales representative for a German trade fair organizer (Koelnmesse). With this, I generated leads by reaching out to companies in certain industries like food and gaming to participate in events from bazaars, expositions to other opportunities to expose them to the European market. I converted these leads into clients by selling them exhibition spaces, providing visa endorsements on behalf of the chamber, creating itineraries, connecting them to travel agencies and giving marketing assistance for trade fairs.

Favorite part of your job: I believe that my favorite part of the job has something to do with my interactions with the companies. As I offer trade fair spaces, I get to know more companies and their nature of business. I get to learn various industries that I have never interacted with in the past. That gives me the knowledge to grow professionally and culturally.

Best performance you ever had and why?
My best performance can be attributed to ANUGA. It is one of the biggest trade fair conference in the world that tackles the food industry. I got to study the trade fair and the Philippine companies that constantly participate in that event. In selling trade fair spaces, I had the opportunity to attend Philippine trade fairs (Bakery Fair) and interacted with the companies that would really want to participate at ANUGA. I also got to interact with the organizers of ANUGA and I felt a sense of belongingness as part of a contributing factor for the trade fair.

Any upcoming events you're excited for and why?
I’ve attended various trade fairs in my life that ranges from cars, food, toys and collectible items. Personally, I am excited to go to trade fairs for toys, specifically for anime. In fact, I have a mini toy museum at home. I collect figures that are One Piece-related because One piece is my favorite anime. I look forward to expanding my collection of figurines by attending trade fairs for such.

Name a favorite movie or song you're liking recently:
My favorite movie is Kingsman because it displays the British trope of being prim and proper while executing action moves. It’s a Bond-like film that is more up to my generation.

BIG BRAIN MOMENT

Interesting facts & trivia from the Philippines culture & events community

Trivia Question

Answer: Nata de coco. This coconut-based delicacy was invented by Filipina chemist Teódula Kalaw África as a natural fiber food product that became a top major export of the Philippines. It can serve as candy, sinkers for drinks like juice and milk tea and toppings for desserts like halo halo, ice cream and pudding. Many health benefits can be found in nata de coco as well because it contains calcium, vitamin C and potassium and probiotic properties from the fermentation process it undergoes.

Interesting Culture Fact!

However, some rural markets still follow some of the practices that milk peddlers did in the past because they are remembered as professional, punctual and efficient in their job.

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