Experience Tagum City

Tagum City, the capital of the Davao Province, takes pride as one of the country’s top-20 fastest growing urban centers and one of the most viable and most competitive business site. As a first class city, Tagum is the seat of the Davao Province with the largest share and highest growth of investments.
Likewise, the city is a top exporter of banana (cavindish and cardava) including banana chips and other related products. Wood-based, metal, and agri-based industries are also vital in the city’s booming economy.

Under the administration and leadership of the Honorable Mayor Rey T. Uy and with the support of the City of Tagum Legislative Council presided by the Honorable Vice Mayor Allan L. Rellon, the City Of Tagum has trained youth music artists through special program that consist of continuing music workshops focused on skills enhancement on musical instruments playing and culminates in annual music recitals. To date, there are more than 1, 300 graduates of the year-long annual music workshops.

Moreover, the City Mayor provided support for the acquisition and enhancement of the musical instruments used by the various Drum, Bugle and Lyre Corps and Marching Bands based in more than twenty (20) public elementary and secondary schools in the CityLocated in the juncture of the southeastern route of the Daang Maharlika in Mindanao, Tagum City is strategically a significant hub where all passenger buses and jeepneys from Northern Mindanao going to Davao City or from Davao City to any point in Eastern and Northern Mindanao pass by. There are also taxis or vans plying from Davao City to Tagum City in approximately one-and-a-half hour journey.

In Tagum City is a distinct cultural event that celebrates the Filipino excellence in Music composition, performance and production, the end goal of which it to provide the youth with more opportunities to excel in the Music Industry. The annual festival engenders a vision of a fairer and brighter future for the youth through the enhancement of skills in arts and in building creative pathways for gainful employment specially for the out-of school youth.

Objectives:

MUSIKAHAN SA TAGUM is a distinct and the only music-focusd festival in Mindanao that envisions to:

• Celebrate the wealth of talents and the richness of music and arts traditions;
• Showcase the acclaimed Fil-pino excellence in the Music---traditional,popular,folk or contemporary;
• Generate support for students and youth artist to enhance their skills in the feild of music composition and performances, and;
• Promote Tagum City as the Music Capital in the Mindanao region.