Subic Bay Freeport – Activities for the upcoming Halloween celebration
are lined up for the month of October inside this premier Freeport as
the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) continues the traditional
Celtic festival of Samhain left by the United States personnel who
lived here.
SBMA Tourism Manager Jem Camba said that the celebration is dubbed as
the 2026 Subic Bay Freeport (SBF) Halloween Celebration and will be
held at the Boardwalk Events Center and other areas inside the
Freeport on 30 and 31 of October 2026.
She added that the first night of the 2026 SBF Halloween Celebration
will include: a Flash Mob; Décor Contest; Float Competition; Halloween
Shack Competition; Costume Competition for Adults and Kids; and the
Spooky House Competition.
During the second day, the events will include a Halloween Night Run
with categories such as 1-kilometer Pet, 3-kilometer, 5-kilometer, and
10-kilometer, and will start at the Remy Field and go along SBF road
links.
“The traditional Trick or Treat event will still be held at the
Binictican Residential area as residents of Subic Bay Freeport will
give out candies to kids who would knock on their doors on October 31.
This has been a tradition here since Subic was still a US Naval Base,”
she added.
Last year, thousands of local tourists flocked the Mini Golf Course to
participate in the Halloween celebration. The SBMA employees showed
off their creativity by putting up Halloween shacks that scared
tourists who flocked to the event.
Halloween celebrations in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone trace their
roots back to the American era when the area served as a United States
Naval Base. American service members and resident families introduced
Western-style Halloween traditions, including neighborhood
trick-or-treating and community costume parties, to the residential
housing areas inside the base.
When the base was converted into the Subic Bay Freeport Zone managed
by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), local residents and
employees maintained these long-standing traditions. (Malou Dungog)
