Events: Butch Dalisay Talk, Davao Food Appreciation Tour, BlogBank Launch, and Tons of Concerts!

By: Sophia Lucero | March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here are some notable events that are buzzing around the Philippine blogosphere this time of year:

Butch Dalisay on Creative Non-Fiction for Bloggers

Kape @ Pandesal sa Isla Series No: 2 features a conversation with Butch Dalisay, a Palanca Hall of Fame Awardee. You can view a partial video of the talk or full audio at the Blog and Soul website. And here’s a nice narration of the event courtesy of PinoyCentric. (A podcast of the previous talk, Libel and Blogging, can also be downloaded.)

Davao Food Appreciation Tour

Davao Food Appreciation Tour image by Davao Food Trip

Davao Food Appreciation Tour (Davao FAT) is literally a food trip for over 20 bloggers throughout 8 establishments in Davao. It follows the Davao Food Trip that was held last December to January. Davao FAT begins March 14 and ends on March 16.

BlogBank Launch

BlogBank logo

Blog Bank, the first blog advertising network in the Philippines, held a launch party on March 13 at Red Box Greenbelt, Makati. Regnard Raquedan writes:

The launch was held at the spiffy Red Box Karaoke in Greenbelt 3, Makati City. The BlogBank team threw a rockin’ karaoke party for the advertisers, publishers and bloggers, with a short program to recognize the Top 3 advertisers (eLBC, Delifrance & Nokia), as well as the Top 3 earning publishers (Jehzeel, Kiven and Anton).

Concerts!

Finally, let’s talk about concerts. You’ve been living under a rock if you haven’t about all the great musicians gracing our islands in the past few weeks. But for your sake, here’s a rundown:

Ne-Yo (March 1)
Maroon 5 (March 5)
Incubus (March 9)
Colbie Caillat (March 11)
Earth, Wind and Fire Experience featuring Al McKay (March 11)
Mandy Moore (March 12)
Incognito (March 14)
Harry Connick Jr. (March 15)
Celine Dion (March 15)

Don’t feel so bad if you haven’t attended any of these, because even bigger artists are coming to town!

Joss Stone (April)
Toto (April 3)
Swing Out Sister (April 7)
Duran Duran (April 10)
Damian Marley (May)
Natalie Cole (May)
James Blunt (May 19)
The Click Five (May 30)
Steve Tyrell (May 30)
Madonna (July)
Josh Groban (July)
Dave Matthews Band (September)
Justin Timberlake (October)
U2 (October)
Usher (November)

(Info from edarevalo.net, PhilMUG, and TicketNet.)

Are you psyched yet? Woot!

Tags: advertising, blogbank, blogging, concerts, davao, Events, food

5 Comments

Regnard Said,

March 14, 2008 @ 6:04 pm

Thanks for the mention!
Johanna Said,

March 14, 2008 @ 11:21 pm

wow! i’m SO looking forward to the next batch of artists having a concert here! thanks for posting this.
Jehzeel Laurente Said,

March 15, 2008 @ 2:57 am

thanks for the mention as well.. hehehe
Mikko Said,

March 15, 2008 @ 4:21 am

Weee, I attended Davao FAT.
Pinoy Problogger Said,

March 16, 2008 @ 3:47 pm

Thanks for the mention =)