Valenzuela toasts 400th year with ‘Oktoberfest’
A search for contestants for the Battle of the Bands and Rap Contest was held prior to ‘Oktoberfest’. On its first day, the finalists of the said contests gave their performances as well as other local rappers and the bands ‘Inner Core’ and ‘The Big Thing’.

VALENZUELA City kicked off its 400th year with a three-day beer and music festival at CJ Santos Street, Barangay Malinta with Mayor Wes Gatchalian, Vice Mayor Lorie-Natividad Borja, Councilor Gerald Galang, and other city officials spearheading the ribbon-cutting ceremony. | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF VALENZUELA PIO

