Discover The Marianas – Saipan | Tinian | Rota

Halloween Trick or Treat Drive Thru
2025-10-31 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Detroit) | Aqua Resort Club Saipan, 9543 Chalan Pale Arnold Road, San Roque, Saipan, 96950, Northern Mariana Islands
Happy Halloween! Come by for Halloween Trick or Treat Drive Thru by Former First Lady Wella & family and friends of Late Governor Arnold Palacios.
5:30PM until supplies last.

Tide and Stride Aquathlon and 10K Run
2025-10-26 06:00 - 09:00 | Kilili Pavilion, Rte 30, Susupe,, Saipan, MP, 96950, Northern Mariana Islands
Join us for the Tide & Stride Aquathlon & 10K Run! A fun-filled morning of swimming, running, and community spirit by the ocean. Whether you’re racing for speed, fitness, or just for fun, this event has something for everyone.
Adult Aquathlon
Course: 2.5K Run → 1000m Swim → 2.5K Run
Individual & relay divisions
Place medals for top age group finishers
10K Run
Scenic coastal course
Open to all levels of runners
Place medals for top finishers
Kids Aquathlon
Mandatory Race Briefing: 8:00 AM (All kids + 1 parent must attend) This is a fun and supportive way for kids to experience multisport racing– safe, exciting, and family-friendly! Please arrive on time so your child doesn’t miss the briefing. Each child is required to wear shoes on the run.
Start Times:
U6 Division: 8:30 AM (8 am briefing)
Special course designed for younger athletes
U12 Division: Immediately after U6 Finishes
1K Run, 500 meter Swim, 1K Run
Finisher medals for all kids

Autumn Festival 2025 presented by the Japanese Society of the NMI
2025-10-25 17:00 - 21:00
Autumn Festival 2025 welcomes all, presented by the Japanese Society of the Northern Mariana Islands!
Join us for an exciting evening of family fun featuring food vendors, traditional Japanese games, raffle prizes, and a bazaar. Live stage performances will include J-pop idol group Sky Syllabus from Japan.

Commonwealth Cultural Day
2025-10-13

Bisita Luta
2025-10-11 10:00 - 2025-10-13 20:00, 2025-10-10 10:00 - 2025-10-12 20:00, 2025-10-09 10:00 - 2025-10-11 20:00
The island of Rota in The Marianas warmly welcomes all visitors for a full-filled, island-flavored weekend during Bisita Luta, featuring all the best of our community.
For more information, contact the Rota Mayor’s Office at 1(670) 532-1346 or morrpio23@gmail.com.

Veterans Victory Classic Golf Tournament
2025-10-11
The 2025 Veterans Victory Classic Golf Tournament is a meaningful initiative to raise critical funds in support of Project Buddy Check 670’s mission of empowering CNMI Veterans and their families through programs that foster healing, connection, and resilience. Proceeds from this event will directly support our core efforts that include Peer support services, Recreational therapy and wellness activities, educational workshops for Veterans and families, Emergency and direct assistance and Community outreach initiatives.

3rd Annual Tinian Oktoberfest
2025-10-04 17:30 - 23:30 | Tinian Fiesta Grounds, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
Raise your glass for 3rd Annual Tinian Oktoberfest in The Marianas! Authentic German food, drink, and activities for all! 🍺🥨 Purchase your tickets today! $30 Adults/$15 Children under Age 12. Stop by Tinian Western Lodge or call 1(670) 433-0044! 📞 See you there!

Triple J Tinian Bubble Color Run
2025-10-04 | Tinian
Get ready, Tinian! The Triple J Bubble Color Run is bringing the fun to Jones Beach on Saturday, October 4! REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN at Wholesale to Everyone and Tinian Western Lodge.
This isn’t just a 5K—it’s a burst of color, bubbles, and nonstop excitement for the whole community. Run, walk, or dance your way through clouds of bubbles and splashes of color, then celebrate at the finish line back at Jones Beach.
📝 Registration Wholesale to Everyone and Tinian Western Lodge.
👕 Bonus: The first 300 participants to register will snag a FREE event shirt!
📲 Stay tuned by following our social media pages for the latest updates.
Don’t miss out on Tinian’s most colorful, family-friendly event of the year—mark your calendars and get ready to run through the rainbow! 🌈👟💦

World Tourism Day
2025-09-27
World Tourism Day is a day which is celebrated on September 27 of each year and is designated to bring attention to the importance of tourism to the international community.

International Day of University Sports
2025-09-20 16:00 - 19:00 | Oleai Sports Complex, 5P75+FWJ, Oleai, Saipan, 96950, Northern Mariana Islands
International Day of University Sports will be celebrated at Oleai Sports Complex in Saipan, The Marianas.

Labor Day
2025-09-01

Rota's Coconut & Sweet Potato Festival
2025-08-23 17:00 - 21:30, 2025-08-22 17:00 - 21:30 | Chamorro Village, Rota, Songsong Village, Rota, MP, 96951, Northern Mariana Islands
The island of Rota proudly presents the revival of the Sweet Potato Festival, originally introduced in 2011 during Mayor Melchor Mendiola’s administration. Now expanded to highlight both the sweet potato and the coconut tree—two culturally and agriculturally significant resources in the Marianas—the festival honors their historical role in local sustainability, nutrition, and tradition.
This year’s event features a variety of competitions including a fashion show, pie-eating contest, and the traditional Umang (Hermit Crab) Race. The festival will also include educational demonstrations aimed at raising awareness of traditional farming, food preparation, and the cultural value of these important island crops.

23rd Annual HANMI Charity Classic Golf Tournament
2025-07-26 07:00 - 13:30
Registration is now open for the 23rd Annual HANMI Charity Classic Golf Tournament on July 26, 2025, at LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort in Saipan, The Marianas. Registration forms are available at LaoLao Bay Golf Resort and at the official website of HANMI – Hotel Asso. of the Northern Marianas Islands – at www.saipanhotels.org.
Opened in 1995, LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort features a 36-hole golf course designed by PGA Champion Greg Norman, a world-renowned expert in golf course design. The tournament’s west course reflects Norman’s design philosophy of accurately interpreting and understating the surrounding environment, and brings together land, sky, and sea is an extraordinary golf experience.
The HANMI Board has designated the Commonwealth Cancer Association as the main benefactor of this year’s tournament.
The early bird tournament fee is $110.00 for CNMI residents and includes an awards banquet at LaoLao Bay Golf Resort immediately following the tournament. Optional play is $30. The fee increases to $130.00 after the early bird deadline on July 11, 2025. Registration fee for non-CNMI residents is $180 (also includes green fee and awards banquet). Optional play will include Accurate Drive (Hole #1), Aggressive Drive (#12) and four chances for Nearest to the Pin (Holes #3, #7, #13, and #17). Showtime is 6:00 a.m., and the tournament will have a shotgun start at 7:00 a.m.
The tournament is open to the first 144 paid registrants and follows a blackjack double Peoria format. For more information, contact Tournament Chairman William Retardo at 1.670.989.0782 or William.Retardo@picsaipan.com.

Marianas Maritime Heritage Mapping
2025-07-21 15:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-15 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-07-13 15:00 - 19:00
Registration is now open for three public workshops in July in Saipan, Tinian, and Rota aimed at documenting and mapping the maritime heritage sites and practices in the archipelago. Additional mapping sessions are scheduled with specific target groups toward the goal of spreading a wide net to capture community input.
The maritime mapping workshops will document maritime heritage sites and practices of both tangible (i.e. physical) and intangible aspects, including shipwrecks, canoe landings or sea lanes, fish traps, places related to origin stories, traditional fishing and gathering places, navigational aids, and other heritage related directly to Chamorro, Carolinian and other cultures’ connections to the sea.
Saipan outreach will be held on July 13 from 3-7 p.m. at Smiling Cove Marina in Garapan as part of the Saipan International Fishing Tournament Festival. The Tinian workshop will be held on July 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Jones Beach pavilion in San Jose. The Rota workshop will be held on July 21 from 3-7 p.m. at the Rota Roundhouse in Songsong.
The workshops are conducted by East Carolina University in collaboration with local partners and supporters, including the Office of the Mayor of Rota, the Office of the Mayor of Tinian, and Team PDI.
From the shoreline to the edge of the Exclusive Economic Zone, these workshops will be looking at it all. We welcome any and everyone – young and old – who has knowledge to share in helping to create a written record of these places and practices of importance to the people of the Marianas.
Part of the larger study, Maritime Heritage of the U.S. Pacific Islands – funded by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) – the workshop welcomes heritage practitioners and knowledge holders to focused workshops based on their experience and expertise. Maps created with community input will be compiled into a community-controlled database to inform local communities and the Federal Government about heritage sites potentially impacted by Federal actions. No sensitive or personal information will be collected.
Targeted workshops will also be held on July 8 & 9 with 500 Sails, traditional navigators, and canoe builders; on July 10 from 9-11 a.m. with cultural practitioners, artists, and historians; and on July 14 from 9-11 a.m. for agencies and department employees and in the evening at the Saipan International Fishing Tournament.
If you have knowledge you would like to contribute, please stop by the fishing festival on July 13 or register for one of our other more-structured workshops. This is important work that we hope will serve the Marianas community for generations to come.
Register today at https://bit.ly/4k9nWgl. Each workshop lasts about two hours, and no prior mapping experience or materials are needed.
For more information, email Dr. McKinnon at mckinnonje@ecu.edu.

The Wailers: Live on Saipan
2025-07-18 16:00 - 23:00
We are pleased to present The Wailers Live on Saipan Concert. The Wailers, renowned for their iconic reggae music, will perform their greatest hits, bringing the spirit of Bob Marley to life. This event will be a the reggae concert of the year. This will be a once in a lifetime concert for reggae fans all across the islands.

Saipan International Fishing Tournament FESTIVAL
2025-07-13 15:00 - 19:00 | Smiling Cove
Marianas maritime comes to the forefront of next month’s 41st Annual Saipan International Fishing Tournament in The Marianas, which will feature two days of fishing beginning on July 12, 2025, and a festival open to the public on July 13.
The festival – organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority (MVA) in cooperation with PalmTrio – will be held from 3-7 p.m. at Smiling Cove Marina, featuring ocean-related displays, food vendors, and live entertainment.
The Saipan International Fishing Tournament is organized by Saipan Fishermen’s Association.
Festival activities are expected to include CNMI Div. of Fish & Wildlife Aquatic Education, 500 Sails, Tasi to Table kids fishing tournament, and more. Marianas Maritime Heritage Mapping with East Carolina University invites fishermen, fisher families, cultural practitioners, artists, and the general public to help document and map local maritime knowledge. Northern Marianas Technical Institute will demonstrate culinary skills related to fish, such as food safety, filleting, scaling, and marination.
In 2024, the tournament had 90 boats and over 300 fishermen and fisherwomen from The Marianas and Guam. The MVA aims to attract more participants and media attention and provide a new opportunity to connect visitors with Marianas culture and nature through the festival
Boat charters and more information are available by contacting SFA President Tony Scragg at tscragg@jwssaipan.com.
Game fish categories for the tournament are: Grand Prize (Biggest Billfish), Bill Fish (1st -3rd), Yellow Fin (1st-3rd), Wahoo (1st –3rd), Mahi Mahi (1st-3rd), and Skipjack Tuna (1st-3rd). Prizes will also be awarded for total weight. A special prize of $10,000 will be awarded to the record-breaking Bill Fish weighing more than 942 lbs.
Tournament registration is $200 per boat, inclusive of a captain and one crew member. Each additional angler is $35. Registration will be held on July 11 from 4-6 p.m. at Smiling Cove Marina. A briefing on tournament regulations will be given, followed by a blessing over all boats. Tournament time on July 12 and July 13 is from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and all boats must launch from Smiling Cove Marina.
Major tournament sponsors are MVA, Budweiser, Mobil, Pacifica/Century Insurance and DOCOMO Pacific.
Tournament entry forms, rules, and schedule of events are now available at:

at Fishing Tackle & Sporting Goods Store on Beach Rd., Chalan Kanoa, Saipan
at Marianas Visitors Authority office, Beach Rd., I Liyan, Saipan
via email from the MVA at communityprojects@mymarianas.com

41st Annual Saipan International Fishing Tournament
2025-07-12 - 2025-07-13

Veterans Victory Classic Golf Tournament
2025-07-11
Join us on October 11, 2025, at Coral Ocean Resort for the Veterans Victory Classic—an 18-hole golf tournament honoring the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes. Each hole is dedicated to a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces or a major military campaign, from WWII to Iraq and Afghanistan. Hosted by Project Buddy Check 670, this event raises funds to support vital programs for CNMI Veterans and their families. Tee off for a cause and help empower those who served.

Independence Day
2025-07-04

Saipan Ocean Fair
2025-06-28 11:00 - 15:00
This fun and family-friendly event will highlight our connection to the ocean and our shared responsibility in building a more sustainable future.
What to Expect:
-Educational booths on ocean conservation
-FREE swimming and fishing lessons
-Local vendors and artisans
-Delicious food & drinks
-Cultural exhibits, activities for all ages, and much more!
This is a great opportunity to learn, engage, and enjoy all that our ocean has to offer while supporting local initiatives and traditions.
Event Details:
Saipan Ocean Fair
Saturday, June 28, 2025
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
San Isidro Beach Park, Chalan Kanoa
For questions or more information, please feel free to contact Ms. Jovahna Flores at the Division of Coastal Resources Management via email jflores@dcrm.gov.mp or by phone at (670) 664-8300.

Juneteenth
2025-06-19

26th Annual Taste of the Marianas International Food Festival
2025-05-31, 2025-05-24
The 26th Annual Taste of The Marianas International Food Festival will be held every Saturday evening during May Marianas Tourism Month on the island of Saipan, featuring live entertainment, local food and drinks, arts & craft sales, and some of the best cuisine from local hotels and restaurants. For more information, contact the Marianas Visitors Authority: 1.670.664.3200, communityprograms@mymarianas.com, www.facebook.com/visitthemarianas.

Memorial Day
2025-05-26

HANMI-NMTech Chicken Kelaguen Cook-off
2025-05-24 18:00 - 20:00 | American Memorial Park, 6P89+CRQ, Micro Beach Rd, Garapan, Saipan 96950, Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, MP, 96950, United States
The Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands (HANMI) and the culinary program of Northern Marianas Technical Institute (NMTech) are teaming up again in May 2025 on a cook-off featuring the mouth-watering island staple chicken kelaguen
The HANMI-NMTech Chicken Kelaguen Cook-off will be held on the evening of May 24, 2025, at the 26th Annual Taste of The Marianas International Food Festival organized by the Marianas Visitors Authority in celebration of Marianas Tourism Month.
What makes a tasty chicken kelaguen? The basics are shredded roast chicken seasoned with lemon, green onions, and salt and wrapped in a warm corn or flour tortilla – shredded coconut or “donne sali” hot pepper are optional.
Registration for this year’s competition is open to former and ongoing students of NMTECH’s Culinary Arts Program. Registration opens on April 1, 2025, and is free. Two-man teams or solo entries are welcomed. To register, visit NMTech at Lower Base, Saipan, or contact Tomokane at aaron.tomokane@nmtechcnmi.org. Cash prizes will be awarded.
The Taste of The Marianas offers affordable dishes from local hotels and restaurants, live entertainment, nightly contests or food demonstrations, and arts and crafts sales. The festival will be held every Saturday in May at American Memorial Park in Garapan, Saipan beginning at 5 p.m.
