Homage to Her Majesty Celia Cedeño, Queen of the XXXVII Festival, in her 25th anniversary, and to Her Majesty Armida Rodríguez, Queen of the XIII Festival, in her 50th anniversary.

Sung praises in honor of the Virgin of Mercy by decima singers and mejorana players from the region, at the Mejorana Palace (the main stage) and at a special stage in front of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy.

Sixteenth Children's Drum Competition, at the Festival's Youth Performances Stage (one block from the main stage)

The children and youth delegations will perform their regional dances as part of the “Victorino Fulito Córdoba” Encounter, at the youth performace stage.

Festival Flag given to the Flag Bearer for the Traditional Parade of Oxcarts on Sunday. This years flag bearer is Lic. Roberto Henríquez, Panama's Minister of Commerce and Industry.

Second Children's Mejorana Playing Competition, sponsored by MELO Enterprises.

Beginning of the Great Oxcart Parade led by the Flag Bearer. Two competitions will take place during the parade: the Twenty Second Tuna Competition “Martina Castillo” and the Sixteenth Oxcart Competition “Tiburcio Saavedra”. A Tuna is a group of musicians, singers, and dancers that usually parade through the streets; in this case they parade accompanying each oxcart. Each oxcart is nicely decorated according to some folkloric theme and usually carries one or more people representing a particular custom of the country side.

Dia Sereno (Serene Day). Traditional cowfights. Great Atolladera (Mud Party) inside the bullfighting rink (barrera). Tuna (dancing parade) with the Burlap Flag led by Her Majesty and her court. It usually rains a lot in September. The second bullfights day is called the Dia Sereno (Serene Day). That day the flag is made of burlap bags, and the queen's tuna actually goes inside of the barrera, where the cowfights stop and some of the party goers will be thrown in the mud or at least partially covered with mud, for fun. The queen, her court, and others in the tuna will usually dress in white that afternoon, to make the mud on their clothes even more visible, which is a tradition that is said to have been started by Dorindo Cardenas, a very popular and quite loved accordion musician who wrote the song "Decimo Quinto Festival en Guarare" (Fifteenth Festival in Guarare) among many other hits. That song was made popular around the world by Colombian accordion musician Alfredo Gutierrez and by Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. In the seventies, Dorindo was chosen as flag bearer for the Dia Sereno and Atolladera for several years.

Eleventh Costume Competition Professor Dora Pérez de Zárate, Feminine and Masculine. Medal sponsored by Her Majesty Mirín Díaz (queen from a previous festival)