Live Entertainment in Pasay

Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is the most important performing arts showroom in the Philippines — a 1969 national cultural center built during the Marcos era that houses the Main Theater (1,800 seats), Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, and multiple performance spaces presenting the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Ballet Philippines, Philippine Ballet Theatre, Repertory Philippines, and touring international productions. CCP's extraordinary role as the primary institution for Philippine performing arts and its remarkable 50+ year history create a showroom of genuine Philippine cultural heritage significance.

Folk Arts Theater at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex is one of Manila's most historically significant concert venues — an open-air theater in the CCP Complex built in 1974 on the orders of Imelda Marcos (who used cultural infrastructure as a political tool, constructing most of Manila's major cultural venues during the Marcos dictatorship in a remarkable if controversial patronage of the arts). The theater's extraordinary political history and its ongoing presentation of Filipino folk and popular arts create a venue of considerable Philippine cultural history significance.

SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds is the Philippines' largest outdoor concert and festival venue — a massive bayside open space adjacent to Manila Bay and SM Mall of Asia (the Philippines' largest shopping mall) that can accommodate 50,000+ concert-goers for major events including the Wanderland Music and Arts Festival. The grounds' extraordinary combination of Manila Bay waterfront setting and massive open-air capacity create a concert venue of considerable Philippine outdoor entertainment significance.

Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) is the Philippines' most important large-scale event and concert venue complex — a massive Manila Bay waterfront convention and performance facility that hosted Miss Universe 1994 and the ASEAN Summit multiple times, and serves as the primary venue for large-scale Philippine national events and international conventions. PICC's extraordinary role in Philippine diplomatic and cultural history and its remarkable Manila Bay setting create a concert venue of considerable Philippine national significance.

Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) houses the Forum, the Plenary Hall, and multiple function rooms that serve as major showroom venues for concerts, theatrical productions, and cultural performances for the Philippine capital's most important government and corporate events. PICC's remarkable history of hosting Miss Universe (1994), ASEAN Summits, and major Philippine state cultural events create a showroom of considerable Philippine national significance.

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra's concert hall at the CCP presents outstanding classical music to Filipino audiences in a country with a remarkable musical tradition that spans Spanish colonial-era zarzuelas, American-era jazz and big band music, and contemporary OPM (Original Pilipino Music) pop. The Philippine Philharmonic's extraordinary mission of sustaining classical music culture in Southeast Asia's most musically passionate archipelago nation and its remarkable programming create a showroom of considerable Philippine classical music significance.

Resorts World Manila Theater is one of the Philippines' most important commercial theatrical showrooms — a major venue at the Resorts World Manila integrated resort presenting outstanding Broadway musicals, concerts, and theatrical productions to an affluent entertainment-seeking audience. The theater's remarkable programming of international and Filipino theatrical content and its excellent production facilities create a showroom of considerable Philippine commercial entertainment significance.

SM Mall of Asia Arena is the most important indoor concert arena in the Philippines — a 20,000-capacity venue in the SM Mall of Asia Complex on Manila Bay that has hosted the biggest international concerts in Philippine history, including Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, and virtually every major touring act. The arena's remarkable location on Manila Bay, its extraordinary capacity, and its consistent hosting of world-class entertainment create a concert venue of singular Philippine entertainment significance.

Tanghalang Pilipino is the Philippines' most important national theater company — the resident theater company of the CCP that presents outstanding productions of original Filipino theater, adaptations of Filipino literature, and works addressing Philippine history and culture in the Filipino language. Tanghalang Pilipino's extraordinary role in developing a distinctly Filipino theatrical voice and its remarkable 35+ year history of producing Philippine theatrical excellence create a showroom of genuine Philippine cultural heritage significance.

Wanderland Music and Arts Festival is the Philippines' most important independent music festival — an annual Manila Bay event presenting major international indie artists (Foals, Sigrid, MGMT, and dozens of internationally acclaimed acts) alongside the finest Filipino independent musicians to tens of thousands of festival-goers. Wanderland's extraordinary programming quality and its remarkable success in positioning Manila as a significant Asian music festival destination create a concert festival of considerable Philippine contemporary cultural significance.