Circuit Makati ushers the first ever international festival in the Philippines that fuses the intensity of music and the culture of skate with the staging of Circuitfest 2013: Music and Skate.

Nine world-class performers, a sensational Glee star, and who skating legends will unfurl the curtains of CircuitFest happening tomorrow, May 25, Saturday, at the Globe circuit Event Grounds in Circuit Makati, Ayala Land's rising premier destination for entertainment.

Rocking the festival are We Are The In Crowd a power pop rockers from New York; Mayday Parade, proudly brings their all-American rock band feel and vivacious vibrations; downtown fiction shows off their seasoned pop rock dexterity; This Century banners their anthems Everywhere Everything, Do it to Me and Skeletons; All Star Weekend, wows with distinctive and free-spirited Californian pop; expect unique music of A+ Dropouts, one of Washington DC's top twelve teen bands; Before You Exit, fine looking gentlemen sing pop rock songs with doses of cuteness; youtube hit Megan Nicole sings her favorite covers and performances from famous pop punk alternative rock band Yellowcard.

More sumer scorch courtesy of “Glee's” resident rocker and bad boy Mark Salling (a.k.a. Puck), who himself is a musician and skater, will host this fiery festival. Skateboarders and non-skaters alike will surely be awed as skating legends Riley Hawk and Filipino-American Willy Santos pump up the jam with their jaw-dropping skating tricks.


There is nothing you can expect but fun and frenzy as Circuit Fest 2013 Music and Skate signals the beginning of many international entertainment and spectacular events that will happen at Circuit Makati, a 21-hectare integrated, mixed use development.

Music Management International partners with Circuit Makati to bring CircuitFest 2013 Music and Skate. Be sure to be part of the unfurling of this history in the country, only in the city that makes it all happen, Makati.

Circuitfest is also brought to you by Make it Makati, Ayala Malls, Alveo, Avida, Globe, Bench, Buddha Bar, MasterCard, Hotel Intercontinental Manila, Holiday Inn, Jack TV, ETC, Monster Radio RX 93.1, Mercato Centrale, and Our Awesome Planet.

Tickets are available at ticketworld.com.ph and ticketnet.com.ph: VIP Mosh Pit – P5,000; General Admision P3,500. For more information, visit www.circuitfest.com

It's a gathering of spectators and skateboard enthusiasts at the event area of Converse Asia Crown in Mindanao Parking Area of Trinoma. It is the first and biggest skateboarding event. It aims to promote skateboarding as a thriving sports in the Philippines.

As Converse aims to give Filipino skateboarders the chance to show off their dope moves on the board and compete with the best of the best skateboarders across the country to vie for the title of being the first official skateboarding ambassador of Converse Philippines who gets to compete internationally and is also set to compete in the upcoming skate event in China.


Just glad enough to have a glimpsed of the top US-based pro skaters Kenny Anderson and Mike Anderson who did set a show to Filipino skaters on how skateboarding is really done with their extremely polished skate tricks that are seems effortless.


After the interview it was time for the skaters round up to get busy and do their tricks. This is their chance to be crowned as the local Asia Crown champion. Winners received a year worth of Converse skateboarding goodies, Php50,000.00 cold hard cash and plane tickets to all official Converse skateboarding events worldwide.


It was a whole day event of physical and creative recreation where different activities was held, though it did rain and made some areas of the event wet and not conducive enough to roam around. Bands like Paraluman, Gracenote and 6 Cycle Mind were also there to fuse a bit of music.


Converse Philippines also featured their Spring Summer Collection with an added shoe display that embody Converse's mission of giving people the freedom to make a statement by “continuing to adjust with time giving a great variety of styles, color, becoming more creative evolving to what they will become.”