A Night Written in GenSan’s Own Sound
GENERAL SANTOS CITY - City Hall Drive becomes more than a festival gathering place when MusikaTuna fills Plaza Heneral Santos with live performances from General Santos’ own music community. Organized by the Gensan Association of Homegrown United Musicians (GAHUM), the music festival puts local performers in front of an audience already gathered for Tuna Festival 2026. For Day 1, the lineup features Kacessionistas, Kamoteng Bakal, Kuerdas, Nasneg, and Muzik Alchemy. The city’s official festival schedule also lists MusikaTuna among the entertainment activities at City Hall Drive. Rather than simply providing background entertainment, the program gives local bands and musicians their own space within one of GenSan’s biggest annual celebrations.
Five Acts, One Shared Stage
The appeal of MusikaTuna is found in the variety of performers sharing the same evening. Kacessionistas, Kamoteng Bakal, Kuerdas, Nasneg, and Muzik Alchemy represent the homegrown talent featured in the Day 1 program supplied for this event. That lineup makes the festival particularly interesting for residents who want to see familiar local acts in a larger public setting, as well as visitors curious about GenSan’s music community. The wider 2026 Tuna Festival program continues to feature MusikaTuna on several dates, showing that live music has been given multiple evenings within the celebration rather than being limited to a single performance.
When the Festival Sounds Like Home
There is something different about hearing musicians from the city perform during its own celebration. MusikaTuna places that experience directly in the Tuna Festival setting, where residents can enjoy live music while spending an evening around City Hall Drive. The 2026 schedule lists MusikaTuna performances on September 1, September 3, September 4, and September 5, with different performers and times indicated across the program. This gives the music component a recurring presence throughout the festival period. For General Santos, the result is a celebration where the sound coming from the stage is not only brought in for the occasion—it also comes from musicians who are part of the city’s own creative community.
