hola, Escolta!

Did you miss last weekend's downtown fever dream?✨ Look back at a day's worth of community magic brought to you by everyone from the building to the streets!🤩 Kita kita tayo ulet para sa round two ngayong sabado?🫵🏽🫵🏽🫵🏽 #HolaEscolta2025 #FirstUnitedBuilding97

Third time’s a charm!3️⃣ It’s time to occupy (TWO BLOCKS!) of the Queen of Manila’s Streets for the biggest @holaescolta yet!🤩 Lock in the last TWO Saturdays of November for your downtown fieldtrip! 🗺 Our parade of dreams ✨start with a street market 🎨🖌, busking 🎵 tours⛴️ and urban placemaking workshops; an art installation welcomes you inside the @firstunitedbldg1928 where six floors are activated with design studios, photography and fashion houses, movement practitioners and hair artists, illustrators, an eyewear studio and more! All doors open to keep you immersed with that downtown Manila magic!🪄🪄👀 Multiple art markets are also happening in different floors organized by @hubmakelab , @project.lemons , and @stickerconmnl so be sure to wander around get lost in our creative playground!🏢🌞 Then all our delusions converge as we end the night with performances, drag artists and barrio beats. 💃🕺🪩 There’s really no place you’d rather be in for the two weekends, November 22 and 29, this year! Let’s all celebrate Escolta for what it was, is and what it could be in this year’s Hola, Escolta! Of the streets and for the streets!✊🏾 Poster by @suscipepe - #holaEscolta2025 is organized by the @firstunitedbldg1928 . Supported by the City of Manila and the Department of Tourism, Culture and Arts of Manila (@dtcam.manila ) and the Escolta Commercial Association Inc. #HolaEscolta2025 #FirstUnitedBuilding97

Ano nga ba ang dapat nating makita sa isang kalyeng malaya?✨ Sa gitna ng dumadagundong na ingay ng buhay sa Escolta—ang pinaka paborito namen ay ang mga saglit ng katahimikang lahat tayo ay malayang naging masaya sa kalsada. Sa mga naligaw at nakisama sa amin ngayong taon—maraming salamat. hola, Escolta!✊ - Street Programs and Lead Organizer: @onezerodesignco Ground Floor Programs: @hubmakelab @gloriousdias Third Floor Programs: @project.lemons Fifth Floor Programs: @stickerconmnl Internal Collaborators: @manila.girls @theheritagecollective @98bcollaboratory @portal.design.studio @freds_revolucion @_studio1372_ @espaciocreativo.escolta @weareshapeshifters @kalsadacoffee @daloydancecompany @magpatinahair @magpatinaescolta @baobabeyewear @spore.node @bisita.studio @parasasining @sit.first External Collaborators: @halina_makisalo @andrechance @_e.ordinario_ @essentia.pilatesph Hosted by: @firstunitedbldg1928

Small culmination of last year’s Hola Escolta through my lens :3 Was only able to visit the 2nd day this time around but nonetheless still enjoyed my time! Saya na babalik-balikan. Kita-kits muli sa susunod!

Hehe way late but portraits from Hola Escolta :3

it’s been a week but we’re still hung over from our first hola escolta 🥹♥️♥️ we’re so so so grateful for all the support since we opened the studio! 🙇🏻‍♀️ thanks to our merchants @baybayinbags @headspacelaguna @clubarabel , to @heloiselaharpe for her magical golden hour performance, all our beautiful friends who dropped by, and to @holaescolta @firstunitedbldg1928 for making us part of this amazing gathering of communities. we’re FUB babies but we already feel at home 🫶🏻✨😭 we’re excited for more holas and to welcome more people in our smol and colorful space 💥🌈 see you at 515!

¡HOLA! It’s almost been a week but we’re still buzzing with excitement and joy. Hola, Escolta 2025 was insane! Our first time, and we’re so stoked and grateful to be part of it. Maraming salamat, @holaescolta , for creating a space where culture, art, and community collide in the most electric way. Here are some clips from the Queen of Manila Streets. Maraming salamat sa lahat ng dumaan, nakipagkwentuhan, at sumuporta sa Twilight Zone. Mabuhay ang Escolta! ✨🖤 #art #artfestival #artmarket #holaescolta #festival

Now in its third year, 'Hola, Escolta!' keeps getting bigger and bigger. Previously held on a single day, this year’s iteration stretched out the festival to a full week, offering various programs, activities, and exhibitions for everyone to enjoy. “It’s like an organized chaos,” says architect Arts Serrano (@artsybeaver ), the festival director. On the streets, people lined up to purchase arts and crafts from local artists, to play with the children in the neighboring areas, and to dance to the music. Inside the First United building (@firstunitedbldg1928 ), every floor offered something different: a photo exhibition, free-to-play games, more art markets, music performances, workshops, pop-up shops, and even karaoke. Tap the link in bio to read more. Photographs by @mpnavato and @ig_strada , courtesy of @firstunitedbldg1928 , written by @daphnesagun

Captured in between the noise and snapshots soaked in good energy! From heartfelt hellos to big belly-laughs, Hola Escolta was a beautiful blur. Grateful for every scene we got to capture. 🍋 Special thanks to @drawingclassfoundation @angmgahuni @daphnesagun and @heloiselaharpe for making this day extra special! ❤️ Lemon Lab is now back in its semi-quiet state but classes are full and getting busier and busier. 🫶 Salamat @holaescolta !

hi hey hello hola, escolta! snaps of @holaescolta 2025! #holaescolta #holaescolta2025

lagot ka talaga sa mama mo interactive installation by @ginataangniyog and the hola, escolta! community in collaboration with @magpatinahair @magpatinaescolta for @holaescolta maraming maraming salamat sa mga nagsulat at naki drowing! at sa @hubmakelab for sharing their space hindi magsosorry kasi rakerz lang!

hi hey hello hola, escolta! video postcards of @holaescolta 2025! (street party ver.) #holaescolta #holaescolta2025