Guam Visitors Bureau Event Funding

At a glance

• What: Guam Visitors Bureau grants for mayors' fiestas, festivals and memorials.
• Where it stands: standard amounts and a 90-day lead time were set out on May 6; few applications had come in for 43 fiestas.
• Next: mayors asked to apply early; the Bureau's reserve is tight because tourism revenue is down.

Standard funding (May 6)

Major fiestas $5,000; minor fiestas $3,000; festivals $5,000 per day (must be a genuine festival); memorials $3,000. 15 memorials are scheduled, 3 of them not MCOG events.

Sources

• Mayors' Council of Guam regular meeting minutes, August 12, 2026 (posted, approval unconfirmed): https://mcog.guam.gov/sites/default/files/Secretary%27s%20Minutes-August.pdf
• Mayors' Council of Guam regular meeting minutes, May 6, 2026 (posted, approval unconfirmed): https://mcog.guam.gov/sites/default/files/May%20Secretary%27s%20Minutes.pdf

Log

2026-08-12 - Mayors' Council of Guam

The $10,000 left from the Bureau's sponsorship was carried over (see Liberation Queen Pageant).

2026-05-06 - Mayors' Council of Guam

Mayor Hofmann reported that funds for mayors' events are in the next fiscal year's budget, that unspent allocations serve as a cushion (priority to mayors' events, then other organizations after a point of no return), and that outside requests have been paused to protect mayors' events and Liberation.