A big event in Minglanilla is the Sugat, which attracts not people from adjacent towns as well as from Cebu city and further afield.

On Black Saturday night, a public dance is held at the church plaza to witness the re‑enactment of the "meeting" of the risen Christ and his mother.

Their images, borne on richly decorated carrozas, meet amidst joyous songs and the presence of child angels suspended by wires.

The town suffered setbacks, among them during the Philippine Revolution of 1896-1898 when insurrectos burned down its municipal building and looted many houses.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) highlights Minglanilla to qualify for cityhood under the population requirement of the Local Government Code.

The climate of Minglanilla is classified as Coronas type III, characterized by a dry season lasting from one to six months.

[20][21] The Minglanilla Techno-Business Park is a 100 hectares (1.0 km2) development which will be built on reclaimed land along the coast of the municipality's Tulay and Calajo-an barangays.

[22][23] Roman Catholic Parishes (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Cebu by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

However, qualified voters in Mandaue are allowed to vote in elections for Cebu provincial officials by virtue of Republic Act No.