[2] The first Panaad sa Negros Festival was held at Capitol Park and Lagoon in a three-day affair in 1993 that started April 30.

In 1997, the festival was held at the reclaimed area near where the Bredco Port is located today.

Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Ariel Querubin led the 28th Panaad award-winning “festival of all festivals,” celebration from April 15-21, 2024 at the Panaad Park and Sports Complex at Mansilingan, Bacolod City.

With theme “Living the Promise,” it featured the famous Lin-ay sang Negros, San Miguel garden show, MUAD Trade Fair, the 32 local government units themed pavilions and Best of Festival Dances Competition.

[4][5][6] In 2017, the Panaad sa Negros Festival made it to the Hall of Fame of the ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards after it was adjudged by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines as its Best Tourism Event in the Provincial Festival Category nationwide for the third consecutive year at the awards night held on October 6, 2017 at the Iloilo Convention Center in Iloilo City.