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Festivals

Cultural festivals, public celebrations, and community gatherings.

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Nneka Egbuna
Nneka Egbuna (born 1980) is a Nigerian-German singer-songwriter whose music fuses soul, hip-hop, reggae, and African rhy?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Sports Heroes
Rashidi Yekini
Rashidi Yekini (1963-2012) was Nigeria's greatest goal scorer and an African football legend. Born in Kaduna, Yekini's p?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Event Cultural Festivals
Calabar Carnival
The Calabar Carnival, dubbed "Africa's Biggest Street Party," is an annual festival held every December in Calabar, Cros?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Sports Heroes
Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Christian Kanu OON (born 1976) is a Nigerian football legend who overcame a heart condition to achieve remarkabl?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Event Cultural Festivals
Argungu Fishing Festival
The Argungu Fishing Festival is a spectacular cultural event held annually in Argungu, Kebbi State, typically in Februar?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Fela Kuti (1938-1997) created Afrobeat—a fusion of jazz, funk, highlife, and traditional Yoruba music. His songs like "Z?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
King Sunny Adé
King Sunny Adé (born 1946) revolutionized Jùjú music by incorporating electric guitars, synthesizers, and pedal steel gu?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
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Benin Bronzes
Intricate plaques and reliefs chronicling royal court life and ceremony from the ancient Benin Empire (12th-19th centuri?
01/14/2026 Benin City, Edo State View Entry →
Event
Ofala Festival
Ofala Festival is one of the most significant traditional celebrations in Igbo culture, serving as a vibrant expression ?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Ukwata Festival
Ukwata Festival is a significant traditional celebration in Delta State that serves as an important occasion for cultura?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Lagos Carnival
Lagos Carnival is an annual celebration that transforms the streets of Lagos into a vibrant spectacle of color, music, a?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Inyambe Festival
Inyambe Festival is a traditional cultural celebration in Cross River State that brings together communities in a vibran?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Ekpe Festival
Ekpe Festival is a traditional masquerade celebration in Cross River State that centers around the powerful and revered ?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Eyo Masquerade Festival
Eyo Masquerade Festival, also known as Adamu Orisha Play, is one of Lagos' most iconic and spectacular cultural celebrat?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Igue Festival
Igue Festival is the most significant traditional celebration in the Benin Kingdom, a grand annual event that marks the ?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Abuja Carnival
Abuja Carnival stands as Nigeria's premier national carnival, a grand celebration that brings together cultural represen?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Igue Ekpen Festival
Igue Ekpen Festival is a significant traditional celebration in Benin Kingdom that centers around the Ekpen masquerade, ?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Person
Mosunmola Abudu
Mosunmola "Mo" Abudu (born 11 September 1964) is a Nigerian media entrepreneur and founder of EbonyLife TV, Africa's fir?
12/13/2025 View Entry →

Celebrate Nigeria

Honour achievements. Share stories. Uplift Nigeria.

About Featured People Places Culture Face of Nigeria Tour Nigeria Museum Creative Festivals Food Memory Wall + Nominate

Festivals

Cultural festivals, public celebrations, and community gatherings.

All Categories Business Leaders Cultural Festivals Cultural Icons Historic Sites Museum Natural Wonders Political Leaders Scientists & Innovators Sports Heroes Tourism
Person Cultural Icons
Nneka Egbuna
Nneka Egbuna (born 1980) is a Nigerian-German singer-songwriter whose music fuses soul, hip-hop, reggae, and African rhy?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Sports Heroes
Rashidi Yekini
Rashidi Yekini (1963-2012) was Nigeria's greatest goal scorer and an African football legend. Born in Kaduna, Yekini's p?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Event Cultural Festivals
Calabar Carnival
The Calabar Carnival, dubbed "Africa's Biggest Street Party," is an annual festival held every December in Calabar, Cros?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Sports Heroes
Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Christian Kanu OON (born 1976) is a Nigerian football legend who overcame a heart condition to achieve remarkabl?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Event Cultural Festivals
Argungu Fishing Festival
The Argungu Fishing Festival is a spectacular cultural event held annually in Argungu, Kebbi State, typically in Februar?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Fela Kuti (1938-1997) created Afrobeat—a fusion of jazz, funk, highlife, and traditional Yoruba music. His songs like "Z?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Person Cultural Icons
King Sunny Adé
King Sunny Adé (born 1946) revolutionized Jùjú music by incorporating electric guitars, synthesizers, and pedal steel gu?
10/06/2025 View Entry →
Place Museum
Benin Bronzes
Intricate plaques and reliefs chronicling royal court life and ceremony from the ancient Benin Empire (12th-19th centuri?
01/14/2026 Benin City, Edo State View Entry →
Event
Ofala Festival
Ofala Festival is one of the most significant traditional celebrations in Igbo culture, serving as a vibrant expression ?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Ukwata Festival
Ukwata Festival is a significant traditional celebration in Delta State that serves as an important occasion for cultura?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Lagos Carnival
Lagos Carnival is an annual celebration that transforms the streets of Lagos into a vibrant spectacle of color, music, a?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Inyambe Festival
Inyambe Festival is a traditional cultural celebration in Cross River State that brings together communities in a vibran?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Ekpe Festival
Ekpe Festival is a traditional masquerade celebration in Cross River State that centers around the powerful and revered ?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Eyo Masquerade Festival
Eyo Masquerade Festival, also known as Adamu Orisha Play, is one of Lagos' most iconic and spectacular cultural celebrat?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Igue Festival
Igue Festival is the most significant traditional celebration in the Benin Kingdom, a grand annual event that marks the ?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Abuja Carnival
Abuja Carnival stands as Nigeria's premier national carnival, a grand celebration that brings together cultural represen?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Event
Igue Ekpen Festival
Igue Ekpen Festival is a significant traditional celebration in Benin Kingdom that centers around the Ekpen masquerade, ?
12/14/2025 View Entry →
Person
Mosunmola Abudu
Mosunmola "Mo" Abudu (born 11 September 1964) is a Nigerian media entrepreneur and founder of EbonyLife TV, Africa's fir?
12/13/2025 View Entry →
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