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🇳🇬 Festivals in Nigeria

21 festivals celebrated in Nigeria, across 9 cities and towns.

Cities and towns

Lagos 2 Abeokuta 1 Abia State 1 Argungu 1 Atak Njei 1 Calabar 1 Kaduna 1 Owo 1 Oyo 1

All Spiritual Cultural National days Seasonal Arts and film Sports

December 2026 2

Cultural 26Dec Boxing Day🇦🇺 Australia and 11 more countries

Cultural 31Dec Ayet Atyap Annual Cultural Festival🇳🇬 Atak Njei, Nigeria

Usually in December, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Decvaries Calabar Carnival🇳🇬 Calabar, Nigeria

Usually in February, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Febvaries Argungu Fishing Festival🇳🇬 Argungu, Nigeria

Usually in September, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Sepvaries Guérewol🇳🇪 In-Gall, Niger and 2 more countries

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in Nigeria and in many other countries.

April 2027 1

Cultural 22Apr Earth Day🇦🇱 Albania and 29 more countries

Usually in June, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Junvaries Father's Day🇩🇿 Algeria and 45 more countries

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Boxing Day: Chickenwaddle77, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Calabar Carnival: Raji kunle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Earth Day: John McConnell (flag designer) NASA (Earth photograph) SiBr4 (flag ima, Public domain, source
Argungu Fishing Festival: Jaekel, Francis., Public domain, source
Ayet Atyap Annual Cultural Festival: Samsule2, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Father's Day: Jjsarto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Guérewol: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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