The Official Calabar Festival Blog

Day 30: Calabar Festival- Naijas Most Wanted

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:08:52 +0000

Day 30: Calabar Festival- Naijas Most Wanted Behold! It is the night many have been waiting for, a night where Nigerians have traveled from far and wide to witness…..the Calabar festivals’ Naijas Most Wanted night!! Early in the day comes on stage the City Boys, getting a good reaction from the crowd. With eccentric looks [...]

Day 28 Calabar Festival: Carnival Calabar!!New

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:28:07 +0000

Day 28 Calabar Festival: Carnival Calabar!! What a beautiful day! so much to say so much happening. As we all know, a picture is worth a thousand words. How would you explain the largest Party in Africa without using images? For those that do not know what Carnival Calabar is…….where have you been and why [...]

Day 26: Calabar Festival- Calabar Carnival King and Queen Contest.

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:52:22 +0000

Today is yet another day to remember, the day after the Calabar Carnival King and Queen Contest. Its simple. There are Five Bands Each band has been structuring and preparing their colorful costumes all in preparation for a day such as today. This is the day all the [...]

Day 25: Calabar Festival- Boat Regata and Carol Night

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:42:32 +0000

Day 25: Calabar Festival- Boat Regata and Carol Night There is non stop activity at Calabar. If you have not yet visited this state, what have you been waiting for? Its the eve of Christmas and Calabar Festival as usual has a package prepared for you. Today is the Boat regatta, that is…….The Water Carnival!!!!! [...]

Calabar Festival:Day 24-Carnival Calabar Queen (CCQ) & Golf Tournament Conclusion

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:00:06 +0000

Calabar Festival:Day 24-Carnival Calabar Queen (CCQ) & Golf Tournament Conclusion Earlier in the day is the Mary Slessor Charity Golf Tournament. 2011 Where her excellency Mrs Obioma Liyel imoke Welcomes you to Mothers’ Against Child Abandonment. All the proceeds will go to her pet charity Programs. “Refuge” . As An initiative that came into existence [...]

Day 22: Calabar Festival – Party Night (With The Dj’s) and Theater Night

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:08:50 +0000

Day 22: Calabar Festival – Party Night (With The Dj’s) and Theater Night Sprinkle groups of party-loving-Nigerians, U.J Esuene Stadium, State of the art sound systems and Top DJ’s in the industry, guess what……….you got yourself a party! It is the Dj night at the Calabar Festival and Calabar Festival Has prepared a double package [...]

Day 21:Governors Masked Fete-Fundraising

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:41:18 +0000

Day 21:Governors Masked Fete-Fundraising: Feat. Cool and the Gang Pneumonia is a common disease that is often fatal at the extremes of life. It is acknowledged as the single leading cause of death in children worldwide. This assertion was made by the Wife of Cross River State Governor, Mrs. [...]

Day 20: Calabar Festival-Hyperactive Night-Feat. Tuface-Eldee-J.Martins….

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:48:55 +0000

Day 20: Calabar Festival-Hyperactive Night-Feat. Tuface-Eldee-J.Martins Ruggedman, Real Pee…. TuBaba killed it on that stage! this guy can pull a huge crowd and rock the stage. With a packed stadium and blaring speakers, you can understand why many people can be found humming some of the classic hit songs of last night all day long. [...]

Day 19:Calabar Festival-Jazz & Soul in Paradise Feat. Yolanda Adams & Choir Finals

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:54:11 +0000

Day 19:Calabar Festival-Jazz & Soul in Paradise Feat. Yolanda Adams & Choir Finals Who will be the winners of the 1000000 Naira prize after the choir competition. Choirs have practiced and sweated, and now it is time for them to bring their “A” game to the stadium. As usual the judges have the difficult job [...]

Day 18: Calabar Festival-Jazz & Soul In Paradise Feat. Asa, Yemi Sax..

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:12:16 +0000

Day 18: Calabar Festival-Jazz & soul In Paradise Feat. Asa, Yemi Sax. It has been a very busy week and today is no exception. This night was all about jazz, with display of various instrumentalists in the scene. With the likes of Yemi sax, Kunle Ayo and Eddy Izycs you already have the day well [...]

Day 17: Calabar Festival-Reggae Night-Feat Sean Kingston & Ras Kimono & Final Dry Run Day.

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:13:56 +0000

Day 17: Calabar Festival-Reggae Night-Feat Sean Kingston & Ras Kimono & Final Dry Run Day. The roof, the roof , the roof is on fire, we don’t need no water let the bl**dclot burn, burn!!! Yes the entire day has been action packed with festive activity, With the awesome reggae night featuring Sean Kingston the [...]

Day 16: Music Nigeriana Feat Sunny Neji, Feladey, Darlington etc

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:04:44 +0000

Day 16: Music Nigeriana Feat Sunny Neji, Feladey, Darlington etc Its another day to gyrate, a day to rock the calabarfestival stage, hi-life style. The week has gone about halfway and the shows these days are not to be joked with. Those planning to travel down to this town better buy their tickets now……the town [...]

Day 15: Calabar Festival-Keeping It Real, feat. M.I-Jesse Jags-Iceprince …

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:05:28 +0000

Day 15: Calabar Festival-Keeping It Real, feat. M.I-Jesse Jags-Iceprince … The night has started off with a kick as multiple artists hit the stage to warm up the crowd to the action of the night. Yes, this is an action packed night, with the likes of M.I, Ice prince, Naeto C etc. This is [...]

Day 14: Mixed Flavor-Feat Nigga Raw, Sound Sultan.

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:03:14 +0000

This is day 14: Mixed Flavor-Feat Nigga Raw, Sound Sultan. Its a day after the mixed flavor night, many high class artists grazed the Calabar Festival stage yesterday, we told you the action will keep increasing……..many people have the person they are excited over. This could come in the form of dancers …… like [...]

Day 13: Calabar Festival-Theatre Night 2

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:33:13 +0000

Day 13: Calabar Festival-Theatre Night 2 The Theater arts show is to be held and the show…. even though it started late, apparently there was a mix-up in the complete naming of the theatrical performance today. There were two performances for the day. 1) “Nigeria the beautiful” written by Odia Ofeimun and Directed by Felix [...]

Day 12:Calabar Festival-Canaan Praise Night II & Choir Contest

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:52:03 +0000

Canaan Praise Night II & Choir Contest. Its the day after once again, and this “Praise and worship night” brings with it some big artists in the business, with the likes of Lara George and Chevelle Franklin the show takes off with an action packed night at hand. To start the day and get the [...]

Know all about the Calabar Festival Stage.

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:26:35 +0000

The Calabar Festival boasts of a state of the art stadium that is the main center of action in the environment. This stadium has intrigued many as to whet the features are. Watch this video to get an in-depth knowledge on this wonderful stage. Notice the colors, the sound and all things surrounding the solid [...]

Day 11 Calabar festival: Ladies Night Feat Angie Stone

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:48:49 +0000

Day 12: Calabar Festival-Ladies Night Feat. Angie stone. Its a ladies night and im feeling right …………Its a ladies night, O what a night!! ……….as the old classic goes, the stadium has been reshuffled and its configuration changed. To try this new style out, the ladies [...]

Day 10: Dream Crew Dancing

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:01:41 +0000

This awesome group blew away the crowd with their unique costumes.

Day 10: Calabar Festival-Dance Jam feat.. Wacomzy

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:02:49 +0000

Day 10: Calabar Festival: Dance Jam Feat. Wacomzy The day has started with a few down turns as there are rumors of certain no show artists. However, the show must go on!!!! we (Calabar Festival fans) are natural born party loving people all we need is the [...]

Day 9:Calabar Festival-Freestyle Night: Various Local artists

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:35:11 +0000

Day 9 Calabar Festival-Freestyle Night: Various Local artists & NYSC A day after Freestyle night, here is a recap of the night. First on stage is the Vessels, dressed in monkey coats and applying choreographic moves. The music stops and the mood is changed springing out [...]

Day 9: Freestyle Night

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:08:59 +0000

Day 9: Free style night. Get a snap shot video of what goes down on stage. Lots of talented and un-talented people.

Day 8:Calabar Festival-Theatre Night: THE ROYAL DANCE (Cultural Night with the NSE

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:40:02 +0000

Day 8: Calabar Festival-Theater Night: What is “arts and culture” without a little drama? In Nigeria we have Nollywood our own popular version of Hollywood. This is made popular because of the huge collection of talented individuals 9Ja (Naija or Nigeria for those who might not know ) develops. [...]

Theater Night Video Snippet.

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:53:57 +0000

Theater Night at the cultural center, Main bowl. This is a little snippet of information on the goings-on during the Calabar Festival.

Day 7: Calabar Festival – African Night Feat.Salif Keita-Fally Ipupa-Seun Kuti

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:59:51 +0000

Day 7: Calabar Festival – African Night Feat.Salif Keita-Fally Ipupa-Seun Kuti Last Night was the African night @ the Calabar Festival, we are at day 8 and each day, the heat gets turned up some more. Yesterday was simply amazing, the African culture is very very rich and the Calabar Festival packaged a day [...]

Fally Ipupa Night on stage, at the Calabar Festival

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:29:53 +0000

Fally Ipupa Night on stage :Video: at the Calabar Festival

Day 6: Calabar Festival – Laffmatazz Feat. I Go Die

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:45:48 +0000

Day 6: Calabar Festival-Laffmatazz Feat. I Go Die Its the day after laffmatazz and people should still be massaging their sides from the laffs of laffmatazz. There was alot of craziness in the air, especially with I Go Die on the stage of Calabar Festival . Time is ticking and Africas largest street party is [...]

Day 5: Calabar Festival-Canaan Praise Night I & Choir Competition

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:53:18 +0000

Day 5: Calabar Festival-Canaan Praise Night I & Choir Competition A day after Canaan praise night at the Calabar Festival, lets kick back and reminisce on the entire gospel night as uplifting as it was. It was yet another December Sunday in the stadium, and as usual, this would have to be gospel all the [...]

Travel Packages to Calabar Festival

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:44:10 +0000

Living Outside Calabar? Need guidance deciding, planning and purchasing for your trip to the Largest African Street Party? Look No further, This Post will collect as much information as possible for you, and will be updated accordingly. For direct inquiry and response first contact:- Events Management Department Governors Office, Calabar Cross River State Nigeria E-mail: [...]

Day 4: Calabar Festival: Canaan Rhythms 2

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:36:30 +0000

Day 4: Calabar Festival: Canaan Rhythms 2 Dear Diary, its the day after yet another night of festivities at the Calabar Festival. As usual Calabar brings the party to the stadium, or TV screen (what ever the case may be). When talking about The best Nigerian Festivals available, Calabar festival ranks way up on [...]

Day 3 – Calabar Festival: Canaan Rhythms I

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:51:49 +0000

Day 3: Calabar Festival: Canaan Rhythms 1 t is Day 3 and the Calabar Festival has kicked off full swing. let us give you an idea of what goes down in Calabar each December. The Stadium doors opens at a certain time each night, allowing a [...]

Day 2: World Aids Day: Calabar Festival Style

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:59:50 +0000

Day 2: Calabar Festival: WORLD AIDS DAY Its another day after, yes, we are talking about DAY 2, Today, December 1st is WORLD AIDS DAY. o commemorate this day, the Calabar Festival has put together a full day of activities to increase [...]

Day 1:Calabar Festival 2011 Kicks Off!!!!

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:06:29 +0000

� Day 1:Calabar Festival 2011 Kicks Off!!!! LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! Its that time of the year again! alabar festival 2011 kicks off with a blast as a plethora of activity can be witnessed at the Calabar millennium park.For those that dont know already, the [...]