Showing posts with label Gidi Culture Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gidi Culture Festival. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Africa's Biggest Festival ‘Gidi Festival’ Returns! Davido, Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade to Headline


Africa's biggest festival ‘Gidi Festival’ returns for its third year. The annual festival bought to you by Eclipse Live Africa is a one-day beach festival with day activities ranging from beach sports headed by celebrity team captains, to tasting the very best of African dishes at the food court, and of course live music from some of Africa's best artists.

Held at Eko Atlantic Beach in Lagos, Nigeria ‘Gidi Festival’ has seen acts from across the African continent hit the stage including: Ice Prince, Burna Boy, Falz from Nigeria, Tanzania's Vanessa Mdee, Kenya's Victoria Kimani and Ghana's EL and Efya to mention.

The third edition is projected to clock in 8,000 festival goers whilst the previous years have seen an attendance of 3,500 (2014) and 5,000 (2015) attendees.

Speaking on the third edition of ‘Gidi Festival’, founder Chin Okeke says, “we are really excited to be back this year, having learned a lot from previous editions. We genuinely feel this one is going to put us on the global festival map and show the world that Lagos is the continent's melting pot for music and culture.” He went on to say, “it's about curating an experience for our people so there are some exciting upgrades that will surprise our guests!”

Click “read more to find out which acts will be joining Davido, Tiwa Savage and Yemi Alade on stage. Plus need to know festival information!

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Gidi Culture Festival 2015 (Lineup + Need To Know Information!)


Africa's biggest beach festival is back for a second year running, and with a star-studded lineup.

Slated to hold at Eko Atlantic, the team behind Gidi Culture Festival have announced the lineup and all the details festival-goers need to know for the festival.

Saturday, 4th April, 2015 will see both local and international artists and DJs take to the stage in Lagos, Nigeria at the second edition of Gidi Culture Festival. 

After a successful first year with acts such as Ice Prince, Seyi Shay, Tiwa Savage, Patoranking, Reminisce, Tekno, Phyno and more to take to the stage - it's only right for GCF to come back bigger and better.

From 12 noon to dawn at Eko Atlantic beach in Lagos, festival-goers can enjoy a full day of activities, including: beach soccer tournaments, beach volleyball tournaments, where they'll even have a chance to play against/with their favourite celebrities. Not stopping there, there is also a fun-zone, an art installation provided by Fayrouz, a day stage with live band and DJs and a variety of food from all over Nigeria.

With an exciting lineup of Nigeria's best artists - M.I., Yemi Alade, Burna Boy, Sean Tizzle, Iyanya and more as well as DJ's alongside Africa's finest from Ghana, Congo, South Africa, Kenya and Rwanda, Gidi Culture Festival 2015 is an event not to be missed.

Watch the video to the "can't miss" event of the year! Festival-goers should click on 'read more' for NEED TO KNOW information on Gidi Culture Festival, after the video below.