LAGOS FANTI CARNIVAL 2026

​130+ years of rich Afro-Brazilian culture hits the streets of Lagos in full storm on April 6th with loud drums, ancestral pride, wonderful melodies, and colourful regalia, and we want you to be a part of it.

​Every year has taken the experience to a whole new level, and this year is no different. Experience the colourful parades and processions, rhythms that hold your heart, cultural performances that strike a chord, brilliant costumes, and a retelling of tradition through the eyes of so many custodians of culture.

​Lagos Island will not remain the same, as we hope to etch wonderful memories of our past and exciting prospects for the future on the young and the old alike. It's a day like no other, and your presence makes it all the more colourful.

​This is history, community, and joy coming together in one beautiful experience. More than a carnival, it's homage, it's homecoming.