Eyo Festival Lagos State




Eyo Festival

The Eyo Festival is one of the Lagos festivals that is well known. With originsfrom 1750, this festival has masquerades of performers in white robes and dancers. The attraction is held in the Tafawa Belewa Square and has thousands of attendees each year.

The week of the carnival has different colors of performers from the eyo groups that are seen with a staff.Once the senior eyo member is seen in public during a Sunday in April, the rest follow over the week signaling that the festival will take place on the next Saturday. This festival sometimes takes place in February or other months.

Eyo Festival