It’s another Friday and you know there is no party like a Lagos party. thisislagos tells you where the hottest parties are, where the art exhibitions are popping and where the cognoscenti gather.
Make sure you turn up!
Plussize Fashion Week 2018
This is the second edition of the only fashion runway show ever dedicated to plus size models and apparels. In the light of realities, this will be the first truly African fashion runway show! African culture celebrates the healthy looking plus sized woman. She is the everyday woman in the African office, shop, marketplace and on the streets.
Date: Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Sunday, November 4, 2018
Time: 3pm – 10pm
Venue: Lagos Oriental Hotel, 3 Lekki – Epe Expressway, Lagos
Wide Awake: The Concert
Join Lagos International Poetry Festival as it hosts a one-day concert tagged Wide Awake: The Concert. The Concert will feature some of the best spoken word talent from across the world including Danez Smith (US), Lebo Mashile (SA), Yomi Sode (UK), Wana Udobang (NG), Jabir Malick (Senegal), Chief Moomen (Ghana), Efe Paul Azino (NG), Nick Makoha (UK), Dike Chukwumerije (NG), Nkateko Masinga (SA) and a host of other amazing voices, and a special guest appearance by M.I. Abaga.
Date: Friday, November 2, 2018
Time: 7pm
Venue: MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos
ART X Live!
ART X Lagos is proud to announce the return of ART X Live! the dynamic visual art and live music show. This year’s show will explore Africa’s rich musical history with a celebration of our heroes’ past – the icons, legends, and sounds that have shaped the continent’s contemporary musical landscape.
Date: Saturday, November 3, 2018
Time: 10am – 8pm
Venue: The Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos
The Africa Fintech Summit will gather leading disruptors, tech and finance professionals, regulators, and investors from around the globe to debate policies, compare best practices, and forge ventures.
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2018
Time: 8am – 7pm
Venue: Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos
Ajegunle to the World 2018
This project will put Ajegunle on the spotlight again as the hub for talents which has produced notable talents, among who are Daddy Showkey, Danfo Drivers, Oritshefemi, Solid Star, Saheed Osupa, Gideon Okeke, Marvelous Benji, Pencil, D’Prince, E-Money, Empero Geezy, Prince Kazeem (Eletu of Osapa London), Baba Fryo, etc.
Date: Sunday, November 4, 2018
Time: 6pm
Venue: Eko Hotel & Suites, 415 Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos
Naija FM 102.7 Comedy Jam & Award Night 2018
NAIJA FM 1.02.7 is back with the Comedy Jam & Award Night 2018.
Date: Sunday, November 4, 2018.
Time: 6pm
Venue: MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
Agbo Jafextra Comedy/Music Concert
This concert is to be a night of comedy, music and culture done by Yorubas for the world. Featuring: 9ice, Jaywon, the SB Live Band, Adedeji (Europe), Adunni & Nefertiti, and the incredible Kwam 1! The Ultimate and many more.
Date: Sunday, November 4, 2018
Time: 5pm – 11pm
Venue: Grandeur Event Center, 17 Billings way, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos.
MC Danfo Comedy Traffic Live in Festac
Featuring: Gordons, Faze, Buchi, Kenny Blaq, Accapella, Akpororo, etc.
Date: Sunday, November 4, 2018
Time: 8pm
Venue: Golden Tulip Hotel, Festac Town, Lagos.
Lagos Kids Mini-Marathon
Organised by the St. Saviour’s School Ikoyi Endowment Fund, this year’s marathon promises to be better. Themed “Active Kids Rock”, the mini-marathon is recognised as Nigeria’s only kids-focused marathon and will see children participating in the 1.2km, 3km, and 5km distance races. Parents who wish to run with their kids can pick up T-shirts at the registration stand for a token fee.
Date: Saturday, November 3rd, 2018
Time: 7am – 11am
Start Point: St. Saviour’s School Ikoyi, Lagos
Nutritious Food Fair 2018
The key focus at this year’s Nutritious Food Fair event includes innovations in nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems, opportunities in Nigeria’s fast growing nutritious food sector, women as champions to reach millions (Smart Mother), enabling environment for growth in the nutritious food sector, exhibition and sales of nutritious foods and equipment, grassroot quiz-line to enhance nutrition education (NutriQuiz), creating and demonstrating nutritious food recipes (NutriCook).
Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 – Friday, November 9, 2018
Time: 9am
Venue: Landmark Events Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos
Future Leadership Conference 5.0
This year’s edition will address the place of young people in shaping the narratives of their country.
Date: Saturday, November 3, 2018
Time: 10am – 4pm
Venue: Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, 13/15 Kofo Abayomi Street, Lagos
Boos n Booze
Boos n Booze is a costume party featuring food, games, drinks, UV Face Painting and lots more.
Date: Friday, November 2, 2018 – Saturday, November 3, 2018
Time 7pm – Dawn
Venue: Lekki Phase 1, 39c Shakiru Anjorin St.