The Event Line-Up For #LagosAt50 Celebration

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Finally, The Lagos Carnival and Eyo Festival are set to make a Grand returns on 13th May and 20th May respectively.

A special edition of Runway Jazz will be held on the 30th of April.

The Lagos@50 Planning Committee and The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon. Steve Ayorinde announced last week at a World Press Conference, the interesting series of events lined up to mark the State's Golden Jubilee Celebrations.

Here are 8 events to look forward to from 8th April till 27th May, 2017.

1. "Wakaa" The Musical
This special musical play produced and directed by ace producer and director, Bolanle Austen-Peters, will hold on 8th of April at Terra Kulture Arena

2. "FELA"
The three-day Broadway Musical Concert based on the life and times and the Afrobeat creator, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, will hold on April 13, 2017. The musical will be performed by a combined cast of the original Broadway production and the Royal National Theatre production under Bill T. Jones.

3. Runway Jazz
A fusion of Jazz music and fashion, the event will hold on April 30, 2017, featuring Grammy award winning Jazz artistes and Nigerian musicians alongside a runway display of the evolution of fashion in Lagos State over the past 50 years.

4. Special Worker's Day Celebration
May 1st 2017, the state will celebrate both active and retired civil servants with a special parade in the morning at the Agege Stadium and a special dinner in the evening.

5. Lagos Loves The Cinema
May 5, five of the highest grossing Nigerian box office movies, and five Nollywood classics would be screened to local audiences in the five divisions of the State – Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos Island and Epe.

6. Lagos Carnival
A celebration of the city's ancestry and the plurality of its identity will also hold on May 13, 2017 in both the Island and Mainland zones of the State and extend to the different communities and ethnic groups in Lagos.

7. Eyo Festival
Last staged five years ago, the Eyo festival is set make a grand return on May 20, 2017 at Tafawa Balewa Square.

8. Historic Gala Night
May 27, which coincides with Children's Day celebration, a historic gala night featuring a rich blend of good music, the best of Lagos cuisine, photo exhibition and the unveiling of a special coffee table book that captures the essence of Lagos through the lens of 50 accomplished photographers will hold in the state.

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

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