Festival

Carnival Calabar 2026

🗓 Sat, 26 December 2026 – Wed, 30 December 2026 · Time to be confirmed

Known as 'Africa's biggest street party', the 21st edition runs under the theme 'Rethinking Our Collective Destiny'. It opens with the Cultural Carnival and Night of Kings and Queens (26 Dec), followed by the Junior Carnival (27 Dec), the flagship Parade of the Bands (28 Dec), the Bikers Carnival (29 Dec) and the Street Party and Colour Runs (30 Dec). Book Calabar hotels well in advance.

When

Sat, 26 December 2026 – Wed, 30 December 2026

Time

Time to be confirmed

Where

Various venues, Calabar, Cross River

Organiser

Cross River State Government / Carnival Calabar Commission