Calabar Carnival

“Calabar festival/carnival is an initiative of Cross River State Government ,to facilitate and bring out Calabar’s culture values and also give out fun and entertainment not only to the people of Cross Rivers State alone but to the whole nation,continents, and the world as a whole”.

Welcome to the Calabar Festival/ Carnival (formerly Cross River State Christmas l) Calabar Festival is undisputedly the biggest and longest multi-dimensional, multi-faceted tourism leisure and entertainment programme in West Africa. Thirty-two days of exciting events, colourful activities and unprecedented participation by about one million people from all over the world.This event has become, arguably, Nigeriaâ€™s strongest tourism brand .It involves the HIV/AIDS Walk / Conference and Musical Concert with both international and local musicians, and Beauty Queen Pageant with Fashion shows,catwalk by worldclass models for top designers to display their creativity and works.