Determined to strengthen public artwork and inventive expression in Nigeria, the organisers of the Lagos Street Art Festival (LSAF) have introduced that the second version of its pageant will carry collectively artwork, music, tradition and group in Lagos State.
According to them, constructing on the success of its debut, as Nigeria’s first open-air gallery, LSAF is reworking how individuals expertise artwork by taking it past conventional gallery partitions and into the center of public life.
Organised by Inscribe Art and LASPARK, the pageant scheduled for November 7, 2026, at Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island, Lagos is a citywide celebration of public artwork and youth tradition, turning Lagos right into a dwelling canvas for inventive expression.
“We have always believed that Art shouldn’t be confined in the galleries nor museums but become more accessible to the public and it’s very encouraging to have partners such as Adidas, who share same belief help us bring the second edition to life,” mentioned Osa Okunkpolor, extensively generally known as Osa Seven, founding council member, Lagos road artwork pageant..
Beyond the pageant itself, LSAF is constructing a rising public artwork motion in Africa. With a deal with visibility, alternative and schooling, it helps rising artists via alternatives to showcase their work, collaborate and be taught.
Its programme of mural portray, workshops and talks, alongside a digital archive of artworks created, helps protect the tales behind the artwork and contributes to the evolving cultural id of Lagos.
The Lagos Street Art Festival invitations artwork lovers, creatives and the broader public to expertise Nigeria’s first open-air gallery and be a part of a motion making artwork extra accessible, seen and related to on a regular basis life.
Through large-scale murals, reside artwork, workshops and group experiences, the pageant provides artists a platform to inform city tales, join with new audiences and remodel public areas into landmarks of creativity.
Bringing this imaginative and prescient to life are the pageant’s sponsors and companions: Inscribe, LASPARK, adidas, Hennessy, Berger Paints, Crea8torium, British Council, Q21 Solutions, Rora, Mirus Events, WhyFinite and Osengwa. Their assist helps make Nigeria’s first open-air gallery potential, creating alternatives for artists to showcase their work, communities to have interaction with public artwork and Lagos to strengthen its place as a hub for modern African creativity.
This 12 months’s version will function a few of Nigeria’s best hip hop music stars like Vector, Eva Alordiah and Illbliss, alongside reside artwork battles, DJs, meals and drinks, video games, giveaways and different inventive experiences. By bringing visible artwork and road tradition collectively, LSAF affords audiences a chance to expertise creativity past the standard, in an environment formed by the vitality and variety of Lagos.
The pageant builds on the success of its inaugural version, which drew native and worldwide consideration to Lagos’s road artwork scene and demonstrated the facility of public artwork to remodel city areas. The second version takes that imaginative and prescient additional, strengthening the platform for inventive collaboration and reinforcing the significance of partnerships in sustaining Nigeria’s rising inventive ecosystem.
