Art

Name: Aké Arts & Book Festival 2025
Start: 2025-11-20T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-22T23:59:59+00:00

October 2025
October 30 - November 3

Accra Cultural Week 2025

Gallery 1957 PMB 66 — Ministries Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue Ridge — Accra, Accra, Ghana

From its inaugural iteration in 2023, Accra Cultural Week has quickly become a luminary event in Africa’s art calendar. Hosted and curated by Gallery 1957, Ghana’s leading contemporary art gallery and a cornerstone of the city’s dynamic creative ecosystem, the week-long program transforms Accra into a living gallery for all to experience. For 2025, Gallery 1957 has announced that the celebration will return from 30 October to 3 November, reaffirming Accra’s growing reputation as one of the most exciting creative capitals in the world. Across multiple venues, exhibitions, studio visits, public talks, cultural tours, performances, and pop-up events animate the
November 2025
November 18 - November 23

Lagos Fringe

Lagos Fringe is a platform for experimental and independent performance arts, born out of the city’s vibrant but often underrepresented creative edges. Though smaller and edgier than mainstream arts events, Fringe events consistently incubate new talent in theatre, multimedia, spoken word, and cross-genre expression.
November 20 - November 22

Aké Arts & Book Festival 2025

Organised by the Book Buzz Foundation, Aké’s mission is to promote African creativity through literature, art, and critical dialogue, with its own publication, the Aké Review, amplifying new writing and voices. The theme for 2025, its 13th edition, is “Reclaiming Truth,” a call to confront misinformation, reclaim narrative agency, and champion the integrity of storytelling