Detty December Fest, one of Africa’s fastest-growing live music festivals, will return to Lagos from December 18-30, with Wizkid announced as the headliner of the Grand Opening Concert on Friday, Day 1 of 13, on the Detty Festival Stage, as the festival unveils an expanded two-stage experience.
The announcement by Billboard follows a landmark inaugural edition that attracted more than 40,000 festival-goers to Ilubirin across its run, bringing together global and African music stars, including Busta Rhymes, Gunna, Tiwa Savage, Shenseea, Juma Jux, Diamond Platnumz, Wande Coal, Phyno, Fave, Young Jonn, Qing Madi, Ice Prince, and more. In its first year, Detty December Fest established itself as one of the defining moments of Lagos’ festive calendar and a new destination for Africa’s live entertainment experiences.
For an artist whose music has taken Afrobeats to audiences around the world, Wizkid’s opening will be a fitting homecoming, returning to the city that shaped his sound at a time when Lagos has become one of the world’s defining cultural destinations each December. His announcement as the festival’s first confirmed headliner signals the scale of this year’s edition, with additional artists to be revealed in the coming months.
The Livespot-produced festival returns at a time when Detty December, widely known as “Africa’s Real Summer,” has evolved into one of the continent’s most significant cultural and economic moments. According to the MO Africa Company report The Economics of Euphoria: Lagos’ Detty December 2025,
the 2025 season generated an estimated ₦396.5 billion in consumer spending across Lagos and attracted millions of visitors from across Nigeria and the diaspora.
The scale of the season also prompted the country’s Federal Government to establish a Presidential Task Force to coordinate aviation, tourism, security, and power throughout the festive period.
Building on the momentum of its debut, Detty December Fest 2026, expands into a two-stage festival experience across thirteen days:
- Detty Festival Stage
The festival’s flagship stage, home to this year’s headline performances, opened by Wizkid at the Grand Opening Concert.
- Detty Pulse Stage
The festival’s daily heartbeat: nightlife, culture nights, and seasonal programming running across all thirteen days, alongside a dedicated platform for the next generation of African talent performing on the same site as the biggest names in music.
Across thirteen days, festival-goers can expect headline concerts, aerial shows, emerging talent showcases, immersive brand experiences, food and lifestyle activations, DJ-led nights, nightlife programming and family-friendly attractions, including a Christmas Grotto, Gen Z Republik and pop-up market stalls, alongside curated experiences celebrating the creativity, energy and global appeal of Lagos during its most anticipated season.
