Outside Is Calling: Cool Events Happening This Weekend In Lagos May 1st – 4th

We know you had been looking forward to the long Workers’ Day weekend but if you thought the fun ended at public holiday status, think again. Lagos is serving vibes, and sleeping through it is simply not allowed.

Whether you’re a foodie, a fashion enthusiast, a trivia nerd, or someone who just needs soft vibes and soft drinks, we’ve lined up the coolest events happening from May 1st to 4th. Spoiler alert: your Instagram is about to eat.

Let’s get into it.👇🏾

GTCO Food And Drink 

As the popular saying goes “The fastest way to a person’s heart is through food.” Use this opportunity to win His/Her heart or get your heart won over. Join a community of food lovers and critics in tasting food from top chefs and local food, drinks, and snack businesses.

Also called the ultimate foodie event in Nigeria, GTCO Food and Drink is an annual tasty celebration of cuisine and community happening this year on the 2nd – 4th of May, 2025. This is a free-to-enter tasty adventure for all Nigerian Foodies to experience different Nigerian and international cuisines and drinks.

Don’t forget to bring your partners, kids, siblings, or friends along, they’ll thank you and you’ll be glad you did. Good food or Bad food? Come be the judge yourself!

Venue: GTCentre, Plot 1 W ater Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos
Time: Friday: 4 PM – 10 PM WAT | Sat/Sun: 10 AM – 10 PM WAT 
Date: Friday – Sunday, May 2nd – 4th, 2025

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Lagos Salad Club

I know you’re tired of all the beef going on in Lagos so Pitstop is inviting you to join them in exploring and ranking the best salads in Lagos City. You join in comparing great flavors and ranking restaurants serving awesome salad on a leaderboard. 

If you’re a vegetarian this is a healthy gathering for healthy green lovers. So come join your community of fellow vegetarians or as a meat lover come to understand a vegeterians point of view on this first edition of the Lagos Salad Club

Don’t forget to come with your friends to avoid future beef between you guys.

Venue: Pitstop, 92 Younis Bashorun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos 
Time: 6 PM WAT
Date: Sunday, May 4th, 2025

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Fashion Entrepreneurs Workshop

What do you think about turning your passion for fashion into a successful business? Awesome, right? Well, that’s exactly what’s going down at the Fashion Entrepreneurs Workshop this Saturday, May 3rd at the Landmark Event Center.

You don’t want to miss this event where fashion meets trade and insider secrets, featuring an inspiring and refreshing session by and for designers, stylists, fashionpreneurs, manufacturers, influencers, and students of fashion.

Brought to you by a collaboration of Made in Africa, FashionEvo, and Olorisupergal at the Science of Trade Conference 2025. Come with that friend who’s never caught unfresh and learn how to turn fashion into a steady income.

Venue: Landmark Center, Water Corporation Drive, Plot 2&3 Annex, Lagos 
Time: 11:30 AM – 3 PM WAT
Date: Saturday, May 3rd, 2025

Get Your Events Tickets HERE

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Serenade Lagos

A place to be if you need all the words of reassurance you can get. This is a warm intentional space where art, poetry, and community intertwine, an immersive experience that calls you into stillness, calm, and resonance.

A gathering of creative wordsmiths and artsy individuals that will serenade your mind and feelings through a story-driven performance that guides you through three acts: ACT I: The Call to Love, ACT II: Receptivity – Stillness, Listening, Softening, ACT III: Creation & Expression – Love As Resonance

Immersive experience and good refreshments will be provided, so see you there with your plus one.

Venue: Cafe One VI, Adeola Odeku St, Victoria Island, Lagos 
Time: 3 PM – 8 PM WAT 
Date: Sunday, May 4th, 2025

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The Nolly Trivia: May Edition

If you’ve had a Mercy Johnson type week and you want a chill Aki type weekend to cool it off then Nolly Trivia is where you should be. Back with the May edition to test your capacity of Nollywood knowledge. 

If you think you know Nollywood beyond Aki and PawPaw memes, the Nolly Trivia is challenging you to a night of Q&A filled with laughter, and fun. 

Come this weekend to win the prize and bragging rights with your friend group and if you don’t have a complete team, no problem the Nolly team has got you covered.

Venue: Locale, 2 Saka Jojo St, Victoria Island, Lagos 
Time: 4 PM – 7 PM WAT
Date: Saturday, May 3rd, 2025

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Sporting Lagos Vs Madiba FC: Nigeria National League 

Another home match, another day to experience valour and team play from the Sporting Lagos team. A usual breathtaking football and a team play so close to home you can tell the players your mind if they add to your anger this weekend.

Join the liveliest fanbase on Sunday at Onikan Stadium to experience their electrifying cheers and passion for their team. Don’t forget to bring the boys and girls along. 

Venue: Onikan Stadium, Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos
Time: 4 PM – 6 PM WAT 
Date: Sunday, May 4th, 2025

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From food and drinks to the ever-thrilling football match of Sporting Lagos. This weekend is packed full of fun, educating, and cool events that have a place for everyone, are you a foodie? Then GTCO is for you, a football lover? Don’t go too far Sporting Lagos will show you the beauty of football.

Which event matches your vibe? Tell us in the Fusion community, and also check out Fusion Events to catch up on all events happening close to you, and fun activities to do with your partner.