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Wizkid Set to Light Up US Summer Festivals With Headline Performances

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3 months ago

July 16, 2026

Wizkid US festivals headline the singer’s 2026 summer run as the Nigerian star confirms performances at BlastFest and Trillville

Nigerian music superstar Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has confirmed his appearance as a headline performer at major summer festivals in the United States, adding to his growing international performance schedule.

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The Grammy-winning singer announced the development through a post on his Instagram page, revealing that he will headline BlastFest in Seattle on July 18.

Wizkid is expected to share the stage with international acts including DJ Mustard, Shenseea, Tyla and Pheelz at the festival celebrating contemporary global music.

The singer also confirmed that he will perform at Trillville Festival Deluxe, also known as Tribeville Festival Deluxe, in Minneapolis on July 24.

The announcement comes after Wizkid previously hinted that he had several major festival appearances planned across the United States during the summer and autumn of 2026.

The events are expected to highlight global Black music and culture, with Wizkid joining a lineup of artists representing different sounds and audiences from around the world.

Fans have reacted enthusiastically to the news across social media, with many celebrating the upcoming performances and referring to the period as “Starboy Mon,’s international rise following years of success as one of Africa’s most influential contemporary artists.

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With a global fan base and a catalogue that has earned international recognition, the singer remains a major figure in the worldwide expansion of Afrobeats.

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OLOJO….Ile Ife’s September Gift To Culture

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1 week ago

October 5, 2026

Mariam Balogun

By Halima Adaba,

It was a featubal if the people. It was for the anciebt town of Ile Ife, which the Yoruba race refards as the Source.

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And ut was a festivsl for the King, Arole Oduduwa, Oonirisa, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.

And so between September 24 and 28th 2026, the annual featuval dazzjed in all its white glory.

Tge Monarch paid the traditional ancestral homage and offered propitiation as part of the sacred rites of the Olojo Festival.
It was a powerful expression of Yoruba heritage, spirituality, and enduring tradition.

Call it a collection of beautiful moments, faces, colours and cultural expressions.

Every frame tells a story.

Every face carries the energy.

Every moment keeps the heritage alive.

Undoubtedly one of the most sacred cultural celebrations in Ilé-Ifẹ̀. It marked a day associated with creation, thanksgiving, ancestral heritage, and the sacred appearance of the Ooni of Ife wearing the revered Aàrẹ crown.

There were also the devotees of the famed god of thunder – Sàngó who were hardly conspicuous at the festival.

Many other traditional groups came out with candor, showing a powerful expression of Yoruba cultural identity, spiritual devotion, and respect for the ancient traditions of Ilé-Ifẹ̀.

Devotees of Sàngó bekieved the ‘appearance’ of the god of thunder on Seotember 26th could be understood as a symbolic meeting of ancestral heritage, spiritual devotion, and the celebration of creation.

It was a moment when the sounds of drums, chants, and traditional praise poetry brought the history of the Yoruba people to life.

Although Olojo is closely associated with Ogun, the god of iron, and the sacred traditions of Ile-Ife, the presence of Sàngó devotees reflected the rich diversity of Yoruba spiritual heritage.

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As a participant enthused at the festival, “To witness Sàngó Olúkòso emerge on Olojo Festival day is to witness a living expression of history, identity, and ancestral pride.”