Afropolitan Vibes
Afropolitan Vibes is a live music concert series & annual music festival in Lagos, Nigeria. The show was created by Ade Bantu and Abby Ogunsanya in 2013 as a platform to showcase alternative music. Every edition features three or four contemporary singer/songwriters, vocalists or musicians who perform mostly original works that are firmly rooted in African musical origins of Afrobeat, Afrofunk, Afro-hiphop, Afro-pop, and Highlife.
All acts perform with the 13-piece BANTU collective No miming is allowed at the shows. From 2013 to 2017 Afropolitan Vibes had a monthly residency at Freedom Park, a former British Colonial Prison on Lagos Island. In May 2017 the producers of the show announced a change of venue to Muri Okunola Park in Lagos and that the concert series would now hold every third Friday of each quarter
Notable performers
A cross section of performers that have performed at Afropolitan Vibes at least once.- Burna Boy
- Victor Olaiya
- Yemi Alade
- M.I
- Shina Peters
- Nneka
- Falz
- Blitz the Ambassador
- Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
- Patrice
- Seun Kuti
- Brymo
- Keziah Jones
- Bez
- Daddy Showkey
- Salawa Abeni
- Temi Dollface
- Ebo Taylor
- Megaloh
- Akua Naru
- Orlando Juliu
- Siji
- General Pype
- Majek Fashek
- Chris Ajilo
- Fokn Bois
- Beautiful Nubia
- Praiz
- Waje
- Sound Sultan