The maiden edition of the Ariya Eko Music Festival, aimed at showcasing Nigeria’s indigenous music and its tourism potentials, will hold in Lagos by the middle of December. The event, packaged by the country’s number one collector and promoter of indigenous and highlife music, Evergreen Musical Company is also put together to bring sanity and control to the music industry, in view of the pervading downward trend in morals and societal values.
A similar one, tagged Faaji Agba Eko, was put in place last year but mainly for the aged and elderly, with the likes of Pa Orlando Julius; the great flutist, Tee Mac; folklore singer, Pa Jimi Solanke; Buga; female talking drummer, Ara; Yinka Davies and many others in attendance.
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In a statement issued by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Evergreen Musical Company, Bimbo Esho, this year’s event was expanded to include all other genres and the general musical populace of both the young and the old.
“The most prolific features of the Ariya Eko Music Festival are to preserve, promote and propagate our indigenous band culture and to give us a musical identity.
“Therefore, music that will flow from the past to the present, which includes: Folk Music, Highlife, Juju, Apala, Afrobeat, Agidigbo, Sakara, Hip-Hop, Waka, Fuji, etc., will be showcased.
“The event will hold in mid-December and is to be staged here in Lagos. Lagos is the epicentre of entertainment. And since entertainment and tourism are one of the main thrust of the Governor Sanwo-Olu’s government to fulfill the “E” components in its THEMES Strategic Thrust, with this music concert we plan to take tourism and entertainment to the next level in Lagos State.
“This star-studded event, which is in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, shall feature artistes like Sir Victor Uwaifo, Adewesco, Sir Shina Peters, Yinka Davies, Eko Brass Band and Abass Akande Obesere and Tee Mac.
“Other artistes expected at the event included Omileyan, Segun Blessing, Ibitayo Jeje, Abideen Yusuf Olatunji, Wasiu Oseni Ejire, Young Tunde Nightingale and Halimat Ayinla Omowura, among others.
“The highpoint of the event will be the induction of one of Nigeria’s most prolific music icons, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi, MON, into the Evergreen Music Hall of Fame with a repertoire of about 660 songs, one of the largest in the world,” she said.
Expected to grace this occasion are traditional rulers, prominent Lagos indigenes, Nigerians from the Diaspora, top government officials, young and upcoming artistes, musical associations, and men of the corporate world.
“Ariya Eko Music Festival is a promising project that requires the support of all and sundry to achieve its aim and purpose.
“The general public, private sector, musicians, owners and promoters of radio and television Stations should support it as a service to our indigenous musical heritage and culture and also to propagate our tourism potential,” the statement added.
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