Biggest Of All Festivals, KARAFEST 2024 Begins In Lagos December 7

Biggest Of All Festivals, KARAFEST 2024 Begins In Lagos December 7

……..  It Will Be One Of
World’s best karaoke festival Ever, Free Lunch For the first 300 guests, well-known celebrities and personalities to grace the show, Says Maestro Sugarr

By Prince Benson Davies

As preparations are on for the hosting of the second edition of the Karaoke Festival (KARAFEST), organizers of the show have revealed plans to stage a bigger and better event than they did last year, as they aim to reach a larger audience.including some well known celebrities, that have shown interest in attending the show,

This year will withness”A big list of celebrities endorsing it and seeing it as a movement,not just a show” Great celebrities such as Alibaba, Doyin Hassan , African Chyna and others

It would be recalled that on December 2, 2023, the first ever Karaoke Festival in the country held at Wild Charcoal Restaurant at Ikeja, Lagos State.

Planned, organized and hosted by foremost charismatic magnificent talented KJ (Karaoke Jockey), Jiboye Adekunle Olawanishola, popularly known as ‘The Maestro Sugarr’, KARAFEST saw music and Karaoke lovers gather to experience karaoke like never before.

Speaking exclusively to The New Experience Newspaper, Sugarr said..
Karaoke concept originated in Japan and China in the 1970s and has since become a popular activity worldwide.

According to him, the key element of karaoke include pre-recorded music and instrumental version of popular songs; lyrics display; on-screen display of song lyrics often with highlighting or scrolling; microphone for singers to perform; audio equipment like amplifiers, speakers and mixers.
Sugarr pointed out that Karaoke settings are best in bars, restaurants and other dedicated karaoke venues, adding that it could also be deployed to online platforms and applications (Apps).

He listed the benefits to include social bonding, stress relief, self expression and general improvement of vocal skills, adding that Karaoke comes as solo performance, group singing, karaoke competitions and contests and themed events like 80night. Its genres include pop, rock, hip-hop and rap, country music, as well as musical theatre and show times.

“Karaoke has evolved into a global phenomenon, offering a fun and engaging way for people to enjoy music and socialize and was brought to Nigeria by a very distinguished Indian called Mr. Haresh Chulani We know him as Mr. H. So he brought karaoke to Nigeria back then, I think in the late 1980s and 1990s.

On the second edition of KARAFEST, slated for Saturday, December 7 2024, SUGARR, who indicated his willingness to work with sponsors, highlighted what being part of the event can do for brands.
“First of all, every sponsor wants a mature, patronising crowd. Whereby they can reach out to a certain number of people and market their brand. Now, take, for instance, KARAFEST, a Karaoke festival that boasts of 3,000 people and I approach some banks, let’s say, GTBank, First Bank and Polaris Bank, among others.
“And I tell them, at least, you know, I have an upcoming event with capacity of between 3,000 guests in attendance. It’s an opportunity for the Banks to be part of the event as a sponsor because the event creates a major avenue to secure prospective individuals to bank with them.
“So, it’s an opportunity for every sponsor to advertise, showcase their brands and market their services at the event. Every brand still needs more advertising and more customers.

Yeah, so KARAFEST gives that avenue to brands to associate and meet with these guests, and hopefully they sell their services,” he stated.
For the second edition, SUGARR says the event will still hold at last year’s venue, Wild Charcoal Restaurant, Ikeja, but expecting a
larger audience this year

highlighting strategies for promotion.

“Yes, I believe the second one is going to be bigger and from the experience of what we’ve gotten from the first one, we know how to tackle the flaws and make sure that the second one becomes way better and bigger.”
SUGARR listed KARAOKE spots in Lagos where anyone and everyone can go and unwind, alluding to the arts widespread presence and acceptance as Karaoke Night at Yapaddey Hotels International on Wednesdays at 6:00pm, Lagos Karaoke and Games, Victoria Island on Sundays at 4:30pm, 32 Musa Yar’Adua Street on Sunday night at Festival Hotel’s pool and Terrance on Sunday between 7:00pm and 10:00pm.
“There is Roppongi Lounge at 12th Road every Tuesday at 8:00pm, Canary World on 24th Road and the Karaoke’s on Thursdays, IBiza on Tuesdays,  Eminence Classic Hotel on Agor Road, Liberty Estate on Tuesdays at 7:00pm
“Now, there is Big Apple Royale; it’s on Isolo road, and their Karaoke is on Thursdays at 7 p. m. as well. Then on in Ikeja, we have Bex Bar on Mondays and Saturdays,
Eminent Classic Hotel every Tuesday and Wild Charcoal at GRA Ikeja on number 37, Oba Akinjobi Way (GRA) IKEJA on Wednesdays.

“There are other bars in Egbeda that have this karaoke shows.  And we also have, on the mainland, a whole lot of bars. We have the Go2Lounge 45 at Yaba Alagomeji, Green Vault lounge, Egbeda Lounge and Mint Lounge GRA, Maryland, Ikeja.
“Others are W Bar, Charlie’s Bar at Maryland, Barrel’s Lounge, The Wells Bar, Palazzo and many more. Karaoke has become popular and it’s spreading rapidly everywhere in the world,” he concluded.