About Ada Abia

Celebrating Abia @35 with culture, enterprise, innovation, and women's leadership.

Ada Abia Festival exists to honour Abia State's heritage while creating a modern platform for young women, creative professionals, entrepreneurs, tourism advocates, and community leaders.

The festival is a cultural, tourism, innovation, and young women empowerment initiative created for the Abia @35 celebration.
It promotes the creativity, confidence, leadership, and entrepreneurial potential of young Abia women.
It connects fashion, arts, cultural display, entertainment, business, mentorship, and local enterprise in one public-facing festival.
It helps position Abia State as a proud destination for culture, commerce, tourism, and emerging creative industries.

Why it exists

A stronger story for Abia.

Ada Abia Festival brings a premium, culturally proud lens to Abia's 35-year story. It is designed to create visibility for local talent, build confidence in young women, promote women-led businesses, and invite partners into a festival that can grow into a lasting tourism and enterprise asset.

Explore the festival activities.

See the pageant, exhibition, showcase, pitch competition, cultural display, mentorship forum, and entertainment fiesta planned for the festival.