Big News! Ile-Ife Announces Venue Shift as Olojo Festival 2026 Sponsors Storm Ooni’s Palace

Organizers of the 2026 Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife have announced a major shift in the staging of the annual event, with this year’s edition programmed to hold at Afeworan Park, Enuwa Square, right in front of the Ile-Oodua Palace, as against the usual in-palace hosting. The development was announced on Thursday as the Ooni of Ife, Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, hosted sponsors of the all-important festival at his Ile-Oodua Palace in Ile-Ife. The venue change, it was noted, is aimed at better controlling the crowd and accommodating more people at the festival, while also marking a significant improvement in addressing the traffic challenges usually encountered during previous editions. Watch the video for more on the major development as Ile-Ife intensifies preparations for Olojo Festival 2026. #OlojoFestival2026 #IleIfe #OoniOfIfe #YorubaCulture #Ifecityblog