Ibadan, ‘A running splash of rust and gold, scattered among seven hills, in the words of famous poet, John Pepper Clark, is unique in many ways and full of historical, socio-cultural and economic activities. Among them is the Ibadan Cultural Festival, tagged; Ibadan Day, an annual cultural tourism event organised by the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII). Indigeneous Council CCII is an umbrella body for all the socio-cultural societies/ clubs of Ibadan extraction both at home and in the Diaspora.
One of the main objectives for its formation is to provide a forum for the coordination and harmonisation of the development efforts of the constituent societies towards the promotion of economic, social, education and cultural interest of Ibadanland, with a view to achieving the fullest measure of effectiveness. Historically, in the ‘Ilu Ogunmola, Olodogbo keri logun’, the need for the formation of the organisation was conceived by the coming together of three prominent socio-cultural societies: Ibadan Progressive Union (IPU), Lagelu ‘1 Club, and Ibadan Descendant Union of the University of Ibadan and the Polytechnic of Ibadan (IDU UI/POLY) in 1982. Even though CCII is an apolitical organisation; it has the objective of identifying and pursuing measures in all sectors, including politics that are conducive to the promotion of the welfare and progress of Ibadanland and its people.
Ibadan Cultural Festival which is part of the activities being put in place annually to .