Lady Declares She Won't be Attending 'The Experience' in 2026 after Unpleasant Encounter
- A Nigerian lady has publicly announced that she won't be present at the 2026 edition of 'The Experience' event
- 'The Experience' is an annual, free, all-night gospel music concert held in Lagos and convened by Pastor Paul Adefarasin of House On The Rock, and attracts a large gathering for worship
- After her unpleasant experience at the 2025 edition, which was held some days ago, the lady decided to boycott the 2026 edition
A lady, known on TikTok as @naijawifeylife1, has declared that she won't attend 'The Experience' event in 2026.
The lady who was at the 2025 edition in Lagos, which was held on Friday, December 5, at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), did not enjoy her time at the event and explained why.
Source: TikTok
Why lady wants to boycott 'The Experience'
In a TikTok post, the lady lamented that the noise at the 2025 edition was too much and distracting, and for this reason, she won't be at next year's edition.
She shared a video from the concluded event showing a group of attendees making noise with vuvuzelas. The words overlaid on her video read:
"The reason why I won't be attending next year's 'Experience' the noise was just too much and distracting."
She further lamented that she quarrelled with an attendee because of his unpleasant use of a vuvuzela. In her words:
"Gosh! I legit quarrelled with someone because of his insensitive vuvuzuela blo'wing. They legit bought this to torment people."
Her unpleasant experience and decision sparked mixed reactions on the social media platform.
Source: Instagram
Watch her video below:
'The Experience': Netizens react to lady's encounter
Legit.ng has compiled some reactions to the lady's unpleasant experience below:
That_black_girl_💥🦋 said:
"I didn’t attend this year cos of this nonsense!!! I want to go enjoy good sounds and music but these trumpets thing will not allow you so what’s the point? People that are watching online even enjoy it better …. Untill they ban this thing I will not go again."
DAiCHE_SHOT 🔥 said:
"Funny how the host does not know you came ! If you like no come thousands go still pull up."
Darmihdeeva 🥰😌 said:
"I would still go but I discovered that the field behind the stadium is the best with a big screen, good sound, lots of chairs to sit and even very peaceful with less noise."
CLOTHES VENDOR IN LAGOS 🛍️ said:
"Fr, it was too bad, They need to ban the vuvuzela."
solobossgadgets3 said:
"Even when they told them to stop blo'wing knockout they didn't listen ooo."
ESTIE 🧿👑🦋🌸🧸🍭 said:
"Y’all complaining 🙄 Is it your first time attending Experience? They do this every year."
itz prebo bliss 101🇧🇪 said:
"If u no like noise no pull body…. Even if u no attend, x1000 are preparing to attend."
In a related story, Legit.ng reported that 'The Experience' 2024 edition had witnessed a large turnout of people.
The Experience 20: Massive turnout at event
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that there was a massive turnout at the 2025 edition of 'The Experience.'
This year's edition saw "No Turning Back" hit singer Gaise Baba making his debut appearance. Other Nigerian gospel singers at the event included Frank Edwards, Bidemi Olaoba, Yinka Alaseyori, Moses Bliss, Sinach, Mercy Chinwo, Dunsin Oyekan, among others. They were also joined by international gospel artistes like Travis Greene and Chandler Moore.
The theme for this year was dubbed "Jesus United," as people joined the event physically and virtually. Videos from the event grounds at Tafawa Balewa Square have shown that worshippers turned up in large numbers.
Source: Legit.ng
