Argungu Fishing Festival last hosted in 2009 is one of the major festivals celebrated annually to mark the end of the centuries-old hostility between the Sokoto caliphate region and the Kebbi kingdom in the northern part of Nigeria.

The festival was initiated in 1934 in Argungu, Kebbi State. It is an annual four-day event in Kebbi State. It is mostly celebrated in the month of February after the end of all farming activities.

More than 30,000 fishermen had taken part in the annual Argungu fishing festival. The main event of the festival is the fishing contest in River Mata Fada, where fishing nets and traditional gourds made with calabashes are used. In 2005, the winner caught a fish weighing 75kg. It was the biggest fish that had ever been caught in the festival till date.

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