A new voice is set to join Dubai’s growing independent arts and culture scene as creative collective Katha Sutra makes its public debut with O Sakhi: Her Voice in Verse and Song—an original bilingual production that weaves together storytelling, Hindi poetry and live music to revisit the stories of women from India’s epics. Taking place on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at Live@Play in Al Quoz, O Sakhi invites audiences to step beyond the familiar narratives of India’s epics and encounter the women within them through their own voices, experiences and inner worlds. At the heart of the production are figures including […]

The countdown is on! Ski Dubai, in partnership with Dubai Sports Council, is calling thrill-seekers, fitness enthusiasts, families, friends and teams across the UAE to get ready for the 17th Ice Warrior Challenge on Sunday, 20 September. Dubai’s coolest obstacle course will transform Ski Dubai into a frozen test of strength, agility and determination, featuring more than 20 exciting challenges, including rope walls, ice pools, monkey bars, tyre runs, net crawls and more. Open to males and females aged 15 to 60, participants can choose from three categories: Rates include a commemorative Ice Warrior medal and souvenir T-shirt after returning […]

Brass Monkey Hospitality officially opens the doors to its new Brass Monkey venue at Motor City Clubhouse today, bringing the homegrown brand’s blend of dining, drinks, social gaming and entertainment to one of Dubai’s fastest-growing residential communities. Open to the public at 4pm Monday September 7, the new venue brings the familiar Brass Monkey experience to Motor City, with the programming fans have come to expect from the brand – from premium comfort food and signature cocktails to bowling, arcade games, music and entertainment. The opening marks the next evolution of a homegrown hospitality brand that has built a loyal […]

Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) continues to strengthen accessibility and inclusivity across its cultural and heritage assets with the introduction of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower programme at Al Shindagha Museum, the UAE’s largest heritage museum, and Etihad Museum. By adopting the programme, Dubai Culture has become the first cultural institution in the emirate to implement this internationally recognised initiative, reflecting its commitment to advancing the objectives of the Dubai Quality of Life Strategy and supporting the ‘My Community…A Place for Everyone’ initiative, which seeks to reinforce Dubai’s position as a city that is welcoming and inclusive for People […]

Venice has been photographed so often that it can be difficult to imagine the city differently. Canals. Gondolas. Masks. Bridges. Old palaces. Reflections in water. These images have become almost inseparable from the city’s global identity. Titizé – A Venetian Dream takes those familiar elements and moves them into a much stranger world. From 29 to 31 October 2026, the internationally acclaimed Compagnia Finzi Pasca brings the production to Dubai Opera, combining acrobatics, clowning, physical theatre, live music and visual illusion. The show is not a conventional narrative about Venice. It is closer to a dream built from Venice. Images […]

Some music survives because it is tied to a particular place. Other music escapes geography almost completely. The GIPSY KINGS belong to the second category. Their combination of rumba flamenca, pop melody, acoustic guitars and instantly recognisable vocals has travelled across languages and generations for decades. On 22 October 2026, that sound returns to Dubai Opera in a new form. GIPSY KINGS Symphonic, led by André Reyes, brings the familiar energy of songs such as Bamboleo, Djobi Djoba, Volare and Un Amor together with the scale of symphonic arrangements. The concept creates an interesting artistic question. What happens when music […]

Stand-up comedy becomes especially powerful when the audience is not sure where the joke ends and the real story begins. That tension has become one of Munawar Faruqui’s defining strengths. On 11 October 2026, the Indian comedian returns to Dubai Opera with an all-new Hindi-language set as part of Dubai Comedy Festival, bringing fresh stories, observations and material to an audience that already knows him through comedy, television and digital platforms. Faruqui belongs to a generation of performers who have helped transform Indian stand-up from a relatively niche urban scene into a mainstream entertainment industry capable of filling large theatres […]

Comedy is one of the hardest forms of entertainment to export. A song can work even when listeners do not understand every lyric. A spectacular film can cross language barriers through visuals. Sport needs almost no translation. Comedy depends on something much more fragile. Timing. Language. Cultural references. Shared assumptions. A joke that destroys a room in one country may receive silence in another. That is what makes Dubai Comedy Festival particularly interesting. From 9 to 18 October 2026, the festival returns for its seventh edition, bringing stand-up, theatre and comedy performances to venues across Dubai. The programme includes performers […]

The travel industry is changing faster than the act of travelling itself. Flights still move people between cities. Hotels still provide rooms. Destinations still compete for visitors. But almost everything around those basic activities is being transformed by technology. Artificial intelligence builds itineraries. Biometrics change airport experiences. Hotels personalise stays using data. Travellers discover destinations through social media. Apps increasingly manage an entire journey. Those changes will be at the centre of Arabian Travel Market 2026, taking place at Dubai World Trade Centre from 14 to 17 September. The event brings together tourism boards, airlines, hotels, travel companies, technology providers, […]