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SUMMARY:Ras Al Khaimah Art 2026 Festival 
DESCRIPTION:In the last few years the Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival has grown into a solid contributor to the UAE’s arts and culture scene\, with a community-oriented twist to the mix of exhibitions\, performances\, workshops and film screenings. There’s always a theme – this year it’s ‘Civilizations’\, a catch-all which should be able to accommodate just about any kind of culture – but the characteristic feature is the community engagement and the strong sense of RAK itself being part of the festival. \nIt has an excellent site at Al Jazeera Al Hamra Heritage Village\, which is where most of the exhibitions and events happen – exhibitions are open for the whole of the festival (16 January to 8 February)\, but performances and other one-offs occupy the three weekends. \nThis first weekend sees guided art and heritage tours\, several workshops – including calligraphy\, light art\, traditional agriculture\, and a two-day Photowalk and Film Photography masterclass – and live performances. They kick off with AlMaydee’s soulful soft rock (Friday\, 9-9.45pm) and the Saturday stage gets Luiza (jazzy pop\, great voice) followed by the AFCENT Band (that’s the official US Air Forces Central ensemble with a signature mix of pop\, rock\, and big band jazz). \nElsewhere in the village there’s Alana Hicks with a one-woman show titled Voices in the Dark (“a thoughtful exploration of identity\, culture\, and the threads that bind us: Saturday 6pm) and James Scarr with his excellent Mime Show (Sunday 6pm). \nNew for 2026 is The Hidden Table\, a curated culinary programme that expands the festival into gastronomy by positioning food as a form of cultural storytelling; the first two weekends get Chama\, an open-fire dining experience by Portuguese chef Tiago Pazzini with no fixed menu (“each evening is guided by seasonality\, elemental cooking\, and instinct\, allowing cuisine to unfold as a live\, creative expression”). The final weekend it’s Restaurant Pine\, the creation of Northumberland chefs Cal Byerley and Ian Waller to celebrate “the rhythm of the seasons [and] a modern echo of ancient land”. \nChama will cost you AED 350 but entrance to the festival and most of the other happenings are free\, including the live music. Preregistration is required for the spaces-limited events like the workshops; check out the full first-weekend programme here.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/ras-al-khaimah-art-2026-festival/
LOCATION:Al Jazeera Al Hamra\, Ras Al Khaimah
CATEGORIES:Community event,Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260117
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SUMMARY:Al Hosn Festival
DESCRIPTION:This living expression of Abu Dhabi’s Culture is always worth a visit. The emphasis is on heritage\, so the Al Hosn programme includes traditional souks\, performances (lots of ayyalah)\, food\, coffee\, kids’ workshops and more. It runs 4pm to 11pm daily.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/al-hosn-festival-2/
LOCATION:Al Hosn\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Festival,Heritage
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260202
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SUMMARY:Sikka Art and Design Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 14th edition of what has become one of Dubai Culture’s flagship initiatives is back in Al Shindagha Historic District\, this year with the theme ‘Imagining Dubai: Identities of the Future’. \nThe festival promises “a diverse array of artworks” in gallery and public art formats\, workshops\, panel discussions\, live performances\, food and retail markets\, “and other activities”. As usual there doesn’t seem to be any specific advance information – no website\, no overall directory/guide – but the press releases says there will be more than 250 artworks showing in 16 houses. To find out what’s out when the Instagram feed is probably your best option\, but with less than a week to go it was still full of last year’s info. \nStill\, Sikka is always worth the trip – especially as it’s free to enter.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sikka-art-and-design-festival-4/
LOCATION:Al Shindagha\, Dubai Creek\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260202
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SUMMARY:Reel Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Reel Palestine returns to Cinema Akil for its 12th edition\, running from 23 January to 1 February\,. The programme this year has 29 screenings\, including two Academy Award–nominated titles\, reflecting the breadth of contemporary Palestinian cinema across fiction\, documentary\, and short form. \nMost screenings are followed by a Q&A with the director or cast. Alongside the film programme\, the festival also includes two weekends of the RP Souk and a series of workshops. \nTickets for most screenings are AED 60. Note that Quoz Arts Fest takes place on 24 and 25 January\, so you’ll also need a ticket for that (AED 100 per day) before you can get to Cinema Akil …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/reel-palestine/
LOCATION:Cinema Akil\, Warehouse 68\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260129
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260205
DTSTAMP:20260417T234317
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SUMMARY:Xposure 2026
DESCRIPTION:The 10th edition of the Xposure International Photography Festival features a wide-ranging agenda featuring 95 exhibitions\, 3\,200 artworks\, and more than 570 events – among them 126 talks and panel discussions\, 72 workshops\, and 280 portfolio review sessions. There’s also a film programme and a trade exhibition featuring leading brands and companies specialising in imaging and visual content technologies. \nFeatured participants include David Burnett and Morten Qvale; Joshua Holko\, Marco Ronconi\, Mohammad Anabtawi and Simon King; Dan Kitwood\, Virginie Ellis\, Yousuf Ahmed and Richard I’Anson; as well as Derry Brabbs and Mostafa Ajjawi. \nThe festival also has a strong fine art and creative line-up\, including Christoffer Relander\, Rashed Alsumaiti\, Leslie Smolan who will represent the work of the late photographer Rodney Smith\, Richard Le Manz\, Romany Hafez\, Cath Simard\, Hengki Koentjoro\, Pauline Planchon\, Julian Calverley\, Christian Houge\, Dmitry Ersler\, Ghada Al Qasimi\, Liam Man\, Riccardo Magherini\, Lucia Giacani\, Andrey Gudkov\, and Andreas Urscheler.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/xposure-2026/
LOCATION:Aljada\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Photography
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SUMMARY:Tamaas Festival – Yasmine Hamdan | Al-Qasar | Maruja Limón
DESCRIPTION:The Arts Center’s mini-Womad for artists who mix modern/Western ideas with traditional/regional styles returns with three good-looking acts (each of whom will play for about an hour\, which makes the door price a bit of a bargain). \nYasmine Hamdan (above) is Arabic-indie royalty: she’s been music since the late 1990s\, earning international acclaim as a solo singer-songwriter\, producer\, and composer; her apparently effortless merging of elements from a variety of sources from pan-Arabic pop and poetry to clubby electronica via soul and West Coast guitar is seen to good effect on the rather good album she released last September. \nAl-Qasar was started between Los Angeles and Paris in 2016 by US-French producer Thomas Attar and now has a core of Turkish psychedelic rock singer Sibel\, Iraqi-French drummer Adrien Al-Aiedy and French bassist Guillaume Theoden. It’s clever rock ‘n’ roll\, mainly guitar-led with propulsive drumming and more than a touch of North African trance (no obvious drum machines\, though). 2024’s album Uncovered\, their second\, is full of good things and loads of variety\, which bodes well for the live show … \nMaruja Limón is a six-piece band from Barcelona with a fusion of flamenco\, pop\, and Latin. Te como la cara is the band’s latest album\, released a year ago; you’ll recognise flamenco\, salsa and rumba\, but also electronica and pop. It’s fast\, super-rhythmic\, good fun and very danceable. (Incidentally the album title translates literally as ‘I eat your face’ which my Catalan friend tells me is slang for ‘I really\, really like you’.) \nTickets are reportedly selling fast … \nRead our full-length backgrounder on the Tamaas Festival here.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/tamaas-festival-yasmine-hamdan-al-qasar-maruja-limon/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:UAE National Orchestra: The Beginning
DESCRIPTION:The final performance in the UAENO’s inaugural concert series\, the first with its full ensemble of 70 musicians and 30 choir. The programme: \nAlexander Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances (arr Shakir Hassan)\nErcan Saatçi Alisamadim for Qanun and Orchestra\nNaseer Shamma Ishraq for Oud and Orchestra (arr Qoutayba Neaimi: soloist Bechir Gharbi)\nNaseer Shamma Journey of Souls for Oud and Qanun (arr Abdel Aziz Shabakouh: soloists Mohamed Abozekry\, oud; Diaaelden Hassan\, qanun) \n[interval] \nNadim Tarabay The Beginning\, an Emirati Symphony for Orchestra and Choir \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/uae-national-orchestra-the-beginning-6/
LOCATION:Sharjah Performing Arts Academy\, University City\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Concert
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SUMMARY:The Comedy Lab
DESCRIPTION:MadCat Comedy’s regular stop in Silicon Oasis promises “insane laughs every week”. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-comedy-lab-11/
LOCATION:Radisson Red\, Dubai Digital Park\, Dubai Silicon Oasis\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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