• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band / Fanfaraï

    The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    A terrific start to the new season at The Arts Center – a high-octane double bill featuring two bands, both making their Gulf debuts, who really know how to deliver. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (above) is the pioneering group [... more]

    AED 157.50
  • Music and Sound Club: Session #1 Tape Loop Manipulation

    SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, Sharjah

    Sharjah Art Foundation’s Music and Sound Club is a series of fortnightly hands-on workshops and meetup sessions form anyone interested in music and sonic arts. In this first workshop on Tape Loop Manipulation, participants woll learn how to open, splice [... more]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Spirit of the East: The Art of Oriental Fusion

    Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai

    “A journey of ancient tradition and modern innovation” Spirit of the East is a contemporary musical collaboration built around the original compositions of oud maestro and composer Hooman Shirali, bringing together the colors of Eastern music with contemporary sounds, improvisation, [... more]

    FromAED 180
  • Music and Sound Club: Session #2 AI and Music Technology

    SAF Photography Gallery Al Manakh, Sharjah

    Sharjah Art Foundation’s Music and Sound Club is a series of fortnightly hands-on workshops and meetup sessions form anyone interested in music and sonic arts. This second workshop is a two-parter – on 4 and 18 October – that introduces [... more]

    Free, but pre-register
  • The Amy Winehouse Band

    Dubai Opera

    It’s 20 years since Back to Black was released, so there’s a reasonable hook for this performance by “the original musicians who performed alongside Amy on stages around the world and helped shape her distinctive sound both live and in [... more]

    From AED 300
  • Gipsy Kings – Symphonic

    Dubai Opera

    Led by André Reyes, founder of the band that took rumba flamenca to audiences worldwide and sold more than 60 million albums, this incarnation of the Gipsy Kings is back in a new format: their first Symphonic project on a [... more]

    From AED 395
  • Rhythms of Africa: Djembe & Kora

    Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    "An evening of music, rhythm and discovery" – a live performance featuring the harp-like djembe and the kora drum, traditional instruments of West Africa. We haven't been told who will be playing, but the price does include a preliminary aperitif [... more]

    AED 65 – AED 80