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Events
International Jazz Day
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai"An immersive mini-festival" to celebrate International Jazz Day, featuring a variety of artists and style from trad to contemporary via Cuba, R&B, and beyond. The roster includes Tona & Friends, Nikolai Mishchenko, Sincopa Ti, Nuvo Soul, and Errico Cutolo for [ ... ]
From AED 180Pints & Punchlines
InterContinental Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesComedy Kix is bringing a Thursday night stand-up gig to the InterCon Abu Dhabi's Belgian Café (magpie remembers fondly when it was the Belgian Beer Café) promising "killer comics, cold drinks, and zero chill". On the bill: Imah Dumagay, Josh [ ... ]
FreeUAE Philharmonic Orchestra: Beyond Borders
Theatre of Digital Arts Souk Madinat Jumeriah, DubaiThe revived UAE Phil – originally formed back in the Noughties, and reinvented a couple of years ago under the baton and direction of Nicholas Mann – continues its 2025/26 concert series at ToDA. We're promised "a musical journey across [ ... ]
From AED 170
Ash Rose: Get Tricky
Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai"Mind-blowing magic" meets sharp standup comedy. Recommended – this guy is *very* clever, especially at close-up work ...
From AED 125
Miqdaad D: Unhinged
Xandros Singature 1 Hotel, Barsha Heights, DubaiA standup special by MadCat Comedy's main man, Miqdaad Dohadwala. Expect some guests.
AED 80Short+Sweet Dubai: weekend three
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiThird weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays – each of the S+S Dubai weekends (9-10 May is a break) features afternoon and evening sessions for 10 plays, meaning you could see something around 80 microplays if you attended all [ ... ]
AED 100 – AED 120A Journey into Architecture Archives: Tunis, Baghdad, Damascus
Al Qasimiyah School Sheikh Saqr Bin Khalid Al Qasimi St, SharjahAs part of its ongoing institutional programming, Sharjah Architecture Triennial presents what it terms a “new chapter” in a long-term research initiative dedicated to architectural archives in the Arab world. Building on the inaugural 2023 exhibition, which focused on Beirut, [ ... ]
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BAM Auctions Inaugural Sale
Bayt AlMamzar House 2, 26 Street, Al Mamzar, DubaiThe inaugural auction of what is described as “a secondary market platform focused on mid-range contemporary works from the UAE and the wider region” will consist of a “tightly curated” sale of 21 lots. The organisers, from the Bayt AlMamzar [ ... ]
FreeX Fest DXB: weekend 3
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe third weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. This weekend [ ... ]
AED 120
Enrico Macias
Dubai OperaClassics from an icon of Francophone music, whose songs from a career of six decades seem filled with warmth, nostalgia, and humanity ... This performance may be one of his last international appearances, too.
From AED 295Crowd Control by Noha & Denise
Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, DubaiImprovised comedy from two very sharp standups – expect quick wit, superfast comebacks, and exemplary crowd work from Noha Bashir and Denise Alexe.
From AED 130Joke Hub
Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef Al Seef Street, Umm Hurair 1, DubaiA regular Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" at "the first purpose built comedy room in the country". The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
AED 99Short+Sweet Dubai: weekend three
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiSecond day of the third weekend of the festival of 10-minute plays – each of the S+S Dubai weekends (9-10 May is a break) features afternoon and evening sessions for 10 plays, meaning you could see something around 80 microplays [ ... ]
AED 100 – AED 120LAST CHANCE Ahaad Alamoudi: Sunkissed
Al Mureijah Square SharjahAlamoudi’s snapshots of contemporary Khaleeji aesthetics playfully capture the give-and-take between developmental goals and their real-world manifestation. Viral memes, talking falcons, automated toy cars and insect light traps all function as tools to process accelerating change; together, these works explore [ ... ]
FreeCoffee & Comedy
Bocasu Specialty Coffee DubaiEarly evening Sunday comedy in Al Quoz from the Mad Cat team. The cover charge of AED 99 includes one drink.
AED 99X Fest DXB: weekend 3
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe third weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. This weekend [ ... ]
AED 120Supermarket
Foundry Downtown Boulevard Crescent, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, DubaiA great idea from Foundry Downtown – a group exhibition featuring artists based in the UAE who are not (currently) represented by galleries. The organisers describe it as “for the first time, a selling exhibition structured around accessibility, discovery, and [ ... ]
FreeNemr: Rempant Disorder
Dubai OperaNemr's latest stand up comedy special considers the craziness of the world today in the context of fatherhood – what he fears and what he looks forward to are very different now than before. In a world full of Rampant [ ... ]
From AED 195
Fridge Concert Series 49: Domina / Grasshoppers ft. Al3s3s
The Fridge Warehouse Warehouse 5, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiA Palestinian-Lebanese singer-songwriter, dancer, life coach and clothing-line owner, Domina has spent nearly a decade writing music about the same territory she works in professionally – mental health, shadow work, and the slow process of becoming yourself. Her sound draws [ ... ]
AED 100The Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
Al Ain Palace Hotel Corniche Road, Abu DhabiMad Cat’s standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabi's Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks ...
AED 99LAST CHANCE Douglas White: The Great Wave
Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThroughout his practice, White approaches sculpture as a kind of material alchemy – discarded substances are reworked forms that appear uncannily animate: industrial debris becomes wave, tree, or cosmic surface, revealing unexpected continuities between natural forces and technological systems. Two [ ... ]
Free
A Return to Presence
Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery Al Khayat Art Avenue, Al Quoz, DubaiDescribed by the gallery as "a significant new exhibition" and "a return to the essential experience of art as presence, encounter, and shared space", this show features a curated selection of 50 newly arrived 2D and 3D works by Annalù, [ ... ]
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Alle reden übers Wetter | Talking about the weather: dir Annika Pinske (2022)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesWriter-director Annika Pinske’s debut feature tells the story of Clara, a middle-aged college lecturer and doctoral candidate who seems somewhat uncomfortable with her life in Berlin. That gets put into focus when she pays a weekend visit to her hometown [ ... ]
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Pencil In
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA writers’ group intended for writers to practice their craft without the pressures of producing a final outcome, designed to provide a supportive environment for writers to write alone yet in a group. You're invited to polish your writing skills [ ... ]
Free3albaraka: Nobody Listens
New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, DubaiClassic improv comedy – no preparation, no plan, no script, just audience suggestions. These guys are good ...
AED 100The Comedy Lab
Radisson Red Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, DubaiMad Cat Comedy's regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises "insane laughs every week". The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
AED 99Un monde merveilleux: dir Giulio Callegari (2024)
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA sharp, witty, very urban contemporary comedy of relationships. Worn down by 25 years together, Xavier and Sophie seem to be running on empty: neighbours Adèle and Alban come round for dinner, and these uninhibited people offer a somewhat risqué [ ... ]
AED 150LAST CHANCE Mulhaq: On Annexed Architecture and Peripheral Typologies
Bayt AlMamzar House 2, 26 Street, Al Mamzar, DubaiThis exhibition explores the quiet logic of annexed spaces and the peripheral architectures that shape everyday life across the Gulf. Through documentation, case studies, and spatial narratives, it reflects on how these overlooked structures mediate between privacy, family, and urban [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Déjà Vu
Concrete Alserkal Avenue, DubaiDescribed as "the UAE’s first collaborative gallery exhibition", this 14-day selling show features more than 50 artists represented by 20 of the UAE’s leading contemporary art galleries. The intention is to provide a commercial opportunity for the galleries, which have [ ... ]
FreeUAE National Orchestra: Sing for the Nation
Dubai OperaThe UAE National Orchestra and choir puts the emphasis on 'national' with "an evening where we come together in love for the nation, sharing moments of pride and belonging ... a space where we gather as sons and daughters of [ ... ]
From AED 150The Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Studio One Hotel Dubai Studio City, DubaiThe bill for the Laughter Factory's May tour: Rory O'Hanlon as Irish as his name suggest: described by Chortle as having “presence, poise and timing”, he's famous for his rapid-fire delivery and the sheer quantity of jokes in his set [ ... ]
AED 140Comedy Kix: Lose Your Marbles
Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek Baniyas Road, Deira, DubaiThe Comedy Kix folk take over the Radisson Blu Deira Creek's Marbles Karaoke Bar. On the bill: Amr Elassal, Emaad Siddiqui, Moncef Boumaza, Faizan Bhat, Saeed Alnahdy and Anton Galvez. It's free, but with a minimum spend of AED 75 [ ... ]
Min spend AED 75Molto Male by Steve Mozz
Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, DubaiTop Italian-style standup from the comic better known to his mum as Stefano Mozzicato. We're promised hilarious stories and relatable observation, delivered with signature Italian humour ...
From AED 150LAST CHANCE Aïda Muluneh: This Bloom I Borrow
Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue, First Al Khail Street, DubaiA new series of images by the Ethiopian art photographer, her second solo exhibition at the gallery. The show includes 10 works that have never been seen before. Muluneh has been a distinctive voice in contemporary photography throughout her 25-year [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Nihad Al Turk: Creatures of Hope
Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWithout formal art schooling, Nihad Al Turk has developed a distinctive visual language that blends colours, forms, and patterns, "preserving his naïve sensibility while conveying his philosophical outlook and artistic vision". His paintings typically feature anthropomorphic shapes and figures, a [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Unfixed ground
Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiA group exhibition that approaches 'ground' as "something continuously produced: fractured, inscribed, and held in tension between erasure and persistence ..." The first of two spaces has works by Mandy El Sayegh, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Omar El Gurg, and Rand [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE The importance of staying quiet: Fahd Burki II.a
Grey Noise Unit 24 Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesIn 2014, an exhibition was held in Hong Kong under the title The importance of staying quiet; conceived by Saira Ansari and Umer Butt, it was an attempt to find a minimal vocabulary within Pakistani art. A decade later, The [ ... ]
FreeThe Jury Experience – Death by AI: Who Pays the Price?
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesTrue immersive theatre: the audience is the jury at the heart of a live trial – hear the testimonies, consider the evidence, weigh the arguments ... and deliver a verdict. The case also seems very now: a driverless car is [ ... ]
From AED 150
Global Positioning System
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiAn ambitious large-scale group exhibition dedicated to mapping and navigation systems, "telling stories of fast cars and donkeys, spinning globes and street barricades, cosmic highways and broken bridges ... delves into topographies, transit lines and simulated landscapes to engage critically [ ... ]
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Alserkal Art Month: weekend 4
Alserkal Avenue Al Quoz 1, DubaiHere’s the schedule for the fourth weekend of Alserkal Avenue's Art Month: SATURDAY 9 MAY 4-5pm start at The Yard TOUR Slow Art Walk with Camilla Singh Artist, curator, and cultural strategist Camilla Singh leads a tour of three selected galleries [ ... ]
FreeThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Jumeirah Golf Estates – Earth Terrace DubaiA new stop for the Laughter Factory's May tour – note the earlier-than-usual start. On the bill: Rory O'Hanlon as Irish as his name suggest: described by Chortle as having “presence, poise and timing”, he's famous for his rapid-fire delivery [ ... ]
AED 140X Fest DXB: weekend 4
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe fourth weekend for the Junction's short play festival: each weekend features 10 to 11 original 10-minute plays, meaning audiences will get the chance to see a diverse lineup of stories, styles and performances in a single evening. Overall you [ ... ]
AED 150Season Special: Mini Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesYoung performers take the stage for a mini version of Keith Johnstone’s competitive improv format with scenes, songs, and games inspired by audience suggestions. Performers are rated on a scale of 1 to 5 after each round; the player with [ ... ]
FreeDesempleado Del Mes by Jorge Cremades
Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, DubaiSomething of a rarity in Dubai – Spanish-language standup. Jorge offers sharp storytelling about everyday life, relationships, and the chaos of modern work culture
From AED 190Joke Hub
Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef Al Seef Street, Umm Hurair 1, DubaiA regular Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" at "the first purpose built comedy room in the country". The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
AED 99LAST CHANCE Khozema Al-Aaed: We Walk on Stories
Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiKhozema Al‑Aaed's solo exhibition reimagines cartographies, reminding us that land absorbs our movements, our wounds, our hopes, "becoming a living archive of human presence" as the gallery puts it. "The compositions resemble traces of cities once inhabited, imagined, or departed. [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Robert Powers: The City in Its Details – The Past and Future in Dubai’s Architecture
Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, DubaiA close look at Dubai’s urban fabric through the lens of architect and photographer Robert Powers. The exhibition traces the patterns and repetitions in architecture, streetscapes, industry, and infrastructure that shapes the character of a city; taken between 2013 and [ ... ]
FreeThe Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Studio One Hotel Dubai Studio City, DubaiThe regular Abu Dhabi stop for the Laughter Factory's May tour, with an earlier-than-usual start: Rory O'Hanlon as Irish as his name suggest: described by Chortle as having “presence, poise and timing”, he's famous for his rapid-fire delivery and the [ ... ]
AED 140Sunday Night Comedy
Social Distrikt The Pointe, Palm Jumeirah, DubaiDubomedy's highly successful comedy gig at Hushh in Social Distrikt. We're promised "a fantastic lineup of comedians, big laughs, and great vibes"; and indeed much of that seems to be the case ... It's free, but there's a minimum spend [ ... ]
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