18 September 2025

Murder Mystery: The Emerald House

Al Seef Heritage Hotel Dubai Creek, Dubai

Two last chances to join in this theatrical investigation game: guests can wander through the abandoned and myth-enshrouded Bait Al Zumurrud (The Emerald House: actually it’s set up within Hilton’s Al Seef Heritage Hotel on Dubai Creek) to get to [ ... ]

AED 210
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Monday Night Comedy: Bollywood Improvised

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

One of the Courtyard's must-go improv evenings. A spicy mix of star-crossed lovers, angry parents, long-lost relatives and villainous siblings is improvised on the spot (and usually stars at least one member of the audience). As with all Courtyard improv [ ... ]

Free, but donations welcome

Paola Anziché: Entwined Matter

Tashkeel Studio and Gallery Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A solo exhibition by the established mid-career Italian artist Paola Anziché, a solo exhibition, marking the culmination of the Loro Piana Residency at Tashkeel Nad Al Sheba. Anziché pursues an eco-sustainable practice, creating soft, tactile sculptures from extensive research of [ ... ]

Free
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

M: dir Fritz Lang (1931)

Goethe-Institut Abu Dhabi Al Qasbah St, Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi

Fritz Lang had already had commercial and critical success with his urban thriller Dr Mabuse and the sci-fi allegory Metropolis before he came up with his first talkie, a noirish suspense thriller starring Peter Lorre in his breakthrough role as [ ... ]

Free

Artist’s Rooms: Risham Syed

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

This exhibition in the Jameel's Gallery 2 comprises the Lahore-based artist’s major installation The Seven Seas (2012), a series of large-scale quilts depicting 20th-century maps of various port cities that were strategically located on the colonial European trade route – including [ ... ]

Free
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Handel’s Messiah

Theatre at Mall of the Emirates Level 2, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai Singers and Orchestra perform the classic mainstay of the festive season – one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral pieces in Western music. Famously Handel composed Messiah in just 24 days without much sleep or food; and [ ... ]

From AED 100

Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ten actors converge for a night of scenes, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5, and the one with the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]

Free but donations welcome

Tania Marmolejo: Master and Commander

Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, Dubai

A solo exhibition by the Swedish-Dominican artist. Tania Marmolejo's practice primarily involves painting figures of women with ambiguous facial expressions; flat surfaces, soft strokes, and vivid colours are characteristic. For this show 14 paintings are exhibited, dedicated to the bravery [ ... ]

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Candlelight Concert: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Sheraton Mall of the Emirates Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Barsha 1, Dubai

A production in the Candlelight Concerts series – "classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live music candlelit performances".  The Vivaldi favourite will be performed by a quartet, [ ... ]

From AED120

Sole DXB

Dubai Design District Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The 10-year anniversary edition of the street festival, with a lineup of talent from the worlds of music, fashion, visual art, and sports. This year Sole DXB celebrates excellence across the Arab world and its diaspora, working with Moroccan visual [ ... ]

Al Marmoom: Film in the Desert

Al Marmoom Conservation Reserve Dubai

The second edition of Dubai Culture’s mini film festival at the Al Marmoom Conservation Reserve features interactive workshops for children and youngsters, panel discussions with international talent and a series of educational sessions for aspiring filmmakers as well as al [ ... ]

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DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Candlelight Concert: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Sheraton Mall of the Emirates Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Barsha 1, Dubai

A second evening of performances at 7pm and 9pm for this production in the Candlelight Concerts series – "classical music concerts aimed at democratising access to classical music by allowing people all over the world to enjoy live music candlelit [ ... ]

From AED120
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Abu Dhabi Youth Orchestra: Season Finale

Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

A programme of festive music (no details available, but it will include pieces by Tchaikovsky and Piazzola) by the capital's open-call platform for young musicians and choir, funded by DCT Abu Dhabi and run by the International Music Institute. 

free

Boom.Diwan x Arturo O’Farrill

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

  Following the success of the Cuban Khaleeji Project, recently revived in three sold-out concerts in New York, Ghazi Al-Mulaifi’s collaborative global jazz ensemble Boom.Diwan collaborates once again with the multi Grammy Award winning pianist Arturo O’Farrill in an evening [ ... ]

AED105
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Le Trio Joubran

Dubai Opera

Samir, Wissam and Adnan are brothers and oud virtuosos who manage to play what is traditionally a solo instrument in tight harmonies and adventurous improvisation that stretches the traditions of the oud; their playing continues the traditions of Arabic oud [ ... ]

From AED 195

Alison Collins Memorial Exhibition

Majlis Gallery Al Musalla Roundabout, Al Fahidi Neighborhood, Dubai

Alison Collins, founder of The Majlis Gallery, died at the age of 73 a year ago. The Majlis Gallery, which opened in 1979, was Dubai's first (and for a while its only) commercial art gallery, eventually offering a mix of [ ... ]

Free
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Kamal Musallam & Mercedes Luján: A Night of Arabic Flamenco and Beyond

Dubai Opera Studio Downtown Dubai, Dubai

Now this should be a very special evening: Kamal Musallam is one of today’s most sought-after guitarists and modern oud players, an innovator in merging of jazz with Arabic sounds and rhythms, and Mercedes Luján is widely regarded as the [ ... ]

AED 190
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ten actors converge for a night of scenes, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5, and the one with the lowest score is eliminated. Eventually only [ ... ]

Free but donations welcome

Le Trio Joubran

Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

A concert in the Cutlural Foundation's Umsiyat series with three brothers who come from a long line of oud players – Samir, Wissam and Adnan are virtuosos who manage to play what is traditionally a solo instrument in tight harmonies [ ... ]

From AED 75
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Winter Theatresports Special: Santas vs Elves

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

In Theatresports, teams of improvisors compete against each other for points awarded by a panel of judges. The teams issue challenges to each other on the seasonal theme, and the judges are looking for how well the improvisors react (usually [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Rooftop Rhythms: First Impressions Edition

Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi is partnering with Louvre Abu Dhabi in this special version of the open mic / spoken word evening. It's in celebration of Louvre AD’s current exhibition Impressionism: Pathways to Modernity and the poets [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

The Nutcracker

Dubai Opera

Tchaikovsky’s all-time Christmas favourite is danced by the Moscow Ballet “La Classique”. Expect ballet mastery, lavish costumes, and magnificent stage sets; "La Classique" (the quote marks seems to be obligatory) was founded in 1990 by its current artistic director Elik [ ... ]

From AED 350

The Nutcracker

Dubai Opera

Tchaikovsky’s all-time Christmas favourite is danced by the Moscow Ballet “La Classique”. Expect ballet mastery, lavish costumes, and magnificent stage sets; "La Classique" specialises in sumptuous, unashamedly traditional touring productions of which this must be one of the most magical. [ ... ]

From AED350

Murder Mystery: The Emerald House

Al Seef Heritage Hotel Dubai Creek, Dubai

In this theatrical investigation game, guests can wander through the abandoned and myth-enshrouded Bait Al Zumurrud (The Emerald House: actually it’s set up within Hilton’s Al Seef Heritage Hotel on Dubai Creek) to get to know the characters, find the [ ... ]

AED210
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

The Indian Masters: Shujaat Khan, Amit Chobey, Nihar Mehta

Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu Dhabi

Shujaat Khan is one of the greatest sitar players of his generation; with its tolerance and diversity, its new ways of marrying music and poetry, his art embodies the spirit of Umsiyat like that of few other artists. For his [ ... ]

From AED 50

Murder Mystery: The Emerald House

Al Seef Heritage Hotel Dubai Creek, Dubai

In this theatrical investigation game, guests can wander through the abandoned and myth-enshrouded Bait Al Zumurrud (The Emerald House: actually it’s set up within Hilton’s Al Seef Heritage Hotel on Dubai Creek) to get to know the characters, find the [ ... ]

AED210
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: Gala Concert

Emirates Palace Auditorium Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The IPO ranks among the world’s best orchestras, not least becuase for many decades it has played under the baton of the near-legendary Zubin Mehta and after he retired continued to attract top names – Leonard Bernstein, Yoel Levi and Gianandrea [ ... ]

From AED 50
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

The Sound of Christmas

Dubai Opera

The Dubai Opera Big Band – "25 of the very best jazz musicians in the UAE and GCC" – returns for a Christmas celebration featuring favourite festive songs, including Santa Baby, Jingle Bell Rock, Winter Wonderland, Feliz Navidad, All I [ ... ]

From AED215
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free

The Sound of Christmas

Dubai Opera

A second and final evening with the Dubai Opera Big Band – “25 of the very best jazz musicians in the UAE and GCC” – in a Christmas celebration featuring favourite festive songs, including Santa Baby, Jingle Bell Rock, Winter [ ... ]

From AED 215
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free
DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

With the somewhat optimistic theme 'Art for change: Building a sustainable future', the DIFC galleries and public spaces are open late (5-10pm) for two nights. It promises to showcase a variety of exhibits, plus workshops and panel discussions (which in [ ... ]

Free