Tango After Dark
A second performance by tango champions German Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi, dancing to the music of Astor Piazzolla and accompanied by an ensemble of ten dancers and a seven-strong live band.
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Events
- Dubai Opera
Errico Cutolo Quartet
The Yard Alserkal Avenue, DubaiIn the run-up to International Jazz Day, The Fridge and Alserkal Avenue present a free al fresco jazz gig with the Errico Cutolo Quartet and a swing set that reimagines classic Italian love songs ...
FreeLAST CHANCE Adel Dauood: Immigrant
Urbanist Art Gallery Box Park, Al Wasl Road, Dubai"The immigrant embodies the human capacity to adapt and rebuild wherever they settle. They create bridges between cultures, carrying a soul heavy with memories that form a part of their identity." New work by the prominent Syrian artist, blending abstraction [ ... ]
FreeMonday Night Comedy: This Is Impro & Ahmed
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesOne of the Coutryard's two-act evenings of spontaneous scenes and stories based on audience suggestions. First up is the regular Monday evening mix of scenes, stories and narrative improvisation from some of the Courtyard Playhouse's most experienced improv performers plus [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Pedro Martin Rojo: Faces of Dubai
The Warehouse Goshi Warehouse 57, Al Quoz 3, DubaiThe artist's first solo exhibition in Dubai features 12 new portraits that aim to capture "the rich diversity of women who define Dubai’s essence ... each portrait a tribute to the quiet confidence, individuality, and allure that make this city [ ... ]
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Elysian Awakening of Powerful Spring
Rarares Galllery Zone C, Gate Avenue, DIFC, DubaiA group exhibition, curated by Sara Serpilli and Marina Baisel, featuring Fatma Latooh, Barbara Duran, Sara Alkhayyal and Zeina Abdullah. Says the gallery: "this exhibition is not merely a showcase – it is a tribute, a declaration, and an invitation [ ... ]
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Riley Mulherkar
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe 22nd Abu Dhabi Festival closes with a special tribute to the late musical legend, Quincy Jones, performed by trumpeter Riley Mulherkar and his brass quartet The Westerlies. Described in one review as "über hip, modern yet timeless," Mulherkar’s performance [ ... ]
AED 175Berklee Abu Dhabi’s Jazz Night
Berklee Abu Dhabi UAE Pavilion, Saadiyat ISland, Abu Dhabi"A celebration of jazz as a unifying force, bridging musical traditions from around the world". This year’s Jazz Night programme looks a particularly exciting one, and a fitting match for International Jazz day. The artists: Esperanza Spalding (USA) – Berklee [ ... ]
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Gustave Caillebotte: The Unknown Impressionist
Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiStéphanie Chardeau-Botteri, art historian, great-grandniece of the artist, and author of a study of Caillebotte of the same name as the talk (it was shortlisted for the 2024 Goncourt Prize for biographies) discusses the life and legacy of the "unknown [ ... ]
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Burj Rashid: A Landmark Reimagined Into Art
Al Safa Art & Design Library Al Safa Park, Jumeriah 3, DubaiA talk accompanying the Burj Rashid exhibition that commemorate the 45th anniversary of the tower's inauguration (and which ends soon). This panel discussion, moderated by architect Amal Anoohi, features artist Ahmad AlAttar, designer and artist Sara Al Khayyal, and artist [ ... ]
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A plein temps: dir Eric Gravel (2021)
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSingle mother Julie (César award-winning actress Laure Calamy) works a grueling job as a head chambermaid in a five-star Parisian hotel while struggling to raise her two children at the end of a commuter line. A job opportunity arises that [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerBlue Note – Celebrating Jazz Day
Dubai OperaAn evening to celebrate International Jazz Day and honour 85 years of Blue Note Records with classics from John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and more. The all-star ensemble is led by award-winning bandleader Peter Long and includes Peter Long [ ... ]
From AED 290Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe Courtyard's most peopular evening of elimination improv. 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 [ ... ]
Free
International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert
Etihad Arena Yas Island, Abu DhabiPresented by DCT Abu Dhabi, a five-week citywide series of jazz performances, education programmes and community events in the UNESCO Creative City of Music peaks with the now-traditional All-Star Global Concert. Led by iconic keyboardist Herbie Hancock and hosted by [ ... ]
SOLD OUT but there may be returnsSharjah Animation Conference
Expo Centre Sharjah SharjahSAC returns for its third annual edition, again organised in collaboration with Italy’s Bergamo Animation Days (BAD), with an extensive (indeed, impressive) programme of trends, cutting-edge technologies, and game-changing opportunities, This year there's a substantial Japanese influence – Studio Ghibli [ ... ]
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A Tribute to Quincy Jones
Berklee Abu Dhabi UAE Pavilion, Saadiyat ISland, Abu DhabiThe Abu Dhabi Festival in collaboration with Berklee Abu Dhabi pay tribute to musical legend Quincy Jones (a close friend of the Festival) in a special session of Riwaq Al Fikr – ADMAF Talks. The evening features insights from long-time [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerSunday Morning
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSuccessful 40s-ish photographer Mat (James Cuningham) takes us on a heart-warming, epiphanic journey in this one-man show, written by Nick Warren and directed by Jenine Collocott. On learning that his girlfriend is pregnant, a stunned Mat goes for a jog [ ... ]
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Khaleeji Jazz
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiA slightly belated World Jazz Day celebration in the form of a concert by Grammy Award-winning Egyptian oriental jazz pioneer Fathy Salama with a world premiere of his latest work. He will be joined by the noted bassist André Segone and [ ... ]
From AED150Discover Kinusaiga: a Japanese Fabric Art Workshop
Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiKinusaiga is a Japanese art formakin to collage or patchwork, where fabric – originally silk – is wrapped around a carved wood or foam base to create images (often landscapes or patterns) without any need for traditional sewing. This hands-on [ ... ]
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2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Lecture
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi has been chosen as the host city for the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize – "in recent years, the UAE’s growing presence in the global arts and culture landscape, and openness in supporting the works of international architects provides [ ... ]
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SFP Montage: day one
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSFP Montage is a series of special projects and initiatives linked to Sharjah Arts Foundation’s annual Sharjah Film Platform (SFP) festival that forges new associations among the works and expands their reach beyond Sharjah; two award-winning films from the seventh [ ... ]
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Theeb: dir Gedir Naji Abu Nowar (2014)
Cultural Foundation Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, Abu DhabiTheeb ('Wolf') is a young Bedouin boy living in a remote part of the Ottoman Empire in 1916. When his older brother has to escort a British officer across the desert, Theeb tags along for the adventure – and experiences [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Abdullah Al Saadi: Sites of Memory, Sites of Amnesia
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAn exhibition of ten works by the influential Khor Fakkan artist, one of the “Pioneer Five” who bolstered the contemporary art scene in the UAE in the 1980s and influenced a generation of artists in the region. Curated by Tarek [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Alla Abdunabi: Are your memories of me enough for you?
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAlla Abdunabi’s first solo exhibition presents a new body of work that critiques and engages with simulacra, a concept used in philosophy and cultural studies to analyse how symbols shape our perceptions of what is accepted as “real.” Alla Abdunabi [ ... ]
FreeLAST CHANCE Calder / Hiquily: Balancing Act
Opera Gallery DIFC, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA clever juxtaposition of works by two masters of the poetry of balance and movement that reveals unexpected harmonies between the artistic languages of Alexander Calder and Philippe Hiquily. Calder’s gouaches on paper, with their bold colours and rhythmic compositions, [ ... ]
FreePublic Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: Bik Van der Pol’s The poem that jumps the fence
Abu Dhabi Beach Al Hisn Street, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesArtist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
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Collected Histories: Personal Archives and Documentation
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCollected Histories, a project co-founded by Hind Mezaina and Jasmine Soliman, aims to foster discussion on personal documentation and archiving "with an ultimate goal of inspiring and supporting individuals to become ‘citizen archivists’ by cataloguing, and exploring ways to self-publish [ ... ]
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Collected Histories: Personal Archives and Documentation
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCollected Histories, a project co-founded by Hind Mezaina and Jasmine Soliman, aims to foster discussion on personal documentation and archiving "with an ultimate goal of inspiring and supporting individuals to become ‘citizen archivists’ by cataloguing, and exploring ways to self-publish [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
SFP Montage: day two
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSFP Montage is a series of special projects and initiatives linked to Sharjah Arts Foundation’s annual Sharjah Film Platform (SFP) festival that forges new associations among the works and expands their reach beyond Sharjah. This evening's films: Upshot dir Maha [ ... ]
FreeMonday Night Comedy: This Is Impro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesExactly what it says: a regular Monday evening of scenes, stories and narrative improvisation influenced by audience suggestions and featuring the Courtyard Playhouse's most experienced improv performers plus guests. Classic Courtyard improv. It's free, but you need to put your [ ... ]
FreeMohamed Al Astad: Rust & Waves
Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi Reem Island, Abu DhabiAn exhibition showcasing the artistic journey of the Emirati artist known for his ability to capture maritime heritage and coastal landscapes through the interplay between nature and time; he characteristically incorporates elements of rust, waves, and the textures of the [ ... ]
FreeWednesday Night Impro: Maestro
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe Courtyard's most peopular evening of elimination improv. 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 [ ... ]
FreeA Room of One’s Own
NYUAD Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu DhabiCurated by Duygu Demir, NYUAD assistant professor of Art History and curator at the Art Gallery, this exhibition features new work by current MFA students Maha Alasaker, Yuehan Dai, Nour Elbery, Almaha Jaralla, Tooba Shaikh, and Shaima Shamsi that has [ ... ]
FreeCurators Talk: Nada Raza
NYUAD Art Gallery Reading Room أبو ظبي, أبو ظبي, United Arab EmiratesThe latest in the NYUAD Art Gallery's series of conversations with curators features Nada Raza, Director of the Alserkal Arts Foundation. She'll be giving an overview of her curatorial journey as a divided ‘South Asian'; her PhD was on transcultural [ ... ]
FreeUAE Classical Talents: A Piano and Flute Recital Night
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe last concert of the UAE Classical Talents Season 2024/2025 features the return of Magadalena Wajdzik (piano) and Carlos Teixeira (flute) in a programme with works by Bach, Mozart, Fauré and Poulenc As usual, concert curator Stéphane Ferrault will illuminate [ ... ]
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Mon Hymne à Piaf
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiA tribute to the iconic Edith Piaf, led by the French-Lebanese singer Manel Mallat and directed by Kristian Abouanni. She is accompanied by an orchestra of 20 musicians, conducted by top film composer Danny Bou-Maroun, who has reimagined Piaf’s classics [ ... ]
AED 195Reading for Pleasure Conference
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences Al Razi St, Umm Hurair 2, Dubai Healthcare City, DubaiThe second edition of this Emirates Literature Foundation conference brings together a diverse selection of educators and experts from across the globe, including some of the most influential voices in the fields. The aim: to discuss and offer guides to [ ... ]
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Circus Baobab: Yé !
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesVertiginous human pyramids, bodies being thrown seven metres into the air, barely believable hand-on-hand acrobatics, combat, contortions and more – stunning circus skills, and all threaded through with a strong sense of place and a passionate exploration of pollution, power [ ... ]
AED 105Gravity & Other Myths: The Pulse
Dubai OperaModern circus at its best, with all the classic virtuosity and circus skills of some other troupes but without the overload of technology and glitz: this show brings together all three of the core ensembles of the Australian company with [ ... ]
From AED 290Mon Hymne à Piaf
Zabeel Theatre Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Palm Jumeirah West Crescent, DubaiA second and final evening for this tribute to the iconic Edith Piaf, led by the French-Lebanese singer Manel Mallat and directed by Kristian Abouanni. She is accompanied by an orchestra of 20 musicians, conducted by top film composer Danny [ ... ]
AED 195Gravity & Other Myths: The Pulse
Dubai OperaModern circus at its best from the top Australian company. An award-winning creative team of director Darcy Grant, designer Geoff Cobham and composer Ekrem Eli Phoenix have extended and amplified the signature spirit of this rather unique company: visceral, poetic, [ ... ]
From AED 290Youth Takeover 2025
Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, DubaiThe Jameel's annual Youth Takeover is the manifestation of the Assembly, an experimental learning programme designed to foster creative leaders aged 18 to 24 in the UAE, "inviting the creation and curation of projects reflective of their generation’s areas of [ ... ]
FreeCircus Baobab: Yé !
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA second and final performance for this spectacular piece from Circus Baobab, a company of 13 talented young dancers and acrobats from Guinea and the diaspora. Circus Baobab works collaboratively to develop shows that blend traditional West African performance forms [ ... ]
AED 105Comedy@TGIF
TGIFriday's at the Rove Hotel Downtown 312 Al Mustaqbal Street, DubaiDubomedy gigs are usually pretty good, especially when the price is free (with a minimum spend of one drink or one food item) and a "fantastic" (their judgement) bill of stand-ups – "you never know who will drop by!" It's [ ... ]
FreePublic Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: Bik Van der Pol’s The poem that jumps the fence
Abu Dhabi Beach Al Hisn Street, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesArtist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Performance Co/Lab
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAn ongoing programme of performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques aimed at "performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Instructors are multidisciplinary theatre artist and game designer Carlos Páez [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerGravity & Other Myths: The Pulse
Dubai OperaThe final chance to see this performance of modern circus at its best from a top Australian company. An award-winning creative team of director Darcy Grant, designer Geoff Cobham and composer Ekrem Eli Phoenix have extended and amplified the signature [ ... ]
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Bea Laszlo: Questions of My 20s
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAn intimate evening of heartfelt songs, reflecting on the complexities of navigating love, friendship, and family as life shifts during this transformative decade. It's a celebration of vulnerability, change, and the ongoing journey of rediscovering who we are. An NYUAD [ ... ]
AED 55Monday Night Comedy: This Is Impro / Felipe Ortiz
Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesExactly what it says: a regular Monday evening of scenes, stories and narrative improvisation influenced by audience suggestions and featuring the Courtyard Playhouse's most experienced improv performers plus guests. This evening has a second act, featuring Felipe Ortiz – founding [ ... ]
FreeOpen Culture Workshop
Alserkal Arts Foundation Warehouse 50/51, Alserkal Avenue, DubaiInspired in part by the Open GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) movement – which promotes open access, reuse, and sharing of cultural collections in digital spaces – the Open Culture project seeks a local context for such ideas; organiser and [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
