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6 events,The name riffs off Vantage Point, Sharjah Art Foundationโs biennial open-call photography exhibition; aiming to support the work of local photographers, Vantage Point Editions offers an opportunity to see and buy work from from 20 UAE-based photographers who exhibit a [... more]
Free
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is preparing the local audience for its 11 December opening with a series of events at Manarat al Saadiyat โfor the public to engage with artists, ideas and conversations that are shaping the new museumโ. This one [... more]
Free, but pre-register
An exhibition featuring more than 40 works by 16 photographers (of different nationalities, but all based in the UAE) that seek to find beauty and meaning in the small moments of everyday life, personal rituals, routines, brief encounters, simple gestures [... more]
Free
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You can't fault the UAENO's ambition in naming this programme โ the title almost precludes discussion. It includes three admittedly classic works, but there must surely have been a strong case for others (we'd have gone for the Symphony No.41 [... more]
AED 200
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Dubomedyโs main man is always good value, though the ticket price here does reflect his growing stature. Expect an evening of probably inappropriate jokes, lots of banter with the audience, and a general feel-good vibe. All seats must be pre-booked [... more]
AED 175
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A Dubai date to follow its Abu Dhabi opener for the exciting Barcelona Flamenco Ballet โ the iconic Prokofiev ballet reinterpreted as flamenco. This show is described as BFBโs โmost ambitious and revolutionary projectโ to date, addressing universal themes like [... more]
From AED 250
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3 events,The ADโArt artist collective with an exhibition celebrating the Sorbonneโs 20th anniversary โ new works exploring heritage, knowledge transmission, and cultural dialogue, through "diverse and personal artistic perspectives". The collective : Anne-Caroline Schoeller Anne-Marie Lacroix Raffy Annunziata Tricarico Camille Lamelliere [... more]
Free
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In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of British colonisers. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the centre of a power [... more]
AED 31.50
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A deeply personal portrait of childhood, family fractures, and the fragility of recollection from award-winning filmmaker Sophy Romvari, who drew on her own experiences for her feature debut โ a deeply personal portrait of childhood, family fractures, and the fragility [... more]
Free, but reservation recommended
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3 events,Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is preparing the local audience for its 11 December opening with a series of events โfor the public to engage with artists, ideas and conversations that are shaping the new museumโ. The mini-package closes with artist Rachid [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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A performance workshop with Youness Atbane in advance of the UAE premiere of his work Untitled 14km on 1 and 2 October: "through collective experimentation, participants will explore how everyday objects can be displaced from their usual functions to generate [... more]
Free, but request invitation
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Mad Catโs standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabiโs Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks โฆ
AED 99
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3 events,
"An exhibition exploring the perception and relationship between the viewer and the artwork ... an invitation to discover what may appear when we take the time to look beyond the surface." The two French artists offer a dialogue between the [... more]
Free
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Funeral Home Comedy, a newish name on the standup circuit, has added to the comedy options in Abu Dhabi โ well, on Yas โ with a a full night of laughs from top names (Roxy, Obaid, Ash Ahmed and Luca) [... more]
AED 100
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5 events,Monaiseerโs solo show examines history through cycles, repetition and flows, while testing the unstable boundary between imagination and reality. The title references the current status of the Doomsday Clock and its measurement of humanityโs proximity to catastrophe; notions of war, [... more]
Free
Mohamed Abdelwahab was one of the voices who helped shape the musical heritage of the Arab world, a pioneering composer who blended traditional Arabic melodies with Western influences and so helped to redefine the sound of Arabic music today. This [... more]
From AED 100
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The UAE premiere of a multidisciplinary work by the Moroccan artist Youness Atbane that combines dance theatre, performance, and installation in a satirical examination of how contemporary art engages with questions of identity โ particularly what is framed as โArab [... more]
AED 105
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A standup open mic where fresh and regular comics take the stage; newbies are getting three minutes, the more establishedย comics get six. There's a minimum spend of AED 70.
Min spend AED 70
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5 events,Two interconnected exhibitions, both curated by Mo Reda and supported by the Department of Painting and Printmaking at VCUarts Qatar. Together, The Ongoing Performance of Melancholia and Songs in Solitude mark the culmination of a two-month residency at Bayt AlMamzar; [... more]
Free
The projects exhibition for seniors of Zayed University's College of Arts and Creative Enterprises โ usually among the best student/grad work you see in the UAE. Covers animation, graphic design, interior design and visual arts. To 8 October.
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The second evening for this work that combines dance theatre, performance, and installation in a satirical examination of how contemporary art engages with questions of identity โ particularly what is framed as โArab identityโ. Atbane constructs an imagined exhibition at [... more]
AED 105
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... not when you have three comedians on the stage, eager and willing to hear your problems and turn them into funny scenes and stories on the fly. Fully improvised, totally interactive. The first runout for this show a couple [... more]
AED 90
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7 events,A series of brand new and unstaged plays, the public outcome of the first performance residency hosted at Bayt AlMamzar; run by theatre group 63Kolektib, the residency paired six emerging playwrights with six early- to mid-career directors to develop six [... more]
Free, but pre-register
An exhibition born out of the question: how will this time be remembered and who will tell the stories of the people who live here? It's one of the outcomes of Kutubnaโs initiative Documenting Culture in the Gulf in a [... more]
Free
Classy comedy with Abz Ali, featuring Luca Cupani and Obeid. Hosted by Roxy Yekta.
From AED 170
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A series of conversations around the Global Positioning System exhibition: artists and researchers will discuss cartography and navigation as instruments of power that enable transport and trade, shape worldviews, annotate belonging and transformation. Speakers include Fatma Al Ali, Vikram Divecha, [... more]
Free, but RSVP
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Improv with a twist (probably of the knife in the heart). "Our Sinister plans are coming to fruition. For one night only, we will turn your Smile into consent, as we host an Insidious night of improvisation for the Psycho [... more]
AED 100
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Improv "where anything can happen and the audience becomes part of the show". Which is sort of how improv is defined, though in this case the title suggests there may be an extra element of ray guns and Star Wars [... more]
AED 80
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The Comedy Kix team does The H Dubai ("your Saturday is now sorted"). There's a AED 75 minimum spend.
Min spend AED 75
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13 events,An 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 [... more]
Free
A group exhibition for six artists โ Aya Afaneh, Sarah Afaneh, Sarah Brahim, Amir Hazim, Yoonsik Chico Park, and Andrew Riad โ exploring how language is formed through the body, voice, gesture, and mark making practices. Each contributes a distinct [... more]
Free
The first institutional solo exhibition by Emirati artist Juma Alhaj is the culmination of his participation in 421 Arts Campus' Artistic Development Program. Grounded in reading, journaling, and philosophical inquiry, it explores themes of reflection, solitude, and self-discovery; the exhibition [... more]
Free
A group show curated by Deniz Kirkali and Elham Puriya Mehr that brings together works in video, sound installations, and performance that explore โalternative infrastructures for knowledge-making such as whispers, murmurs, hums, gossip, and storytellingโ. The artists include Aliaskar Abarkas, [... more]
Free
The UAENO's tribute to a pioneering composer who blended traditional Arabic melodies with Western influences comes to Sharjah with a concert that invites audiences to rediscover familiar works in a new symphonic setting.
From AED 100
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A beautiful restoration of this family classic for its 55th anniversary, based on the Roald Dahl book and staring Gene Wilder having a lot of fun with his role as the magical maker of scrumptious sweets. Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), [... more]
Free
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This epic study of family, love, and betrayal is one of Viscontiโs most revered works; it's also one of the defining films of a new realism in Italian cinema, unafraid to confront the hypocrisies of the ruling class, the squalor [... more]
Free
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Sharjah Art Foundationโs 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 โ on 4 and 18 October โ that introduces [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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The Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam โ a great venue: quite intimate, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins, fresh material, and โthe kind ofย intimate room where sitting in the [... more]
AED 99
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Yet another strong-looking bill for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Marlon Davis โ one of the UKโs rising comedy talents, breezily confident and good at observational comedy George Zach โ standup whose credits extend beyond the comedy club circuit to [... more]
AED 175
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With Amin and Obaid. "Two comedians take turns on the stage, and by the end of the night youโll still be trying to figure out how these two ended up on the same bill ..."
From AED 160
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3 events,
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Another fine Cinema Space choice: winner of a Camรฉra dโOr Special Mention at Cannes and the 2026 BAFTA award for Outstanding Debut Feature, My Fatherโs Shadow is a stunning debut for the British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davis Jr. Set in 1993 [... more]
Free
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Mad Cat Comedyโs only open mic night: comedians test new jokes, new performers take the stage, and dog lovers are welcome to come along for a fun evening in JVC. Only 20 seats available. Free entry!
Free
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2 events,
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A grunge-ish evening for the opener of the Fridge Concert Series, though headliners PeachPuffs are closer to a UK-style indie band with their sharp songwriting, good melodies and stage presence. They can play, too, and they have a new single [... more]
AED 100
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Mad Catโs standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabiโs Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks โฆ
AED 99
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5 events,This 12th edition of the Sharjah Calligraphy Biennial has the theme 'Balance' and features 297 works by 145 artists from around the world. It's always an interesting visit because of the range of styles and techniques on show, covering traditional [... more]
Free
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A Comedy Kix gig with a strong bill โ Imail Abdi, Valentina Danubio, Ahmad Kasidcomedy, Saeed Alnahdy and Enoud Metaweaa. Note that is a non-smoking room, and thereโs no FnB โ but you can bring your own booze (!) and [... more]
AED 57
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Andrew Eisenberg, Associate Professor of Music at NYUAD and Head of the Music Program there, combines oral history, ethnography, and musical analysis to explore how musicians in twentieth-century Mombasa used Arab and Indian musical influences to navigate questions of identity, [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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A conversation moderated by Sarah Almehairi exploring Moza Al Mazrouei's artistic practice across sculpture, film, mixed media, writing, and curation. Moving between research and fiction, observation and participation, the discussion touches on authorship, selfhood, and the structures of power that [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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The Courtyardโs popular 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 with [... more]
Free
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6 events,
An exhibition conceived and curated by Prof Omar Kholeif, featuring Sonia Balassanian, Jai Chuhan, Luรญsa Correia Pereira, Lalitha Lajmi, Irene Scheinmann and Omar Kholeif himself. Developed from nearly two decades of Kholeifโs research, writing and relationships with artists, the exhibition [... more]
Free
The projects exhibition for seniors of Zayed University's College of Arts and Creative Enterprises โ usually among the best student/grad work you see in the UAE. Covers animation, graphic design, interior design and visual arts. For more than five decades, the Syrian artist, poet, and critic Talal Moualla has approached the image not simply as representation, but (says the gallery) โas a form of thought ... Moving between painting, criticism, poetry and research, his practice [... more]
Free
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In conjunction with the NYUAD Art Gallery's current exhibition All Manner of Experiments, the Gallery has organised a special screening of Ilana Navaro's well-regarded documentary exploring how late 19th- and 20th-century artists from the region developed alternative modernities. The film [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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Itโs 20 years since Back to Black was released, so thereโs a reasonable hook for this performance by โthe 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
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Mad Cat Comedy's regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises "insane laughs every week".ย The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
AED 99
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8 events,
The fifth edition of the Al Sidr Environmental Film Festival, presented with Environment Agency โ Abu Dhabi, is themed Mend, or ุฑูู ููู โ in Arabic. In this context, the word considers environmental restoration, from habitat and species recovery to water stewardship [... more]
AED 31.50
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Founded by Emirati filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020, Cineolioโs mission is focused on promoting short films and expanding their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen, [... more]
AED 25 โ AED 35
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A week of this interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival "where we laugh about your worst dates, talk relationships, and give you the chance to pitch your single friends. Help them find true love, and help yourself [... more]
AED 125
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A concert with flautist Naรฏssam Jalal and oudist Hazem Shaheen that brings together modern jazz and the classical Arabic tradition of improvised taqsim. Jalal has a storied career in collaborations across a variety of musical styles, primarily in contemporary jazz [... more]
AED 105
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Mad Cat Comedyโs regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80
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Yet another strong-looking bill for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Marlon Davis โ one of the UKโs rising comedy talents, breezily confident and good at observational comedy George Zach โ standup whose credits extend beyond the comedy club circuit to [... more]
AED 175
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An evening of Arab music reworked with sweeping orchestral arrangements, celebrating the richness of the regionโs musical heritage and blending authenticity with contemporary orchestral performance. The Yemeni Heritage Symphonic Orchestra is conducted by its founder, the Yemeni composer and conductor [... more]
From AED 195
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A Dubai Comedy festival gig โ Ahmed Ahmed, a co-founder of the groundbreaking Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, will be joined by Brandon Johnson, Sean Fawaz, Barney Rivera and UAE-based comedians Amr El Assal and Noha for what looks like [... more]
From AED 125
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8 events,
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The UAEโs next generation of comedians? Standups aged 12 to 18 compete for the title of Short + Sweet Comedy Junior Champion 2026.
From AED 125
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Yet another strong-looking bill for this month's Laughter Factory tour: Marlon Davis โ one of the UKโs rising comedy talents, breezily confident and good at observational comedy George Zach โ standup whose credits extend beyond the comedy club circuit to [... more]
AED 175
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A second run of this interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival "where we laugh about your worst dates, talk relationships, and give you the chance to pitch your single friends. Help them find true love, and help [... more]
AED 125
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Led by conductor Franรงois Lรณpez-Ferrer, recipient of the 2024 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, the UAE National Orchestra opens the Abu Dhabi Festival's 2026 season with what looks like a super programme. It kicks off with Franz von Suppรฉโs Overture [... more]
From AED 225
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The final gig for this month's Laughter Factory tour. On the bill: Marlon Davis โ one of the UKโs rising comedy talents, breezily confident and good at observational comedy George Zach โ standup whose credits extend beyond the comedy club [... more]
AED 175
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A second set for Ahmed Ahmed plus Brandon Johnson, Sean Fawaz, Barney Rivera and UAE-based comedians Amr El Assal and Noha. A Dubai Comedy festival gig.
From AED 125
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12 events,โWhat is the ultimate goal of a city?โ asks architect/artist Hamad Almuzaini: โGovernance and the streamlining of lived experience โ an impossible task โ or something more open, broken, and constantly reinvented?โย The exhibition looks at placemaking within the context of [... more]
Free
An exhibition dedicated to the natural maturity, abundance, and fullness of autumn, including works by Rimma Gagloeva, Javlon Umarbekov, Timur Akhmedov, and Vera Nechaeva. Because each artist approaches the theme of autumn in their own way, discovering a personal language [... more]
Free
Sara Masinaeiโs solo show explores how urban spaces shape memory, movement and lived experience: "through walking, collecting found objects and recording traces of overlooked surfaces, she treats the cityโs ground as an active part of how we experience and navigate [... more]
Free
The ADโArt artist collective with an exhibition celebrating the Sorbonneโs 20th anniversary โ new works exploring heritage, knowledge transmission, and cultural dialogue, through "diverse and personal artistic perspectives".
Free
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The original, and possibly the best, of the Star Wars mega-franchise. Written and directed by George Lucas, and featuring one of the most dramatic intros ever, this unmissable adventure introduced a galaxy of cleverly drawn characters โ Princess Leia (Carrie [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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A sensitive portrait of an American family and an emotional drama about finding kindred spirits in unexpected places. Bill (David Strathairn, excellent) is a pillar of his Southern community: a business owner, a veteran, and the proud patriarch of an [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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We must've missed the preliminaries, but here we are with what are described as "the best UAE-based comedians together for one hilarious Finale โ 60 minutes of fast, fearless and seriously funny comedy". They each get five minutes to win [... more]
From AED 150
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The Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam โ a great venue: quite intimate, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins, fresh material, and โthe kind ofย intimate room where sitting in the [... more]
AED 99
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A variant of this interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival: as the audience arrives, they fill out confession cards with their dating and relationship stories; host Akkaoui reads the confession cards, using the stories to spark jokes, [... more]
AED 125
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The 38-year-old comedian and content creator coined the term โgoofy guyโ to capture his mix of lighthearted crowdwork, musical performance, and playful irreverence. He works hard at the job, though; he obviously takes show preparation seriously, and as a result [... more]
From AED 275
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Known for his ability to navigate between different worlds โ street and stage, hip-hop and postmodernism, personal and political โ Mohamed Toukabri has a new solo work where movement becomes both excavation and rebellion.ย Says SAF: "This piece pulses with [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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4 events,
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Multi-award-winning British comedian Mo Gilligan is stopping off at the Dubai Comedy Festival with his new show, 90 minutes of solid material delivered with characteristic high-energy delivery. He's moved seamlessly from viral one-minute internet sketches to sold-out hour-plus arena shows [... more]
From AED 250
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An interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival: as the audience arrives, they fill out confession cards with their dating and relationship stories; host Akkaoui reads the confession cards, using the stories to spark jokes, conversations, and interactions [... more]
AED 125
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Sharp, bright, quick-witted, award-winning and very funny, especially about her own life. One of the safer bets in this year's Dubai Comedy Festival.
From AED 195
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A week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight Anand Raman hosts Denise, Emaad, Sundeep, and Luca.
AED 125
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4 events,
โ
An interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival: as the audience arrives, they fill out confession cards with their dating and relationship stories; host Akkaoui reads the confession cards, using the stories to spark jokes, conversations, and interactions [... more]
AED 125
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The UAE really is building a good ecosystem of indie bands. Following PeachPuffs last week, the headliners this time are Thatโs Julian โ a four-piece from the UAE who do a kind of West-Coastish indie-folk with top-notch melodies and good [... more]
AED 100
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Mad Catโs standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabiโs Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks โฆ
AED 99
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Second night of a week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight looks particularly good: Imah hosts, the bill [... more]
AED 125
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6 events,An exhibition of the works created by the first cohort of residents from Fann ร Porterโs Summer 2026 artist residency in Dubai โ Lynn Issa, Yang Lan and Yara Chaalan. Working across sculpture, painting, collage, and charcoal drawings on paper, [... more]
Free
"An exhibition exploring the perception and relationship between the viewer and the artwork ... an invitation to discover what may appear when we take the time to look beyond the surface." The two French artists offer a dialogue between the [... more]
Free
This spectacular exhibition follows a thousand years of maritime history and culture, charting the routes that connected the civilisations of Africa, Asia, and beyond. It documents the evolution of navigation and the techniques that enabled adventurous sailors to explore the [... more]
AED 70
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A Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki classic, and an Academy Award winner โ 10-year-old girl wanders into a mysterious world where a witch rules, and those who disobey her are turned into animals. A magical fable about courage, resilience and [... more]
AED 35
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The Courtyardโs popular 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 with [... more]
Free
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The third session of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight Anand Raman hosts a bill featuring Valentina, Denise, Luca, [... more]
AED 125
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4 events,
Abu Dhabi is getting a new โcuratorial platform dedicated to showcasing emerging artistic practices and cultivating new collector communitiesโ, which in practice means opportunities for both early-stage artists to show work and โa new generation of collectorsโ to buy it. [... more]
Free
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Animated martial arts fantasy adventure, the twentieth in the Dragon Ball franchise. Goku and Vegeta come face to face with Broly, a Saiyan of overwhelming and untamed power; the three warriors collide in one of the franchise's most explosive battles. [... more]
AED 35
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An interactive live dating comedy show for Dubai Comedy Festival: as the audience arrives, they fill out confession cards with their dating and relationship stories; host Akkaoui reads the confession cards, using the stories to spark jokes, conversations, and interactions [... more]
AED 125
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A week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight features Imah hosting plus Abz Ali and Tudor with the [... more]
AED 125
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9 events,
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Another Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki classic,ย a tender, dazzlingly animated tale of friendship and wonder with a magical goldfish princess (Ponyo) who befriends a five-year-old boy on the seashore. Her wish to become human sends her world out of balance [... more]
AED 35
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The epic finale of the Attack on Titan anime action saga arrives on the big screen for the first time. Eren Yeager unleashes Titansโ power and leads the Colossal Titans toward Marley; former comrades and enemies must unite in a [... more]
AED 35
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The Northern Irish comic (and radio presenter, actor and podcaster) is back in Dubai performing a brand-new stand-up show as part of Dubai Comedy Festival. Expect razor-sharp storytelling and a characteristic inability to take himself seriously ...
AED 250
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The outspoken Indian-American comedian offers raid-fire wit, sharp storytelling and laugh-out-loud observations on family, culture and modern life. She's returning to the Dubai Comedy Festival with her new show.
From AED 195
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What does it mean to build a creative life in the UAE? Your panel discusses community, collaboration, finance, and just what it takes to build and sustain a creative life. It features artist, designer, and founder of Karama Arts Club, [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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Mad Cat Comedyโs regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80
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A concert that suggests one of the reasons for the UAE National Orchestra's formation โ the conversation between Arabic and Western musical traditions, delivered through classic Arabic and Western orchestral formations. It features the world premiere of Richard Dubugnonโs Double [... more]
From AED 100
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Tabarak hosts this session of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), tonightfeaturing Daniel, Abz Ali, Laurie, Reem, and Dinara.
AED 125
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10 events,A landmark retrospective for one of the key modernist painters to emerge from the Levant in the twentieth century. Alongside significant works drawn primarily from the artistโs estate, many travelling outside Lebanon for the very first time, the exhibition โ [... more]
Free
An exhibition that brings contemporary UAE-based artist Lana Khayat into dialogue with Lebanese modernists Etel Adnan and Helen Khal, linking distinct practices across generations of Lebanese artists. Says the gallery: "Their work differs in scale and sensibility, yet each built [... more]
Free
A selection of work by a pioneering figure of modern sculpture in Lebanon, presented in collaboration with the Alfred Basbous Foundation. Basbous worked across stone, marble, wood and bronze, responding closely to the particular qualities of each material rather than [... more]
Free
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Miyazaki's soaring adventure is a timeless story of friendship, courage and the perils of unchecked power as Sheeta and Pazu are pursued by sky pirates and government agents seeking the crystal that unlocks the legendary floating city Laputa. In Japanese, [... more]
AED 35
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"Both a celebration and a tribute to Japanโs globally cherished anime culture ..." The Japanese trio A (violin, cello, piano) will be joined by singer Noristry to deliver top tunes from Japanese animation โ Miyazaki classics, Demon Slayer, and more.
From AED 130
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The UAEโs pioneering all-female Firdaus Orchestra offers another orchestral take on rock classics. Expect big riffs, driving rhythms and iconic anthems, reimagined for the classical orchestra and the intimate setting of Expocity's House of Arts.
AED 120
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Pepperoni Comedy Club is celebrating its first anniversary with a big-name star in Redouane Bougheraba (in French) supported by some of Dubaiโs finest โ Kris Fade (in English)ย and Nino Arial (probably in French), with Abz Ali and Noha Bashir hosting. [... more]
From AED 175
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The penultimate night of a week of club standup for Dubai Comedy Festival (DC) at Pepperoni Comedy Club (PPC), mostly featuring familiar faces from the local circuit (and none the worse for that). Tonight Denise hosts a bill featuring Tudor, [... more]
AED 125
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12 events,You donโt see enough ceramic art outside the interiors business, and then it just tends to be bowls; so this show by Double J Collective (โthe first project based in Dubai exclusively dedicated to exhibit, promote and sell fine craft [... more]
Free
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The second in the original Star Wars trilogy (the third, Return of the Jedi, is coming soon) was directed by Irvin Kershner, who added a bit of depth and emotion to the action in the tragic second act of the [... more]
Free, but reservation recommended
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Stanley Kramer wasn't afraid to confront social issues considered too controversial for the major studios. In Inherit the Wind he tackled the creationism v evolution debate. Acting legends Spencer Tracy and Fredric March go toe-to-toe in a titanic courtroom battle, [... more]
Free, but reservation recommended
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A warm coming-of-age story about independence and believing in yourself, from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli: 13-year-old witch leaves home with her talking cat to spend a year training in a seaside town, where she starts a flying delivery service [... more]
AED 35
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The Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam โ a great venue: quite intimate, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins, fresh material, and โthe kind ofย intimate room where sitting in the [... more]
AED 99
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The 15th feature in the One Piece Film series, based on the manga series of the same name. A new adventure begins for Luffy and his crew when mysterious pop superstar Uta unveils her identity โ and launches a misguided [... more]
AED 35
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Dubomedy's highly successful comedy gig at Hushh in Social Distrikt. We're promised "an evening of big laughs and great vibes with your favorite comedy tribe"; and indeed much of that seems to be the case ... It's free, but there's [... more]
Free, but min spend of one item
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"Welcome to the world's worst therapy session" ... Mad Cat Comedy's main man Miqdaad Dohadwala offers spurious advice, reliably delivers actual laughs.
AED 99
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The Emmy-winning comedian praised by the New York Times for redefining international comedy, Vir Das is back at the Coca-Cola Arena this time for the Dubai Comedy Festival. He's well worth seeing, though this is a very big house for [... more]
From AED 195
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This is a participative play about a person in an unnamed city who has stopped working; the audience must work together to figure out why. Performed entirely by the audience, work.txt โ a sell-out show staged in nine countries in [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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6 events,
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421's season of talks and panel discussions developed in collaboration with afikra, Localized Futures, explores the future of key cultural and civic sectors through a regional lens โ challenging the dominant global narrative by looking at the complexities, innovations, and [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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Founded by Emirati filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020, Cineolio exists to promote short films and expand their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen, celebrating cinematic [... more]
AED 31.50
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Salalem have been part of Egyptโs independent music scene for 20 years; the Fridge says "their music sits somewhere between poetic songwriting and the direct emotional honesty of a conversation with friends".ย Wetgrass moves between indie, pop and rock ...ย Advance [... more]
AED 100
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Mad Catโs standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabiโs Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks โฆ
AED 99
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Culture Emulsion has picked another winner with this French comedy โ the play by Agnรจs Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri was a great success in 1994, and it was made into an equally successful film a couple of years later. And [... more]
AED 175
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A new standup show from Dubomedyโs main man. He's always good value; expect an evening of probably inappropriate jokes, lots of banter with the audience, a general feel-good vibe, and something of a masterclass in delivering standup in a club [... more]
AED 175
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6 events,Exhibition of the proposals shortlisted for the sixth edition of The Art Circle Award and the announcement of the overall winner. To 22 November .
Free
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A conversation between Ziad Al Najjar and Sarah Almehairi exploring the artist's painting practice, which begins with the body as a site where space and perception are negotiated. Moving between abstraction and figuration, control and release, and the microscopic and [... more]
Free
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SCHLiNGEL is an international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Chemnitz, Germany, showcasing the most exciting new productions for young people. This year'sย Abu Dhabi edition, the third, runs on 21, 23 and 24 October. The [... more]
AED 25
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The Courtyardโs popular 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 with [... more]
Free
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The second night (of three) for Culture Emulsion's production of this sharp and mordant comedy about the ties that unite (and sometimes suffocate).ย With cutting precision and biting humor, Agnรจs Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri's play shows us an ordinary family: terribly [... more]
AED 175
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Dubomedyโs main man brings his new standup show to Sharjah (which doesn't get too many hits on the comedy circuit). Expect a masterclass in delivering standup in a club environment. The show is hosted by Mina Liccione with support from [... more]
From AED 75
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9 events,The fourth edition of SACC returns to Aljada from 22-25 October with more than 150 activities โ masterclasses, workshops, seminars, talks and โhands-on experiencesโ. There are separate programmes for Animation and Comics, which rather begs the question of why the [... more]
AED 450
Curated by Shafeena Yusuff Ali of the Rizq Art Initiative, this exhibition brings together contemporary ceramics by eight women artists based in the UAE โ Nujoom Alghanem, Mirna Bamieh, Moza Al Falasi, Malavika, Parneet Pahwa, Zahra Shafie, Laiba Sherin, and [... more]
Free
The last shows in this run of Culture Emulsion's sharp and mordant comedy about the ties that unite (and sometimes suffocate). With cutting precision and biting humor, Agnรจs Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri's play shows us an ordinary family: terribly funny [... more]
AED 175
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421's writing seminar, led by Sarah Afaneh and designed for writers at any stage of their practice, explores the relationship between looking and writing, considering how an encounter with an artwork can translate into emotion, memory, and poetic response. With [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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The Fridge Open Mic is back on 22 October โ Little Legends (ages 7โ14) 6.30 to 7.30pm, then regular Open Mic (ages 15+) from 7.30 to 10pm. One song per performer โฆ No charges for anyone, not even the audience.
Free
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The UAE National Orchestra continues its active schedule with a good-looking programme of contrasting music from three great Romantic composers โ lively melodies from Rossini in the overture to The Barber of Seville, technical virtuosity and expressive range in Mendelssohn's [... more]
From AED 100
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Dubai's long-established bastion of Francophone theatre, Culture Emulsion, looks like it has picked another winner with this French comedy โ the play by Agnรจs Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri was a great success in 1994, and it was made into an [... more]
AED 160
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Mad Cat Comedy's regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises "insane laughs every week".ย The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
AED 99
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Led by Andrรฉ 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
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8 events,
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SCHLiNGEL is an international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Chemnitz, Germany, showcasing the most exciting new productions for young people. Theย film for 23 Oct is a reprise: A Butterfly's Heart dir Inesa Kurklietytฤ [... more]
AED 25
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Second performance of this Francophone comedy by Agnรจs Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri . Every Friday the Mesnards gather at the family cafรฉ before going to dinner; but for this night the unspoken tensions and buried frustrations are revealed ... SOLD [... more]
AED 160
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Mad Cat Comedyโs regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80
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"An evening of music, rhythm and discovery" โ 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 โ AED 80
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Created by choreographer Alaa Krimed for his Sima Dance Company โ the UAE's only (semi)permanent dance company? โ this original production merges contemporary dance with tech and especially AI: "As the boundaries between humans and Artificial Intelligence continue to shift, [... more]
AED 75
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From the awkward moments of everyday life to the unexpected twists that everyone can relate to, John Ague delivers an energetic performance packed with great storytelling and clever punchlines.
From AED 160
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8 events,A group show for Lulua Alyahya, Rami Farook, Sohrab Hura, and Khaled Jarada that promises to take the viewer into โintimate, elusive worlds โฆ Modest in scale, invite a form of looking that is closer and more inward, creating encounters [... more]
Free
SCHLiNGEL is an international film festival for children that has been running since 1996 in Germany, showcasing the most exciting new productions for young people. This is the main event of SCHLiNGEL Abu Dhabi, a day of screenings each of [... more]
AED 25
A solo exhibition by Malaysian artist and designer that reflects on the quiet, temporary musollas that pop up in the UAEโs warehouses, shopfronts, and back rooms, modest prayer spaces that are shaped by necessity rather than formal design. Through paintings, [... more]
Free
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Inspired by Baz Luhrmannโs film, the musical brings 1900s Montmartre to the stage, blending a tragic love story with a modern pop soundtrack and all the theatrical energy you could hope for ... The Culture Emulsion team promise "the glamour, [... more]
AED 110
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A Comedy Kix n evening "packed with stand-up comedy, good vibes, and plenty of laughs" โ there are six comics performing, including the Comedy Kix reliables Amr, Imah and Obaid. The AED 90 door price includes two drinks.
AED 90
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Comedy from two very sharp standups who work really well together. From first dates to ghosting, situationships to heartbreak stories, Noha Bashir and Denise Alexe address the struggles of dating life via sharp humour, relatable stories, and a brilliant chemistry [... more]
From AED 160
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14 events,A group exhibition organised with Feminin Pluriel, featuring the work of a selection of contemporary female artists. Participating artists were given carte blanche to explore their own creative perspectives; the result is seen in photography, painting, sculpture, 3D and mixed [... more]
Free
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Maktaba is 421โs monthly gathering dedicated to collective reading, viewing, and discussion across disciplines. This session moves from thinking about performance to thinking through it โ using the body, space, gesture, and relationality as sites for inquiry. Through a combination [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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The final part of the original Star Wars trilogy, beautifully restored and featuring the whole gang plus some engaging newcomers โ like Jabba the Hutt, who has Han Solo in his clutches. That's just the start of an epic conclusion [... more]
Free
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The original wartime weepie, now beautifully restored to give maximum scope to the multi Oscar winner.ย Humphrey Bogart stars as Rick Blaine, the cynical American owner of a nightclub in Vichy-controlled Casablanca on the eve of war; his one-timeย love Ilsa Lund [... more]
Free
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The UAE National Orchestra continues its active schedule with the second performance of a good-looking programme of contrasting music from three great Romantic composers โ lively melodies from Rossini in the overture to The Barber of Seville, technical virtuosity and [... more]
From AED 200
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Discuss the top seven poems (from a list of 50) that have received the most votes by members. As with any such list, it's highly debatable โ way too many US poets, way too few from MENASA (including the UAE, [... more]
Free
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The Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam โ a great venue: quite intimate, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins, fresh material, and โthe kind ofย intimate room where sitting in the [... more]
AED 99
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Iris Murdoch's Booker winner The Sea, The Sea (1978) is arguably her best book, a novel of obsession, memory, and self-deception. An interesting and accessible choice from one of Dubai's most interesting book clubs ...
Free
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Second performance of Culture Emulsion's Francophone take on the Baz Luhrmann film, bringing 1900s Montmartre to the stage for a tragic love story with a modern pop soundtrack.
AED 110
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2 events,
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Prof. Leonardo Barilaro, Visiting Associate Professor of Space Technology and Sonic Arts and Lead for the Space Art Laboratory at NYUAD, examines how music and artistic practice can connect scientific research with human experience, from creative interventions in space missions [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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Spring 1945 on the German island of Amrum, a remote dot in the North Sea. The front is far away, and 12-year-old Nanning (newcomer Jasper Billerbeck) spends his days working the nearby farm and his nights fishing; despite the hardship, [... more]
Free
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5 events,
Dom Art Projects' third non-selling exhibition explores the formal and perceptual aspects of light through a variety of approaches from the 22 participants, "from rationalist modernism and expressionism to ironic conceptualism" as Dom Arts puts it. The artists are Akram [... more]
Free
Makarov's solo exhibitionย responds to the mediated nature of contemporary reality by reconstructing armed conflict environments from fragments of media imagery circulating in a post-analogue world. Working across figurative painting and digital media, Makarov explores the relationship between virtual and physical [... more]
Free
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421's season of talks and panel discussions developed in collaboration with afikra, Localized Futures, explores the future of key cultural and civic sectors through a regional lens โ challenging the dominant global narrative by looking at the complexities, innovations, and [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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Mad Catโs standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabiโs Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks โฆ
AED 99
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This special gig brings Concert Series alumni and fan favourites back to the stage for one-off collaborations and extended jams. The artists will be announced ahead of the night, and "you never know who might walk on next". Food for [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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4 events,Christieโs first live auction of fine art in Abu Dhabi takes place on 1 November, preceded by two viewing days open to all. There will be more than 70 works from six decades of museum-quality art that traces the evolution [... more]
Free
ATypI is the Association Typographique International, the nonprofit global forum for type and typography. It was established in 1957 to unite European type manufacturers at a time of technological change and to promote typography education and awareness in general. Its [... more]
AED 725
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Celebrating the UAE Year of the Family 2026, the UAE National Orchestra brings audiences of all ages together for a joyful and interactive concert. Rhythm games, listening challenges and conversations with the narrator invite families and first-time concertgoers to become [... more]
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The Courtyardโs popular 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 with [... more]
Free
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7 events,For more than five decades, the Syrian artist, poet, and critic Talal Moualla has approached the image not simply as representation, but (says the gallery) โas a form of thought ... Moving between painting, criticism, poetry and research, his practice [... more]
Free
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Bassam Freiha Art Foundation's monthly lecture series, led by Dr Michaela Watrelot, BFAF Curator and Director of Exhibitions, returns with a second series โ this one on individual artists rather than artย movements. Nine monthly lectures, running to next June, will [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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The launch event for the sixth cycle of ELF's First Chapter, the only global-standard professional development scheme in the region for writers. Meet this yearโs mentors, discover whatโs in store for the new cohort, and celebrate the release of The [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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Mad Cat Comedy's regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises "insane laughs every week".ย The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
AED 99
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10 events,Sharifโs first solo exhibition in the UAE presents an autobiographical and very personal series of works about the struggles of private and artist life in a closed society โ "a vulnerable, nuanced presentation of lifeโ. The Bahraini artist uses colour [... more]
Free
The forum, now in its fourth annual edition, promises two days of conversations, practical workshops and opportunities to connect organised by Dubai Culture: โfrom building a brand and finding funding to exploring AI and telling your story, the programme offers [... more]
Free, but pre-register
Sharjah Art Foundationโs annual celebration of indie/experimental cinema returns for its ninth edition with a 10-day lineup of films (26 of them) plus talks and artist development programmes. Screenings and events will take place at Mirage City Cinema, SAFโs open-air [... more]
Per screening: AED 15
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"Comedy is just tragedy plus time. It's been 3,000 years. We're legally allowed to be hilarious." This original comedy โ written and co-directed by top Dubai photo/videographer Ovidiu Dugulan โ surveys the final stretch of a ten-year siege of Troy, [... more]
AED 120
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The UAE premiere of Nรคss (People) by Moroccan choreographer Fouad Boussouf and his company Le Phare โ CCN du Havre Normandie is an encounter between the raw energy of 1970s Moroccan music and the physical intensity of contemporary hip-hop. Inspired [... more]
AED 105
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Mad Cat Comedyโs regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
AED 80
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Improv "where anything can happen and the audience becomes part of the show". Which is sort of how improv is defined, though in this case the title suggests there may be an extra element of gun-fingers ... The 3albaraka guys [... more]
AED 80
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19 events,Stephan Kaluzaโs practice is fundamentally concerned with depictions of nature, either as hyper-realistic oils or near-abstract renderings. These two modes of painting should be seen as different stages of the same subject in a process of transformation:ย disruptions creep in, and [... more]
Free
This group show is the culmination of the second edition of NIKA Project Space's Open Studio programme: four artists based in the UAE were invited to develop new bodies of work in dialogue with the space, one another, and the [... more]
Free
A solo show for the Palestinian-Syrian-Dutch artist that reinterprets celebrated masterpieces from Western art. Diab revisits iconic works by artists including Picasso, van Gogh, Michelangelo and van Dyck, applying his own distinctive visual language to allow the images to speak [... more]
Free
A survey of works by the French artist, "one of the most restless practitioners of his generation" as the gallery has it. Since the early 1960s Venet unusually broad range of media has included tar poured on to canvas and [... more]
Free
Bringing together paintings, archival photographs, sketches and ephemera produced after 2018, this exhibition offers an immersive encounter with Salah Elmurโs world, "one where memory, landscape and identity merge and ripple through time" as the Jameel puts it. Through paintings that [... more]
Free
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Full-length Wallace & Gromit action that won Aardman an Oscar for animation. Our plasticine heroes' latest business venture is a humane pest-control outfit called Anti-Pesto, but a mysterious superbunny-shaped beast is decimating the townโs vegetable plots and threatens Lady Tottingtonโs [... more]
Free
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Second performance (of three) for this original comedy. Written and co-directed by top Dubai photo/videographer Ovidiu Dugulan, it surveys the final stretch of a ten-year siege of Troy, a job that should've taken three days ...
AED 120
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Competitive improv โ four teams teams representing the Hogwarts wizarding houses face off in a fast-paced tournament of wit, wild imagination, and wizardry. As ever, the audience decides who will win the coveted House Cup of Improv Glory. And if [... more]
Free
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Bait Al Oud Abu Dhabi presents the third edition of its Strings Orchestra Concert, an evening that features outstanding students and graduates, professional musicians, and guest artists: "experience melodies and voices coming together as the energy of young talent meets [... more]
AED 75
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The Callback Comedy crew with "Dubai's only variety comedy show ... coming back from the grave for one frightfully funny night ... Hosted by sinister Sunny and the nightmarish Noha 911, featuring wickedly good improv from the Off Script crew [... more]
AED 120
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A 6m bench along the front edge of the stage compresses the space into a narrow, linear runway. Five dancers trace this boundary through a sequence of calculated tableaus, their bodies caught between rest and anticipation. The bench acts as [... more]
Free, but pre-register
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An hour of new material from the always excellent Valentina, this time on the people we love, the things they do that drive us crazy, and all those moments that make relationships so complicated.
From AED 160
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