BRED Abu Dhabi

The second edition of “the Middle East’s neo-culture festival” aims to celebrate the region’s art, fashion and musical tastes (specifically grime and hip-hop) with local and international artists, local and international food outlets, gaming, basketball showdowns, streetwear stalls, curated art, and “interactive experiences”.

The concerts are on three of the days, the rest of the festival runs for all five. You pay extra for the concerts; a day pass to the festival site without concerts is AED 75, you’ll pay AED 125 for an all-areas-plus-concert ticket on 25 April (headliners J Hus and AJ Tracey) or AED 195 per day for 26 April (Metro Boomin and Offset) and 27 April (Ty Dolla $ign and Don Toliver). Plus there’s premium-price access-with-extras tickets too. The five-day access-mostly-everything pass at AED 495 seems more of a bargain.