UNTOLD Dubai

Four days of top dance music for the first UNTOLD festival to be held outside Europe – “over 100 talents from around the world, boasting something for every modern-music lover” (some latino, some pop, some afrobeat, but mostly house and hiphop). Headliners include Tiësto; Armin van Burren; Hardwell; Ellie Goulding; and the excellent Sebastian Ingrosso, once of house supergroup Swedish House Mafia. But the list really is very strong, and tickets are reportedly selling fast: “get ready for music genres from A to Z, life-changing experiences, epic arts and entertainment activities, and the experience of a lifetime …”

Day passes are AED 300, a four-dayer is AED 700, and there are premium access-all-areas packages too. The exact schedule isn’t on yet, which is a shame if you want to catch a particular artist on a particular day, but you can expect music from early evening through to early morning; tickets are apparently valid from 4pm to 5am.