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Xposure International Photography Festival 2024

Expo Centre Sharjah Sharjah

The eighth and biggest edition of what is arguably the world’s largest in-person photography festival (20,000+ visitors last year) runs 28 February to 5 March in Expo Centre Sharjah. More than 400 photographers from over 50 nations will be showing [... more]

Free

Big Bad Wolf Book Sale

Dubai Studio City Dubai

The self-styled "World’s Biggest Book Sale” is returning to Sound Stages, Dubai Studio City, from 1-10 March, open daily 10am to midnight with something like two million titles in various genres on sale at discounts of up to 75 percent [... more]

Free

Culture Summit Abu Dhabi

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi

The sixth edition of the Summit, which runs 3 to 5 March, again brings together "leaders from fields of art, heritage, media, museums, music, public policy and technology from over 90 countries". Under the theme A Matter of Time, this [... more]

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Rushdi’s Comedy Souk

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai

A regular monthly evening of improv and stand-up hosted by Rushdi. The bar's set pretty high: "from side-splitting stand-up to mesmerising improv, the finest comedic artists from near and far come to showcase their talent."  

Free, but pre-register

The Phantom of the Opera

Dubai Opera

Continuing its policy of attracting established blue-chip touring performances, Dubai Opera is running Broadway Entertainment Group's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's critically acclaimed musical for a three-week run. The story is based on Gaston Leroux's classic novel of a musical [... more]

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