Tourism Breaking News
In keeping with the longest running retail tourism festival, Dubai shopping festival which attracts the domestic visitors as well as international travellers year on year, this year with almost every source market opening up also brings in a lot more events to be enjoyed by the visitors. Some of the most interesting Dubai Calendar, the official listing platform for events in the city, is gearing up to kick-start the 2023 line-up of events and live entertainment with an incredible range of music, culture and sport events which will take place throughout the city during January and February 2023. These include a host of epic live entertainment events such as Dubai Beats and Cirque Du Soleil, and sporting spectacles including Dubai Desert Classic, and much more.
Dubai Shopping Festival have collaborated with Core Direction to create the region’s first ever camping, music and movement festival, COREUNITY. The event will be taking place in Hatta from 13th-15th January, working with the team who presented Yoga At The Top – Burj Khalifa and Movement & Music at the Dubai Opera Garden, to deliver an epic weekend of fun, wellness and adventure. For a night full of laughter with some of the region’s leading comedians and actors, head to Dubai World Trade Centre’s Sheikh Rashid Hall for The Sixth World War. The hilarious performance will feature stars including Hassan Al Balam, Zahra Arafat, Muhammad Al Ramadan, Fahd Al Bannai and Abdulaziz Al Nassar, and will be taking place from 13th-14th January. Get your mystery-solving hat on with a unique game of uncovering clues as the globally renowned Murder Mystery experience arrives at Al Seef Heritage Hotel Dubai and will run until 12th March. Be immersed in the world of insects as you learn of how they flutter, crawl, jump and fly gracefully around the Coca-Cola Arena stage, set to the melodic compositions of Berna Ceppas. Ovo by Cirque du Soleil will be putting a spotlight on the movement of insects from 12th-18th January. Prepare for a mind-blowing experience as astonishing mentalism duo James and Marina, Mind2Mind, stun audiences. The Dubai-based couple, who have captivated audiences around the world people, are all set to perform before you at Theatre by QE2 on 13th, 14th and 20th January.
The annual Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) taking place until 29th January, is one not to be missed with incredible discounts across Malls and shopping destinations with daily entertainment shows and extraordinary raffles. The Bolshoi Ballet’s prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova will be gracing the Dubai Opera stage for one night only on 27th January. She will be joined by talented dancers Mikhail Lobukhin, Vaycheslav Lopatin, Denis Savin, Artemy Belyakov, Anastasia Stashkevich and Ana Turazashvili from the Bolshoi Theatre.
Quoz Arts Fest is set to return to Alserkal Avenue from 28th-29th January 2023. After an incredibly successful ninth edition in 2022, this year’s celebration promises many more surprises in the artistic sphere for all creative enthusiasts and art buffs.
Taste of Dubai, in partnership with Philips, is returning with another extravagant culinary celebration from 3rd-5th February 2023. The festival gathers world-class restaurants, tasting classes, cooking activities and live music in a laid-back outdoor setting at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre.
The Barcelona-born music extravaganza, elrow XXL, has entertained thousands across 84 cities in 34 countries and will be making its way to Dubai for the very first time. Taking place on 17th-18th February 2023 at d3, the Middle East debut will be one of the largest dance festivals of the year.
Shrek The Musical will make its highly anticipated return to Dubai at Dubai Opera from 21st-25th February. The talented cast will perform recognizable tunes like Big Bright Beautiful World, Don’t Let Me Go and I Think I Got You Beat with perfectly choreographed moves, so book your tickets early, as shows are likely to get sold out quickly. The 15th edition of the region’s largest celebration of the written and spoken word, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, is set to be held from 1st-6th February 2023 at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City and Mohammed bin Rashid Library. The festival offers visitors of all ages the chance to interact with their favourite authors, attend literary debates and participate in workshops, in addition to featuring homegrown talent.
Racing fanatics and sports fans alike can head to Meydan Racecourse to experience some of the world’s most skilled horses and globally recognised jockeys battle it out for number one prize. The action kicks off again this winter from now until 19th February, ahead of the epic Dubai World Cup at the end of March. As the Dubai horse racing season approaches, celebrate with the best in the world at Dubai World Cup Carnival race meetings, where tough competition and spectacular sporting action is guaranteed. Racing fans can head to Meydan Racecourse from 6th January to 4th March 2023. Full of sporting action from 7th-21st January, Dubai International Marine Club (DIMC)’s annual watersports calendar, the latest UAE Aquabike Championship will delight and entertain fans this January. Spectators can enjoy fast-paced action from Dubai’s coastline as trained athletes showcase incredible skill and control on jet skis.
Golf and entertainment fans can prepare for a day of world-class sporting action as Dubai Desert Classic returns from 26th-29th January at Emirates Golf Club. Silver Cup, part of Dubai’s prestigious polo calendar, will see six of the world’s best teams go head-to-head in an 18-goal handicap. Taking place from Al Habtoor Polo Resort and Club from 21st January to 4th February will now be going into its 13th year of hosting this sophisticated event. Dubai Marathon, will be returning on 12th February 2023, with participants from all over the world competing for an exciting run alongside the iconic Burj Al Arab in the demanding 42km course, the shorter 10km route or the family-friendly 4km fun run.
