Cities usually build entertainment by adding infrastructure. Stadiums. Theme parks. Shopping districts. Concert halls. Liwa begins with something much older and much larger. The desert. From 11 December 2026 to 2 January 2027, the dunes of Al Dhafra once again become the setting for the Liwa International Festival, one of Abu Dhabi’s most distinctive winter
Modern concerts frequently compete through scale. Larger arenas. More screens. More lasers. More volume. More effects. Candlelight takes almost the opposite approach. On 12 December 2026, Candlelight: Christmas Classics comes to Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental in Abu Dhabi, placing familiar seasonal music inside a setting illuminated by thousands of candles. The attraction is deliberately simple.
Electronic music used to be defined mainly by sound. A DJ. A sound system. A dance floor. That description is becoming increasingly incomplete. Modern electronic performances can involve enormous LED environments, 3D animation, digital characters, cinematic storytelling and visual worlds designed specifically around the music. On 4 and 5 December 2026, Abu Dhabi becomes part
Walk through any modern city and the built environment increasingly communicates. Airport screens direct passengers. Shopping centres change promotions instantly. Hotels use digital displays. Retail stores build immersive walls of video. Road networks depend on electronic information systems. Events use enormous LED stages. Restaurants replace static menus with digital ones. From 7 to 9 December
Consumers increasingly want to know what is inside the products they buy. Where did the ingredients come from? How was the food produced? What chemicals are inside the cosmetic? Is the packaging sustainable? Is the product genuinely organic? Does natural actually mean anything? From 16 to 18 November 2026, many of those questions move from
The modern economy likes to think of itself as digital. Cloud computing. Artificial intelligence. Electric vehicles. Renewable energy. Smartphones. Data centres. The physical reality underneath those technologies is much less abstract. They all require materials. Copper. Lithium. Nickel. Rare earth elements. Graphite. Iron. Aluminium. Construction minerals. Industrial metals. From 16 to 17 November 2026, that
Most people experience the food industry at the supermarket shelf. A bottle. A frozen meal. A packet of biscuits. A carton of milk. A bag of coffee. What consumers rarely see is the enormous industrial system required to place those products there safely, consistently and at the right price. From 3 to 5 November 2026,
