The Dubai Shopping Festival returns with an agenda full of the best shopping offers, prizes and entertainment events

The Dubai Festivals and Retail Corporation has revealed the schedule of activities for the twenty-eighth session of the Dubai Shopping Festival, which will start on December 15, 2022 and continue until January 29, 2023, as residents and visitors of Dubai, from within the country and around the world, will have a date with many entertainment events and shopping experiences. Exciting promotions, amazing promotions and millions of dirhams worth of prizes.

Citizens, residents and visitors can enjoy the experience of one of the best New Year celebrations in the world, in addition to a variety of experiences, most notably unique food, huge raffles and valuable offers offered by the most prominent local and international brands, as well as attending concerts and live performances of art stars from the region and the world, as well as attending Various events and activities in the most important shopping centers, outdoor markets, festivals and beach destinations.

The festival also includes the return of everyone's favorite fireworks shows, in addition to the amazing "drone" light show.

Popular with the festival, Dubai Tunes also returns, offering ten days of music and entertainment with live performances by some of the region's most celebrated local talent.

For the first time in the festival, the Core Unity Camping Festival is being held in Hatta, where friends and families can enjoy the wonderful winter weather in Dubai during the weekend in an atmosphere full of fun, adventure and activity.

The announcement of the festival's activities came during a press conference held today (Thursday) at the headquarters of the Dubai Government Media Office, in the presence of Ahmed Al Khaja, Executive Director of the Dubai Festivals and Retail Corporation, and Muhammad Firas Erekat, Director of the Commercial Registration Department for the retail sector at the Dubai Festivals Corporation, and Abdullah Al Amiri , Director of Promotional Campaigns and Raffles Department, and Kaltham Al Shamsi, Event Planning Executive at the Dubai Festivals and Retail Corporation. Ahmed Al Khaja said: “The Dubai Shopping Festival is renewed every year to offer distinctive experiences for residents and visitors of Dubai. During the twenty-eighth session of the festival, we have prepared a schedule full of exceptional entertainment events which will be held throughout the city, as well as offering special promotions and prizes to shoppers.”Al-Khaja expressed his thanks to the partners from the public and private sectors for their contribution in providing support, events and various activities that would enrich the experience of festival guests of different age groups, which enhances Dubai's position as a preferred destination to visit and also contributes to encouraging domestic tourism.  

He added, "We look forward to another season of world-class Dubai Shopping Festival experiences and to provide unforgettable memories for citizens, residents and visitors. We invite everyone to participate in this year's Dubai Shopping Festival and explore all its delights and unique experiences."

Dubai Shopping Festival this year

Inaugural week

The 28th edition of the Dubai Shopping Festival kicks off with a stunning opening ceremony on Friday, December 16th, which includes concerts by the most prominent singers and musicians in the region, in addition to many cultural and entertainment shows that attract families.

fireworks

The inaugural fireworks display of the Dubai Shopping Festival is a huge turnout every year.

Visitors will have a date with watching wonderful shows that light up the sky of Dubai on December 15 at exactly 9 pm from various locations including: The Beach opposite JBR, Blue Waters Island, The Pointe, Burj Al Arab, Dubai Frame, Al Seef, Dubai Creek, and Dubai Festival City Mall.

The daily fireworks displays at the Dubai Shopping Festival, sponsored by the Al Zarooni Group, also return strongly to provide everyone with an exciting spectacle in which lighting and sound mix with the stunning view of the wonderful landmarks of Dubai.

The daily performances will be from December 16 to January 29 at Burj Al Arab, Blue Waters Island, Dubai Creek, Al Seef, Dubai Frame, Dubai Festival City Mall and Jumeirah Beach Residence, at 8:30 pm or 9 pm.

DSF Drone Light Show and fireworks

The long-awaited light-drones event returns at the Dubai Shopping Festival this year, inspired by the retail offerings during the festival, with two completely new displays under the title "Dubai Shopping Festival" and "The Future of Dubai" inspired by Vision 2040. It accompanies the show, which is the longest in the Middle East. Middle East and Africa, where he enjoys innovation, technology and a collection of songs composed especially for him.

The shows are held twice a day during the Dubai Shopping Festival at 7 pm and 10 pm, at The Beach and Blue Waters Island opposite Jumeirah Beach Residence.

Visitors will enjoy watching performances at 8 pm and 11 pm on New Year's Eve.

They can also enjoy laser shows from 23 to 24 December and from 13 to 14, as well as from 27 to 28 January.

Unique shopping experience

During the festival, shoppers can enjoy a selection of deals and offers offered by nearly 800 brands across more than 3,500 stores, offering discounts ranging from 25 percent to 75 percent.

The most prominent international brands will also provide unbeatable discounts, and will give customers the opportunity to obtain unprecedented deals in Dubai's shopping centers and destinations.

Daily surprises

The daily Dubai Shopping Festival surprises return by presenting huge offers from various brands for a limited time, and the daily surprises will be revealed 24 hours in advance.

As for the famous Dubai Shopping Festival markets, during this session they offer community shopping experiences in the open air through temporary stores.

Markets can be visited in different locations throughout the city, including the Al Seef market in the Dubai Creek area, and the Dubai Shopping Festival market in Al Muraqqabat.

The leading shopping destination of the Dubai Shopping Festival, MOTP Etisalat, includes food stalls and temporary exhibitions of some of the best local food and beverage companies, in addition to live entertainment performances by local and regional artists.

Celebrating its tenth year, the leading shopping destination will build on its successes over the past decade with stores and shopping experiences inspired by New York City.

The event will be held from January 19 to 29 in the Dubai Design District.

Completely new ideas and concepts

Dubai Shopping Festival presents 80's Dubai stores at Last Exit Al Khawaneej, which recreate old pop-up stores from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's.

From December 23 to January 8, millennials and Generation Z (1981-2010) can relive memories from this period with graffiti by local artists, vintage arcade games, classic cars, and more.

Friends and families can attend the Core Unity Camping Festival in Dubai, which offers three great days of music, action and activity in Hatta.

Camp Festival brings together the most inspiring talents in the health and fitness industry.

This festival, the first of its kind in the region, will run from January 13 to 15, 2023. Tickets can be purchased through

, with prices starting from AED 199 per person.

Dubai Jewelery Group raffles

The Dubai Shopping Festival encourages the acquisition of elegant gifts, as the Dubai Jewelery Group offers many offers and prizes citywide.

Shoppers who buy gold and jewelry from participating outlets will have the chance to enter the draw and be among the 100 winners of 250 grams of gold for each shopper, equivalent to 25 kilograms of gold in total during the festival.

Shoppers will receive one coupon to enter the draw for every 500 dirhams spent on the purchase of gold jewelry, and two coupons to enter the draw for every 500 dirhams spent on diamond and pearl products.

ENOC Grand Draws With every purchase of just 25 dirhams at Zoom, 50 dirhams at AutoPro, or choosing any of the “Tasjeel” services, shoppers can get a chance to enter the ENOC Grand Draws, where one lucky winner will be chosen daily, to win 100,000 dirhams cash Money.

Shoppers will have the opportunity to win an all-new Nissan Patrol and 100,000 dirhams in daily cash when purchasing a ticket from any ENOC or EPPCO petrol station for 200 dirhams through the Dubai Festival Grand Draws.

Dubai Shopping Festival draw

A group of shopping malls in Dubai is working to enhance the shopping experience at the festival with various cash prizes, where it is possible to shop and win prizes of up to one million dirhams from December 15 to January 29. Shoppers have the chance to win every time they spend more than 200 dirhams in a shopping cart. Any of the selected shopping malls, which include Arabian Center, Al Ghurair Shopping Centre, Dubai Outlet Mall, Al Bustan Centre, Bay Avenue, Al Khail Gate, Serena Market Place, Shorooq Community Centre, Remraam Community Centre, Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Central Mall and Times Square Centre. , Al Barsha Mall, Al Barsha South Mall, Al Warqa City Mall, Al Etihad Mall, Al Attar Business Center, Century Mall, and Dubai Festival Plaza.

In addition, shoppers will have the chance to win many TVs, iPads, diamond rings, gold and jewelry sets, and many other prizes with a “Winning Shopping Bill” drawing.

The shopper gets the chance to win one of 10 prizes every day during the period from 15 to 25 December when spending 500 dirhams at any of the 10 participating brands, which include: Jumbo Electronics, Sharaf DG, Jawhara Jewellery, Eros, and Better. Live" and many more.

With the return of the Share Millionaire prizes, shoppers at Mall of the Emirates, City Center Mirdif, City Center Deira, City Center Me'aisem and City Center Shindagha can stand a great chance to win one million SHARE points, in addition to the fun of owning their favorite brands and fashions this DSF. .

Where shoppers can spend 300 dirhams and enter the weekly draw from December 15 to January 29.

Shoppers can also pay with a SHARE wallet or scan purchase receipts through the SHARE app to be one of the six winners in the SHARE millionaires for each purchase receipt of 300 dirhams or more.

Best deal during Dubai Shopping Festival

Shoppers can take part in the best deal of the year at Dubai Festival City Mall.

With every spend of 300 dirhams or more on shopping, dining or entertainment experiences during the Dubai Shopping Festival from December 15th to January 29th, they stand a chance to win a grand prize of one million dirhams.

Shoppers will be able to win valuable rewards every week with the "Ticket" rewards program during the Dubai Shopping Festival, the first program of its kind.

From December 15, 2022 to January 29, 2023, it will enable them to get double points when you shop among a wide range of brands and shopping destinations. Visit (GetTickit.com) to view the list.

Members of this app can also win amazing prizes daily for entertainment, hospitality, shopping and dining destinations.

In addition, new members who join the "Ticket" rewards program during the Dubai Shopping Festival, can get the chance to win "Ticket" points worth 50,000 dirhams every week.

To enter the weekly draw, all you have to do is spend at least 100 dirhams, and link your Visa or MasterCard card issued in the United Arab Emirates. 350,000 "Ticket" points will be won during the shopping festival, so don't miss the chance.

Shoppers can download the "Ticket" application through the "App Store" or "Google Play".

In addition, iDeals will offer more than 200 DSF raffles, including the DSF Grand Draws and the DSF Grand Prize, which will be an apartment in Downtown Dubai!

Daily entertainment activities

The Dubai Shopping Festival gives its visitors the opportunity to watch the best tennis players in the world with the start of the "World Tennis League" tournament from December 19 to 24 at the "Coca-Cola Arena" in Dubai, where three of the 18 international tennis stars are preparing To participate in the tournament, they are "Novak Djokovic", "Iga Švijontec" and "Alexander Zverev".

And after watching the famous players competing in the stadium, it is possible to enjoy at night great concerts that bring together the most prominent artists from all over the world, including Tiesto, Wizkid, Ne-Yo, Deadmau 5, Mohamed Ramadan and Armin Fan. Bjorn".

Shoppers can also enjoy great music with Grammy award-winning DJ Tiesto making his comeback in Dubai.

In addition, five amazing night shows are taking place in Dubai during the World Tennis Tournament.

Nigerian King of African Music "Wizkid" takes the stage on December 20 after the first day of the exciting tournament.

The Grammy Award-winning artist is known for his groovy African beats, making him one of the most influential African artists of all time.

On December 21, American R&B superstar Ne-Yo will perform at the Coca-Cola Arena featuring the best tunes from his best-selling albums.

Shoppers will also have a night full of suspense with the first live show of "Deadmau 5" in Dubai.

On the night of December 22nd, the Canadian artist will perform his most famous songs such as I Remember, Strobe and Some Chords.

Of course, everyone will not forget the night of December 23 with the concert of the Egyptian singer, rapper and superstar "Mohamed Ramadan".

Attendees will enjoy an exceptional concert with Armin van Buuren performing his famous songs such as This is What It Feels Like, Blah Blah Blah and In And Out of Love, as the Dutch King of Music will perform at the Coca-Cola Arena on December 24.

Tickets for all World Tennis League matches, as well as evening shows, are available on VisitDubai.com, with prices starting from AED 199.

This year, the Dubai Shopping Festival presents a wonderful musical evening with the great artist Kazem El Saher at Dubai Opera, where the concerts "Caesar of the Arabic Song" will be held on December 23 and 24 at 9 pm.

Tickets are available on VisitDubai.

An upscale musical experience can also be enjoyed before the New Year celebrations by heading to the "Coca-Cola Arena" to watch the Dutch artist "Martin Garrix" in his live performance on December 30th.

The theater doors open at 6 pm to attend the concert, where the great artist will present his most famous songs, which include Animals, Scared To Be Lonely, in addition to many other songs, and ticket prices start from 175 dirhams.

This year's festival will witness the return of the Dubai Beats event, hosting 10 artists who will perform various musical genres over two consecutive days, which includes a wonderful mix of music that satisfies all tastes.

Artists with a reputation on social media will have the opportunity to perform for the first time at the Dubai Bates Theater on January 6 and 7, and tickets are available on the website dubai.platinumlist.net with prices starting from 120 dirhams.

The highly anticipated Dubai Tunes event will return from January 6 to 15 at 12 different locations across Dubai, featuring live music and entertainment by talented local artists, including Hamdan Al Abri, Alia Al Ali, Maitha Al Mansoori, Shaibani and more.

Performances are held daily from 5 pm to 11 pm.

Unique Arts and Cultural

Experiences Shoppers will live a vibrant and colorful experience with 11 amazing acrobatic shows over the course of seven days through the OVO show produced by ff at the Coca-Cola Arena from January 12 to 18, starting at 8 pm.

Focusing on energy, movement and color, OVO explores the beauty of biodiversity in all its contrasts and vitality through acrobatics that highlight unique personalities and abilities.

Tickets are available on the Coca-Cola Arena website, with prices starting from 113 dirhams.

The Al Quoz Arts Festival will be held on Al Serkal Avenue from January 29 to 30, 2023, after the resounding success of last year's edition.

This festival is considered one of the largest celebrations of arts and culture in the region, with exhibitions, specialized workshops and live shows featuring local talent.

Take friends or family to see the many exhibitions featuring selected artists from around the world, or watch movie nights at the cinema.

There are also spaces for children's activities, to spend a fun and useful family day, and pets can be taken, as this festival is held outdoors.

Tickets are free, but reservations are required in advance.

Festival visitors will enjoy the opportunity to engage in some exciting activities through the "Mystery Crime" experience at Al Seef Heritage Hotel Dubai until the 12th of February.

Where you can participate in the 90-minute interactive program and have food and drinks for 30 minutes on the terrace with its stunning view of the creek before starting to solve the mystery of the mysterious crime.

The ticket price is 210 dirhams per person.

Shoppers will be on a date with entertainment shows while shopping at this year's festival with Dubai Performing Arts, which offers a large number of shows inside the malls as well as outdoors.

Dance, music, theater and circus performances will appear throughout the city during shopping periods throughout the festival.

These surprising entertainment shows are held in many locations, including La Mer, City Walk 2, Al Seef, Dubai Festival City Mall, Ibn Battuta Mall, The Pointe, Nakheel Mall, Gate Avignon, Dubai International Financial Center, City Center Mirdif, Mall of the Emirates, and City Deira Centre, Blue Waters, Al Khawaneej, and The Walk.

Dubai lights

DSF also includes 10 unique interactive art destinations by famous artists from around the world.

From December 15 to January 29, the second edition of the "Dubai Lights" project will be held in City Walk 2, which will enable visitors to enjoy watching a series of dazzling light art shows that pulsate with bright colors, most notably a show entitled The Sparks Within, an outdoor exhibition focusing on The strength, flexibility, and positivity of light and sound as a symbol of the connection between people, places, and nature.

Meydan Races

Visit the Meydan Racecourse to see the region's most talented thoroughbred horses and jockeys competing for the Grand Prix.

This local challenge is being held in conjunction with the Dubai World Cup Carnival, with races scheduled to run until February 19.

Tickets are available at prices starting from 2 dirhams.

For more information, please visit Dubairacingclub.com.

City lights and decorations

Throughout the Dubai Shopping Festival, the city will be decorated with designs and lighting figures that give an atmosphere of fun and celebration, starting from Dubai International Airport to the main streets and landmarks throughout the city, in addition to the designs of giant illuminated shopping bags located in nine different locations and the digital structures of the Dubai Shopping Festival. on Hessa Street.

The immersive lighting experience in Al Seef is not to be missed.

 Pop Up Dubai Shopping Festival The Pop Up Dubai Shopping Festival

project supports small and medium businesses and existing and new brands across the city including apparel, food and beverage, jewellery, accessories and more.

Visitors and residents will also enjoy a unique shopping experience in many distinctive stores, which display brands with a distinctive and coordinated character.

Closing Week

Hollywood-famous composer Hans Zimmer and his band of 45 musicians and dancers will perform live for the first time in the Middle East at Coca-Cola Arena on January 27, 2023. The multi-time Oscar-winning and Grammy Award-winning artist will perform the musical It includes scores for a group of the most famous international films, including: "The Lion King", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Gladiator", "James Bond", and others.

Tickets are available at dubai.platinumlist.net, with prices starting at Dh495.

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