News · Updated 29 October 2026
What is on in Dubai right now.
A city calendar from the studio. These are public dates, not nights we produce. Use them when you are choosing a room.
On Thursday 29 October 2026, Jewellery, Gem and Technology Dubai has its last day at Dubai Exhibition Centre. This weekend Abdul Majeed Abdullah plays Coca-Cola Arena and Summer in Nashville is at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre, both on Saturday 31 October. Dubai Fitness Challenge starts the same day and runs to 29 November. Dubai Ride is Sunday 1 November, on Sheikh Zayed Road and through Downtown.
Dates follow venue and city listings checked on 29 October 2026. Times and tickets change. Confirm with the organiser before you travel.
Tonight
Closes Thursday 29 October 2026
Jewellery, Gem and Technology Dubai
Dubai Exhibition Centre
Last day of the show. Halls close tonight.
This weekend
Saturday 31 October 2026
Abdul Majeed Abdullah
Coca-Cola Arena
Live concert. The arena is the large hold on Saturday night.
Saturday 31 October 2026
Summer in Nashville
Dubai Media City Amphitheatre
Outdoor country day. Tickets were listed from about Dh175.
Saturday 31 October 2026
Adam Port
FIVE, Dubai
Live set on Saturday. Listings split between JBR and the Palm, so confirm the room before you hold a nearby date.
Saturday 31 October 2026
Dennis Cruz at Bohemia
Bohemia Beach Club, FIVE Palm Jumeirah
Saturday night on the Palm. The beach club is a separate hold from the arena.
Saturday 31 October 2026
Pink Ladies Games
The Sevens Stadium
Women’s sports day at The Sevens.
Sunday 1 November 2026
Dubai Ride
Sheikh Zayed Road and Downtown Dubai
Opens the Dubai Fitness Challenge. Routes start early. Sheikh Zayed Road and Downtown are closed to normal traffic that morning.
Sunday 1 November 2026
Benjamin Clementine
Dubai Opera
Piano and voice at Dubai Opera.
This month
31 October–29 November 2026
Dubai Fitness Challenge
Across Dubai
Tenth edition. Thirty minutes a day for thirty days. Dubai Ride is 1 November, stand-up paddle at Hatta Dam is 7–8 November, Dubai Run is 22 November, and Dubai Yoga closes it on 29 November.
3–5 November 2026
Gulfood Manufacturing, GulfHost and ISM
Dubai World Trade Centre
Three trade shows on the same dates. Hotel and hall inventory around the Trade Centre tightens.
7–8 November 2026
Dubai Stand-Up Paddle
Hatta Dam
Part of the Fitness Challenge, on the water at Hatta.
12–15 November 2026
DP World Tour Championship
Jumeirah Golf Estates
The season-ending golf week. Hospitality rooms around the course book out early.
Sunday 22 November 2026
Dubai Run
Sheikh Zayed Road and Downtown Dubai
5 km and 10 km. The road is a running route that morning, not a driving route.
Sunday 29 November 2026
Dubai Yoga
DIFC Gate
Closes the Fitness Challenge with a sunrise session under DIFC Gate.
If you are holding a room
Comedy Festival week, 9–18 October, and the cricket weekend at Dubai Sports City pull hotels, crews, and traffic. A private dinner or a brand night in those days needs the room locked earlier, and a drive time that is honest. We plan that night, and we can film it with the same team.
Questions people ask
- What events are happening in Dubai right now?
- On 29 October 2026, Jewellery, Gem and Technology Dubai has its last day at Dubai Exhibition Centre. This weekend Abdul Majeed Abdullah plays Coca-Cola Arena and Summer in Nashville is at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre, both on Saturday 31 October. Dubai Fitness Challenge starts the same day.
- What is on in Dubai this weekend?
- Saturday 31 October 2026: Abdul Majeed Abdullah at Coca-Cola Arena, Summer in Nashville at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre, Adam Port at FIVE, Dennis Cruz at Bohemia on Palm Jumeirah, and the Pink Ladies Games at The Sevens. Sunday 1 November is Dubai Ride on Sheikh Zayed Road and Downtown, and Benjamin Clementine at Dubai Opera.
- When is the Dubai Fitness Challenge 2026?
- The tenth Dubai Fitness Challenge runs from 31 October to 29 November 2026. Dubai Ride is 1 November, stand-up paddle at Hatta Dam is 7–8 November, Dubai Run is 22 November, and Dubai Yoga is 29 November under DIFC Gate.
- When is Dubai Ride 2026?
- Dubai Ride is Sunday 1 November 2026, on Sheikh Zayed Road and through Downtown Dubai. It opens the Fitness Challenge. Routes start early, so the road is not a normal drive that morning.
- Does Perfect Star Events produce these public shows?
- No. These are city dates, published so clients can plan around them. Perfect Star Events produces private and brand nights — weddings, launches, dinners, awards — and films them with the same team.