Live Entertainment Venues

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Cricket Ground at Sheikh Zayed Stadium is one of the UAE's premier cricket venues, a beautifully appointed ground that has hosted major international cricket events including ICC tournaments and domestic T20 competitions. The venue forms the centerpiece of Abu Dhabi's cricket development program and has positioned the UAE capital as a significant hub for the sport across the Arab world.

Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

Al Nahyan Stadium is the main football stadium of Abu Dhabi within the Zayed Sports City complex, serving as a central venue for UAE Pro League matches and international football events in the UAE capital. The stadium forms part of one of the most impressive multi-sport complexes in the Arabian Gulf region, contributing to Abu Dhabi's comprehensive sporting infrastructure.

Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi's developing Cultural District on Saadiyat Island encompasses world-class showroom facilities that will anchor the emirate's performing arts offering alongside the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the forthcoming Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. The arts center showrooms reflect Abu Dhabi's extraordinary investment in creating a world-class cultural destination that complements its oil wealth with genuine intellectual and artistic capital.

Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

Etihad Arena on Yas Island is the UAE's largest indoor arena, a 18,000-capacity state-of-the-art facility that opened in 2021 and has already established itself as the leading destination for major international concerts, UFC events, and live entertainment across the Gulf region. The arena's cutting-edge acoustics, staging capabilities, and location within the Yas Island entertainment district make it the highest-specification live event venue in the Middle East.

Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

Etihad Arena's showroom configurations on Yas Island allow the UAE's largest indoor arena to host intimate-scale corporate and entertainment productions alongside its major concert and sporting events. The arena's state-of-the-art technical infrastructure makes it equally effective as a premium showroom venue and as a 18,000-capacity concert facility.

Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

Hamdan Sports Complex within Zayed Sports City is a major Abu Dhabi venue that doubles as a large-scale concert and entertainment facility, complementing the UAE capital's growing live event offering. The complex's flexible infrastructure has hosted international music events and entertainment productions that have contributed to Abu Dhabi's rising status as a world-class cultural destination.

Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

NYU Abu Dhabi's Arts Center on Saadiyat Island is the UAE capital's leading academic performing arts venue, presenting a sophisticated program of classical music, experimental theater, dance, and film that reflects the university's extraordinary commitment to the arts and its unique position as one of the world's most international academic communities. The center plays a vital role in Abu Dhabi's ambitious cultural agenda on the island that is also home to the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

NYU Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium is the home of Al Ain FC, one of the UAE's most successful and storied football clubs, a team that achieved global recognition when it reached the final of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup. The stadium's passionate local fan base and Al Ain's remarkable football heritage — reflected in a domestic trophy cabinet unmatched in UAE football — create match-day experiences of genuine Gulf football cultural significance.

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

117Live is a major concert promoter and venue operator driving the development of Dubai's live music scene, bringing international touring acts to audiences across Dubai and the wider UAE. The company has been instrumental in expanding the breadth and ambition of live entertainment in the region, working with venues across the emirate to present major pop, rock, and electronic music shows.

Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

The Dubai national football stadium complex serves as a major outdoor concert and large-scale event venue for Dubai, providing the city with open-air capacity for mega-events and international festivals. The venue has hosted significant outdoor entertainment events drawing tens of thousands of attendees as Dubai's entertainment infrastructure continues to expand.

Al Nasr Sports Complex, Oud Metha, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Al Wasl Stadium is the home of Al Wasl FC, the club once managed by the legendary Pelé and one of the most storied names in UAE football history. The stadium anchors the Al Wasl district of Dubai and serves a club with a passionate following that traces its roots to the earliest days of organized football in the United Arab Emirates.

Al Wasl Sports Club, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Alserkal Avenue is Dubai's most important contemporary arts district and showroom cluster — a converted industrial warehouse district in Al Quoz that houses over 60 contemporary art galleries, performance spaces, cinemas, and creative studios. As the anchor of Dubai's genuine independent arts scene, Alserkal Avenue's showroom spaces host experimental theater, performance art, artist talks, and cultural events that give Dubai's creative community a home entirely distinct from the city's luxury entertainment mainstream.

Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz Industrial Area 1, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Autism Rocks Arena at Dubai Media City Amphitheatre is a major outdoor concert venue that has hosted some of the biggest names in international music while simultaneously raising awareness and funds for autism support. The arena's unique mission combining world-class entertainment with social purpose has made it one of the most celebrated and innovative concert venues in the Gulf region.

Dubai Media City Amphitheatre, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Coca-Cola Arena is the Middle East's largest multipurpose indoor arena — a 17,000-seat air-conditioned venue in the City Walk district that has become the primary destination for major international concerts, sporting events, and award shows in the UAE since opening in 2019. Dubai's extraordinary growth as a global entertainment destination — driven by its tax-free economy, luxury tourism infrastructure, and position as a transit hub between East and West — has made Coca-Cola Arena one of the fastest-growing concert markets in the world.

City Walk, Al Safa, Dubai

Dubai, Dubai

Coca-Cola Arena is Dubai's premier indoor concert and entertainment venue, a purpose-built 17,000-capacity arena in the City Walk district that has attracted the world's biggest acts since its 2019 opening. The arena is the first and largest indoor multi-purpose venue in the Middle East, featuring world-class acoustics, sightlines, and production infrastructure that places it among the finest concert venues in Asia.

City Walk, Al Safa, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

DUCTAC (Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre) inside Mall of the Emirates is the UAE's most active community arts and performing arts showroom, hosting hundreds of performances annually ranging from amateur theatrical productions to professional dance performances and music concerts. DUCTAC's remarkable role in supporting Dubai's resident artistic community and its extraordinary accessibility within one of the world's most famous shopping malls create a community arts venue of genuine UAE cultural significance.

Mall of the Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Dubai Creek Theatre is a performing arts showroom positioned within the emerging Dubai Creek Harbour development, one of the most ambitious waterfront urban projects in the world that will ultimately surpass Downtown Dubai in scale. The theatre serves the cultural programming needs of this new district as it develops into one of Dubai's premier residential and entertainment destinations.

Dubai Creek Harbour, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai Sports City is one of the finest cricket facilities in the world outside of the traditional cricket-playing nations, a state-of-the-art ground that has hosted major ICC international matches, the IPL, and Pakistan national team home games. The stadium represents the UAE's remarkable ambition to become a leading global cricket host nation, capitalizing on the sport's enormous popularity among the country's large South Asian expatriate population.

Dubai Sports City, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Rd, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Dubai Opera is the UAE's premier performing arts venue — a stunning 2,000-seat dhow-shaped concert hall in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa that presents opera, ballet, Broadway touring shows, and classical concerts for the most ambitious arts programming in the Middle East. Opened in 2016 as part of Dubai's transformation from trading port to global cultural capital, Dubai Opera has rapidly attracted the world's finest performing arts productions and established itself as the region's most important venue for high-culture entertainment.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd, Downtown Dubai

Dubai, Dubai

Dubai Opera is the UAE's premier performing arts venue, a spectacular dhow-shaped concert hall in the heart of Downtown Dubai with a direct view of the Burj Khalifa that has no equal in the world of architectural concert venue settings. Since opening in 2016, the opera house has hosted world-class opera, ballet, classical concerts, and major international touring productions, rapidly establishing itself as one of the most important cultural venues in the Middle East.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd, Downtown Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Dubai Opera's main stage serves as the UAE's premier showroom for world-class theatrical productions, musicals, and performing arts, with a technically sophisticated 2,000-seat auditorium capable of transforming between theatre, concert hall, and flat-floor configurations. The venue has attracted Broadway and West End productions of the highest calibre, establishing Dubai as a genuine destination for premium performing arts in the Gulf region.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd, Downtown Dubai, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

The Sevens Stadium is the home of the Dubai Rugby Sevens, one of the most celebrated and beloved events on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, known for its extraordinary atmosphere, international participation, and the unique carnival spirit that draws tens of thousands of fans from across the globe to Dubai each December. The stadium and its legendary tournament have been instrumental in growing rugby's popularity across the Middle East and cementing Dubai's reputation as a premier international sporting destination.

The Sevens Stadium, Al Ain Road, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

The Dubai World Trade Centre Arena is one of the region's most versatile large-scale event venues, hosting major international concerts, sporting events, and entertainment shows within the expansive DWTC complex on Sheikh Zayed Road. The venue's flexible configuration and central location make it the preferred choice for high-profile touring productions requiring capacities that smaller Dubai venues cannot accommodate.

Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

The Dubai World Trade Centre showroom facilities are a critical component of Dubai's vast MICE and entertainment infrastructure, providing flexible, high-specification spaces for corporate performances, product launches, and entertainment presentations. The DWTC complex has hosted some of the world's largest trade events alongside major entertainment productions, reflecting Dubai's position as the convention capital of the Middle East.

Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

The Madinat Jumeirah Amphitheatre is a stunning outdoor performance venue set within the magnificent Arabian-themed Madinat Jumeirah resort complex, with a backdrop of traditional wind towers and waterways that creates one of the most atmospherically unique showroom environments in the world. The amphitheatre hosts outdoor concerts, comedy performances, and theatrical events for hotel guests and the wider Dubai public within this extraordinary resort city.

Madinat Jumeirah, Al Sufouh Rd, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Mohammed bin Rashid Stadium is the largest football stadium in Dubai and the home ground of Al-Nasr SC and other Dubai football clubs, serving as the heart of domestic football culture in the emirate. The stadium reflects the UAE's significant investment in football infrastructure as part of a broader national ambition to develop world-class sporting facilities and attract international tournaments.

Al Rashidiya, Dubai, UAE

Dubai, Dubai

Zabeel Theatre is one of Dubai's dedicated theatrical and performing arts showrooms, presenting a program of live theatre, comedy, and musical performances for Dubai's growing performing arts audience. The venue contributes to Dubai's expanding non-nightlife cultural calendar, reflecting a broader shift in the city's entertainment offering toward arts and culture as a complement to its world-famous dining and nightlife scene.

Zabeel Palace Area, Dubai, UAE

Sharjah, Sharjah

Sharjah Stadium is the home of Sharjah FC, a founding member of the UAE football league system and one of the most tradition-rich clubs in Gulf football. The stadium serves the emirate of Sharjah, which has developed one of the UAE's most culturally distinctive identities, combining deep commitment to Islamic arts and heritage with a passionate sporting community.

Sharjah, UAE

Sharjah, Sharjah

Sharjah's Cultural Area is home to world-class arts foundation showrooms that reflect the emirate's extraordinary commitment to the arts — Sharjah was designated UNESCO World Book Capital and has received recognition as one of the Arab world's leading cultural cities. The showrooms in Sharjah's Cultural Area host theater, visual arts, and performing arts events that draw audiences from across the UAE and the wider Arab world.

Sharjah Cultural Area, Sharjah, UAE

Sharjah, Sharjah

Sharjah Cricket Stadium is one of the most iconic and historically significant cricket grounds outside the traditional cricket-playing nations, a venue that hosted more than 200 consecutive One Day International matches during its heyday in the 1980s and 1990s and became synonymous with the sport's globalization. The ground remains an active international cricket venue and serves as a living monument to the UAE's extraordinary contribution to extending cricket's geographic reach.

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE