Dubai tech and business events

From the group

Upcoming in Dubai

A row of low pavilions of cut paper in sand and terracotta, one taller and white, seen from above

Design Nov 3

Dubai Design Week 2026

Dubai Design District (d3) · Dubai

Nine small paper lanterns in gold and red hung from a red string across a navy night sky, a few gold stars, a band of pale blue paper water along the bottom

Festival Nov 7

Noor Festival of Lights 2026

Souk Al Seef, Dubai Creek · Dubai

A conference venue at dusk under a Dubai skyline, its facade lit with the words Future World Forum Dubai

Conference Nov 16

Future World Forum Dubai

Dubai

A single microphone on a stand in a spotlight before a dark sail-shaped hall of cut paper

Comedy Nov 25

Trevor Noah at Dubai Opera

Dubai Opera, Main Auditorium · Dubai

A rugby ball in mid-air between tall white posts, three small players running on the green pitch below and a stand of orange seats behind

Sport Nov 27

Emirates Dubai 7s 2026

The Sevens Stadium, Al Ain Road · Dubai

An arena bowl seen from above as concentric paper rings, a chain of linked hexagons across the middle

Conference Dec 1

Blockchain Life 2026

Festival Arena · Dubai

Illustration of a conductor and orchestral instruments beneath the arches of a Dubai opera house

Classical music Dec 3

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra at Dubai Opera

Dubai Opera, Downtown Dubai · Dubai

A domed exhibition hall in cut paper with an avenue of small pavilions leading to it

Exhibition Dec 7

GITEX GLOBAL 2026

Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City · Dubai

A scatter of small cut-paper squares on a slate ground converging on one larger cream square, thin brass lines between them

Business Dec 8

Expand North Star 2026

Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City · Dubai

A small four-wheel drive on the crest of a pale dune under a white sun

Festival Jan 14

MOC27: Motor, Outdoor & Camping Festival

The Sevens Stadium grounds, Dubai–Al Ain Road · Dubai

A round table seen from above with evenly spaced seats around its rim

Conference Feb 1

World Governments Summit 2027

Dubai

A yellow tennis ball in mid-air above a blue hard court with white lines and a net across it

Sport Feb 14

Dubai Tennis Championships 2027

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Garhoud · Dubai

On now

a white paper castle with four spired towers on a hill under a full pale-yellow moon, a trail of orange pumpkins running down the slope, black paper bats, flat shapes on a deep blue background

Halloween until Nov 1

Haunted Timesylvania at Times Square Center

Times Square Center, Sheikh Zayed Road · Dubai

A grid of 42 small paper squares in blue, grey and cream on a navy ground, each with a single running figure, one square carrying a small gold dot

City until Nov 29

Dubai Fitness Challenge 2026

Dubai

A ring of small pavilions in cut paper, each roof a different shape, around a lit central square

Festival until May 1

Global Village Season 31

Global Village, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road · Dubai

Past Dubai events

A crooked cut-paper haunted house with lit windows inside a vast indoor hall, a crowd in silhouette before it and bats under the roof

Halloween Oct 31 Past

Haunted Town Night at IMG Worlds

The Haunted Town, IMG Worlds of Adventure · Dubai

Five blank cream cards standing in a row on a deep slate blue ground, their tops uneven

AI Oct 26 Past

Dubai AI Festival 2026

Dubai World Trade Centre · Dubai

Illustration of a marigold sun, papel picado banners and a stepped pink arch for a Mexican cultural evening in Dubai

Culture Oct 24 Past

Fall Celebrations: The Spirit of Mexico

Al Wasl Plaza, Expo City Dubai · Dubai

A flight of wide paper steps rising across the frame with low office blocks behind

Conference Feb 11 Past

Step Conference 2026

Dubai Internet City · Dubai

Coming up across the network

An aquarium window with fish and a manta ray, a carved pumpkin before the glass and a small family watching

Visas Oct 3

Spooky Sea-son at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi

SeaWorld Yas Island · Abu Dhabi

A red cut-paper castle gateway with a big wheel rising behind it against a full moon, a lit path running through the arch

Palm Central Oct 7

Motiongate Fright Nights IX

MOTIONGATE Dubai, Dubai Parks and Resorts · Dubai

A row of blue and yellow market canopies with a low table under each, on pale blue

Riviera Oct 10

Ripe Market, 15th season

Dubai Police Academy Park, Umm Suqeim · Dubai

A row of red-roofed pavilions on a waterfront pier with a Ferris wheel behind them and small boats on the water, under a pale blue sky

Riviera Oct 14

Global Village, Season 31

Global Village, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, Dubailand · Dubai

A cut-paper garden of palms and ferns around a still pond, pumpkins along a wooden boardwalk and a small play tower among the trees

Eco Oct 30

Spooktacular Al Barari

Al Barari Playground · Dubai

A running track looping through a field of low city blocks, seen from above

Riviera Oct 31

Dubai Fitness Challenge 2026

Dubai

A pale road band crossing the frame between two textured edges, a dense field of small cream blocks below it, on pale blue

Riviera Nov 1

Dubai Ride 2026

Sheikh Zayed Road and Downtown Dubai · Dubai

A row of narrow paper bars of differing heights and three green tones, standing along a cream band on a green ground

Eco Nov 2

ADIPEC 2026

ADNEC Centre · Abu Dhabi

Overlapping flat paper shapes — two circles, two rectangles and a sand triangle — on a clear blue ground

Riviera Nov 3

Dubai Design Week 2026

Dubai Design District (d3) · Dubai