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🎨 Art
Museum of the Future
Immersive 'living museum' on Sheikh Zayed Road; open daily, ticketed.
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What to do in Dubai this weekend
26–27 September · both days planned, with times, prices and tickets
Researched live by an agent that reads what is actually on. Updated 2026-09-21.
Saturday
Saturday 26 September
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🏟️ Sport
Dubai Basketball — Coca-Cola Arena
2026/27 ABA League / EuroLeague home game confirmed for this date.
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🎵 Concert
Sumukhi Suresh – Live in Dubai (Emirates Theatre)
Stand-up comedy show at Emirates Theatre on Saturday evening.
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🍴 Food
Bar des Prés
Chef Cyril Lignac's French-Japanese rooftop restaurant at ICD Brookfield Place, DIFC.
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🎭 Dubai Fountain show — Free evening show every half hour, set to anything from opera to Arabic pop.
📍 Al Fahidi historic district — Wind towers and coral-stone lanes from before the skyscrapers.
Sunday
Sunday 27 September
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🌿 Outdoors
Dubai Frame — Zabeel Park
150 m sky-deck bridge between old and new Dubai; daytime visit, ticketed.
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🎵 Concert
Barcelona Flamenco Ballet – Romeo and Juliet
Flamenco retelling at New Covent Garden Theatre; from AED 250.
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🎵 Concert
Mozart's Greatest — Dubai Opera
UAE National Orchestra with Nenad Ivović at Dubai Opera; from AED 200.
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🍴 Food
Al Fanar Restaurant & Café
Michelin Plate heritage Emirati dining by the water at Dubai Festival City.
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🧺 Abra across the Creek to the souks — A one-dirham wooden water taxi to the spice and gold souks.
🌿 Kite Beach — Free beach with the Burj Al Arab on the horizon and food trucks behind you.
A day out of town this weekend
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Full day
🚌 Day trip
Desert safari with dune bashing and dinner
A 4x4 over the dunes, sunset on the sand, then dinner at a camp under the stars.
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