This Weekend #1
Bread, art and a night at the opera.
A bread festival in Al Quoz, a Sudanese painter at the Jameel, masks and canals at the Opera, and a night above Hatta Dam. Plus Design Week, which wants booking now.
Photo: @alserkalavenue
Fridays at 7:30am, with the email
This Weekend
Four plans for Friday to Sunday and one to book ahead. The same guide as the Friday email, posted here the same morning.
5 plans, with the facts
- Photo: @alserkalavenue
Food and culture, Saturday and Sunday
What The Food takes over Alserkal
- Area
- Al Quoz
- When
- Sat 31 Oct & Sun 1 Nov
- Price
- Walk in. Workshops need booking
- Book
- Book on alserkal.online. Subko's bread workshop is Sat at 4pm
- For
- Food people who like to know where it came from
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Art, opens Sunday
Salah Elmur opens at the Jameel
- Area
- Jaddaf
- When
- Opening Sat 31 Oct, 5–8pm (RSVP). Open from Sun 1 Nov, to 14 Mar
- Price
- Open access. Register at the desk
- Book
- 12-minute walk from Al Jaddaf Metro (Green Line)
- For
- Slow Saturday mornings, and anyone who likes a painting with a story
- Photo: @dubaiopera
Stage, Thursday to Saturday
TITIZÉ at Dubai Opera
- Area
- Downtown
- When
- Thu 29 – Sat 31 Oct, 2pm & 8pm
- Price
- From AED 275
- Book
- Book on dubaiopera.com. Tickets are non-refundable
- For
- A date night, or with children aged 4 and up
- Photo: @habitascaravanhatta
A night away, any night
50 Airstreams above Hatta Dam
- Area
- Hatta
- When
- Open since 28 Sep
- Price
- From AED 1,200 a night
- Book
- Book on ourhabitas.com. Drive; kayak and hike on site
- For
- Couples, and anyone who needs a quiet weekend
- Photo: @dubaidesignweek
Design, book now
Next week: Dubai Design Week
- Area
- d3
- When
- Tue 3 – Sun 8 Nov. The fair is open to all 5–8 Nov
- Price
- Festival: open entry. Downtown Design: AED 80 a day
- Book
- Valet across d3. Parking: 2 hours included, then AED 20/hr
- For
- Design people, and anyone furnishing a home
The full guides
From the editor
The first Friday guide started as a list of twenty candidates and ended as five. Each one had to have a date, a price and a way in that we could read on the organiser's own page that week. If it didn't, it was out, however good it sounded.
What gets cut says as much as what stays. For issue one we passed on Global Village, the Dubai Flea Market and the Halloween brunches, and kept a bread festival, a Sudanese painter's new show at the Jameel, an evening at the Opera and a night above Hatta Dam.
One plan is always for the week after, because the things worth doing in Dubai tend to need booking before Thursday.
The Friday email
The weekend, decided by Friday.
It lands at 7:30am on Friday. Four plans for the weekend and one to book before it goes, each with the price and how to get in. The free guides come with the welcome email.
Other sections
- Every morning at 8am
Coffee & Sweets
Roasters and bakeries worth crossing town for. What to order, when to go and what it costs.
1 post - Every day at 1pm
Restaurants
Chef's counters, openings, guest chefs and long lunches. The price per head and how to get a table, every time.
2 posts - Every evening at 6pm
What's On
Art, stage, design and the odd good night out. When it opens, when it closes, and when it needs booking.
2 posts