Dubai Festival City is a privately owned and developed by Al-Futtaim Group, one of the leading business groups in the United Arab Emirates. As Dubai's spectacular growth extends rapidly toward Jebel Ali, Dubai Festival City is bringing focus back to the heart of the city in a celebration of life.

Dubai Festival City is a large residential, business and entertainment development in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Touted as a "city-within-a-city", Festival City is the Middle East's largest mixed-use development: all elements for work, living, and leisure will be contained within the project. Festival City comprises a series of residential communities, numerous hotels, malls, a golf course and other entertainment sites, and a full suite of public services, include schools.

For the duration of four weeks, Dubai Festival City will host various art demonstrations, every week highlighting a special artistic theme and showcasing different activities. All the artistic activities will take place at Dubai Festival City's retail district - Festival Waterfront Centre and Festival Power Centre.

Week 1 Art 15 April - 21 April
Week 2 Theatre 22 April - 29 April
Week 3 Dance 30 April - 07 May
Week 4 Music 08 May - 15 May

During the first week, Festival of Art will feature a variety of exhibitions including a painting and photography exposition in collaboration with the American University of Dubai and Deira International School, involving the work of over fifty students. A collection of oil paintings portraying racing dhows, made by British artist Alistair Houston, will also be displayed during the first week of Festival of Art.

During the second week, Festival of Art will feature a number of plays and entertainment acts which highlight theatre and fashion. For fashion aficionados, Festival of Art has organized platform modeling shows which highlight the newest collections of selected retailers present at Festival Waterfront Centre. Some of the fashion brands participating in the platform modeling are: Marks & Spencer, Patrizia Pepe, Gas, Levi's, Dockers, Chevignon and Hang Ten.

The theme of the third week of Festival of Art is Dance. Folkloric dance shows will be performed by troupes from different regions of the World, including the Kabilat Ghana, which translates as 'Ghana Tribe', presenting a number of traditional dances on the vibrant rhythm of African drums; and Aboriginal Troupe will execute cultural shows reviving the great Australian heritage.

During the final week of Festival of Art, renowned international musicians, performing for the first time in the UAE, will offer audience musical shows. Popular Cuban band, Vocal Sampling, has been previously nominated for three Grammy Awards. The unique talent of this troupe is that its members do not play any musical instrument, but use their voices instead, magnificently imitating the sounds of instruments.