Here’s when Dubai Shopping Festival is kicking off

30Th Dubai Shopping Festival

Dates, line-up and all you need to know about the upcoming 30th Dubai Shopping Festival

Dubai’s favourite shopping festival is returning, and it’s going to be bigger than ever before!

Get your shopping bags ready to go with the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) returning for a banging 30th anniversary.

 

When is the Dubai Shopping Festival taking place?

 

Running from Friday 6 December to Sunday 12 January 2025, there are a lot of special things in store!

Since its inception in 1996, the annual event has grown beyond the world’s longest-running retail festival to become an annual citywide celebration showcasing the best of Dubai to visitors and locals alike.

What can you expect at Dubai Shopping Festival this year?

Latino star Ricky Martin is all set to kick off the A-list line-up as part of the DSF festivities this year around, so we can hardly wait to see who else is coming!

321 Festival is also making a return, and if it’s anything like last year then Dubai is in for a seriously grand time. The Dubai Shopping Festival will also include daily fireworks and world-class drone shows all throughout the 38 days so you can’t really miss it.

And of course, there’s shopping deals from more than 1,000 global and local brands, festive experiences and New Year’s Eve celebrations to keep the winter mood well and jolly.

The outdoor pop-up community experience Market Outside The Box and Canteen X will also make a comeback this year – watch this space for more updates!

 

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Caroline D’Almeida

A little bit of India, a little more of the UAE, and a lot of shawarma perhaps best captures Caroline’s anatomy. An avid believer in value for money, her hobbies include putting the ‘elite lifestyle’ to the test. And finding cheaper dupes for it all. A Sharjah girl new to the capital, she hopes to discover the pulse of the emirate.