Mark your calendars! The region’s biggest arts and culture festival returns. Save the date for 24 & 25 January 2020. #findyouralquoz #quozartsfest2020
Quoz Arts Fest, the region’s biggest arts and culture festival organised by Alserkal. Exploring the theme ‘In Search Of…’, this edition of Quoz Arts Fest will be the largest to date, with art exhibitions, live music, performances, food trucks, outdoor installations, film screenings, and more, including a free concert by Jordanian-Palestinian band 47Soul, and the exhibition New National Dish: UAE, in collaboration with London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
Stay tuned for updates, including a headlining music act, performances, art commissions, activations and more.
Free and open to all.
MUSIC
47Soul
Get your shamstep on with headliners 47Soul, creators of the electronic dabkeh sound.
8PM | FRI, 24 JAN
Location | The Yard, Alserkal Avenue
Free and open to all
Live music throughout the weekend with Amina Bensouda, Female First Sessions, SATWA 3000, The Roots, The Najmaat Trio, sets by DJ Sara, Muhaisnah Four, DJ e-LO, DJ Fraz, SoulFood Project and more.
FOOD
The Good Vibes Market street food trucks includes 1004, 21 Grams, Mama’esh, and Moylo’s Burger.
Give a warm welcome to our newest food concept, The Yellow Monkey.
Indulge in one of our many F&B concepts.
ART
New exhibitions at Alserkal Avenue’s contemporary art galleries
Exchanges
An artist takeover by Sara Naim, featuring 15 ‘stations’ in Alserkal Avenue inviting passers-by to ask or answer questions.
New National Dish: UAE by Center for Genomic Gastronomy
The exhibition, produced by Alserkal and inspired by FOOD: Bigger than the Plate at the V&A, has been generously supported by the British Council, DCMS and GREAT through the UK-Gulf Culture and Sport programme. #connectingcultures
Africa & the other 54 countries: Focus on South Africa
An exhibition of art, culture, and cuisine from South Africa by African contemporary art gallery Akka Project
First Pitch
An exhibition by American University of Sharjah (AUS) CAAD students, who will showcase the results of a semester working on design concepts for Quoz Arts Fest
PERFORMANCE
1&2PM | FRI, 24 JAN
1.30&6.30PM | SAT, 25 JAN
BLOCK UNIVERSE
London’s leading international performance art festival and commissioning body, will present performances by Egle Budvytyte, Alex Mirutziu, and Himali Singh Soin across the weekend in and around Concrete.
Location | Concrete, Alserkal Avenue
The Short+Sweet Theatre festival
The world’s largest 10-minute play festival.
4-5PM | FRI, 24 JAN
Location | The Junction (Warehouse 72)
ANSAF
A contemporary dance performance by Sima Dance Company, choreographed by acclaimed Palestinian choreographer Alaa Krimed, which explores questions and concepts facing the Arab World.
Location | Concrete, Alserkal Avenue
FOR THE LITTLE ONES
A children’s walking tour of art galleries by thejamjar, encouraging them to discover art as a form of expression.
A variety of children’s workshops focusing on art and creative writing by Wisdom Warehouse.
Activations, workshops, and more by The Happy Studio.
WELLNESS
12.30PM | FRI, 24 JAN
STRETCH class with CRANK. Register here.
Location | The Yard
11AM| SAT 25 JAN
Outdoor Vinyasa yoga session with Shimis Yoga. Register here.
Location | The Yard
Boxing demos and classes with Round 10 Boxing
FILM
8PM | SAT, 25 JAN
The Reel Palestine Film Festival
Reel Palestine returns for its sixth edition, in collaboration with Cinema Akil. For its closing on 25 January, the festival will present two free outdoor screenings: Ambience (2019) by director Wisam Al Jafri, and Hurdle (2019), by director Michael Rowley.
Location | The Yard
TOURS
4-5PM | FRI, 24 JAN
Tasty Tour: What’s cooking at Alserkal Avenue? Chocolate, coffee, and vegan treats, to name a few.
Meeting point | Outside SVENM, Alserkal Avenue (Warehouse 79)
12PM | FRI, 24 JAN
Tour: Vikram Divecha’s latest solo exhibition Towards Opacity delves into notions of failure, fugitivity, and opacity.
Location | Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Alserkal Avenue (Warehouse 17)
11AM | SAT, 25 JAN
Tour: Tailor-made for the little ones, this trail will explore art galleries and discover how to use art as a form of expression. Sign up at booking@thejamjardubai.com
Meeting point | thejamjar, Alserkal Avenue (Warehouse 74)
*Getting here
Careem | You can use code ‘alserkalavenue’ for 30% off rides to and from Alserkal Avenue.
