Ministry of Sound Classical at Dubai Opera, Amr Diab at Coca-Cola Arena, Plus a Festival of Lights at Souk Al Seef!

THE DUBAI DIGEST

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🏋️ - Dubai Wants You to Exercise for 30 Days, and the Fitness Villages Are Free
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WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

🎻 - Ministry of Sound Classical - dance anthems and a 31-piece orchestra
📍 - Dubai Opera
📅 - Sat 7th Nov
⏰ - 8:00 PM
🎟️ - From AED 350
📷 - @dubaiopera

The Opera's main stage hosts a 31-piece orchestra, vocalists and a full light show, recreating the biggest dance tracks from the 90s and beyond. The show has already sold out the Royal Albert Hall in London, so it arrives with form.

Darude's Sandstorm, Faithless's Insomnia and Fatboy Slim's Right Here, Right Now all get the violin treatment, so nobody has to explain why they're nodding along to a cello.

THE WEEKLY PLANNER

MONDAY
Dubai Basketball vs Zadar - Coca-Cola Arena
7:30 PM | More Info

WEDNESDAY
JONY - Coca-Cola Arena
9:00 PM | More Info

THURSDAY
Downtown Design - d3
12:00 PM | More Info

Luca Minnelli - Dubai Opera
8:00 PM | More Info

FRIDAY
tabletop.me - Dubai Outlet Mall
4:00 PM | More Info

Queen of the Night: Whitney Houston Tribute - Dubai Opera
8:00 PM | More Info

SATURDAY
Baby Bazaar - Times Square Center
9:00 AM | More Info

Dubai Stand Up Paddle - Hatta Dam
10:30 AM | More Info

European Classics - Dubai Opera Studio
5:00 PM | More Info

Noor: Festival of Lights - Souk Al Seef
6:00 PM | More Info

Jonas Blue - Bohemia
7:00 PM | More Info

Amr Diab - Coca-Cola Arena
9:00 PM | More Info

SUNDAY
Plus500 City Half Marathon - DIFC
6:15 AM | More Info

HOUSE OF THE WEEK

🏡 - Nad Al Sheba Gardens - a villa with a private lift and parking for twelve cars
📍 - Nad Al Sheba Gardens, Nad Al Sheba 1
💰 - 65,000,000 AED
🛏️ - 7 Bedrooms | 🛁 8 Bathrooms
📷 - @dubai_sothebys_realty

Brand new, vacant and seven bedrooms big, this Nad Al Sheba villa has a private lift running from the basement to the roof, a home cinema, a bar and a steam room below ground, plus a gym on the roof and a private pool in the garden.

Parking for twelve cars means nobody has to ask who's blocking the drive. Meanwhile, the rest of us still wait for the lift at the shopping centre.

LOCAL SCOOP DUBAI WEATHER

Friday
34°C 🌡️ 24°C | Clear.

Saturday
34°C 🌡️ 22°C | Overcast.

Sunday
34°C 🌡️ 23°C | Overcast.
Temperature readings taken the night before publication

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