The Ripe Market at Times Square Center, a Chocolate-Making Class at Expo City, Plus a Beach Club Night at Ushuaia!

THE DUBAI DIGEST

🏃 - Dubai Run Is Back, and Last Year 307,000 People Turned Up
Registration is now open for Dubai Run on Sunday 22 November, free to enter, after last year's event drew a record 307,000 runners and walkers. Sheikh Zayed Road hasn't seen that many trainers since the last sale at the mall. | Read More

🛂 - There's a New Invite-Only Club, and the Prize Is a Free SIM Card
Dubai Access Club is a new invite-only tourism membership offering a 5-year multi-entry visa, a free du SIM and up to Dh2,000 of credit for hotels, attractions and shopping. Registering interest does not guarantee an invite, which feels very on brand. | Read More

🍢 - ROKA Is Opening a Second Dubai Branch, on a Rooftop This Time
ROKA's second Dubai outpost opens for reservations from Friday 20 November, a rooftop robata restaurant at Six Senses The Palm designed like a hidden garden above the water. One branch was apparently not enough robata for this city. | Read More

Nothing in this section is sponsored. They're just the things you need to know. I'll always let you know when something's sponsored.

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

🧺 - The Ripe Market - homegrown brands, fashion, homeware and farm-fresh produce, indoors at Times Square Center
📍 - Times Square Center
📅 - Sun 15th Nov
⏰ - 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
🎟️ - Free
📷 - @ripemarket

The Ripe Market moves indoors at Times Square Center, with homegrown businesses and local brands selling fashion, art, homeware, jewellery and skincare, all in the comfort of the mall's air conditioning.

There's farm-fresh produce and local fruit and veg too, plus live entertainment and workshops for the whole family, so you can buy a handmade necklace and a bag of tomatoes in one trip and call it a balanced Sunday.

THE WEEKLY PLANNER

THURSDAY
Flava Showcase by Timati - Be Beach, Dubai Harbour
9:00 PM | More Info

FRIDAY
S4K's Macbeth - New Covent Garden Theatre, Mall of the Emirates
4:30 PM | More Info

The Laughter Factory - Radisson DAMAC Hills
8:30 PM | More Info

Joseph Capriati - Soho Garden Meydan
10:00 PM | More Info

Eden Presents Kimotion - Cavo
10:00 PM | More Info

SATURDAY
PFL Dubai: Nemkov vs Bilostenniy - Coca-Cola Arena
5:00 PM | More Info

Alex Wann & SONA - Bohemia, FIVE Palm Jumeirah
7:00 PM | More Info

The Laughter Factory - Studio One Hotel
7:00 PM | More Info

The Laughter Factory - Dukes The Palm
8:30 PM | More Info

SUNDAY
The Good Energy Club - Terra, Expo City
7:00 AM | More Info

Dubai Basketball vs Spartak - Coca-Cola Arena
1:00 PM | More Info

Candlelight: From Mozart to Chopin - Al Majlis, Madinat Jumeirah
9:00 PM | More Info

SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP

🍲 - Gerbou - chicken margooga, lamb harees and a loomi kebab, Emirati cooking in a 1987 building done up by an art studio
📍 - Nad Al Sheba 1
⏰ - Breakfast from 7:00AM, lunch and dinner from 12:00PM
📷 - @gerbou

Gerbou is an Emirati restaurant in Nad Al Sheba, set in a 1987 building renovated by the art studio Tashkeel, and its name means "welcome, come closer" in Arabic, which is brave before they've seen how much harees we can eat.

The Chicken Margooga arrives as a deep golden stew, the Lamb Harees is slow-cooked wheat and lamb, and the Bahraini Loomi Kebab gets a sharp tang from dried black lime, so order all three and call it research.

ACTIVITY ALLEY

🎆 - Adriatique present X - a beach club night that starts loud and does not let up
📍 - Ushuaia Dubai Harbour
📅 - Sat 14th Nov
⏰ - 8:00 PM
📷 - @ushuaiadubai

Adriatique headline a full production night at Ushuaïa Dubai Harbour, the beach club built around a stage big enough to need its own sound engineers.

It is 21+ and tickets are already moving fast, so plan the next morning accordingly.

FRESH EXPERIENCES

🍫 - The Sweet Side of Nature - a chocolate-making class for people who peaked at melting butter
📍 - Terra
📅 - Sat 14th Nov
⏰ - 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
🎟️ - AED 200
📷 - @expocitydubai

A hands-on chocolate-making class at Expo City's sustainability pavilion, for anyone who wants to make something sweeter than their own personality for one morning.

Booking ahead is recommended, which is a polite way of saying turn up and there might not be any chocolate left to make.

HOUSE OF THE WEEK

🏡 - Beachgate by Address - a flat with an infinity pool downstairs and nowhere left to complain about
📍 - Emaar Beachfront
💰 - AED 8,500,000
🛏️ - 3 Bedrooms | 🛁 3 Bathrooms
📷 - @engelvoelkersdubai

A high-floor flat on Emaar Beachfront, with a private balcony and an open sea view towards the Palm, in a building with its own infinity pool and direct beach access.

The listing gives a completion date of November 2026, so the only thing standing between you and that view is the guide price above and a short wait for the keys.

LIVE MUSIC

TUESDAY
AIGEL - The Fridge Warehouse - 8:00 PM

THURSDAY
Roberto Wilson - Hard Rock Cafe Dubai - 7:30 PM

FRIDAY
John Marques - Hard Rock Cafe Dubai - 7:30 PM

Abida Parveen & Kailash Kher - Sheikh Rashid Hall, DWTC - 9:00 PM

SATURDAY
Vinyl Souk Mini Festival, with Abri & The Everlasting - 25hours Hotel One Central - 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM

When Chai Met Toast - New Covent Garden Theatre, Mall of the Emirates - 7:00 PM

Alex Wesley - Hard Rock Cafe Dubai - 7:30 PM

SUNDAY
Vinyl Souk Mini Festival, with The Wanton Bishops and Tarek Yamani - 25hours Hotel One Central - 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM

LOCAL SCOOP DUBAI WEATHER

Friday
29°C 🌡️ 25°C | Partly cloudy.

Saturday
30°C 🌡️ 25°C | Partly cloudy.

Sunday
28°C 🌡️ 25°C | Clear.
Forecast taken a week ahead, so it may shift a degree or two

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