Arabian Soul Fest fills Zabeel Park with wellness zones and music on 14 and 15 November
A new two-day festival of movement, breathwork, pottery, a market and evening music runs from noon to 10pm. Under-15s go free and tickets start from Dh75.
Zabeel Park, Dubai
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Zabeel Park hosts Arabian Soul Fest on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, a two-day festival of wellness, fitness, self-care and live music that is coming to Dubai for the first time. It runs from 12pm to 10pm on both days, and it falls in the last weeks of the Dubai Fitness Challenge, which runs until 29 November.
The organiser, Marquee Global Events, has split the park into ten zones with more than 100 sessions and stalls. With a general pass you get seven of them: The Recovery Bar, with reflexology and restorative treatments; the Unplug Lounge, with board games, reading and quiet art corners; the Biofuel Lab, with biohacking, red-light sessions and recovery tech; The Souk, a market of organic and homegrown brands; Kids Creative, with doodle walls, clay and nature painting; Soulful Bites, the food court; and The Conscious Collective, with speakers by day and live music at night.
A Gold pass adds the other zones: Pulse Studio for movement, guided breathwork and stretching; Echoes of Expression, with drum circles and guided calm-mind sessions; Earthen Barn, with hands-on pottery and ceramics; an art area in the Unplug Lounge; and face painting. Some workshops cost extra on either pass, and seats in them go on a first-come, first-served basis. The organiser has not yet named the speakers or musicians for the evening programme.
The festival is open to beginners as well as regulars, and to families. Children under 15 go in free, and under-18s must come with an adult; some sessions set their own age guidance on the day.
Both passes are sold for a single day or for the weekend on Platinumlist, where prices start from Dh75; Visit Dubai's listing gives a range of Dh75 to Dh350. Tickets are not refundable unless the event is cancelled or moved. The nearest metro is Max on the Red Line, a short walk away; parking details have not been announced, so the metro or a taxi is the simpler choice. Pets (other than registered service animals), outside food and drink, glass, smoking and vaping, drones, selfie sticks, speakers and large bags are not allowed.