The market will leave visitors spoilt for choice with food options, locally made buys, live entertainment, and activities—in addition to the ever popular IMAGINE show
Dubai, UAE: The shopping, dining, entertainment, and retail destination Dubai Festival City Mall has announced a line-up of family-friendly events, set to delight visitors during al fresco season at the newly launched, outdoor Ripe By The Bay. Running daily until May 2022 from 4pm till 10pm across the iconic Festival Bay, the market will leave visitors spoilt for choice with food options, locally made buys, live entertainment, and activities—in addition to the ever popular IMAGINE show. This new concept, Ripe By The Bay is perfect for residents, tourists, and Expo visitors alike to take in the beauty of the Dubai outdoors while shopping local brands and grabbing a bite.
Starting the week with a bang, on Sundays Ripe by The Bay’s animation storytelling show is bound to be a winner with the little ones, as they explore the art of telling memorable stories using animation and motion graphics. Mondays are when the magic happens; Magic Mondays will wow youngsters (and young ones at heart) with a performance like no other. Tuesdays will leave visitors puzzled – in a good way – as they take on Quiz Night one question at a time. On Wednesdays, it is time for Open Mic night, giving the stage for local talent to unleash their inner poets, singers, rappers, or whatever else they fancy. Come Thursday, it is time for the weekend – which means Music Under the Stars with the best live entertainment that the city has to offer.
For more fun times for the kiddies, the world’s first freestyle terrain park BOUNCE-X takes action-packed adventures to new heights at Festival Bay. Comprising giant airbags, trapezes, slides, and many other features, it is unforgettable roller coaster ride. BOUNCE-X makes the ‘extreme’ accessible and available to everyone from little kids to freestyle athletes. Tiny tots can make their way to the dedicated area designed to boost development. For extended playtime, the free-entry kids’ playground is another must-visit for parents.
Illuminating the Dubai skies daily every hour from 6pm until 11pm, IMAGINE is a two-time Guinness World Record-breaking choreographed projection spectacle featuring the best of music, lighting, and expressive imagery for an experience like no other. Mallgoers of all ages can gather around Festival Bay to witness one of the best immersive entertainment offerings in the region.
Genevieve Colaco, Regional General Manager, Marketing & Customer Experience at Al-Futtaim Malls said: “At Dubai Festival City Mall, we ensure that visitors can find their fun any day of the week with an array of activities like no other. Whether it is fun for the little ones or bargain-hunting for mums, Ripe By The Bay is the perfect way to unwind on weekdays and have a fantastic day out on weekends.”
Whichever day of the week it is, Dubai Festival City mall’s surprises will leave visitors of all ages wanting to come back for more.
About Al-Futtaim:
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim today, is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and health; employing more than 33,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, we partner with over 200 of the world’s most admired and innovative brands.
Al-Futtaim’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, integrity; Al-Futtaim continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.
About Dubai Festival City Mall:
Dubai Festival City Mall is one of the major shopping destinations in Dubai and super-regional flagship mall in the Al-Futtaim Malls portfolio. With over 400 outlets, the mall is home to IKEA, renowned fashion brands like Zara, H&M, Marks & Spencer, Nike, Adidas and more.
The dining destination offers iconic waterfront Dining on Festival Bay, 50 restaurants and cafés, the largest Food Court in Dubai and is first to market F&B concepts like Origami, Oporto, Sugar Factory, Tortilla, a brand-new Rainforest Cafe and the Middle East’s only Hard Rock Café. The entertainment venue offers a 7-star 18-Screen Novo Cinemas with 4D IMAX, Fabyland, a 70,000 sq. ft. family entertainment centre, world first BounceX trampoline park and the record-breaking, global attraction IMAGINE.
