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Jashn-e-Rekhta Festival: Celebrating Urdu in Dubai 2025

Name: Jashn-e-Rekhta Festival: Celebrating Urdu in Dubai 2025
Start: 2025-02-02T13:00:00+0400
End: 2025-02-02T22:30:00+0400
Location: Zabeel Park Amphitheatre

Zabeel Park Amphitheatre

Sat 01 Feb - Sun 02 Feb

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Jashn-e-Rekhta Festival: Celebrating Urdu in Dubai 2025

The world’s largest festival dedicated to Urdu language, literature, and culture is returning to Dubai! Jashn-e-Rekhta Dubai 2025, organized by Rekhta—the world’s foremost platform for poetry—will be a two-day cultural extravaganza celebrating Urdu’s rich heritage.

Scheduled for February 1st and 2nd, 2025, at Zabeel Park, Dubai, from 1:00 PM to 10:30 PM each day, the festival will feature a vibrant array of art forms, including poetry recitations (mushaira), ghazals, qawwali, Sufi music, Bollywood performances, dance, theater, and more. Attendees can also enjoy traditional foods, handicrafts, and unique cultural showcases.

With over 50 artists and speakers from India, Pakistan, and beyond, Jashn-e-Rekhta Dubai 2025 will be the only festival of its kind in the UAE. This year’s event promises to be even grander than the first edition, anticipating more than 15,000 visitors from across the GCC region and beyond, including many from India and Pakistan.

Duration:

2 Days | 8.5 Hours Each Day

Open:

14:00 to 22:30 (Gates open at 13:00)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
STAGE - DAYAAR-E-IZHAR

SABA QAMAR & IMRAN ABBAS
In conversation with ADEEL HASHMI

URDU IN FILMS & TV

(Pakistan)

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

STAGE - MEHFIL KHANA

ILAHI SUFI QAWWALI

First-ever Women's Qawwali Ensemble

(International)

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

STAGE - DAYAAR-E-IZHAR

To be announced

PADHANT/STORYTELLING

6:00 PM - 7:30 PMSTAGE -MEHFIL KHANA

PIYUSH MISHRA

CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL FUSION
DILLI SE LAHORE TAK

By Ballimaaraan – The Piyush Mishra Project

(India)

7:30 PM - 8:30 PMSTAGE -DAYAAR-E-IZHAR

To be announced

KHULI NISHIST

8:30 PM - 10:30 PMSTAGE -MEHFIL KHANA

SHAFQAT AMANAT ALI

MAAH-E-TAMAAM
A Rhythmic Evening Filled With Soulful Music

(Pakistan)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PMSTAGE -DAYAAR-E-IZHAR

To be announced

CELEBRITY DISCUSSION

4:00 PM - 5:30 PMSTAGE -MEHFIL KHANA

ZEHRA NIGAH, WASEEM BARELVI, IFTIKHAR ARIF, JAVED AKHTAR, KHUSHBIR SINGH SHAAD, ABBAS TABISH, SAROSH ASIF & more to be announced
GRAND MUSHAIRA

(India & Pakistan)

5:30 PM - 6:00 PMSTAGE -DAYAAR-E-IZHAR

SANJIV SARAF

BOOK LAUNCH & DISCUSSION

WAYWARD VERSES - UNRULY URDU POETRY

(India)

6:00 PM - 7:30 PMSTAGE-MEHFIL KHANA

To Be Announced

DANCE, SINGING POETRY, SONG SHOW

7:30 PM - 8:30 PMSTAGE-DAYAAR-E-IZHAR

JAVED AKHTAR & ANWAR MAQSOOD

In conversation with ZEHRA NIGAH

URDU ADAB AUR FILMI DUNIYA
Tanz-o-Mizaah Ke Aaine Se

(India & Pakistan)

8:30 PM - 10:30 PMSTAGE-MEHFIL KHANA

ALI SETHI

SHAAM DHALE
A Night of Music & Romance

(USA & Pakistan)

Inclusions:

1. Park entry fee of AED 5 is included in all ticket categories – Show your tickets at the entry gates to get smooth access/entry

2. Unique wrist bands will be issued against each category for multiple entry/exit to the event seating area/s

3. Access to Mehfil Khana and Dayar-e-Izhaar Stages at the festival

4. Access to Aiwan-e-Zaiqa Food Festival – A curated food experience put together for you to relish Indian, Pakistani, Arabic and other cuisine

5. Access to Rekhta’s Urdu Bazaar, stalls offering various art, handicrafts, merchandise, books etc.

Entry for children under 8 years is free in Theatre Seating - Chairs & Amphi, with a nominal AED 5 park entry fee payable to park authorities. If you wish to occupy a seat in any other category, the regular prices are applicable.

1. The world’s biggest festival for a language is in Dubai again

2. Two Days, 50 artists, 10 Programs, Multiple Art Forms

3. Qawwali, Sufi, Celebrity Discussions, Poetry, Dance, Drama, Stories, Theatrical production, Literary discussions, Food Bazaar, Urdu Bazaar, Books Bazaar and much more.

4. Artists from India, Pakistan, USA, UAE and other parts of the world.

5. 10 programs in two days.

Gate 1 - Located on the western side of Area A.
Gate 2 - At the northern tip of Area A. At the junction of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street (D88) and Sheikh Rashid Road (D75)
Gate 3 - Located on the northern side of Area A. Just off Sheikh Rashid Road and near the footbridge to Karama.

1. The biggest car parking areas are near Gate-1, 2 & 4.
2. Clean & hygienic sanitation
3. Prayer rooms

tickets.dubai@rekhta.org

By car: Navigate via Sheikh Zayed Road towards Zabeel Park.
By metro: Opt for the Dubai Metro Red Line, and alight at Al Jafiliya Metro Station. Gate 1 is just a few hundred yards away.
By bus: The closest bus station is Al Jafiliya bus station. Buses to here include: 10- Gold Souq Bus Station to Al Qouz Bus Station via Al Jafiliya Bus Station 27- Gold Souq Bus Station to Dubai Mall via Al Jafiliya Bus Station 91A- Gold Souq Bus Station to Jebel Ali Bus Station via Al Jafiliya Bus Station
By taxi: Direct any Dubai taxi to Zabeel Park; its easily recognizable and familiar to most drivers.